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MACON, FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1SU7.
Peath of Chief-Jfo»tico Pumpkin.
MEETING of the bah of the supreme
COURT.
TALISTS.
Milledgeville, June 5, '07.
At a meeting of the Bar of the! Supreme
Court held this day, on motion of N. J. Ham
mond, Esq., Hon. Joseph E. Brown was called
to the chair; and on motion of Amos T.
Akcrnmn, Esq., Charles W. DuBpse was ap
pointed Secretary.
Hon. R. F. Lyon announced the death of
the Hen. Jos. H. Lumpkin, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia, aud moved
the appointment oi a committee of ten by tl; e
Chairman to draft suitable resolutions upon
the occasion, with instructions to report tl e
tamo to the Court during the present session,
in order that they may bo spread upon tlic
minutes.
The motion was adopted nod the toilim -
ing gentleman were appointed as the com
mittee: His Excellency, Gov. C. J. Jenkins,
Hon. E. A. Nisbet, Hon. Hiram Warner, Hon*
Henry L. Benniug, Hon. Ebenezer Starnes,
Hon. Ricbarcf F. Lyon, Hon. Linton Stepliei s,
Hon. Wm, Dougherty, Hon. Junius Hillyir,
and Hon. James P. Simmons.
On motion of J. R. Parrott,-Esq., the meet
ing adjourned. -'7—- - .
' Jos. E. Brown. Ch’m.
' Chas. W. DuBose, Sec’y.
gia Black B.cpubliconism.
“Journal «fc Messenger”.—The statement
of the editors of the above journal that tod
article we complained of was an “cxtracV’
and that they had no information as to its r.u-
thorship, is sufficient to relieve us of all re
flections in the premises. Their language ac
companying this statement* and intended no
doubt to neutralize it, is out of place and in
volves a mere question of breeding, which wc
have no disposition to discuss.
Rain.—Wc are glad to see, from qur
changes, that the refreshing and copious
showers that fell in Middle Georgia the first
of the week, extended to the Southwestern
part of the State and over into Alabama,
producing the finest effect upon the crops.
pgy The reduction of the cotton tax lrom
three cents to two and a half cents per pound
will not go into effect, under the limitation
of the Act of Congress, until the first of
September.
Confiscation for Slaves.—The follow
ing is one of the new articles of the Mary
land Bill of Rights:
“Article 24. That slavery shall not be re
established in this State, but having been
abolished under the policy and authority of
the United States, compensation in considera
tion thereof is dne from the United States.”
The claim is both just and constitutional,
but then whether the Government will ever
be honest enough to recognize it, is another
question.
Mr. W. B. Walker has become editor
of the Brunswick “ Courier,” and in the last
number favors his readers with a well written
Ealutatory.
Savannah City Government.—The Sa
vannah “Herald,” after referring to a state
ment of the Atlanta “Opinion” that General
Pope had hcaTd nothing of the negro move
ment for the removal of Mayor Anderson and
his Council, says:
It may be well to state in this connection
that the friends of Mayor Anderson and of
the members of the Aldermanic Bonrd, in
this city have no npprehensions whatever in
regard to this matter, and have been some
what amused at the sensational rumors that
have been current upon a subject which has
attracted much unnecessary attention.
Radical paper says: Jefferson
Davis was once the owner of many slaves, but
of all his bondsmen the most distinguished is
Horace Greeley.
Marietta Free School.—Mr. William T.
Mansfield, a philanthropic gentleman, has es
tablished a free school for indigent white
children at Marietta, and calls upon the peo
ple of Georgia to aid him by such contribn •
tions of money and clothing as they can well
spare. The following note to the Atlanta In
telligencer announces the opening of his
school, and shows what an opportunity be
nevolent people have for doing good :
Monday Morning, June 3, 1S67.—Opened
school at 8 1-2 o’clock, with singing and
prayer. Number of pupils present, seventy-
two. The following teachers assisted in the
recitations of the day: Miss E. Y. Hill, Miss
Jane Mulryno, Miss Annie Atkinson, Miss
Fannie Nichols, Miss Jane Smith, Rev. G. W.
Given.
Received this day the first contribution be
stowed upon the school, to-wit: one dollar.
Wm. S.. Mansfield, Sup’t.
Poor Abased Mobile-—A Fair Propo
sition.
The Mobile “Advertiser & Register” com
plains, and not without a cause. Wc think
with in that Gen. Pope would do well to
travel around among his subjects, make their
acquaintance,' learn their disposition and
temper, and enable himself to form judgments
of liis own without relying upon the one
sided representations of others. The Adver
tiser says of Mobile:
Gen. Pope is evidently laboring under a
hallucination about the “ Mobile riot” so-
called. We very much wish that he would
visit this Mobile part of his vice royalty, and
sec for himself how mistaken lie is about the
temper of the population. Before,-God we
arc in the situation of the lamb who drank
water from the current below the wolf and
yet who was accused by the wolf, as an ex
cuse for a quarrel, of muddying the stream.
If he will come here and inspect the old
Court House ruined wall, in lront of which
Kelley spoke, and which the liar who tele
graphs to the New York Herald says was at
tacked, and can find a single shot mark on
all its expansive front, wc will agree that the
Radicals are patriots and Christians and the
S. S. S. bill is a “finality” and a monument
of wisdom, statesmanship and justice. And
again, if he can show from all the carefully
sifted evidence that one white man in that
crowd fired a gun or pistol, or was even
armed, or that one negro was hurt so far as
the abrasion of his skin, we will give it up
that this people have not been disgracefully
and damnably slandered and belied by the
reports that have gone forth and been gob
bled up in regard to their conduct on that
occasion.
We saw, with our own eyes, brave young
fellows who had looked death and battle in
thejeye fifty times under Lee and Johnson
and Bragg, retreating from the scene of con
fusion from considerations of sheer pru
dence, and in order that Radical liars might
have no occasion to misrepresent and slander
their people to their political prejudice.
And this is the reward of their good sense
and modification ! God will not allow jus
tice to be, always outraged.
'Queen Christina, the vicious old
mo'her of t*-< Queen of Spain, is going to
reside near Havre.
It is a pity that falsehood and detraction
arc so rife at the North that they arc allowed
to find a place even in the commercial and.
business documents that are designed to
further the groat industrial interests of so
ciety, and arc supposed to be above the tricks
and impositions of political partisanship. In
the Philadelphia “ Commercial List and Price
Current” of the 25th ult., wo find an article
on “The Wants of the South,” in the course
of which appears the following reference to
the recent exposition and appeal of the Macon
Poaricf fade:
“ What the South wants, the Macon Board
of Trade confesses, is capital. It has none.
It is utterly exhausted, and must continue to
progress slowly until it can command the
necessary assistance. To obtain some such
supply, was the object of the communication
to which wc refer. That the North has Capital
in superabundance, is true: that the South has
not as much as it needs, is also to be con
ceded. "How tlien is a bargain to be made
between them honorable to both. It can only
be by mutual confidence.
"The members of the Macon Board of
Trade cannot be ignorant of the tact, that
immediately after the war of the Rebellion,
Northern capitalists were ready to furnish
any amount of money that was wanted to as
sist Southern industry, and help a prostrated
system of labor and of agriculture to rise
again. They know, also, how such overtures
were treated, and how* Northern men who-
had gone to the South with Iona fide inten
tions of assisting in the reconstruction of that
portion of tlje- country, "were warned off, or
treated with so much roughness that they
were obliged to leave either in fear or disgust.
These lessons are not to be forgotten, and
when the Macon Board of Trade assumes to
ask for assistance now, what security can it
give that the Southern people will receive it
with any more grace and thnnkfulness than
they have shown at previous times?”
Wo answer, no security whatever. . The
Philadelphia editor's statement, so far as it is
designed to convey a general fact, is utterly
false. Nor is it true in any special case, in
the light set forth above. Whatever may
have been the asperities that existed imme
diately after the close of onr bitter and bloody
war—and their existence, was wholly natural
—we venture to say that tljc. editor cannot
point out a Solitary case where a Northern
capitalist came South to invest money, con
ducted himself as a gentleman,and was either
“warned off” or “treated with roughness."
Intermeddlers and mischief-makers may have
been advised not to settle: and what decent
peaceable community would like to have such
members ? This is the sum of the wholecase.
There is not a ciiy, or hardly a county, in the
South where Northern men have not settled
and been kindly treated since tbe war, thus
giving the 11c direct and practically to such
unjust and malicious articles as that of the
Philadelphia Commercial List and Price Cur
rent.
Why is the Northern press loth to state the
truth about this reluctance to invest capital
in the South ? They know very well that it
arises from no such facts as those stated by
the Philadelphia editor, nor from anything
that involves the character of the Southern
people, nor from any circumstance which we
have the power to control, but exclusively
from the uncertainty of the course to be pur
sued by the Radical party in Congress, whose
revolutionary measures are threatening every
vital interest of the country, and have already
brought the whole land to the verge of bank
ruptcy. . Control them, and capital and every
thing else will be safe—ns ssfe'in the Sonth
as they are in the North.
Mr Kelley on Confiscation and Re
construction.—In his speech at Salisbury,
N. C., the other day, Mr. Kelley snid he had
been asked whether the Sherman bill was %.
final measure. To this he would answer that
the Sonth itself should decide that. As to
confiscation—of which they seemed to be
afraid—he protested that, no matter for all
Mr. Stevens said in his speech, there wn3 not
a Republican in Congress who wanted a con
fiscation bill; but if the military bill was
rejected, as the constitutional amendment
was, he would not say that a restricted fran
chise might not follow, or that Congress
might not go further, even to taking from
the men of large wealth who oppressed the
mosses a portion of their vast estates.
The following Tetter from a correspondent
of the^philadelphia Press contains matters
both rich and edifying.' Our Ex-Governor
is evidently working, on a most ticklish plat
form; if one party docs not knock it from
under him, another is very apt to:
Montgomery, Ala., May 22, 1867.
Last night, cn route from Atlanta to this
point, I wasrthe involuntary-listener to a con
versation which let in a flood of light upon
the’raotives of one prominent and represen
tative reconstructed , Southern politician. I
refer now to Gov. Jc e Brbwn, of Georgia.
It will not fail to be remembered that this
prominent personage came out some short
time ago in favor of gracdul and hearty ac
quiescence in tlie terms offered under the
military acts. It must be borne in mind, too,
thatlie has worked energetically to the. end
of persuading the people in Georgia to the
same course. Ho is a man of large ability
and wide influence, and having begun as a
strong disciple of the Calhoun school, it was
justly esteemed a great triumph. The •ob
structionists” are denouncing him most
heartily, and therefore it is clear that Gov.
Brown's movement is visible evidence of the
fact that at last we have succeeded in divid
ing the political South.
But no one can Lein Georgia, two days,
and come into contact with the Uuion men,
without finding out that they are the most
suspicious of the GovernoFs intentions. In
Atlanta, and intact wherever his direct in
fluence is concerned, he has quietly exerted it
against the organization of a Republican
party. But for tlie opportune announcement
of the Republican call, in. all probability
Governor Brown and bis friends would have
issued one simply calling those in favor ol
reeuiwtruction in goo:5 faith.
This is the Governor’s position. Privately
he says he favors the Republican party, and
expects to join it wh-n tlie time comes, but
he does not do so now, as snch a step as that
might do more harm than good. So Governor
Brown Jias been a hold-back among the white
Republicans in Georgia. But to return tothe
conversation :
With Governor Brc wn was seated a gentle
man who, it was soon, evident, belonged to
the fire-eating Southern school. From re
marks he made it would appear that he was
a resident of Missouri, during a part of the
war at least. The conversation between the
Governor nud himself was carried on openly,
nudno one could avnid comprehending its
drift. My attention was attracted by bear
ing, in reply to a remirk of Brown, “Well, I
should vote against a convention, any how.”
“Would, that be wise, in our present situa
tion ?” queried the Governor.
“Perhaps not,” was the response. “But
what does it matter.; we’re all going to ruin,
anyhow ? I am for giving ’em hell anyhow,
on general principles.”
“But there is no chance for revolution on
the part of the South this generation, at
least,” was the quiet remark of the Geor
gian.
“I don't know about that.” said the other,
boisterously; “it seems to me that tlie Radi
cals are drifting in that way, and it must
come. We sliall have Mexico very soon,
aud then we'll have a row. Get that restless
revolutionary dement, in, and tlie South will
know how to use it.”
“Yes, but that’s a contingency too far off
The question is, what sliall we do now ?” re
plied tlie Governor,
“Do ! why do nothing. What can you do ?
The Radicals have got all the power, and will
hold it until they drop to pieces of their own
weight, and by the results of their own ty
ranny.”
“Well,” said the Governor, “there is no
hope forthc South, unless a financial crash
shall come before the next Presidential elec
tion ; then they may be defeated.”
“Not they,” said the other; “.they are
bound to elect the next President. During
his term there will come divisions and new
issues. When a new party gets into power,
won’t the Radicals suffer ?” As he said this
his tone seemed full of satisfaction.
“That’s just the position,” was replied by-
Brown ; “if the South is only wise now,
takes advantage of what she cannot help, and
once more gets into Congress, remaining there
as of old a unit, with more than twenty Sen
ators and over fifty Representatives acting
together, tlie time will come when we can re
pay the Radicalsforthehnmiliations endured
at their hands.”
After this last significant remark the con
versation became only a speech of general
jeremiad over the sure downfall of the Union,
growing out of Radical despotism.
The words of Governor Brown are worthy
of note. They are, as nearly as I can give,
the utterances of a man esteemed as union;
the best specimens oi a reconstructed politi
tician. What I have given is a moderate
transcript of what was said.
Appointments of the. Georgia An
nual Conference of the African BK.
ZS. Church, for 1867-’8.
Saitintiah District—R. P. Gibbs, P. E.
Savannah Station—R. P. Gibbs.
Aucusta Station—C. L. Bradwell.
Butler Creek— Samuel Steward.
O^ecc'uee Circuit—1 hoinas Garrett.
Bryan County—R. M. Taylor.
Darien Mission—Samuel Drayton.
Jefferson aud Burks County—Gto. H. Nealey.
Snndcrevillc—W. Persona and J. Simmons. *
ITacon Dhtrtct—H. M. Tnrner, P. E.
Macon station—H. M. Turner, and W. B. Camp
bell.
Columbus Station—David Picket.
Atlanta Station—W. J. Gaines.
Marietta Station—Peter McClain.
Greensboro’ Station—Henry Strickland.
Florence Station—B. Jackson.
Lumpkin Station—T. G. Steward;-
Stewart County Mission—Tlioa. Crayton.
Fort Gaines Station—Robert Alexander.
Dalton Station—A. Brown and W. 8. W. Sher
man.
Americas Station—J. H. Jennings and W.
Ravens.
Griffin Station—A. McGee.
Wan-enton Station—Robert Crumly.
Randolph County—Job R Brown.
Athens Station—S. B. Jones.
Albany Station—F. Robinson.
Colquitt Mission—John T. Gipson.
Dawson Station—Nelson Beacbem.
Cartersville Station—Charles R. Kdwarde.
Atlanta City Mission—Joseph Wood.
Green County—L. Wood.
Washington, Wilkes County—Edward Furdev.
Forsyth Station—Edward Troppe.
Madison Station—Thos. K. Brown,
Rome 8tatlon—Ilenry Burns.
Kingston—C. Murphy.
Dougherty County—Solomon Zants.
Hawkinsville—Robert Anderson.
Blakely—To be supplied.
Alabama District—H. Stubbs, P. E.
Union Springs—H. Stubbs.
Opelika—R. Bailey and G. Hawkins.
Eufaula—L. Gardner.
Liberty Chapel—Isaac Ilall.
Shady Grove—Henry Evan*.
Auburn—To be supplied.
Chunnameggic—Cain Rogers.
Eq»u—Washington Jlarvey.
At the close of the Conference, Rev. N. M. Tur
ner offered the following, which was adopted:
Whereas, The great Head of the Cbnrcb, by bis
unerring counsel and protecting power, has en
abled us to gather thousands of members and
scores of Preachers into the hosOm of our organ
ization, thus enabling us to form an annual Con-
lcrtnce, know as the Georgia Annual Conlcrcncc
ol the African Methodist Episcopal Church, con
sisting already of nearly a hundred Ministers,
itinerant and locaL
Resolved, That we are proloundly thankful to
the God of all favors for our abundant success,
which has likely never been equalled in the history
of the Christian Church.
Resolved, That we tender the many ministers
of the M. E. Church South onr grateful ac
knowledgements, who have so generously assisted
us in the eetablirtnnentofdw churches in different
parts of the State, none of whom have ever tried
to Impede oui efforts nor tradnee our name.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the formation of
our Conference constitntesus regularly organised,
we intend to live, If possible, in fraternal
harmony with all sister churches, and seek only
the spread of the Redeemer’s Kingdom.
Incomes ofNew York Editors and Pub
lishers.—By the following published in
comes it will be seen that the editorial and
publishing fraternity are getting along very
comfortably:
Horace Greeley, (Tribune), $87,000; U. J.
Raymond, (Times), $>43,000; Erastus Brooks,
(Espress),$25,000; Wp». C. Bryant, (Post),
$81,000; C. Nordhoff, (Post), $0,100; Thur-
Iow Weed, (Commercial), $G2,000; Robert
Bonner, $200,000; Frank Leslie. $91,000;
John B> Young, (Tribune), $23,700; Win.
Swiotqn, $18,000; Moses Beecli, (Sun), $71,-
000; Wm. C. Prime, (Journal of Commerce),
$38,000; James Gordon Bennett, $292,000;
James Gordon Bennett, jr., $7,500; John I).
Stockton, $18,000; G. W. Smalley, (Tribune),
$8,000 ;Theo. Tilton, (Independent), $11,000;
W. H. C. Hosmer, $2,800; A, J.Daly. $1,000;
Kane O'Donnell, $9,400; James McConnell,
$6,400; BeDj. Wool. $185,000; E. J. Ottar-
son, (Times), $19,000; C. P. Dewey, $830;
Frauk Bel lew, $2,10(1; G. A. Townsend, $1,-
175; C.-G.-Halpinc, (Citizen), $G1,0()0; Man-
ten Marble (Worid), $10,000; W. H. Hurlbut,
(World), $1,250; C. A. Dana, $72,000: C. II.
Sweetzer. (Evening Gazette), $37; Fletclier
Harper, $300,000; Thomas Nast, $2,750; G.
W. Curtis; $14,000.
It will he seen that the largest income is
that of Mr. Harper, of Harper Brothers, and
the smallest Mr. Sweetzer, of the Gazette.
An Awful Disease.—A Western exchange
notices the prevalence of a new disease called
the pipsynipsy, and thinks it peculiar to that
section. We do not know the exact disease
has made its appearance here, but the remedy
is in general use. The disease is described as
follows: A sudden depression of the el
lipsis dinix, a caving in of the spinality of
tlie barkbonibu8, and a feeling of slimness in
the immediate vicinity of the diaphragm
may be regarded as symptoms that tlio com
plaint is coming on. The following remedy
will afford instant relief: Spirits vini Otard,
z. i.; sugarum wliitum, q. s.; icibus coolus, q.
r.; sbukiste violenter; add us spriggus mintus
duus, and suckite cum strawum. We have
heard it said that it is worth while having
the disease for the sake of the remedy.
Death of a Citizen of Savannah.—The
remains of Mr. T. W. Neely, a highly re
spected merchant and citizen of Savannah,
were brought to the city yesterday morning.
The deceased was about thirty-five years of
age, and was well and favorably known as a
man of the most sterling integrity of charac
ter. and lmd filled various offices of trust and
honor with credit Previous to the late war
he was engaged in the cotton business in this
city, but latterly had devoted his attention to
agriculture. He was universally respected
by all, and his family and many connections
deplore bis loss. For several terms he was
an Alderman, and by his assiduous attention
to the best interest of the city was extremely
popular with all classes. His remains were
deposited in Laurel Grove cemetery yesterday
afternoon.—Sav. Hep., 3d.
. Thad. Stevens gives it as his opinion
that no session of Congress in July should be
held, unless the Impeachment Committee is
ready to report.
From tlie New York Tribute ]
Mr. Wendell Phillips lauds “Mm platform”
as the foremost instrumentality in promoting
the intellectual, moral and political educa
tion of our people. It is imquestibn'ably a
great power, mainly through tlie aid of t Im
press. Mr. Phillips has exerted a wide influ
ence, not merely over the thousands who lis
ten to Iris harangues, but "over the hundreds
of thousands who read their substance as re
ported in the journals. How wisely, hu
manely. consistently,.that influence lias been
exerted, will be better ’ understood when his
recent fulminations respecting the hailing of
Jefferson Davia are contrasted .with'the fol
lowing from his'carlier yet still recent ora
tions. In his speech at the meetibg of the-'
American Anti-Slavery Society, held at
Coope,r Institute, May "12.1865, Mr„Phillips
said:
“The idea of a jury lmpannelcd. to try Jtflcreon
Davis as a.traitor would be to me, in the language
of tbe age of Shakespeare, a most lamentable r.Ld
tragical comedy. I should as soon try adders by
a jury, and claim the benefit of habeas corpus for
rattlesnakes. * * * *
* I shall never consent to the death ot Jefferson
Davis until 1 fear his life. He is weaker alive, a
ridiculous furilive, than dead, and buried in the
sympathies of millions. Let’ him live, then. I
once said ol John Brown: ‘Virginia dared not let
him live.’ No man, with my consent, shall luvo
it to say of this strong, sereuti,y-stenre naljon, ‘It-
dared not let Davis live.’ ’’
At the annual meeting of the American
Anti-Slavery Society, held in this city, May
8,18C6, Mr. Phillips said:
‘Tf 20,000,000 of loyal peoplcTiavc not learned
enough lrom this war to bear Jeff*, .-son Davis, then
nationality is a iailure. Aojonm the dispute, and
wait for a better generation. Dpt we have ele
meats,-we have sufficient strength to Ignore Jef
ferson DAvis and a; thor.godlike him, if they still
live; and that strength Is still justice.” [Ap
plause.]
In his speech at Cooper Institute, Oct. 25,
1866, he said:
“What I demand ol Senators is, when tiny see
a traitor in the White House, to spread It to the
wings of the wind tinlll the people rebuke it opt
of existence* [‘Good.’] Aud what I demand of
the army of the United States, from Lieutenant-
General down, istbatibey make thestreeis of tbe
cities ol tbe (-onqi'-red V.epuMie sale for every
man to tread. |Ufieers.) I listen to no talk of
constitutional amendments. 1 want to hear noth
ing of reconstruction. 1 do not care what becomes
ot Jefferson Davis. He is older than the ark.—
[Laugbter.l Toe question of his punishment is
one that landed oc Mount Ararat.”
Is the man honest w’ho thus talked a few
months ago, and who now talks as Wendell
Phillips does?
In his speech at Cooper Institute, October
25,1865, Mr. Phillips said:
“I do not want tny man hanged. Jeff Davis will
get liis dv.-L-tls this side ot Cult in's or D-uU-’a hell.
But I do not. want him to get his deserts here.—
The President may give him Ksfck his plantation
for all mo. Ido lot believe our people arc capa
ble ol the double virtue of punishing traitors and
enlranchising tbo black man. So I w)U compro
mise : they may set all the traitors fret-, if they
will only enfranchise the blacks.” [Applause. |
At tbe Brooklyn Academy of Music, Feb.
13, 1866,Mr. Phillips said:
“Well, our President said once that traitors were
to be punished. lie has not punished a traitor.—
He never will. I, tor one, do not ask him to.—
The hour has gone. E ! ght months of life such as
we have been living, which Is eight'and eighty of
common national existence, have floated by atnee
it was possible. When James I, sent Raleigh to
the scaffold, it did not stir colder korr nr turct.-.-h
a large part of the civilized world than in Ameri
ca would be stirred to-day. If, alter an imprison
ment ol a dozen months. Jefferson Davis was sent
to the scaffold. The action of the Government has
closed the door ot the scaffold.” -
The G-uilt of Mrs. Surratt.
General Baker, the ex-head of the Na
tional Detective Police, in his testimony be
fore the Judiciary Committee of CoDgrcss,
made the following statement concerning the
guilt of Mrs. Surratt:
“During my visits to the prisoners, before
their execution, Mrs. Surratt confessed to me
her complicity with the conspirators so far as
the intended abduction wa3 concerned, but
affirmed that she reluctantly yielded to the
urging of Booth in aiding the plot of assas
sination. He insisted that htr oath of fideli
ty bound her to see the fatal end of the con
spiracy.”—Indianapolis Journal.
Our Republican cotemporaries ought to be
contented with tbe blood of thi3 Innocent
woman without loading her memory with
their detraction and vile aspersions. They
aided and abetted tbe tragedy that sent her
to the grave upon false, peijured and worth
less testimony, taken before an illegal and
partial tribunal that was governed by no law,
and which was organized to ctmvict. * If their
consciences now smite them for the deed, let
them freely and frankly admit the injustice
and outrage of the case without endeavor
ing to find a salve for themselves in false
statements, manufactured since the murder,
which were not presented upon the trial.
The same journals which thus quote this
monstrous liar, Baker, should remember that
if he is to be believed iu the 8urratt‘ t ase. his
testimony is equally good that the diary of
Booth was mutilated and changed for some
secret and unknown purpose, after it went
into the possession of the Government offi
cials. '
The Journal, from which we take the above,
is welcome to Baker and his testimony if it
will believe atnl endorse all that lie has said
connected with Lincoln’s assassination. It
cannot have liim, however, as a witness on
ono side without taking what lie says on tbe
other.—Cin. Eng.
Brownlow Militant.—The following
words were written to a noted Abolitionist
of tbe North, a certain Reverend Prynne, in
tbo olden times, when the gaunt and foul-
minded Parson was a firm believer in tbo di
vinity of slavery, and the ability of the South
ern people to “clean out” Abolitionism,from
Dixie’s lino to the cod-fish banks of.Ncw
England:
Dissolve the Union, you infamous villaiiff<,
and wc shall make this proposition at once
to Louis- Napoleon, a inost sagacious mon
arch, aud lie would quarter at New Orleans
200,000 Frenchmen; on the Chcsnpeako,
200.000 more; wc would then command tho
Mississippi Valley, whip the Northwestern
States into our Southern Confederacy; and
we would then turn upon the New England
States, and cause tho hurricane of civil war to
rngo and sweep from Mason’s and Dixon’s
lino to the cod-lisheries of Maine, until wc
would extinguish the last Abolition foothold
on the American continent of America.
J^p-Tlie Columbia Phamix of the 30th
says: The presence ot Brigadier General
Green, the commandant of this post, at the
luncral obsequies of Colonel DeSaussure, on
Tuesday, was a graceful tribute by tbe gal
lant officer to another who fell in the stern
conflict in Gettysburg, in which both were
participants, but on opposite sides. This act
is in keeping with the courtesy manifested
by the commandant in the conduct of bis
difficult mission, and will be appreciated by
our people.
JlS?” Secretary McCulloch has just written
a letter in which he says: “The report that
tho condition of the finances would require a
special session of Congress, originated doubt
less with certain persons who want a session
lor purposes of their own. A session is cer
tainly not needed ns far as tho Treasury De
partment is concerned, and I have no hesita
tion in saying that a special session would ef
fect seriously the credit of the Government.
We need industry more than legislation."
Arrest.—A man by the name of Greene
was arrested in this place Wednesday last,
charged with having robbed an express office
in Florida of ten thousand dollars. He is
in jail awaiting further orders.—Americus
Rep. l*f.
Eir The New England Anti-Slavery So
ciety held its thirty-seventh annual conven
tion in Boston on tbe 29tb inst. Wendell
Phillips made a strong speech, condemnatory
of the policy of the President, Seward, Grant
and Sherman. He concluded by stating that
lie would not be satisfied until the black man
be nominated for Vice President to strength
en tbe ticket
Commemorative Proceedings at Ziq;>
Isvillo.
rite
<1 to flatten the prejudices and pa-sions
people.
element of character for which be was
pre eminently distinguished was personal and
The unveiling ot the Henry Cluy statue
was the occasion of a grand meeting at Lou
isville, Ky„ on tbe 30th of May. An inv
mense procession of civil societies marshalled
at 10 o’clock,'a. m., under General Rousseau,
and paraded the' streets, which were erowded
with people. Business generally was sus
pended, and the houses .were covered'with
flags. .No military joined in the procession
except one-local militia cavalry-company.
Tlie procession filed through the Court-house
and assembled before the statue. It is life-
size, and an excellent portrait of Mr. Clay,
representing him in the act of making his
great compromise speech. .The origin and
proceedings of. the association whose, work
resulted in the erection of this statue were
recited by.Mr. Pindell, and it was then for
mally delivered over to the Mayor of Louis
ville by tbe Grand Master of the Masonic
Order, in. trust-to thp city forever.- Mayor
Pomppcrt accepted the statue in eloquent
terms. Tile beautiful ode written by George
D. Prentice was then sung by a chorus of
ovcronehundred voi.ee?, with an orchestral
accompaniment of' a3 many instruments.
Judge Bullock then delivered an eloquent
oration.
Letters were received from Ex-Presidents
Pierce and Fillmore, Messrs. Seward and
Stanton, R. C. Winthrap, Governor Swann,
General Sherman, Bishop Hopkins, General
Robert E. Lee, and others. We annex the
beautiful poem of Mr. prentice and the elo
quent; orafirm of Judge Bullock, being its
much of the proceedings as we ore able to
make room for:
Unveiling the Statue of Henry Clay.
moral intrepidity. This characteristic w.
1 so prominent and so fully and generally rcc-
; ognized that his right to leadership, was never
; disputed. This was the tribute universally
paid to his prOud, lofty and imperious na
ture. -He was designed for* a great, leader,-
and, acting under the conscious inspiration,
lie always assumed-tfie position as his un
doubted right. Sensible of liis own power,
and with flic deep convictions which noble
oru.ii? hie wa
and tempests of
That binds ou. „ M
It is the samo that erst whit
e M by a spelt
Tl
Oh
-he traitors on whoVe'jonls
that he were asain in life) 1
purpose and true patriotism can alone inspire, ■ s,e " t
lie pursued.bis high aims with a steady and i I!!!,
To wave-as once his rm,i
And scatter far the storm*
- That o’er our country darkly it (r
JJut liis example still lives.
sentiment of his' fife.never to tfe *
steady ^and i f tin'. • T ^ t
unfaltering step. 'Clothed with these intol- deem no Mc'rfteoJ grwOo m
Was always • petuatc the p incink-s of the r®. mt . ain and
'nbliu,
lcctual unci moral attiiljutcs^ lie nu? uinats < pviuuu/ mu p mcipics oi tlie a ,' , “ 4 ®uq
j the living'impersonation of the principles ~of 1 ment. With that practical wif.d^?5 r f ic4a govS
-bis party, and his proud spirit admitted of ! '" 1 - 3 , ev , c r tl^Moeuished, wo must
i no divided sway in directing and controlling | as best w. ^'om
its destinies. * ' ft.'
For nothing was Mr. Clay more remarka-
I ble than his personal bearing. In. all bis in-
i tercoursc with men, whether public.cr" pri
vate, bis presence was the assertion of his
Hail t true and glorious semblance, hail t
Of him, the noblest of our race—
We seem, at lifting of thy veil,
Toeco again his living face!
To hear tho stirring words oncontore.
That like tho storm-god’s cadence pealed
With mightier powerfrom shore to shore
Than thunders of the battic-iieid.
Lo! that calm, high, majestic look.
That binds our gaze as by a spell—
11 is the same that crst-whiic shook
The traitors on whose souls it fell!
On that he were again in life!
To wave, as once, his wand of power.
And scatter far the storms of strife
That o’er our country- darkly lower!
‘Again, again, and yet again
Ie rolled back passion’s roaring tide
When the fierce souls of hostile men
Each other’s wildest wrath defied.
Alas! alas! dark storms at length
Sweep o’er our half-wrecked ship of state.
sweep o er our half-wrecked ship of state.
And there seem none with will and strength
To save her from her awful fate!
Bat thon, majestic image, thou
iittn thy lofty place abido.
'll bov
And many a manly head will
While gazing on a nation’s pride:
And while his hallowed ashes lie
A far beneath old Ashland’s rod,
Ono gaze at thee should sanctify
Onr hearts to country and to God.
Wo look on thee, wo look on thee.
Proud statue, glorious and sublime.
And years as if by magic flee
Aud leave us in his grand old time !
Oh he was born to bless onr race
As ages after ages roll—
We see tho image of his face—
Earth has no image of his sonl!
Proud statue! if the nation’s life.
For which he toiled through all his years.
Must vanish in our wicked strife
And Icavo but groans and blood and tears.
If all’to anarchy be given,
And ruin all our land nssail.
Hell turn away his eyes in heaven.
And o’er theo wc will cast thy veil!
Oration by Hon. W. F. Pollock.
That statue is tbe work ot a Kentucky art
ist. The gifted sculptor, with a true concep
tion ol his subject, has achieved a triumph
worthy of bis transcendent genius. All that
was distinctive in tbe great original lias been
reproduced with life-like effect in enduring
marble.
"Would to God I could portray with equal
distinctness, or present as true and just a con
ception ol bis intellectual and jnoral charac
ter! The rare combination winch made him
what he was and distinguished him from all
other men of this day and generation, ren
ders the task of true delineation difficult if
not impossible.
The true ideal of that great man cannot be
reached by referring to any single virtue,
however striking, or to any single act, no
mat'er how marked or distinguished. A
character so grand and colossal must rest on
a broader basis, and, to be understood and
appreciated, requires patient analysis.
Mr. Clay was born in the midst of onr revo
lutionary struggle,' and his early character
was formed soon after the national indepen
dence had been achieved and the American
Government fully established. An ardent
love of country, rendered more intense by the
fresh memories of the past, were among the
first pulsations of his young heart. These
sentiments, which ripened into deep convic
tion in his early manhood, formed the basis
of his character as an American statesman.—
The love of country and of civil liberty was
the bnrning passion of his sonl. His patriot
ism,'sanctified by the common struggles of
our heroic ancestors, was as comprehensive ns
it was intense.
All liis lessons of political wisdom were de-
ri \-ed from the sages of the Revolution. His
teachers Were the architects of the American
Government, who. nqt only understood its
great design, but thoroughly comprehended
and deaily cherished the blessings it was in
tended-to confer.
The effect of such lessons, by such teachers,
upon his ardent nature and susceptible and
vigorous intellect, must have served, in no
little degree, to give scope, strength arid con
sistency to' the principles of liis future life.—
This was the broad, firm basis on which he
rested, and lrom which no motives of selfish
aggrandizitaent or personal ambition copld
ever 'drive ; him. Throughout lns : cventful
life, atid in all the vicissitudes of our nation
al existence, lie was tho samo bold defender
of the Constitution, the same anxious arid
eloquent advocate of the American Union,
tbe same fearless champion of his country’s
highest interests.
There was that, too, in the circumstances
of his early life which tended to mould and
define his future character. He himself
speaks of his “neglected education, improved
by his own irregular exertions, without the
aid of systematic instruction.” It was per
haps fortunate for liim that he was thrown
upon his own unaided efforts. A mind like
his, conscious of its own powers, and stimu
lated by a thirst lor knowledge, is always
grasping and acquisitive. The struggles to
which he was thus subjected gave strength
and intensity to his moral nature, and that
perfect self-reliance without which no man
can be truly great. It is true the keepers of
knowledge did not unlock its treasures for
him, but it is tbe prerogative of genius to in
vade the domains of science, aud to levy
tribute on all that lies within its reach.
But to estimate aright the effect of early
impressions in the formation of Mr. Clay’s
character, wc must consider his moral attri
butes. Added to his vigorous and almost
intuitive intellect, he was endowed with
moral energies which prompted him to en
counter and enabled him to overcome all tbe
difficulties which beset tbe path of his noble
nmbitien. Bold, energetic, and self-reliant,
he never shunned responsibility. No mean
or cowardly calculation of personal conse
quences ever deterred him from the consci
entious discharge of what he believed to be
his duty.
One of the secrets of his power, and not
the least effective, was his perfect loyalty to
truth. He was utterly incapable of false
hood, and scorned to attain any object, how
ever desirable, by finesse or dissimulation.—
No man held in deeper deteetation the grov
eling instincts of the low and selfish dema
gogue. “I would rather be right than be
President,” was tlie noble sentiment which
controlled his public conduct, and is one of
tho fadeless leaves in the chaplet ofhis glory.
which he was not willing to offer up to still
tlie popular storm, or to heal tho dissensions
of a divided people, or to prevent the disrup
tion of our once perfect and glorious Union.
Never before were the elements of ardent
ambition, dauntless courage, a fiery and im
petuous temper, and true magnanimity so
! vuan lireerftnwD *
ISEgt ° a “ c °
Dedication of the Statue to
CIay--His Warning against 7
Iitionism.
Abo*
harmoniously blended in the same character. ! The people ot Kentucky on Thnrsda I
irltnnforl t. .1.. . - Ua y llSt
Was main, y indebted for his in- j dedicated a-statue to the m-marr tt
dmduality and the true proportions of his ciav the "rent it , f Henr i
character to the age in which he lived—the i *’ ^ > tlle ^Hiancvcf
age which just succeeded the establishment 1 " ll0se geniusbas reflected so much honor and
I ot the American Government, and when loy- ! lustre upon the State, and who, for tliin-
j ally to the Constitution was the highest test j years, was oua of the most distiinni.L 1 7
of an American statesmen-tte age in which ! all our public men. We mve e S! .e
I tire precepts and example of its illustrious , „„ * .. • e!8e *«ere the
founders were still iresli in the memories and ^ . m re ‘ aIul onlllon delivered oatheoc-
hearts of the American people—the age in casl0n - v,r « a,so quote, as appropriate to the
which we had, not only in theory but in fact, j rime, tbe memorable warning of Jlr ci&v -
but one country, bound together not only ! to the injurious effects of the Abolition
by a written compact but bv the still strong- in n>» .1 1; i- ,‘ U0na o 1 b-
erties of mutual interests and fraternal affec-! r . ‘ \ ’ l e ^ red lnUje Senate of
tion—the young, active, vigorous age of the : , , Ul btates > ln 1839 > winch propbegr
Republic, when simplicity, orginality, llas ,la d so painful and melancholy a realia’.
strength, and grandeur were the distinguish- . tion. Looking down the vista of the fatnrf
features of A-rnerican character. In in- j with the • rr lance of the sepr tho c tot*'
tellectual training, in moral attributes, in all t- , ° , ° tuc seer, the statesman of
the qualities of his noble nature he was the ! Iventuck - P r «dicted what would be thccon-
gigantic growth of our own republican soil, j sequences it Abolitionism organized intoi
He was one of nature’s gifted orators> | sectional Northern party. How tiuly ith*s
His oratory did not consist in polished pe- | come to pass, and how unfortunate that hij
riods, nor was it distinguished by varied re- j warning was not regarded, we canDerceiveit
i s$£ 0™^! * g, n- e ‘ 1Iere u !S) 5 1 bis spc£c , h upoafe
beauty, or couched in the polished diction of! ‘ V ,olltl °” ft 110811011 ) made, as we have before
a Burke or a Webster. It was,-however, di- i s!a ted. iu 1839. We quote from Colfosi
rect, earnest and persuasive. It was lofty, 1 Life of Henry Clay, page 157, volume C He
impressive aud irresistible. It was the lan- ! said -
guasp of deep conviction and earnest pas-! T . . „ , ... „
----- 1 ' “Sir : I am not in the habit of speakhc
SIOD.
No mau was ever more indebted for sue- i I'S^tly of the possibility of dissolving t_
cess as an orator to bis natural <rifts to his : , union. Tne benate knows that! hwe
tall and commanding figure, to I113 imposin'* i deprecated allusions, on ordinary occasions,
•1 • -F t? 1 to flint rlirpfiil #-vnnt. Tim onnntm *v;il i»*-
tures, to the piercing glance ofhis eagle avc i ^he truth and sincerity of myardent devotion
nnrl fn t?,o R 1:1 I tO its lasting
gave such wonderful effect to his
matchless powers.
With these elements of strength and char
acter thus combined, we can understand the
secret ofhis power and philosophy ofhis life.
His brilliant success ns a popular leader and
his pre eminence in all the walks of public
and professional life are fully explained. His
noble'achievements in the forum and the
halls of legislation are no longer an enigma.
Wc can now look back with eyes undimmed
by prejudice or passion and do justice to his
unselfish patriotism and the unsullied purity
of his motives. Wc may even sound the
depths ofhis noble heart and feel its mighty
pulsationa
The grand drama presented in the story
of his life has been changed into history.
IVe tell thy doom without a sigh.
For thou art Freedom’s now and Fame's:
One of the few immortal names
That wero not bom to die.
But there are those before me whose priv
ilege it was to see him in the plenitude ofhis
power and to witness his mighty exploits.
You will remember with what intrepidity,
during tbe late war with Great Britain, he
rushed into the conflict which involved the
national honor—with what patience and wis
dom be contributed to provide tbe resources
of national defence—bow be was enabled to
aronse the dormant energies of tbe American
people, and to fire the popular heart with the
burning lava of his own. You will remem
ber with patriotic pride that his zeal knew
no abatement, and the trumpet tones of his
voice were never hushed, until the last vessel
of the baffled foe was lost in the convexity ol
the ocean, and the soil of America was un
polluted by a hostile foot.
You have not forgotten how his noble
nature was stirred within him when the
struggling patriots of Spanish America ap
pealed to the only free government on earth
for sympathy and recognition, or when the
plaintive cries of outraged -humanity, just
awoke from the slnmbet of ages of oppress
ion. and centuries of shame, fell upon his car
from the far-off shores of classic Greece.
Thrice was the life of the nation in peril,
and thrice diV. he, more than all others be
sides, contribute by bis genius and eloquence
and patriotism to save it lrom impending
danger.
His patient forbearance, liis heroic perse
verance, his generous concessions, his earnest
and importuunte entreaties, and his impas
sioned and persuasive cioqucuce, were all
called into requisition to strengthen the
bonds of tbe American Union. And never
were these high qualities and this patriotic
purpose so sublimely manifested as iu the last
public act of hiseventful life. All party con
siderations, all party names, and all party
animosities were freely surrendered, that he
might accomplish his high and holy object.
With true magnanimity ot soul, he leaned
with equal confidence on Whigs and Demo
crats. He recognized and acknowledged
but one test—loyalty to the Constitution and
the Union.
This was his last battle. It was won by
the display of a courage, energy and vigor
worthy of his manhood ami hi3 prime.—
Though enfeebled by age, and broken with
the storms of State, bis giant spirit knew no
decay, and the light of his genius blazed up
to the fullness of its meridian lustre.
Noble, generous, disinterested patriot 1 He
was rewarded as he deserved to be, with tho
applause ofhis country, and with the liosan-
An Argument.—The Mobile Advert
lias the following:
Wilson and Kelley tell the people of
South, it you do not vote the BepoW**;
ticket your property will be confiscated. -
the same time’thc local Radicals of tlie
sort are all the time holding up to tlice - t<
of the negroes, visions of riches and ease,
come to them through confiscating the
erty of the whites. " . ,...
If, now, the negroes do really hope^j
pect anything from confiscation, it
tlicir policy to vote down the Radical
South, because if they are voted up
no confiscation and no division ot ptoP'L
among them.. The confiscation is top'
the South for not going Radical. "JJKJ
radical then there is no punishment. J- a
who want “a divide,” will have togom 1
and nail against the Rads.
This is another proof of what a shit
cheat Radicalism at the South is.
ana tempest* of civil war Tl , ’ ,:1L ' “Ur : 15
plisht'd its terrific results. Bu*V!? r .- b!!8
restored. It? restoration, ttnd.'r the r i l: ? n >4Hot
ol the Constitution, is a problem , , ;
It is this consideration, rnv l ” he so-VJ.,'
Rives such
tererts to the unveiling or that nr m tfc ri ]j,„
« uubuooie 6tatup
“Lo! that calm. high. maje3Uc ,
accept 1
‘the inexorable lo-rle"of* events"' e ra *j'u>
cling to the-prejudices and tradei’ ' r °i D ‘nst Co .
but endeavor to give shape and s.L 0 th - Pn
stern realities ot the present Th»^ tr « I 'gth toiid
vitality in the principles of c\vinii l r . e J 8ade »W«S
yet survive this last baptism of fln??*,' wbi *m
The calamities of war may be nr”“ of »>C
{■rnntlnn v. ^ OVCrpftma. ..
ET* It is stated that the legal advu^
the Government in the Surratt case have
ded to abandon the indictment ot 1110 ^
found against Surratt, and to have a neff •
of the June term° r
nas of a nation’s gratitude. He fondly hoped I fountl b y t!,e Grand Jury ol the June ^
that the jarring elements of sectional strife the Criminal Court, charging lii m W1 ;
had been composedjforcvor. He died under • son and conspiracy. It is the knowkes^
the belief that the work of national pacifica
sed Hr.
ick.
sustained the heart of the dying patriot J It! chent would come
was more _ precious to him than all else be-1 Jail D EmvERY.-Three of the six f^
aides, save bis child-like faith in the promises j men incarcerate d in the jail here, , b y
?* f ® od ;. He added the crowning glory of cri broke out last Tuesday j^y
the Martyr to the spotless character of the izing the grate3 fro m the window^ ^
I need not say that infidelity to constitutional ! {““Pf t n ° 1 STeft ?sZ*™ 0 1
obligations, forgetfulness ot his precepts, and dis- i ftet ; and “ ado . “f" h a n old ^
regard of his warning voice have fulfilled the pre- were chained Hied them on
dictions of his prophetic spirit in all their terrible knife.—Forsyth Advertiser,
uiijiiiuii ui ma ictti LiiuniLief. . iiu uiu not . 1 ucsoiatc*, mav '
invoke, but he commanded attention; he did eWlswhtoh m^i"v mm® harvests; 7 there
not solicit, but he extorted recognition and which may not be surmonmTd^V 0
respect; and this despotic claim was asserted , frgies of a free and virtuous peonle e”
without reference to station or influence or'. All this may bo accomplished ifV
power. If.he was haughty, lie. was at the ! oursdves,^^our country, and our Go(!° a «n trael °
same time conciliatory;-if lie was overbear- ! a ?4hTshllf
ing, be was also generous; !f he was exacting,!fmolished governmern? Who
lte was ever ready to make concessions. . ' the well-proportioned column- 0 h f 11 re ? r «g*ia
“IHs.life was gentlo :‘and the elements liberty? Who shall frame together^th.ll 1 -?. 11 *'
So mixed m hkn that nature might stand ui> , architecture which unites ifttionai *
And say to all tho world, This was a man.” > with State rights, individual seen *i erei K»ij
.1 have said that he was ambitious. But : !£, * W -, H these SJK
lie was at the same time magnanimous. I Usi I’ um Ld thoVanhe^n' u?“y
mean that magnanimity which could freely ; to a melancholy, mournful ^ >'^d*!
sncrificc^ill that was selfish for his country’s tears, however" will flow over them th
and to tbe rich and varied accents of His I £°, lts lastlD S preservation; But we would be
deep-toned and melodious voice It wa? fa ! se . to ouralIe S'a a ce to ,f wc do notd „
however, th® noble purpose, tbe unselfish mol l ^weenUm imaginary andral
rive, and the deep earnestness of liis fierv na- ! dan S ( : rs which it may be assailed. Abo-
ture which gave such wonderful effect to his ! ltlou . lsm should no longer be regarded as sc
imaginary danger. The Abolitionists, let me
suppose, succeed in their present aim of unit
ing the inhabitants of tlie free States, as one
man, against the inhabitants of the nUw
States: union on the one side will beget
union on the other, and the process of recip
rocal consolidation will be attained with all
the violent prejudices, embittered passions,
and implacable animosities which ever de
graded or dgformed human nature. A vir
tual dissolution of the Union will have taken
place, while the forms of its existence remain.
The most valuable element of Union, mutual
kindness, the feelings of sympathy, the fra
ternal bonds which now happily unite us
will have been extinguished forever—one
section will stand iu menacing and hostile
array against the other. The collision of
opinion will be quickly followed by the clash
of arms.
“I will not now attempt to describe scenes
which now happily lie concealed from our
view. Abolitionists themselves would shrink
back in dismay and horror at the contempt-
tion of desolated fields, conflagrated cities,
murdered inhabitants, and the overthrow of
the fairest fabric of human government th* 1
ever rose to animate the hopes of civilized
man. Nor should these Abolitionists fhtto
themselves that, if they succeed in their ob
ject of uniting tbe people of the States, they
will enter tbe contest with a numerical ap
riority that must insure victory. All history
and experience proves the hazard and uncer
tainty of war. And we are admonished lj
Holy Writ that ‘the race is not to the swift
nor the battle to the strong.’ But if they
were to conquer, whom should they conquer:
A foreign foe; ono who lias insulted our digi
invaded our shores, and laid our country
waste? No, sir; no,sir ! It would i'eacos-
quest without laurels, without glory: t> J*"
suicidal conquest; a conquest ot brothers
over brothers, achieved by ono over Mother
portion of flic descendants of common ■ru« 5 '
tors, who nobly pledged their lives, their .or-
tunes, and their sacred honor; and
and bled, side by side, in many a bard baa*®
on land and ocean—severed ourcountrjj‘Y“
the British Crown, and established our im
pendence.”