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Genera*. Tope 1)4 appointed Colonel
James F. ilelinc <&■enj Inspector of fygis-
tration anil Chief of Bureau of Civil A flairs
for the Third Military District, headquarters
at Atlanta.
Who Should Enter Into Bonds.—The
Tribuno thinks it folly to require bail for Mr.
Davis, who lias been doing nis best to get a
trial for two years, and the Government
itselt should he made to enter into bonds, ns
it is the only party'to the case that has shown
a disposition to evade its duty. It says:
Wc do not credit the repott that bail "will
be required in case the prisoner shall be sei
at liberty. No bail Ms owl required of otli
era similarly charged and wtuated; aod i<
were absurd to exact it of that prisoner only
who is tertain not to abscond. Ono who,
for nearly two years lias persistently sought a
trial is not likely at this day to evade one b>
a shameful flight. There is not a man in
America who does not know tltaltue require
ment of hail in this case would be an absurd
formality. If Judgo Underwood exacts bail
at all,'it should bo of the Government, that
it would, in good faith and due time, pro
ceed to try the accused, and not keep him
interminably ‘on the limits, 1 when it has
no intention of prosecuting him to the con-
t viction. ..
DEMOCRACY RUN MAD.
The following remarks of p Nortftie
journal will servo to show how flippantly we
are hurrying along the democratic road to
ruin, as a nation:
Now thatthopiinciple of ru.MwiZsuffruge
seems to have been esrublishod in this coun
try by the action of-Congress, there seems to
he a strugcle to secure the benefit of it for
women. Bnt we venture to predict that this
will not bo •the direction which the
real cllort to extend the principle will
take. The next movement will bo to
admit foreigners to vote without waitinc
to become citizens—and alter that wo shnll
have an attempt to extend-the suffrage to
minor*. Both of these propositions have in
them the .promise of greater partisan advan
tage than that Vo allow women to vote,—and
as party interests arc always the influential
agencies by which such changes ore accom
plished, we may rely upon it they will be the
first to be brought up for practical popular
agitation and action.
Perhaps, after all. it may be for the best.—
The governme.it has been revolutionized, apd
these wild throes, of Democracy arc, perhaps,
but the efforts of the country to relieve itself
of a dead carcass that hangs about its ener
gies, and by its seeming appearances of
vitality can only delude the people and press
like an incubus upon their progress. We
know the heart is prone to cling to the past,
ami loth to give it up oven after it has
irrevocably passed away; but,it is best to be
The friends, of Mr. Davis have no com- so|)er antl loolc at things as they really are.
Another tetter from X3x-Qov. Perry.
Tc the Editor of the Cob'-inhia Phanix:
The people of South Carolina were per
suaded, sir or seven years ago, that their only
hope of maintaing African slavery was in tli
desuuctisn of the, Atnericau Union and tin-
formation of the Southern Confederacy. 1
did not think so, and raised my ware log
voice against this fatal delusion. I said to
them that slavery was safer in the Union than
it could be ic a separate confederacy. I told
them that the extinction of the Union would
be the death knell of slavery. They spurned
my counsel, and madly rushed into a bloody
civil war, which ended in the abolition ol
slavery. Now they are being persuaded,
again, that the oply way to save their lasns
from the confiscation of Congress; is in adopt
ing the previsions of the Military Bill, giy
plaint to, make against the requirement of
bail. It was a mere matter of form, was
readily glveh without the slightest effort on
> the part of the prisoner, and, besides, it gave
certain characters an opportunity to ventilate
their love of notoriety and appear magnani
mous after a life spent in doing harm to in
dividuals and the public. Wo venture the
assertion that Horace Greely never before had
bis name in so respectable a connection. It
-was a privilege of which lie or any of' his
■tribe may well he proud. On the other hand,
the idcazif John Minor Botts' signing Lis in
■famous name to any respectable Southern
gentleman’s bond, we regard as' little less
than a sacrilege.
•Mr.-Davis bore two longycars of imprison
ment, soldier’s fare, endless lights, manacles,
the ceaseless tramp of soldiers, and eveu a
visit- from Senator Wilson, all with com
raendahlc fortitude, but we think he might
have been spared these last indignities in tlic
matter of the bond.
Melancholy Event.—We arc pained to
learn, 0»ys the Atlanta New Era of- yester
day), that intelligence was received here yes
terday conveying the information that on
Sunday last. Ira II. Taylor, Esq., auditor of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, commit
ted suicide near station No. 10, Central Rail
road. He wont into his brother-in-law's
room,-locked the door, and shot himsolf. He
left a note, assigning as a cause for the rash
act that he found he was tending toward in
sanity, and rather than become an inmate of
a lunatic asylum, be would end his existence.
Mr. Taylor was highly esteemed by all who
knew him. Ho leaves a wife and two chil
dren. . <-t "
excites curious sensations to see a
Radical paper in the South. A walrus, a
seal, or a .white bear, says a contempory,
would scarcely appear more out of place in
that hot climate. ‘
What it *u. Amounts To.—The Griffin
Star editor, in giving an account of Wilson’s
Atlanta speech, which lie heard, says :
“ The Senator made ono point clear, to wit:
That reconstruction under the Sherman bill
meant simply.this-rwhen the South adopts,
by the constitutions and laws of their States,
the principles of that bill, and sends to Con-'
gross representative in perfect harmony with
the Radical mqjovity, who can be relied upon
at all times and occasions to vote with that
majority, then-reconstruction will be a fixed
fact, and not till then. In other words, when
the South can be fully relied on as thor
oughly radical and certain to continue so,
then Mr. Wilson and bis friends will be wil
ling to rehabilitate s«d remit her to those
rights which the other States enjoy.”
£ 3T The New York Times gives the fol
lowing mysterious and fearful announce
ment: “We have received, directly, from the
police authorities of the city, information of
recent organizations which are now in pro
gress for the purpose of resisting, by violence
and bloodshed, if necessary, the execution
and enforcement of the excise nod other law s,
which are obnoxious to a large class of our
citizens.”
The Negro North and South.—The
New York Commercial Advertiser says:
“In Troy, the Board of Education prohibits
colored children from attending the high
acbool. In cities at the South, ‘such conduct,
as those’ is made the subject of correction by
military authorities. There is evidently one
law for Africa at the South and another for
Africa at the North.’ ”
Tbe great principle of eoneent, that lies at the
foundation of all rational -Republicanism, has
been destroyed, so far as the American gov
ernment is concerned, and by those who have
been loudest in their professions of devotion,
and used most of perse vering energy and effort
ostensibly to maintain it. The soul of Re
publicanism being gone, the body must go
with it. It is only a question of time. Hope
ful and patriotic men may etrive to revive if,
and to appearances for a fame sncceedj bur
they will eventually find that their labors
have been in vain. They.may case us down,
or up, from one system to another, but their
efforts can result in nothing better. In its
appointed time we shall have practical evi
dences to which no mau can shut his eyes
that the government of Washington has
proved a failure, and that resort must be hud
to another and different system to secure
Stability of institutions and the safety of
person and property. These, alter al 1, are the
great ends of all government, and so they are
Attained, it matters little about forms and
names. „ «.
Let it not be supposed that wearo argu-
ing for change. A change has already been
made and against oijr will, and we simply'
look out for the beat interest of the people
under the circumstances that others have
brought upon them. Had the South been
let alone, she would have made in time a
model of Republican symmetry, and -beauty,
and strength ; but it has been otherwise or
dered. She has been made to succumb to
superior physical force, and to unite her -ties
tinies with a people who have few of the ele
ments of self-government in their ma
ture, are without reverence for law, morality,
franchising their leading public men. It is
with a 6ad heart that I see indications, all
over the State, of a preparation to adopt this
second delusion, which will prove more fatal
to the State than the first has been.
It is true, they hist by the first their prop
erty in slaves, and involved their country in
a long and Woody wpr, which desolated the
State and saocificed thousands of.their most
gallant sous; it is true, also, that they were
conquered, and have been . placed under a
military government. But now they are going
to sacrifice their honor as a people and lose
their lands into the bargain 1 They are going
to enfranchise - -fi0,000 black votes, and sur
render the political power of the State into
tho bands of the negroes! The inevitable re
suit of this delusion and criminal folly will
be the establishment of tho most atrocious
government and horrible state of society-that
a civilized people were ever subjected to.
Already the negro cry in Virginia and
else where is, “Lands for the landless!” “Homes
for the houseless 1” "Political equality to all
men, regardless of caste or color! 1 ’ What
avail will 40,6t)0 white votes have in South
Carolina, with this watch cry ringing at the
polls) It is against nature and reason to
suppose that au ignorant and debased ma
jority will not pursue their own interest, re
gardless <n'right, and carry out-their wicked
purposes, whatever they may be. It is
possible to restrain them at first, before"they
acquire concert of action. Henco tbe impor
tance of defeating the call of a convention at
the first election, before .this majority is or
ganized and emboldened by agitation aud
tivil counsels. It caimut be controlled after
ward, but will make South Carolina a politi
cal and social pandemonium. Is there an in
stance in the world's history of a class of men,
invested with political power, who did not
unite to promote their own interests 1
Just so sure os general suffrage is given to
the negro in South Coroliua, ho will feel bis-
numerical strength, and, sooner nr later, un
der tbe vile lead of Black Republican emis
saries, seize the political power of the State
nt the State. One rtep leads to auotlier. St.*}
laws lir-j—rcj) next ; uml tlicn tnld-w.-:
division oi lauds and an equal apportionment ol
property amount all persons. And lait as oh.
the Honest, hard working. Industrious amt pru
deut class mu-t support the idle, (list ifuiteri, ex
travagant arid rosruisu class.
Wiio cares to be represented in Contrn-ss by lie
it roes, Black Republicans or perjured Southern
ers? AU others are excluded by “the iron-clad
oath.” And this is t’ae great boon South Caroli
na is to receive lor her voluntary abandonttnem
of honor and principle and constitutional liberty 1
We ore to be represented in Congress by men
whom we de-pise, and who will only increase the
Black Republican majority in that body; whilst
at home we shall have a Legislature composed oj
r.e*:roes and their vile representatives!
. Congress has left it discretionary with the peo
ple ol South Carolina whether to call a conven
tion or not. They have ordered a resignation o
voters aDd an election, and authorized every- one
to endorse on his ticket “Convention” or “No
Convention.” Therefore let every man who is
not disfranchised, a- he va'ttis his life, and honor.
lag universal suffrage to the ncgWv and di? onAjire^rty, and the P«*c« wpieiy, t _go for.
ward and register his name-, and then vote at the
election, endorsing on his ticket “No Conven
lion." In this way alone cm we maintain our
honor, preserve the peace of aochty, prevent
black suffrage and a division of lands amonest the
B. F. FUST.
negroes.
3?hs Radicals and the Republican
Party.
A RADICAL rROXUNCIAMENTO.
From the Anti-Slavery Standard, May 4.]
Washington, April 27,1867.
The adjournment of the First Session of the
Fortieth Congress is a fitting occasion for a
review of the political situation. Legislative
protection has* been withdrawn from the
country at a time when over the broad sur
face of eleven States the life of no Union
man and no block man is safe beyond the
sliadow of a Federal bayoDet; and also at a
time when one branch of the Government is
naively used in the service of unrepentant
rebellion, and another brunch, mildewed with
years, clings to the infamous precedents of a
slaveholding dynasty. The Fortieth Con-
gretoi.'etrayed its trust. Its session had bet-
ter h^Vfer btffi begun. The object for which
it whs convened, the impeachment of An
drew Johnson,was evaded in the most shame
ful manner. The Judiciary Committee had
been taking evideuce for three months, but
refused to give the country the result- of its
labors.
Tho people wanted no secret investigation
of this subject. The open record was sufficient
for conviction. But for the purposes of Re
publican party politics it was deemed best to
proceed in such a manner that while the
country might be deceived into tbe belie!
Than an honest inquiry was going forward,
nothing should in reality be accomplished,
and the subject be smothered in a committee
room for nearly a whole year. The adjourn
ment to July was a contemptible trick. The
most unfavorable time and date were chosen,
so that no quorum would probubly assemble.
. I. | Who wishes to visit Washington in the heat
and exercise it to oppress and plunder the I of midsummer, and tbe day before the Fourth
white race. 1'hcre are thousands pf. unprin- at that) The Pacific Coast Senator, went
J&. Singular Tragedy.
QUADRUPLE XIUKDi.il IN MEMi-llI- A Y0UNG
PHYSICIAN KIIKKD BY A CODBTHUI-KIL
LINO OF TIIK LATTER &Y THE PHYSICIAN.
’ ... ,'c . /’.pride of Carolina has sunk, bo flow.-and been aiquantlyto kill iiupeachmuut) were promised
or true religion, und whose only safety ra to ^ degraded os to Yotp for this voluntarily, any places they might wish for themselves or
Tna Late Frost.—From all wc can learn,
notwithstanding the apprehensions felt for
the cotton crop of this section and the killing
of a few plants by the frost of last week, Che
crop has not lu.cn seriously damaged. There
is a fair stand left, and the wilted plautson
being gradually restored by -the warm suns of
the last lew days.
A Nich Jub.—Speaking of the frauds com
mitted by transient negroes on the Registry,
the New Orleans Picayune says: ‘{Look cut
forthem. Identify the features and residence
of each one that is registered.” The idea of
identifying tbe leaturcs of all tho New Or
leans negroes is somewhat funny, though it
may he dono quite ns easily os reaching liber
ty by tho Sherman road.
A Question.—A contemporary asks this
pertinent question : “ If the negroes had no
votes, would Senator W ilson and his troupe
of Northern stumpers ever budcc one foot
South to address them or look after tlicir in
terests t " It is hardly necessary to answer it.
—!—— —
Wesleyan Female College.—Wc are in
receipt, from the publishing house of J. W.
Burke & Co., a handsomely printed catalogue
and announcement of this institution for ’:he
session of 1SG0-G7. All things considered,
the College is in a flourishing condition, the
number of students being 158. We learn
from the pnmphlet that the commencement
will come off on the second week of July, the
sermon by Rev. Win. T. Brantley, of Augusta,
and annual address by Hon. Wu>. JL Clum
bers, of Columbus.
y?"Geoeral Pope has turned out the
elected Mayor of Tuscumbia and put Lem ad
Cock burn i n.
Mrs. General Gaines’ new mansion on
Central Pu'k. Now York,will cost $2,000,000,
be found in forms where their highest duty
will be to cultivate the virtuo of obedience.
Such being the fact, the South must share the
destiny of her allies, and prepare herself for
tho great requirements of the future. The
North has already set aside the Constitution
and legislated itself into a Mobocracy, which
is the lost stage in the journey to despotic
power. Anarchy produces a necessity for a
strong government, and the latter will as nat
urally succeed the former as tbe night suc
ceeds the day—perhaps we should say, as the
clay succeeds the night, for wc can imagine
nothing worse than the government of the
mob.
For these reasons, having parted with all
hope for free, Republican institutions, we can
look with some degree of. composure upon
the radicalism and extravagances of the day,
as they only tend to hasten the conntry in
its march through the political wilderness,
and enable it the sooner to reach a promised
land, where we shall have at least stability
and repose, if not popular Sovereignty and
freedom.
,cipled white men amongst- us who will unite
their destiny with tho negro for tbe sake of
spoils and plunder. They will easily be per
suaded, and persuade themselves, that it is
right and proper that the lauds, of the State
should be divided out equally among,t all of
her citizens. Every one should have a home
—tho poor freedman as well as his former
rich master. Having the power in their
bands, with this belief, it is folly aad stu
pidity to suppose they will not execute it.—
They must serve OH juries and hold office,
ride with you ami your wives aud daughters
in the cars, and cat with you at the hotel and
;it with you in the church. AU this, and ten
turns more, you must endure, from our black
political musters And can it be that the
borne when the Senate adjourned—other Sen
atom go to Europe l'cr the Summer. There
is no intention of having a session until De
cember, and the impeachment of Andrew
Johnson hasfor thepresent receiveditsyaietas 1
if tbe Carnival of Blood should open in the
South this Summer is it did last, these re
creant public servants may receive a settle
ment at the hands of an indignant people.
But there is something behind all thm more
startling than ary cowardice or evasion of
plain duties. It is the corruption and venal
ity of the Republican Congressmen. A con
siderable portion of tbe party has been de
bauched by the offices which Andrew John
son had to bestow. The men who pledged
themselves to vote for adjournment (and con
Judas’ Reasoning.—Judas, seeing that the
cause of Christ was hopeless; that although
the principles he taught were verily true and
from God, could not overcome tbe idea of the
“anbedrim’s supremacy; and feared, being an
avaricious man, that unless he and his follow
ers bowed to their edicts, they would cortaiu-
ly lose property and perhaps their lives.—
With this terrible menace hanging over him
and bis flock, he said: “ There is no hope for
onr cause, and if wc oppose the edicts of the
supreme power, it will certainly be worse for
onr estates and ourselves. And as property
is a good thing for a man’s family,! will take
the thirty pieces and save myself, though
others may ho foolish enough to contend for
their principles, hoping against hope.”
Wc read that Judas was sorely smitten with
remorse and banged himself.—Augusta Con
stitutionalist.
Wilson Rebuked.—The New York Times
thus notices a threat of the Mnesachusetss
Radical missionary:
Senator Wilson is reported to have said at
a meeting in Angnsta, that “if, in Georgia,
or any other State, any man is,dismissed or
turned out of doors by a rebel on account of
voting. I will vote to confiscate rebel proper
ty.” We should bo sorry to think that Mr.
Wilson means just what lie says. It would
be a very mean and contemptible act for one
Southern man to turn another out of bis em
ployment for not voting as he might wish
him to do; bat it wonld not be much meaner
than it is for « Northern man to do the same
thing. Yet we have reason to suspect that
this, or something very like it, is done quite
olten by Northern men—and that, too, with
out subjecting themselves to nny such threat
as that uttered by Mr. Wilson. Mr. W. is a
Senator of the United States,fetid is not to be
governed, we hope, -in his official action on
so important a subject as confiscation, by
quite so small a motive as lie is made to avow.
Confiscation, if It is to be voted at all, should
be voted not out of spite, nor to punish a
great community for the offences of one or a
few of its individual members.
Prospects of tiie Cotton Crop.—The
prospects of the present cotton crop is any
thing but favorable. The cold weather lias,
wo understand, cut it very short—in many
places not more than half a stand. In view
of the crippled condition of tho country, as
well as the scarcity ot provisions at this cri
sis, it would no doubt be aGod-sent blessing
to every farmer that the whole of the cotton
crop could become extinct for at least two
years to come. We understand that there
are many farmers who hove heretofore lived
independent upon their own exertions, that
have not on hand a month’s provisions—have
no grain crops in anticipation, and are failing
in the effort to procure present sustenance by
giving liens upon their entire prospective
cotton crops.—Henry County (Ala.) Register.
Thad. Stevens talks of “mild confis
cation”—we suppose he would say “gentle
bangipg.”
for the purpose pf getting back into that
Union w hich her citizens professed to hate
and despise so cordially a lew years siuce I—
Arc.they willing to go to tlm polls and cast
their vote tor a convention, with thisdestiny
staring them in the face, in order to save their
lands from confiscation ? No. They will be
voting tho ultimate confiscation of their lands
and their political rights as sorely ns they
are voting «way their honor as tuen aod Car
olinians. . . - i
There are iu the State only ten districts
out of the thirty in which the white voters
are in the majority, aad these districts are the
smallest—consequently two-tliir<is and more
of the Convention may be negroes or Black
Republicans. Tho Legislature will be simi
larly composed. Do the people ot South
Carolina really think of these cousequences,
or are they prepared to accept them t Bet
ter a thousand tinies let Congress confiscate
your land and eutail such u government and
such degradation and misery on yoursclfand
posterity. Do your duty and leave the con
sequences to God. Act like men and Caro
linians. Declare,, by voting against a con-
vention, that you will never voluntarily
yield the right of self government, or place
yourself under the control of your former
slaves. Better—far better—to remain as you
are, under the military rule of your con
querors, and await their returning sense of
justice. J feel assured that but a mistaken
appeal to base fear, and that bastardly vir
tue called prudence, could have wrought so
wonderful a change in ftlm public sentiment
of South Carolina. And it is melancholy to
see the people—a proud, gallaut people—
scared into their own ruin and degradation
by the false cry of confiscation, like the
consumptive luuatic,- who had such a terror
of death that he butted his brains out
against the wall of his cell to avoid it. In
Order to save our lands from Congressional
confiscation, we are persuaded to let the
negroes parcel them out among them
selves.
Let no one charge me with disloyalty to the
American Union, o‘r infer from what I have said,
that I am not in lavor ot reconstruct ing the Union
ot all the States. My whole political life has been
spent in lighting for tho Union, and trying to ward
off that fell spirit of dlsuuion which has brought
all these unnumbered woes upon South Carolina
I wish to see the Union restored under tho Consti
tution. I know thcAmcrican people nevercan bo
free and happy, gr. nt and prosperous, without the
Federal Uniou; hut I will never degrade myself, or
my State, orsurrender my constitutional rights or
republican principles, to get back iuto the Union. I
will live under a military government, no' matter
how absolute and despotic it may be, and bequeath
it to ray children, sooner than volea negrogovem-
incnt for South Carolina, which every man will do
whovptca fora convention.
It Ua source of proud satisfaction to me to see
such Union men as Governor Sharkey, oi Missis-
sinpl. Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, Governor
Worth, of North Carolina, am’. Governor' Marvin,
of Florid... v. ho ia rer reused their opposition to
the spirit oi disunion till the Union coated to ex-
irt, standing iirmly.and breasting the storm oi
tyranny, oppression and degradation which has
been hurled at them, whilst leading secessionists
and disumonlsts are counselling the people to their
own degradation and destruction, tor the purpose
of gJttlng back into tho Union; oud, in order to
accomulLsh their purposes, holding up to their
view the “raw head and bloody bones” ol confis
cation. Such counsel comes 'with a bad grace
train those who boasted, at the .beginning oi onr
civil or sectional war, that they had druwfi their
swords ai d thrown away the scabbards, dvtcr-
miacd to die or live separate from the vile, ac
cursed Yankee nation.
Let no one charge me, either, with unkindness
to the African race. I have always been their
friend and protector, and, Uthcysh'.tvthemsf Ives
capable ol cxcreisingthe right of suffrage, by their
intelligenceaud property, lain willing to concede
tho right to them. But I am not willing, In their
present debased and degraded condition, to throw
the political power ol tho Slate into their hands
I know the result will be disastrous, both to ilieln
and the white race. It will end iu a bloody con
test or extermination to one race or tbe other In
very few of the Northern Suites are the negroes
allowed to vote, where they have only a few, ana
they fir superior to those in the Southern Suites.
It is monstrous, that the representatives of those
States, in Uougrcss, should attempt to force us to
yield the right of universal suffrage to the negro,
when they refuse it to him themselves.
There ia no danger of condseatlou by Congress.
The members of that body may not be superior to
ihe negro in boDesty, but they have not the so me
motive to vote a division of the lands. They will
get none ot them. A man is not so likely to rob or
sleal or aDOtberas for himself, hut is it not bit
ter to be robbed and plundered by Congress than
by a convention of South Carolina? As wicked as
Congress is, the members may have some reg.ird
lor the opinion of tbe world They may, too, have
some apprehension ot agrarianism at liome.
I greatly fear there are many white persons in
South Carolina who will vote for a convention,
under the hope of its repudiating the indebted
ness of the state. This class mat' influence the
negro vote to unite with them, and then they can
unite with the negro in parcelling out the lands
their friends. Tile trading out of offices for
tlic past two months has been the most scan
dalous exhibition of the kind in the history
o’f the Government. Docs the country real
iZ3 that its honor has been sacrificed, and its
safety imperilled by tbe greed of emolument
among its trusted representatives. The in
trigue, of which this was the fruit, commenced
with a dinner at a certain club house in this
city. It was there ascertained what Republi
cans were pliable, and where pop judiciously
administered would serve to prevent im
peachment und get rid of Congress. Ring-
ham, Blaine and Banks are the most note d
named in this business. Against this influ
ence Stevens, Butler. Logan and Boutwell
maintain a gallant resistance; but the river
of patronage was too deep and wide, and they
were forced to give way.
The facts should impress upon the people
that lesion so often enforced by tho Aboli
tionists—“put not your trust in politicians.”
A silly confidence in tbe integrity of public
men is a weakness. that forms one of our
greatest political dangers.
-There are a few men whom wc believe
would ueyer “.sell the truth tQ serve the
hour.” Let such receive our full support.—
But trust abjolutely no one. Hold every one
who has the power to mould tiie* future ol
America, up to the highest standard of po
litical duty, and let no eminent services in
the past, nor the good intentions of the ( pr<^
ent, excuse a faltering course.
Apropos of the Connecticut election a cry
comes up from tho Conservative Republican
Press that the Radicals are ruining the party
—tho Now Yor^ Times, Providence Journal
and Springfield Republican join in tho de
mand that the Radicals shall be sloughed off.
Wc wish to say to these gentlemen that the
Republican party owes its existence, its vi
tality and its success entirely to the fact that
it was the most available instrument for doing
the work of the Radicals, whose prescnco in
its raoke is the breath of Ita nostrils. The
moment it ceases to he of use to them it will
be abandoned, and its corpse will be found
on tlicbigbway, near the spot where the bones
at 'the old Whig party lie bleaching.
It was a great misiortuno to the country
that when the party for the overthrow of
slavery was organizing, it should have re
ceived into itself nearly all the old Whig
leaders. It was not a matter of choice with
them: they had nowhere else to go. Aa •
class, with few exceptions, they never had
any belief in the principles of human equal
ity, or any trust in the people. Every tri
umph for liberty has been wrung from their
reluctant and often treacherous hands. 1 heir
bowels constantly yearn lor tho compromise
dirt of 1850. A conspicuous example of this
class of politicians is the present Chairman
of the Committee on Finance, and by courte
sy leader of the Senate, John Sherman, of
Ohio. • His course np to the present hour lias
been one constant ifforf to baffle and defeat
every measure for tlic security ot human
rights in America. The pro-slavery virus
which in his brother, tin- Gtneral, is i:<>! co;i-
cealcd, works in him, it more secretly, not
lest surelv. He and all his class are edntinu-
ully striving to rescue pieces of the accursod
craft they did their best to save.
If the* Democratic party has the sagacity
to discard its Copperhead lenders, and raise
the banner of “ Universal Suffrage and Uni
versal Education,” it might regain and hold
it for another generation. The Radical vote
combined with the negro vote will decido
the next Presidential election. Whichever
party gets tlicir suffrages will win. The
blacks are not to be deceived by any in
trigues of their old masters at the South, or
the Copperheads and Republicans at the
North. They will vote for their friends.—
And Benjamin F. Butler, or some man of
equal fidelity,will surely get their votesooner
than Grant, or Fessenden or Colfax.
In the meantime let us address ourselves to
to the work laid out by «ur great leader,and
which is the paramount duty of the hour:—
“ No admission of rebellious Territories
without a Constitutional Amendment guaran
teeing universal education and universal suf- r
frage within tbe borders of every State.”
A singular"•tragedy recently occurred in
Memphis, Tenn., the facts of which are sub
stallthilly as follows:
The chief actor in this drama was a young
man named Robert Ferguson, a late gradual!
of tbe Medical University at Philadelphia,
and who bore a reputation lor mildness and
go* d behavior, and who was fast becoming
recognized among his profession as a youth
ot great promise. After Ferguson’s return
from Philadelphia, where he had prosecuted
his studies in medicine with great diligence,
aud graduated with first honors, h<: becann
connected in business with one of our popn
lar physicians, and was, to all appeftinCes, ad
vancing along tbe road to professional re
nown with rapid strides. But itsqemstliai
good fortune did not benefit bim. Re be
came reckless, and finally it Was rumored
among his many friends that he had become
enamored with a young woman of great
beauty but depraved habits, and had neglect
ed bis business so' that lie couhl enjoy her
society. She had other suitors, among them
a young man who was considered a warm
friend to Ferguson. Tlieir- meetings were
clandestine, but ere long Ferguson became
aware of the false actions of the courtesan
whom he loved. A coldness ensued between
him and his friend.
One night they met in a drinking saloon.
Tbe meeting resulted fatally to the false
friend. Ferguson shot bim and was immedi
ately arrested, but through some modus ope
rand! he was released on bonds. After his
release he went to Nashville, but a love for
the beautiful courtesan caused him to return
to Memphis. The woman, who by her beau
tiful person and educated wiles, lmd caused
him to forget his duty to society and his pro
lession, was gathering the meshes of death
around him. She had loved the man whom
Fergusou had so ruthlessly shot down, and
the sight of his dead body bad aroused in
her pitiless heart all tho passions of despera
tion and revenge. She wound the coil, and
as she care-sed her victim her eyes would
seem to.rend his very heart. In ber desire
to fully mature her plans, she seemingly de
scended lower into the pool of degradation,
and cultivated the acquaintance of men who
were noted for their desperation and villainy.
But in her train she brought many youths of
good family, whom, through good address
and assiduous attention, she had ready to do
her bidding.
1 Ferguson saw that he was in danger from
his many rivals, and insisted that they should
leave for California. She made some trivial
excuse, remarking, “You will go on a longer
journey next week.’* She spoke truly, but
little did she know that her coils were envel-
opirg, not only her intended victim, but her
self. On the night of the 18th of Marcli, she
concluded to put into execution her fiendish
object. Her accomplices, men of- depraved
natures—named Hammond, Yonker and
Bowles—were instructed as to tbe time when
Fergdson was to be assassinated. The cour
tesan made an appointment with Ferguson.—
True to his word, became. As he entered
the saloon, }ie was invited tp a private apart
ment artjomiDg the saloon, where parties were
in the habit o* drinking wines, &c. Yonker
entered, and was introduced by the woman,
He ordered a bottle of wine. As Ferguson
was lifting a glass of the sparkling beverdge
to his lips the courtesan raised her glass,>rc-
ni-irkiog, “FergusoD, this is the signal of your
deathaud as she drained the glass, Yon ker,
with a gleaming bowie knife, made a lunge
at the breast of Ferguson.
Ilia situation flashed across bis mind as tbe
cold sharp steel penetrated *his left shoulder.
With a quick bound be plated himself in a
corner of the too.ii, and drawing a navy
sized pistol, he shot Yonker dead, just as the
would-be assassin attempted to fire at him
with a Derringer pistol. The courtesan,
foijed in her designs, fired at Ferguson, who
fell, covered with blood, in the corner where
he stood at bay. Excited at the sight of
blood, the woman continued her shots,
wounding Ferguson ill four places. She then
rushed upon him, with a kDife, and just as
the keen point touched his body ho fired a
fatal shot, aud the woman fell upon her once
loVed paramour a corpse. The crowd broke
through the door, and gathered around the
forms of those, who had figured in this dread
ful strife. Before the woman, whose fiend
ish-like spirit had caused this dreadful havoc,
could be lifted from the form of Ferguson, lie
had died. *
Southern Baptist Convention.
From die Memphis Appeal, of the lOtU and
tltli. we extract such of the proceeding!- of
>he Biennial Convention of the Southern
Baptists as we think will prove most inter
esting to our readers:
first day.
Yesterday dated an epoch in the history of tbe
baptist Church of Memphis. It was the occasion
it the assemblage, in the First Baptist Chureb, oi
tiie eleventh b'n nnial session of tho Southern Bap-
cist Convention, whiih has brought tc the city
marly two hundred delegates, representing
churches in thirteen Southern StatesandtbeDis-
-rict of Columbia, and comprising a body of men
* hose superior in ability and intellectual attain
ments liar, rarely, if tver, assembled iu the country,
As will be seen by a glance at tbe list below, the
lelegation comprises the representative men of the
church in every Southern State—men wnose cn
tire lives have been devoted to the c 'Use of rtli
glon, many of whose m.mes aie ‘“urrd’iar as house
Mold worlds” wherever Baptists and . Bap;is
Churches are known, North or Booth.
MORNING SESSION.
The Convention, assembled at the First Baptist
Coiurch at l*i I 2 o’clock a. m yesterday. It wps
called te order hi’ the President, Nev. P. H. Moil,
ot Georgiy. Alter r< a ling a portion of tue 15th
chapter of John aud singing the ,08th psJm,
prayerww* offered up by Kev. W. c. Crane, oi
T xas Brethren A F. Crane, ot Maryland, and A.
tA-pe Abell ot Virginia, were then appointed sec
retaries pro ttm.
Upon motion of Bro. A. P. Williams, of Mis
souri, the several delegations were requested to
present their fists oi delegates. These were read
and rei-rred to the committee on credentials,
The next business in order being the --leetlon ol
a president of the p-rrnauent organization, Bro.
williams, oi South Carolina, nominated the pres
ent incumbent, Kev. P. H. MtU, ot Georgia.—
Brethren Secper, of Kentucky, Conner, of Geor
gia, J. T. Williams, oi Mis-ouri, and J. B. Link,
ol Texas, were appoint!d tellers. The choice ot
Bro. P. H. Melt, of Georgia, being announced,
~n motion the election was d dared unanimous.—
Upon taking the th«ir the president returned
thanks to the convention tor his re election, and
a few well chosen words gave assurance ot bis
intcutiouot discharging the responsible duties ol
nis position to the best of hU ability. Brethren
R. Fulltr, of Maryland, A. P. Williams, or Mis
souri, J. L.iBurrows, of Vi.ginia, end J. \V. U.
Creuth, of Texas, were vice pic iilents. Brethren
A. F. Crane, of Baltimore, Md., and A. Pope
Ab-ll, of Charlotteville, Va , were elected perma
nent secretaries. v
After prayer by Bro. Graves, of Tenn., adjourn
ed until 8 o’clock, p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.'
The Convention reassembled at the appointed
hour, and after singing, and a prayer b> Bev, A.
\V,. Chambliss, of Ab rdeen. Miss., the permanent
organization was completed, and the regular order
ol bnsiness proceeded with.
The President caused to be read a letter from
Lebanon, Tenn., speaking of the condition oi the
Churches of that association, and regretting their
inability to be represented in tbe Convention. It
was aouounccd from tbe Chair that Kev. R. B.' C.
Rowell, at' Nashville had written a letter regret
ting 'hat ill health would prevent him.from at
tending and participating in the deliberations • i
the Convention.
The list of Delegates embracing tli03C present
at tbe organization, which was mostlikely enlarged
by after arrivals, includes members from Maryland,
District of Columbia, Virginia, North. Carolina,.
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee
and (Unlucky.. The Delegation from Georgia was
email—follows: .
. Georgia.—W. T. Brantley, D. Shiver, J. J. Toon,
P.,ff:’Me!i, Geo. C. Connor, D. G.'Daniel, T. S.
Caniiett. A. C. Edwards, R. H. Jackson, G. It.
Moore, j. F. Antrey, J. II. Kilpatrick, J. E. Amos,
T. B. Cooper, J. B. Bntler, T. A. Reed.
Upon motion of Brother T. C. Kumbaut, of
Louisville,' Ky'., t a committee* of .seven was ap
pointed to inqair'e into the expediency of organiz
ing a Bible and Colportage Board, to act under the
auspices ol the convention, and denote the place
of its location. '
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
A lengthy and interesting report of the opera
tions oi the Board ot'Foreign Missions, duringLiie.
past year, was read by the Secretary, SeV. J. ,15.
Taylor, Sr., of Vir-rinra. It entered into minute
details, showing what hau been accomplished in
beball of this important Held ot labars aad setting
forth its Deces6itie3. It closed with an earnest up
peal to the Southern Baptist Church to sustainthe
Foreign MliwmBr vtrrefrnl To* the Committees
on AiricaD .Missions, China Missions, aad on pro-
positiou ot tiie Hoard to publish .1 Foreign Mission
journal.
The receipts ol the. Board of Foreign, Missions
for tho year were $21,678 85; disbursements,
$21,444 47; balance on hand, April 11, 1S*>7,-
$284 28. Of, thjs sum, Tennessee centributed
4108185; Kentucky leading oil with $.">014 02;
Georgia ($446817i, coming next,.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
Convention. Rev. DJI], , rsovc r
Carolina, made a verbal exp m of S
tion of the institution, rovetiiinr, le Ccn<i i-
pecuniavy affairs which loudly ,■ ,jk
He asserted that ufeess somethin® ° r4cli °t
at once, the institution caunot bob,
eessfullv conducted. The pn>!e= * ,l " er fet
been unable to obtain salaries aiu » >r ®
most trifling bills against the Semi„* Ten ‘ke
not lie paid. He reviewed the stni c *® -
the Baptists in all countries and
tering the cause of religious cducati’^^
closed with an eloquent appeal in h!i
the institution-
He was followed by Rev. Dr p 0 ;.,i
Virginia, who also presented the«4^* r,<>(
education for the ministry in a mott 7 ln »of
and eloquent manner. Ho reveal.")
picture of the necessities ot the edn *
interests of the church, and earn'-stb' 10 ”* 1
its members to go forward in the
of fostering edueatfon Until the n.™? 8 *
now destitute of religious.in« ructi "J® el *
at home add abroad, fereWl4nirer W, ', botk
ted. He protested against any lon« er • tv
pcans to .Ignorance. The chuiWW^
educated ministers, and the
be sustained. * nar . v C:.c :
Rev. J. L. M. Curry. President n r rr
lege, Alabama, heartily, indorsed re® 0 *' 11 Id-
Rev. Dr. Poindexter’s remarks n l *!*«•■
that the country was' irapovcn'shJf 0 !’ 1 ^
them was a ruin; before them nainfol 6ehi »«
hensinn. Socially, they were il,, *PHt
politically, overthrown. If there ut,0 ®'ftii;
tion for the country, it is in the reli*i« ny
Christ. The war has developed In V ° U ^
.ent of infidolity-a mon,tfou 3 he ',
must be met and overthrown ^ w Wek
believed to be the great battle ffrou “," n , lr 7 k *
overthrow of those heresies. HeVbvli • or li «
ligious intolerance; but thoozht ft -
Catholic Church was seekine to
country, and believed that the nnl”' z * lif
scriptural antagonist of that sect
list Church. w »stiie Bj^
Regarding the support of religions edu«,-
institutions as ono ot the nust c toa!l
accomplishing the Work of spreading"
ity, he cordially united witli the nref inm'^*
ers in urging tho sustenance ofthePW ^'
Rev. T. E. Bki u „c I(Vf Norm can
testimony to the excellence ofti, n e
Seminary, and entreated Banting na , envj,I «
it to go down for want of means jl» 1°
this question : Shaft the institute dlTrV^ V fc
If it be sustained, it mast be bv the eflkw IT 5'~
ministry. -He was poor, but must J. oftk *
by some church, and he was wi|wJ PP< ? rte<i
portion ofthat support to the 8em; P „? l0g,re '
Rev. Dr.' G. Samson. PrZZ^rr ,
bian College, D. C., loftowe/n^et ofCoIani -
feit that Southern Baptistsskou'ls n n "!f er ".
their energies upon their schools He
ing to give SoOU if one hundred more subscrl
tions ot a like sum were offeied Hetkl
that before the Convention closed theKiimT,- 5 '
be placed in Dr. Boyce’s hands.
Rev. Dr. J. R. Graves, of Memphis, and stvt .
al others, spoke to ravor of the Seminaev ■
urged the brethren to contribute. Uwatt!
conclusion of these addresses voluntary subscri
tious, aggregating upward of $10,000,were mtA
Adjourned until '3 p. «.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Rev. Ol W. Rogers, of Mo., moved the adorns
,of a resolution providing for the appointment of.
committee ot five to confer with a committai!
ready appointed by the Southern Baptist babfri
School Union, relative to the prp; rietv ot coi
bining the operations of the Sunday ecnoolBw*
of the Southern Bapt st Convention and tk,
Southern Baptist Sabbath School Union. Laid,
the table temporarily.
ReV. Tbos. Rabaut of Kv„ Chairman of i;
Committee,on Bitdc.and Co'lportagc, reported
favor of reorganize®; a Board to be fo&ted
Louisville; also providing lor the Looks, e-r.
etc., ot ihe Board now iu existence iu XashtV
being transferred to the new Board. After act
au animated discussion, relating to the proit'n,-
ot such action, in which Revs. Burrows, oi Vi
Sumner, of Ala.; Williams, of Md; Stars ot Ten,
Keen, of Ky.; Henderson of Ala, K.unbant,*
Ky., and others. Rev. Dr. Williams, of Id
moved that* the" resolutions contained inti*'
port be stricken out, and in their s’ead resolcfet
be adopted providing for theassets of thefoer
B -ard being turned over to tbe Treasurer ol t
Conrentiou, to be appropriated to tbe pnrd*
' aid distribution of Bibles. Much of the origin
report was then stricken out; when Kev.ft
Boyce, of S. C., moved the re- commitment of li
ra-port as amended to the Committee withii&r.'
tion to return it as a whole.
Alter more disenst ion iRtr. Dr. roindexitr.a
Va., moved to lay the report on the table, ha
The motiOB to recommit was then adopted.
The Northern Press on Underwood's
Charge.
Ashburc in trouble.
j Thu Columbus Sun of Sunday relates the
following incident in; tt>p experience of a
somewhat noted character. It is probable
that Ash burn got jost what be desired;
ibn Saturday afternoon tbe notorious G. W. Ash-
barn, who frit Columbus immediately alter the
abrogation of military law, und bus returned Bince
its re-estaNishme -t. without warrant or invitation
walked into ibo Jaw office 01 our yonng ftllow-
towut.man, Wm. if. llei ssn, J£eq. Mr. Denson
not knowing and supposing him to be some one
on proie-sionul busiues-, invited him to take a
seat,.which lie did. and proceeded to open his
budgkt. lie infoiincd Mr. D. -Ui&tGcn Grant was
a mail ot genius and General Lee a mere creature
Ot deti.il; that, tbe first would live in glory, whilst
the Utter die in merited intasny. Upon being in
formed by,Mr. D. that the latter statement was a
lie, e changed the conversation to polities, stating
tlu-fbo was here tor the purpose of organizing
u Rj'iieal Party, lli.it In a few days he would lay
Lis plans before tho citizens of Columbus, and
that'all who did not come to tho high position
occupied by himself would be persecuted. At
this point Mr. D. very properly Knocked Him down,
and proceeded to kick bim out of his office down
the stairway into the street.
We mention these facts merely to put before tbe
public a correct representation of this affair which
will doubtless be reported to Northern Radical
Drints, by Asbburn. as an unprovoked and diabol-
: cal assault upon a loyal mau for principle’s sake. ;
Union Organization South.
Rev. M. T. Sumner, Secretary of the Board of
Domestic 'and Indian Missions, submitted the
twenty-second annual report of Its operations.—
During the greater portion ot the past year the
board has employed ono hundred and twenty-four
Missionaries and Evangelists, located throughout
the South. Great good has been accomplished;
but owing to tbe sad condition in which lhewar
left the country, the Board has labored under seri
ous disadvantages. Tbe scarcity ot money every
where, and tbeex rente poverty ot the churches at
mauy points, have in unuierous instances caused s
cessation ol ministerial labors altogether. . The re
port contains letters from many places in the
south revealing an extent ol suffering tor even the
bare necessities of life that U melancholy to con
template,
A large number of intelligent and pious mis
sionaries have been employed to preacii specially
to the freedmen of the t-outti. The colored people
generally prefer the white missionary to those ot
thejr own. This is owing, in no small degree, to
the fact that the white minis er is better qualified
to instruct them, and this is what they need, good,
souud, theological instruction. Those people are
gradually improving, and show evident signs of
advancement. They are usually withdrawing from
the white churches and oiguniziug churches of
their owd, aud this course is approved by the
t.rethrcu.acd promises to increase their efficiency.
The missionaries of the board are encouraged in
their work among this class ot people. This very
able aud comprehensive report concludes:
“In conclusion, the board would express its
gratitude to Almighty God, for fh.rt measure ot
success that has crowned its humble labois in til's
'department of Home Evangelization. The field
is vast, its wants are many and pressing. Never
in tbe history of our coun’trv was there such a de
mand for spiritual, go'pcl t-uth. The only anii-
dote to sin, we must look to its healing proper
ties as the psnicea for the evils tbat inflict our
moral and spiritual constitution. No better de
monstration of the interest in the prosperity of
our people can we afford, than in promoting the
advancement of this cause, that looks to the es-
tatlishment ot the King of Christ on earth, aud
the reign of His principles in the hearts of nun.”
CnEERiNG from Alabama.—The Mont
gomery Mail says: “From all parts of the
State we hear the most cheering accounts of
the next crop. Cotton and corn arc growing
finely, and the generality of farmers are
blessed with good stands of both. With
anything like a favorable season, Alabama
will relieve herself in a few months.”
HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF DOLLARS CONTRI-
T5UTED BV TIIE NOTH.
1 Correspondence pf tho New Orleans Republican.}
Montgomery, Ala., May 1,1867.—Mr. C’ouway,
the accredited commissiouer lor tlm organization
of tho Union men ot the8outh, has justarrived
in this city, after h iving made a thorough toarot
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroliua aud Geor
gia. Thus far lie reports unexpected success —
Kitty thousand loyalists are erguuiz.-d in Virginia;
about as many, if not more, in North Caroliua in
full operation, and constantly augmenting their
loice>; M\ty thousand ru organi/.-il in i-outii Car
olina, with accessions of more than au average oi
a hundred per day. In Georgia the work ia still
mpro progressive; and iu this State already, aud
with little ellort, more that thirty thousand are
joined together for the promotion ot the loyal
Cau-e. The Union men oi Alabama are confident
ol success. Indeed, i: re a!ready regarded by th •
ex Ooniederates as aforegouo conclusion that the
republicans will carry the State by the superiority
ot their organizition and the advantages ot timb.
Hundreds ol thousand of dollars are being raised
by the wealthy loyalists of U»o North and West,
so as to promote the loyalcanse in the South.—
That lliis tact should he k- own is not regarded as
at all objectionable. To-day a wealthy planter
from the interior said to your com spondeut that
the republicans, being fully organized, and know
ing exactly what to do, how to do it, and hav
ing the means to do it with, will have but little
difficulty in cirryiug the State; whereas, they (the
“conservatives," so-called) ure yet unorganized
and in Ignorance as to what course is best to pur
sue, must expect defeat.
It is expected that ia less than thirty days more
there will he a loyal organizition in every town
ship Iu Alabama. Mr. Conway will inspect the or-
ganizitious in this State, und after speaking
at the Republican con vention In Mobile, on Thurs
day, will proceed to New Orleans, where he will
arraugc for permanent State and parish organiza
tions, in harmony with loyal projects already un
der way in jour State.
Examination of Geo. A. Trenuolm.—
"\Vasliington, May G.—Tho Judiciary Com
mittee to-day had a full meeting and exam
ined several witnesses, the most prominent of
whom was the ex-Confederate Secretary of
the Treasury, George A. Trenholm. lira ev
idence was regarded as unimportant, as it re
lated principally to the allegation made
against the President, of restoring property
to rebels. -
*~pf~ \ negro named Stephen Smith owns
seventy-five houses in Philadelphia.
SECOND DAY—MORNING SESSION.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment, at 9 o'clock, A. M., yesterday, a large
delegatipu being present.
SUNDAY scnooii BOARD.
Rev. C. C. Bitting, of S. C., Corresponding
Secretary Sunday School Board, submitted
the auquai,report of the operations of that
body. ’ .. , * j *
Tiie report’ sfates that at the commenco
mdnt of the year just closed the condition
and prospects of the Board were far from
flattering. The treasury was empty, aud the
Board owed £2000 for Testaments. A por
tion of tiie stock had been sold for currency
which became worthless, and much of it; was
consumed in ih-f burning of Columbia, S. C.
From the uncertainties of the social, busi
ness and civil condition, the desire to avoid
embarrassment, and, above all, from the in
trinsic rightfulness and importance of'the
principle itself, as well ns frmn'vcry nece d-'
ty, the Board has proceeded upon the.cash
basis in all its arrangements and contracts.
AU present indebtedness is provided for.
During this year 2o,000 Testaments were
offered as a donation to the Board by the
American Bible Society, but not accepted as
such. They were then purchased for .$'2025 1G.
Tiie Board during the year did much toward
circulating different publications.
Of stock on hand there remain about 300
Testaments; -70 Bibles; 050 Child’s Question
Book on the Four Gospels, Part I; 425 Infant
Class Question Books; 1125 Doctrinal Cate
chisms; 2400 Sunday School Primers, ar.d
about 800 Library and Music Books. The'
Board owns about 150 wood cuts, 100 elec
trotypes of cuts, and a number of plates of
original and selected music. Each book al
ready published is electrotyped. and the
plates are owned by the Board. Those now
in hand are being electrotyped, and with
future issues the same plan will be pursued.
The report urges upon the Convention the
importance of fostering the colored Sunday
Schools, and more thorough organization.
The receipts by the Board for the year
amount to $7808; disbursements, $6865 29;
balance on hand, $442 71.
SOUTHERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
On motion of Rev. Dr. A. M. Poindexter,
ot Virginia, the claims of the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary, located at Green
ville, South Carolina, were presented to the
From the New York llerald.]
The charge of Judge Underwood tatk
grand jury in Richmond on Monday is with
out a parallel. With its whining cant ofmt’
tyrdom, it9 bitter curses of the defunct Con
federacy, aud its ioul-moutbed abu-e of
Richmond, with its spluttering poetic ciioti
tions, with its ecstatic upplau-e of find.
Stevens, with nil its angry and ridiculon?
rhetoric, this charge is the strangest mixtiire
of drivel anil furious nonsense which ever
disgraced the bench. In getting himself ap
ambitiously to “act well his pint,"’ Judge
Underwood must have had a confused notion
of taking for models Jeffreys, Parson Brown-
low, aud Robert-Shallow,"Esquire, justice ot
the peace, apd Coram aud Custalorum. and
Kuto-Corum, too. None but some of Sbat-
speare's queerest original characters, if reviv
ed to-day, could utter such h farrago of nt.
atul fustian as this unprecedeut charge h
is certainly unique; and additional peculiari
ties of the occasion were the presence of do
black men in the jury-box,'and ill" appoint
ment of John Minor Botts as foreman of &
grand jury. .
From the Now York World.] .
It was our misfortune to print yiatw.lt-
one of the most disgraceful charges to a jut)
that ever was uttered,by an American juiki
we mean the charge ot Judge Underwood-
the grand jury at Richmond on Wednesii;-
The majority of our readers may have bee
tempted to smile at it, forgetting that it wm
given to the work! os the deliberate, oSas
utterance of a judge oi the United S* 416
District Court. Were it labelled a sl®f
speech instead of a judicial charge, one ® 1 .- 1 -*
afford to laugh at it; but, under the circuffi-
stanees, the feelings it excites are cc-rtcnf-
for the speaker anil unfeigned sorro* ,lu '
such a iellow is permitted to debit *® C “V 1
office. A man who can go far prostW* £
position as to wreak upon..a conqueredPWPJ
the weak ,vcngeance of his own babbling
who can embody in what should beasolenj-
charge to a jury praises of an old part] b s ^
whose venom towards his Opponents is > s ^
torious as his unscrupulous use of mea®.
attain his end, and can defame the co
community in which his court is to sit, sto
have a seat beside the Fishmongers ba --
London rather than on the bench in »
mond. We choose to repeat, in this con
tiqn, none.of the language employed j
man. The publication of h:s charge‘ ^
and simply as a matter of news, is as ni
any newspaper of self-respect can becsP'
to do. 1 .
Were all the disgrace of /nVpi-woOt
charge visited upon the head ot L 1 ' 0 j,..
alone, it would be an affair of not “ ie , .-.j.
est consequence. His reputation cou %
suffer nor his notoriety be increase )
But, most unhappily, he has brought ^
upon the entire bench of the count0,
the people of other countries be is a -y 0 t,
sentative of American judges. , ^ DB ]jri-
remember, he owes not to personal
ty, still less to any recognition oi
by his fellow-citizens, but to tliej-.u 1 „ ^
tiality of “the blessed martyr, Line-- 1 ' Vy
appointed John O. Underwood to ' , jy
of the United States District Court ^ ^
Eastern District of Virginia, and ‘ .
likely that the incumbent will R ‘ u ?^ t ] )-
position until removed trout it by c
f^rom the Cincinnati Enquirer.] ^chsf?
We give elsewhere the astonish' 0 :, g tJt j
of Judge Underwood, of the Unite- ^
Court, in Virginia, to the Grand . 1 - ,- u i pro
district. It is an absurd and SW U
due tion, and shows that its-autli-n ^
son having neither sense nor disc- t y
that in every respect lie is a drag
Bench upon which he sits. Head
coming from the Judge who is to .
son Davis.
The Democrats of Little
York, have just elected their ch •
— the first time ia fourteen yt&rs*
jority was one hundred and tlnitw
A legal monomaniac in Athens hl '
a reversal of the judgment which
Socrates to death.