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The Greorgia 'Weekly Telegraph.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
MACON", FRIDAY, JULY 12, ISO
£f?“Tlie Memphis Avalanche of Stindnv
says tlic Right Rev. Bishop Quintard is lying
ill of gastric fever at Rome, Georgia.
Rev. J. IV. Beckwith:—The New Orleans
Picayune, of the 5th instant, says that this
gentleman was to leave the city that day,
accompanied by Mr. Lee, the associate Rector
of his church, for a trip to the North in
search of health.
A Sad Truth.—We are informed that the
statistics at Milledgeville show the alarming
aggregate of seventy thousand paupers in
the State of Georgia.
Sketches of Georgia Lawyers.
63TA mass meeting wns heki, the num
ber present being estimated at from twelve
to twenty thousand.
Such is the conclusion of an Augusta Press
dispatch about the Radical Convention in
Atlanta on the 4tli of July. The papers of
Atlanta, and others who were present, state
the number at from twelve to fifteen hundred.
What authority has the Press agent at Au
gusta for thus swelling the Radical forces in
Georgia to such immense proportions!
An Elopement.—We are informed that a
gentleman from Atlanta and a young lady
from Sumter, by agreement, took the cars
yesterday morning, the former at Macon and
the latter at Americas. "When the cars met
at the passing station, the gentleman got off
and joined bis lady lovo on the up train. The
two, coming to Fort Valiev, were made one
soon after their arrival. Young folks will
beqr watching.
Desertion.—We hear that a heartless
mother, who took the train at Columbus for
Macon, yesterday, intentionally left her babe
ol five months on the pita form.
The Board of Registration will meet
in Forsyth, Monroe county, on the 11th, 12th
and 13th inst., for the last time.
Washington Correspondence.
LETTER FROM “WARWICK.”
The Rump Conzrcss and their Designs—Self-G ay em
inent and Stato Government to be Evcn whero
Abolished—Dr. Marcy’a Great Work on th i Pres
ent Condition of the Country—Responsibility of the
United States for the Murder of .Maximilian.
Washington, July 7,1107.
The Rump Congress assembled on t be 3d
instant, but Up to this time they have done
nothing, and do not seem disposed to d any
thing except to intimidate the President.
They were not in session on the 4tli, j!jr on
the 0th. They have made an unmistilcable
manifestation of their malignant dispejitiou
by the attempts which they rro makfig to
exclude the members from Kentucky jfrom
their scats .in the House. Those r« erab;|s are
as legally elected asThaddeus Stevens v Mr.
Schenck. But the rule that has nor'been
adopted is, that no one is entitled to vi e ex
cept loyal men : and loyal men are defi jd to
be those only who believe in principles of
the radical Republican party. The spirit of
Puritan intolerance has now got to that
length, llencefortb the radical Republican
leaders will give their party no rest, until
they have incorporated this principle upon
their creed: that no disloyal person in any
State, shall be allowed - to vote, and that
every person is to be considered disloya, who
does not subscribe to the priuciples of the
Republican party. Carrying out this infa
mous principle, the Radical leaders have in
troduced measures into Congress for abolish
ing and taking away the State governments
of Maryland and Kentucky, and for chang
ing those States into two more military de
partments.
It is not even pretended that these two States
aro not governed by their own citizens, in accor
dance with tho Constitution of tbo United Stales
But the Rump Congress boldly undertakes to
deny to these two States tho right of self gov
ernment and tho right of choosing their own
members of Congress. If they will elect Radi
cal Republicans as members of Congress, and
Radical Senators, well and good, and those
members shall bo admitted to seats here. But
if they persist.in electing Democratic Members,
not only will they bo oxcludcd, but tbo two
States themselves will bo compelled to share the
fate of Georgia and Louisiana.
All these things will bring us sooner to tiie
end. Row long the American people will stand
this despotism remains to be seen. It is ama
zing that any portion of them will submit to see
their most sacred rights and liberties taken
away, and above all to see themselves denied
tho right of self-government. Rut the spirit of
liberty seems utterly extinct at the North. Tho
peoplo of tho North, as a general thing, seem
only to bo disposed to rivet still stronger the
fetters of tho South; to forgo new chains f«r tho
Southern people; and to bow tkoir own necks
beneath the despotism of tho Rump Congress.—
Tho man whoshould now’ stand up and urge his
countrymen to regain their lost libortics, and
above all to vindicato tbo right of every State in
tho Union to self-government, would bo de
nounced as a traitor or a lunatic. To his honor
bo it said, Dr. Marcy, an eminent physician of
New York, lias had tho manliness and courngo
to take this ground in' a book called the Conflicts
of Christianity, which has just been published
by Appleton A Co., of New York. Lotus pray
to God that this may be the first step in that
revulsion of public feeling at the North which
.■hall eventually lead tho Northern peoplo to
throw off tho galling yoke of the Rump Congress,
and declare afresh their independence.
Every candid person here is willing to admit
that Juarez would never havo had power to defeat
tho Imperial troops and capture Maximilian.if It
had not been for the material aid, and moral aid
too, which has been extended to him by tho United
States for more than a year past. The blood of
Maximilian rests upon the UDited States. It
tho United States that has placed Mexico under
the heel of abutclier. Juarez owes his elevation
to power solely to the United States—and he now
turns around und repays our friendship by an act
Of atrocity that sends a thrill of horror through
every nation In the world, ard by a violation of
International law that has no parallel in the his
tory of nations. The bloodthirsty brigand who
pretends to be the President of Mexico, by his
fiendish acts, openly defies the principles oflntei - -
national law. The nation that is most aggrieved
is Austria. France is aggrieved in nearly the saint
degree. But the United States Is not only ag
grieved, hut dishonored. It was in deference to
our wishes that Napoleon politely withdrew his
troops from Mexico. lie now sees, and the world
sees, that we were pleading the cause of a merci
less cutthroat.
NUMBER SEVEN.
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN.
It is a melancholy pleasure to write about
Judge Lumpkin. It is melancholy to realize
that so much of virtuous character, talent
and usefulness are withdrawn from us; and
pleasant to know that lie died full of years
and crowned with honors. It is also pleas
ant to speak truth, and at the same time ex
hibit an almost faultless example- to the
contemplation, and for the imitation, of
mankind. The State, at this moment,
mourns the loss of one of her greatest and
best citizens, the Bar a brilliant ornament,
and the Bench n rare example of judicial pu
rity and power. His family pour upon his
grave a libation of tears. ’‘Recorded honors
shall gather round his monument and thicken
over him. It is a solid fabric and will sup
port the laurels that adorn it"’—a monument,
not of cold and art-emblazoned marble, but
of affection, revcrance and gratitude. We
mourn not for him, for his life was a triumph
and his death a translation. As well might
we grive because the sinless seraph waits, and
wonders, and worships at the throne of the
Almighty. Judge Lumpkin was more than
an eminent Judge, a good citizen, and a
man of genius. Hc*wnsa Christian gentle
man. He was
“For deep discernment praised.
And sonnd integrity not more, than famed
For sanctity ofmanners undefiled.’’
His mind now expands in immortal liglit,
and his spirit rests in eternal repose.
‘ifortalitate relict a, rivit immortalitate in-
dt/tua.”
Judge "Lumpkin was born in Oglethorpe
county, and educated at the University of
Georgia and at Princeton. An interregnum
occurring at the University in consequence of
the death of the President, the Rev. Dr. Fin
ley, lie entered-the Junior Class at Princeton,
and there graduated in a large class, with
credit as a scholar, with the esteem of the
officers, and an unequalled reputation ns a
mau of genius, among the students -of that
institution.
Returning home,he entered at once upon the
j study of his profession in the office of Ste
phen W. Upson, one ox the ablest lawyers
I and most accomplished gentlemen of that
day. At an early age he was called to the
Bar and took position, in face of great com-
I petition,, as an industrious, honorable nud
promising lawyer. His eloquence, genius,
high-toned character and professional attain
ments, in a few years, placed hint in the frout
rank ol the Bar. Finally he became the
leader of the Circuit—a leader not only in
business, but also in the liberal usages, its
honorable sentiments and in social relations.
.He entered political life in 1824, during the
fierce struggles of the Troup and Clarke par
ties. At no time, before or since, has party
feeling run so high in Georgia-as daring the
giant contests of those great parties. Into
these ‘contests he entered with impetuous
zeal, but betraying neither malice, trickery
nor selfishness. At a lime when -politics not
only divided the State, but communities and
families, he retained the respect and affec
tion ot those with whom he came more im
mediately in conflict.
■sited thoughts that electrified fell from his lips,
it seemed as if his entire body spake. As he
advanced in years, he became' somewhat corpu
lent, but his head and face never lost their
expression. We aro all familiar with his majes
tic, grave and venerable figure, as he sat a
Judge, his flowing locks graced with the coloring
of more than thru# score years, the living imper
sonation of justice and benignity.
It has been said that Mr. Clay’s voice’in hjs
prime resembled a band -of inatiuments, such
was its variety, sweetness and resounding depth.
It has been my good fortune to hear both of these
great orators, and I think Judge Lumpkin’s
voice was scarcely inferior to his. He held it in
command, and it obeyed the necessities of time,
place and sentiment in soothing, persuasive
modulations, or the pinging blasts of the trumpet,
or the regulated cadences of argumentative col
loquialism. Nor was this control the result of
art. He was innocent of stage effect. Iqthe
management of his voice, sense and sensibility
were his instructors. His gesticulation was em
phatic, graceful, and suited to the word. '
It may well be questioned whether it is possi
ble to become a great popular orator without
sensibility. Not that, literally, if you would
make others weep you must yourself shed tears;
but to sway the mind and move the heart of the
multitude the speaker must both understand
and sympathize with human nature. To
arouse the passions he must be enabled to feel;
to convince ho must love truth, and to induce
right conduct te must lovo virtue. Acting
pleases but for a moment—it is a pleasant coun
terfeit of eloquence. When tho whole being is
in harmony with all that is good in humanity,
beautiful in art, in nature and in morals, with
what is sublime injustice or divino in mercy,
then, indeed, other things being equal, the
speaker is obliged to be eloquent. Judge Lump-
kin possessed all these elements in an eminent
degree. His temperament was warm and his )
nature kindly. His heart responded to every
emotion of love, and rejected with loathing
hatred, malice and selfishness. Hence it was
that he enthralled his auditors as with the spell
of the magician.
Cicero tells us that the orator must be.versed in
the whole circle of the sciences. Scientific, ac
quirement, however, alone, cannot make an ora
tor. On the contrary, very few of the most accu
rately and variously learned lnve been famed lor
eloquence. But it Is certainly true, that when
other conditions are fulfilled, the widest range of
knowledge is the surest guarantee for oratorical
power. Command of words, ardor, imagination,
a beautiful pereon.and gracefully vehement action,
are not enough. These arc the outfit of an attrac
tive dcclaimer. Thought Is the basis of effective
oratory. Thought rales the nations. Thought
moves the masses and controls individuals. Na
ture, it is true, may bestow the thinking faculty,
and sometimes uneducated men arc found “mas
ters of assemblies,” yet only iu exceptional cases.
Correct thinking is the result of knowledge. It
ought to be as various as arc tbc themes which the
speaker ’rs called to discuss. The mind ought,
proportion of the people looking upon it with
apprehension and distrust, from the facts that
the Circuit Judges bad been from the beginning
unaccustomed to a corrective tribunal, and that
it was wholly without authoritative State prece
dent*. Not to enlarge upon these points, it is
obvious that the labor, responsibility and pru
dence of the Court was severely taxed.
The field of discussion was wide aa the range of
the common and statute law—the ciTil law, and
the Federal and State Constitutions, and the Judg
ment* of the Court involved the necessity ot care-
ful enquiry into every department of professional
learning. The incumbency of the Bench was cot
changed until about eight years, and at the expi
ration of that time it is now historically true
that the Court was firmly seated In public coufi;
deuce. I refer to these things os evidence of the
patience, learning, uprightness and prudence of
Judge Lumpkin; not that he alone brought about
this result. Far be it from me to detract from the
merit of his first associates, or of those who from
time to time, have sat by his side. They are the
first to accord to him his just meed of praise.—
Without compromising their own claims they ad-
mit that he contributed greatly to the success of
the Court. By conscut of the profession, his
printed opinions attest his learning’. This consent
is of the most unimpeachable reliability, for the
reason that lawyers are the best judges and the
severest critics of judicial administration. It is
their interest, and it is also a demand of the honor
of the fraternity,that able and true men be chained
with the administration of the law. Nothing can
he more humiliating to athorough aad high-toned
lawyer, than to be compelled to practice before an
imbecile, timid or corrupt Court. Judge Lump
kin’s opinions are characterized by clearness and
precision. No ambiguity clouds their transpa
rency.' No mass of verbiage obscures tlielr rea
soning. The points ruled are so precisely defined,
that a tyro may not fail to sec and comprebeHQ
them. In jniginents which required to be forti-
'ft. jtitl^B le8 » they are arrayed, sifted and
IchJBjrjti ^v.o^wnirable skill. His capacity for
ananalysis was marked, and it is
lavorably exhibited.in his opiuious.
Such is theunchariatahlcnessof our natures that
we aro not predisposed to concede to one person,
brilliancy of genions and profnudity of learning.
Hence it was that when Judge Lumpkin first went
upon tho Bench, his reputation as a mau of genius
did somewhat overshadow his learniug. This
cloud, however,passed soon, and he stood revealed,
the exponent of both. Whilst it is true that his
originating mind encountered occasionally, settled
principles which he believed might well he reversed
or modified, yet it was not long alter his election
until ho adopted the "rule of adherting to authori
ty, and acted upon it with inflexible persistence.
Iffotes on the Situation-no. 13
BY B. n. IIILL.
I have said in all cases of doubtful.consti
tutionality the Executive Department could
not become a coart or judge in tbe matter
Neither can Congress be a court. But it was
necessary there should be a final arbiter, and
therefore, the Constitution provided a third
department of government called the Judi
cial. This Judicial power is expressly de
dared to extend to all cases arising under
the Constitution, the laws of the United
States and treaties, etc., etc. But here again
differences have arisen, and it has been in
sisted that the word “cases” has a legal tech
nical signification and must be confined
within it, and, therefore, that the judicial
power does not extend to all questions aris
ing under the Constitution. This position
was a favorite one with persons of the strict
construction State-rights school.
When South Carolina declared the Tariff
Act plainly and palpably unconstitutional
she refused to refer the question to the Court,
but proceeded to nullify the act in her bor
ders. The Union men and Federalists insis
ted that she should refer the question to the
Supreme Court as the final arbiter, but South
Carolina refused to do so, insisting that that
State was an independent, separate sover
eignty, outside of the express powers grant
ed to Congress—that this was a political
question', affecting her separate sovereignty,
and that she would not permit any other
power to sit in judgment upon questions in
volving her sovereignty ; that in this respect
South Carolina st.ood to the United States as
she did to France or England.
It was supposed that the peculiar doctrines
of State Rights had been decided by the war
against the position taken by South Carolina,
and that hereafter the Supreme Court would
become—what the old Union men always con
tended it was intended to be—the final arbi
ter upon all questions arising under the Con
stitution, so as to leave no excuse or necessity
for an appeal to arms to settle eontroversie
between the General .Government and the
States.
Georgia and Mississippi were the first to
act on the new idea. They did what South
Carolina refused to do. They applied to the
Supreme Court (in, I think, a proper case
made) to enjoin the enforcement of bills pal
pably unconstitutional—admitted to be so—
in their borders. The reply was, the ques
tion made is a political question, and not a
judicial case. The Supreme Court refused to
entertain the jurisdiction, and thus simply
affirmed what was called the ultra State
Rights doctrine of‘South Carolina. I am
therefore, to be cultivated. He alone is equal to ( mind mOTed with electric
great achievements in oratory who is endowed
with memory, discrimination, judgmept, the pow
er of analysis and combination, and quickness of
perception, and who possesses knowledge of men,
things, nature, art, science, moral truth and God.
Thus armed he is a conqueror, and his laurels are
mere unfading than those which an nnthfnking
world wreathe about the brow of victors in a
thousand fields.
That Judge Lumpkin was possessed of all this
intellectual fnrnitnre may not be said with 6triat
truth, but it may be well affirmed that ho possess
ed it in as large degree as any orator tbe State has
produced. To conclude on this head, I can say
of him what Ben Johnson said of Chancellor Ba
con : “Tho fear ot every man that heard him was,
Lat he should make an end.”
He was, however, no martinet, bound by tjie in- , glad the question was presented.' I am espe-
J daily glad they were presented by Southern
States, showing a disposition thereby to abide
the decision claimed to have been made by
the war, and to recognize an arbiter of future
disputes short of arms.
These decisions, therefore, so far from
showing there is no remedy against these
and their bearing upon the case before him. His I ...
st ructions of the letter, but obeyed the mandate of
the principle. And when he encountered what he
conceived to be an unsound established princi
ple, ho did not hesitate to invoke the only correc
tive power, the action of the Legislature.
nis patience in listening .to argument was tho
more meritorions, because of-the quickness with
... ., " . * are still separate political communities, and
rapn i y. e seized ag suc jj ueceS5ar ]]j, follows that their inter-
mi* nvAcontotiAii nrwl I « * _
them at the.moment of their presentation and nal domcstic governments cannot lie abroga-
nnderstood long before counsel had ceased to 1 - - -
elaborate them. Patience In order to instruction
1$ one thing, and tbe same virtue, when the mind
He was a member of the Legislature, from I lt Tbe ™ £t am!aWe f exhibition of Judge Lump-
x , A . i kin’s character was found ia his social relations—
the county of Oglethorpe, when George 31. Jn ^ relations of hnsbandt father and frlcnd . To
Troup was elected Governor, and as one of Lay that lie was an affectionate, tender husband,
his aids, enjoyed the confidence of that dis- an Indulgent provider of all manner of “good
tinguisbed Georgian quite as much, if not 8WU” f° r his children, and a faithful friend, is
more, than any other man in the State. It I bat a ,alnt dcscrl Pd° n ol the sacred beauty of his
1 social life. In him we have an illustration of what
is meant by tho “head” of the family. He was
the sheltering mind and consoling heart of the
household, softening authority with love—Its
hcid, in tbe sense of counseller, teacher, comforter
and priest. As priest, in the ministrations of fam
ily religion, he pointed to Heaven and led the way.
He was a cheerful man. He was tbe soul of good
fellowship—affable, genial, and even hilarious.—
He had none of that moroseness of bablt,
wbicb wears a sour face, speaks in sepul
chral . tones, and repudiates innocent pleas-
may be confidently stated that no citizen of
the State at the age of Judge Lumpkin when
he retired irom political life, has possessed
more of pnblic confidence than did he at that
period. His party had fully triumphed—he
was a leader in the House'of Representatives
—his eloquence was tbe theme of eulogy
throughout the length, and breadth of the
laud—his ability wns conceded by friends
and foes—his magnanimity and chivalric
bearing recognised, and his political creed,
ted, regulated, or interfered with by Con
gress. Hence the way is clear for every State,
citizen ami corporation to make a case and
has arrived at a satisfactory conclusion, is a very test these Military Bills, when any person, by
different afiair. His manner was that of a-quiet their authority,' shall interfere with a right ot
listener, ne gave to the speaker the encourage- property, or of person, or of liberty.
J ment of both eye and cor, rarely interrupting the I, therefore, beg every citizen, black and
| aourse of tlie argument, unless for explanation of white, even the humblest of the ten millions
facts. He was uct that most Impolitic of all who inhabit these ten States, to remember—
judicial functionaries an “ol t-speakirig Judge,” never forget that it is his right—his glorious;
which, according to tho time-honored traditions of | unpunishable, unimpeachable right—to resist
the profession, is no “sweet sounding cymbol.-”— j every interference, by aDv officer, high or low,
His summing up of facte,, in tbe oral opinions ! with his property, or his person, or his liber-
which the Jndges were accustomed to deliver I ty, under these Military Bills; aud that each
when the judgments were announced, was peculiar ! citizen owes it to every other citizen and to
in its perspicuity and exbaustiou. No one was i u .‘ s ani ^ *° posterity and to Constiai-
overiooked, and all werearranged In logical order. J lon , a libel tj, to assert the right boldly and
Judge Lumpkin’s uprightness has never been I" (f rl “ sl * a S alast ®very such mtcrference.-
’ * ...... . „ Nor havo military officers in such cases one
questioned by a whisper. Justice—stern, inllex- j p ardc [ e n]0r e of protection from such resist-
iblo justice—ruled his conduct. By nature and nnce than civil officers. The law’ is superior
education, his sympathies were with right This
bis personal f. iends knew from experience of
his mind and heart, and his brethren of the Bar
to all—is master of all; and the strength, the
majesty and the merit of the law make the
citizen's pauoply in this issue. • Hear what a
have found it to be true in professional inter-( distinguished American writer says on this
course, anil tho whole Stato has affirmed it by subject:
It is usoleis for us to expect to escape respon
sibility iu Ibis matter. Tho blood of Maximil-
iun lies at our door; and the only way to escape
being called to account fc.r it if to march an
army into Mexico and exterminate the gang of
wretches that disgrace the name of Republicans.
ill we do this? No. The representative of
this butcher is allowed to live in Washington,
is feted and caressed by the Supreme Tower of
tho Nation, (that is the Rump Congress which
governs and controls everything,) and if the
violated laws of nations are avenged at all, it
must be done by Austria, England and France.
Warwick.
that of the straitest sect of the State-Rights
school, had been endorsed by popular suf
frage. There was open to him a career as
brilliant as ever tempted or reworded politi
cal ambition. At this moment lie retired
from political life. The newly discovered
star wns not stricken from its lofty sphere,
but, veiling its glories, retired to the lower
but more benignant heavens, where it con
tinued to shed its calm, sweet light, until
quenched in death.
While Judge Lumpkin entertained settled
opinions upon the great questions which
have so fearfully agitated the American
Union, and expressed them upon all suitable
occasions, yet he ba3, from the time referred
to to his death, with the single exception of
attending oue National Convention, taken no
active partin the politics of the country. I
do not pretend to know with certainty the
reasons which induced him to abandon polit
ical life, ne married, early after his admis
sion to the Bar, a lovely woman who survives
him, the mother of a numerous family. He
was a member and also an Elder of the Pres
byterian Church at Lexington, and devoutly
pious. We are left to infer that his sense of
obligation to God and his family, and his
attachment to domestic life, constrained him
at once and forever to abandon the alluring
but hazardous pursuit of tho politician, and
to consecrate himself to literature, the law,
and the moral integrity of his country. No
one, looking back upon events in our history
ns they have transpired and contemplating
the distinguished usefulness of his life, can
question the wisdom of bin choice.
He was at one time elected Professor of Belles
Lettres and Oratory in the University of Geor
gia, and, declining this place, was subsequently
invited to lako the Frofessorship of Law in that
institution, which chair he accepted and occu
pied until his death. In 1 SCO, he was chosen
Chancellor of the University, tho position new
so honorably aud successfully filled by Dr. Lips
comb. He declined this invitation also because,
as was supposed, he felt it to be a demand of
duty to remain on tho Supreme Court Bench.—
Ho was, for many years, a Trustee of Franklin
Colloge, and at one time a Trustee of the Ogle
thorpo University. In 1S45, without solicitation
on bis part, he was elected a Judge of tho Su
preme Court; re-e*lccted afterwards as often as
fcis term expired, without opposition, and became
Chief Justice by virtue of an act of the Legisla
ture of 1S66.
Upon this brief outline of facts, in the life of
this eminent citizen, it is proposed to illustrate
the man by a few comments upon his oratory,
end his social, judicial and religious character.
His natural endowments as an orator were
found in his person, bis voice and temperament
He was, in youth and until middle age, a model
of manly beauty. Of medium height, unen
cumbered with flesh and well proportioned, with
a clear complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair,
and nose and lipschiseled to the lines of Grecian
perfection. Those who recollect him before a
jury, in the Hall of the Representatives, or
addressing a popular assembly, can readily re
call the speaking, breathing inspiration, power
of his person. As words thatcharmed and embel-
ures, whilst evil passions, like volcanic
fires, smoulder within. His philosophy taught
obedience to God, paiticipation in all earthly
good, and contribution to tho happiness ot others,
as he had opportunity. His sympathies with hu
manity were wide and active. They were mani
fested In kind words to the lowly, in gentle atten
tion to ladles, In counsel to the ignorant, in aid to
the needy, and relief to the suffering. Not a few
of the young members of the Bar have been the
recipients of his paternal beneficence. He was
wont to take them by the hand, to encourage and
sn&taln them. He was free from that revolting
meanness which would crush in embryo an aspir
ing competitor,and rejoiced in an adversary worthy
of his steel. Thus genial, he continued to be until
a few months before he died, when this urbane
gentleman, this demonstrative friend, this happy
dispenser of good deeds and kind words, became
the victim of melancholy. His health was Im
paired, but bis mind retained its vigor. His sus
ceptibility to the wrongs and sufferings of others
disturbed the joyous equanimity of his spirit.—
The death of his son-in-law—that noble specimen
of Christian mauhood, Gen. T. R. R. Cobb—made
upon his happiness an irreparable breach. A flood
of bitter waters had rolled over the land. He felt,
as do us all, alas, how keenly! the desolating
horrors of the war, and the, ifpossiblc, more mis
erable visitations of pes.ee. But the hand of the
Almighty fell .upon him, and our venerated Chief
Justice passed suddenly from “gloom to glory.”
In speaking of a great Judge,we are nccustoraed
to say he was patient, learned and upright. This
is stereotyped commendation, and we read it with
out realizing its signiffci.nee. We do not see and
feel the living, breathing embodiment of so much
excellence as these word.: imply. It is therefore
difficult to exhibit the judicial character of Judge
Lumpkin In such light ns to enable the generality
of readers to see its extraordinary excellence, es
pecially in the space to which these articles are
necessarily limited. Thu test testimonials of his
ability as a judge are to be found in his adminis
tration of the law for atoot twenty-two years on
the Bench of the Supreme Court. These testimo
nials arc the recorded opinions of that Bench, dur-.
ing the whole of that tirr.-s. The real valtie of his
services in that position cannot be estimated
without a consideration of tlio embarrassments
under which that Court labored in the outset.—
Originally the constitution of the State did not
provide lor such a tribunal, and 1*. was, therefore,
Incompetent for the Leglsltture to organize it—
Wc think strange of thi.i In these days. Onr fath
ers, wise and virtuous ai they were, were at fault
in this regard. It may, Mivrever, be conceded that
a court for the correction o;.' errors, when our judi
cial system was at first constructed, was less ne
cessary than now, when popular suffrage, short
terms and poor pay are Ike rage of the hour.
After long and earECKt efforts of the Bar and
of the soundest patriot! of the State, tho Consti-
tutiou was so amended as to authorize the Leg
islature to establish this Court, and, wonderful
to relate, this authority was a dead letter for
years. After the amendment to tho Constitution,
the struggle for the Court was maintained with
increased ability and determination. Tbe ma
jority of the people believed that a Conrt of Er
rors would hinder the speedy administration of
justice, and would bn a Court tor the rich and
powerful,but whise pot tain the poor could never
enter. It was not unt 1 the fall of 1845 that the
Supreme Court of Gecrgia was organized, and
Judges Lumpkin, Hiram Warner and E. A. Nis-
bet were elected to its bench—Judge Lumpkin
to the long term of six years. Tbe embarrass
ments referred to wers a divided public senti
ment as to the utility of such a Court, a large
solemn judgment—a judgment found in his
re-election at-cvcry.expiring term, withoutop-
position. He wita a just Judge, and why under
take to demonstrate a postulate? His native
loyalty to right and his educational loyalty to
justice, bccamo immovable under tho snperad
ded sanctions of his religion, and found conspic
uous display in his official position. It is said
that ho sometimes erred. It maybe that he did,
but has any one yet to learn that infallibility
belongs only to God ? Even our holy religion
doe3 not endow its recipients, here, with either
intellectual or moral perfection. Judging from
tho evidence furnished from his long judicial
life, and from an intimate personal relation to
him, with pleasure not unraingled with pride, I
record tho fact that he was a just Judge. He
was not influenced by passion, prejudice or party.
Officially, he knew, no man. He was without
fear and without reproach;.without partiality
and .without hypocrisy.' Passion, prejudice and
party were as impotent to unsettle the deep
foundations of his rectitude, as the breath of
the morning to.liurl the Alps into the sea.
All this excellence as advocate, lawyer and judge
was not attained without labor. Nature never
made a great lawyer. They are not bom full
grown, armed and equipped like Minerva. They
are not spontaneous products, but grow by cu(-
ture, and when matured maintain their propor
tions and fruitiulness by continuous cultivation.
No matter how rich and appropriate his natural
gilts may be, the aspirant to forensic or judicial
renown will.ever find that study is a condition
precedent to its attainment. Judge Lumpkin ful
filled this condition as did Elden and Ellenb’)-
rongb, Mansfield, Marshall and Kent, before him.
To the close of his lile he was a student. It Is
true that he may have devoted less time to his
books than others, because of his facility of inves
tigation and acquisition, yet ho was a student. It
is the privilege of our young brethren to move in
the path which led him to fame,.albeit “/mud
passibus acquis."
All the affairs of tho Judge’s life were subject
ed to tho control of religious principle. Thut
such a man should believe iu and practice tho
precepts of the Gospel, is no small proof of its
Divine origin. Religion was the inspiration of
his life, public and private, and the primary
source of his happiness. The leading character
istics ofliis piety were catholicity, activity and
humanity. He loved the church of his choice,
but ontertained no sectarian bigotry. He uttered
ne words of uucharitableness concerning other
denominations, and co-operated with thorn in
works of general benevolence. His faith was
founded rather upon tho fundamental doctrines
of Christianity than the details of a creed. He
loved its peace, its holiness, and tho life and im
mortality which it brought to light, anc. he
spared no effort to extend its blessings to the
whole race. Hence his activity in promoting
charities, in fostering education, in establishing
Sabbath Schools, in sustaining tho ministry, and
in the advocacy of every judicious moral reform
He was for many years the temperance advocate
of the State; not alone because temperance, as
he believed, prepares the way for the gospel, bat
also because it is one of the safest foundations of
the State. When his church was without a pas
tor he led its social meetings and upheld Its organ
ization. Before his promotion to the Bench be
was frequently a member of tbe judicatories of the
church, and contributed, by his fervent spirit and
wise counsels, to its general interests. His hu
mility was that of a little child—a learner—at the
foot of the Cross; and although in truth great
amongst men,he esteemedhimseirtheleartamong
his brethren. He could well stand oefore the
kings of earth, but he knelt lowly down In the ever
recognized presence of the "King of Kings.”
His character had
“A voice, whose sound was like the sea; •
Pure as the naked Ueaveas, majestic, tree:
So did he travel on life’s common way,
In cheerful Godliness; and yet his heart
The lowliest duties on herself did lay.”
Friend, brother, patriot, sage,
“Hail, and farewell!”
Buller.
•“It is now settled, in England and the
United States, that an officer of the forces
who executes the unlawful order remains
personally answerable. It the highest in
command, the British monarch himself, or
ders. contrary to law, an officer to quarter his
soldiers upon the citizens to annoy and op
press them, as Charles I did, the officer re
mains responsible, in the fullest sense of the
term, to the law of the land. All that has
been gained by the arduous and protracted
struggle which began to show itself most
signally under Charles I, may be summed up
in the few words, that the law shall be supe
rior to all and every one and every brancli of
Government; that there is nowhere a myste
rious, supremcand unattainable power,which,
despite of the clearest law, may still dispense
with it or arrest its course. This is the sum
total of modern civil liberty, the great, firm
and solid common’s liberty.”
Our Constitution—our supreme law, which
no Congress, nor President, nor other carihly
power can violate or authorize to be violated
with impunity—is our ruler, our only ruler,
and all th.e highest office-holders—civil and
military—are but its servants and bound, un
der penalties, to obey its commands.
Our Constitution declares—
“ The privilege of the writ of habeas cor
pus shnll not be suspended, unless in case of
rebellion or invasion the public safety may
require it.”
“ No bill of attainder or expost facto law
shall be passed.”
“ The trial of all crimes, except in cases of
impeachment, shall be by jury.”
“No soldier shall, in time of peace, be
quartered in any house without the consent
of the owner.”
“ Congress shall make no law abridging the
freedom of speech or of the press.”
No citizen ** shall be held to answer for a
capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless
on a presentiment or indictment of a grand
jury."’
“No warrant shall issue but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation.”
These are the commands of the only impe
rial power in America—the Constitution.
They arc so plain that a wayfaring man
though a fool, cannot err in reading them.
They cover every State, and territory, and
province and foot of soil over which the ju
risdiction of the United States can possibly
go. Yet every one of these positive com
mands, and others besides, are violated and
ordered to be violated by these Military Bills.
They are, therefore, assaults—unmistakeablc,
traitorous assaults—upon the Constitution ;
and every man, woman or child, or officer,
civil or military, in the United States who
votes for these bills, or approves them, or ac
cepts them, or executes them,or passively sub
mits to them, is an enemy of the Constitu
tion and an enemy of every citizen whose
rights are protected by the Constitution. I
care not what excuses are made, nor what
pretences are whined out about the power of
Congress and the progressive Radical party.
Such pretences only show cowardice or the
treasonable intent in those who use them.—
The only way to crush the Radical party is to
bring down upon it that power which is
greater than the Radical party—the Consti
tution. If the President is a slave and bound
to execute the orders ot traitors, the people
are freemen and entitled to resist. The only
question, and, therefore, the only danger is,
have they the courage to resist ? A freeman
should know no master but the law, and
bend the knee to no earthly power but the
Constitution.
As the result of reason and settled author
ity, I affirm:
That every officer, high or low, who seizes
the property of a citizen under these military
bills, is a trespasser, subject to indictment and
suits for damages as individuals.
That every such officer who arrests a citi—
f zen under these bills is guilty of false impris
onment, and subject likewise as an individual,
and is amenable to tbe writ of habeas corpus
before any court, State or Federal, having
jurisdiction to issue the writ.
That if a single citizen, white or black, is
tried by a military commission and executed,
the officer ordering the court, the individuals
composing the court, the counsel prosecuting
the case, the officer approving-and executing
tbe senteuce, up to and including the Presi
dent, each aud all are guilty of murder, and
indictable in the country where the crime is
committed.
And I again "beg our citizens, everywhere,
to assert tliese-remudies, and assert them fear
lessly. Do not be prevented by the sickly,
cowardly, criminal statements that the courts
are prohibited from taking jurisdiction.—
This is the poor defence with which those
authorizing the crimes have sought to shield
those creatures who may obey them, and is
itself, unconstirtuional. - Tbc power which
cannot violate the law cannot annul or escape
the processes, or remedies and penalties of
the law.
Sue in damages for every injury; indict
for every crime. Be sure and include the
thieving treasury agents who were lately
stealing your cottton or other things. Sue
or indict iu the county where the injury was
or may be done, or the crime was or may be
committed. Whether defendants are present
or absent, get the true bills. Don’t let lapse
of time bar you. Whenever you see me at a
court, understand I will aid you without fee
or reward. The written Constitution is my
client, and the preservation of its protection
the only fee I shall ask. The time for the
law’s triumph over passion will one day
come. If our people will now, everywhere,
assert these rights, not by again abandoning
the Constitution but By claiming its reme
dies, that time will come quickly; and then
we shall demand the criminals wherever
found aud they .will be' delivered. If tbe
President himself should commit murder in
the manner I have indicated, I do not hesi
tate to say that I would urge a true bill
against him and demand him for trial when
Ins term has expired. We owe it to ourselves,
to our children, to free institutions, to teach
all, however high or low, who take advan
tage of degenerate times like these, to violate
the great guaranties of the law, and trample
on the rights of the citizens, that when the
political spasm is. over they can find no
aiding place from the law's avenger,nor take
shelter from its penalties anywhere in the ju
risdiction of the Constitution.
Let this generation teach this lesson
now and teach it faithfully and.well, and we
shall have no return of such periods of sor
row and crime for us or for our children: If
we do not teach this lesson, then sorrow and
crime will increase their coming and prolong
their stays, because rogues will steal, tyrants
will oppress, little officers “will cut fantastic
tricks,” and traitors will use fraud and force
to perpetuate their power, just as often and
as long as they think they can do so with im
punity.
I also earnestly hope the people of each of
the ten States will go boldly forward, and.
preserve and continue their existing State
governments, and hold all elections in the
manner and at the time prescribed by exist
ing State Constitutions; will choose officers
qualified according to existing State Consti
tution and laws. If any citizen or officer shall
be interfered with in exercising his rights un
der these laws, or in discharging the duties of
anv office to which he may be chosen, let
him make the issue fearlessly.
I would have them continue this until, and
even after, pretended constitutions may be
formed by deluded negroes and their design
ing inferiors under these Military Bills; aud
if an attempt were made to displace existing
.constitutions and governments byjiretended
constitutions so formed and officers chosen
thereunder, I would indict every officer so
attempting to subvert existing legal State
governments, aud I would then have onr
Governors dr tho Legislatures (if in session),
make application to the President, under the
Constitution, to protect existing State gov
ernments “against domestic violence,” and
thus compel the President to decide whether
ho is bound to displace by force what he ad
mits to bo existing legal State constitutions
and governments for those he admits to 1)6
illegal, unconstitutional and tyrannical.
I will, add two important considerations
why our people should thus resist and never
consent to these usurpations:
In the first place, if we once allow these
new governments to become legally fixed oh
us by our consent, we can never get rid of
them. ‘ The power will ,be in the hands of
those who make aiid administer them; and,
though destroy. as they will, they will hiftd
on to their iniquity. It will also require
three-fourths of the States to concur in the
adoption of the odious Constitutional Amend
ment, but if adopted it will then require
three-fourths of the States to get rid of it.
But, in the second place, if, as is clear,
these bills are so grossly unconstitutional,
then they can never be legally established if
we continue to resist them. Let us com
mence cases now and continue cases as fast
and as often as they arrive, and if, even after
these military constitutions are framed and
organized, and have oppressed an unwilling
people for years, the Court .finally decide the
acts autorizing them to bo unconstitutional,
then, unlike a case cf onus between belliger
ents, cverythingdone under them will be de
clared void—the wicked governments will be
displaced," every man who has administered
them will be a criminal, and our existin
State constitutions will be restored to us.
Then will patriots meet again at "Washing
ton and at every State capital, and, gathering
the records of" these Radical traitors, and of
all their State subordinates together, will do,
as our fathers in Georgia did when corruption
had usurped power aud soiled our honor as
a people once before—we will catch fire from
Heaven and burn them up.
If, then, we yield now, our remedies are
gone and we arc conquered forever; but if
we refuse to yield, our remedies will continue,
and we can.never be conquered.
Terrible Tragedy in Brunswick.
THE ACTIN'!; ENGLISH CONSUL SHOT DOWN ON
HIS WEDDING DAY.
One ot the most lamentable tragedies that it has
ever been our sad duty to record occurred in
Brunswick, Ua., Friday last, about five o’clock, in
which a young man was shot while sitting in hi*
door, on the very day on which he was married.
It was lamentable in not only the death of the
victim, but from the respectability of all parties
concerned and the sad end of a short but sappy
marriage. The circumstances attending the un-
lortunate affair, apart from its origin, are is fol
lows, although reports are current imputing the
occasion of the afiair to different motives;
About 1865 a young aud wealthy Englishman
named E. G. Westmoreland, who was engaged dur
ing the warm blockade running, in whi:h he
gained considerable reputation and wealth, came
to Brunswick, Ga., with the intention of investing
his capital and making the place his home. Pos'-
sessed of tine business qualifications, he formed a
partnership with Gen. Gordon, and together thev
carried on a large business in running several saw
mills. Through some mismanagement or mis-
understand! ag Westmoreland retired from the
firm, and ali.erwartis was residing in the city, act-
ing as English Consul there. Here he contracted
the acquaintance of a young and beautiful lady
the daughter of a prominent and respectable citi
zen, whom he afterwards addressed. At the time
of the Englishman’s visits she was visited, by a
young man named Capt. E. J. Martin. Westmore
land continued his attentions, which were en
couraged by the young lady, and in duo time he
proposed and and was accepted, much against the
parents’ wishes, it is said.
During the attentions of these young men to the
lady, which were most assiduous on both sides, a
coolness and reserve spruDgup between thein.bnt
from what causes it is not known. Previous to
this circumstance they were apparently friends
and were considered as such by those who knew
them. Thus matters stood, until one day West
moreland saw Martin descending the steps of a
neighbor’s house, where he had been visiting.—
Not noticing Westmorland, the latter called out
to him, “Hold up, Martin, I’ll walk down with
you.” Not answering the request, Westmoreland
repeated it, when Martin turned towards him and
said. “I do not wish yourcompany, sir,” or words
oi similar import, and quietly walked on, as if
feeling insulted by this reply. Westmoreland
challenged Mavtin, who immediately accepted.—
Seconds were chosen, aud everything for the com
bat had been prepared, the party intending to pro
ceed to the ground on the Sylvan Shore when she
arrived at that point. Being detained some hours
beyond her time, she did not arrive till late dur
ing: which delay the seconds and friends of’both
parties adjusted the difficulty, by inducing West
moreland to withdraw the challenge, and U-rtin
his remarks. The friends of both parties consid- -
ered the difficulty finally settled, and thought
nothing more of it. °
The rivals, however, maintained their coolnesf
and were not on speaking terms. Wcsfmorelana
continued lus attentions to the young lady and
Martin his visits to the house. On Friday last
about 11 o clock a. sr., lV’estmorelaud aud the
young lady were married. After a short time
spent in the usual congratulations da such occa
sions, the young bride and husband proceeded to
the office of the latter, aud began making prepar
ations fer the bridal tour. While .iw.titmg the ar
rival of the Sylvan Shore, Westmoreland, iu his
shirt-sleeves and stocking-feet, was sitting on the
office steps conversing with Judge Marlin. While
thus engaged Martin came up the street, and walk
ing directly in front of Westmorei.iud, drew a
small pistol and without a word of explanation
fired at him, the ball striking him in tho groin.—
Westmoreland immediately sprang to his feet,
when Martin lired again, the boll taking effect in
the centre of the breast. Westmoreland advanced
toward Martin, seizing him by the arm, said “Mar
tin, what have I done to you that you shot me t"
and began sinking to the ground. A soldier pass
ing at the time wrung the pistol from Martin’s
hand, and with his other arm supported the dying
man. Westmoreland did not utter a word alter
he fell, and died in about fiiteen minutes. Martin
made no attempt to esoape, and surrendered to a
squad of soldiers. He was marched to his room in
the hotGl until his arrest by Sheriff Depree, under
a warrant issued by Judge Houston.
An inquest was held on the body by Judge
Houston, and a verdict rendered in accordance
with the facts.
While this was going on, a large crowd assem
bled in front of the hotel, highly incepsed, and
threats of violence were uttered, so exasperated
had they become. Their indignation was height
ened in a great measure by the fact of the duel
and the knowledge of the rivaiship for the young
lady. Upon consultation the authorities "decided
that, in view of the great excitement which pre
vailed, and the probable attempt being made to
lynch Martin, it. would be better to send him to
Savannah for sate keeping until the excitement
subsided. He was accordingly placed on board
the Sj Ivan Shore, aud arrived in this city on Sat
urday evening in charge of Sheriff Depree, Mar
shal Burns, Chief of Police Dart and a posse of two
citizens.
Captain Martin is a young man of fine personal
appearance, good education, and of great deter
mination and bravery. He served on the staff of
Gen. Johnson in Virginia, under Gen. Longstreet.
He is the owner of a large rice plantation vu the
Altamaha river, which be was cultivating at tlic
time the murder was committed. His friends
contend that other motives, more aggravated than
jealousy, prompted the commission of the deed,
and that transactions of a peisonal nature, com
mitted after the settlement of the duel, were in
themselves sufficient to justify tbc act. Be that
as it may, we have no desire to comment upon the
facta as we hat e gathered them, but leave the mat-
tcr to he investigated by the Courts. The affair Is !
a sad one, and is deeply regretted by all, from the
social standing of the parties. ..
Mr. E. G. Westmoreland was born in England,
and descended, it is said, of a noble and ancient
family. He was a man of fine intellectual abilities,
and of considerable wealth. At the time of his
death, he had been married but about five hours.
Wo cannot. too strongly urge upon the com
munity in which tbe offence was committed tbe
importance of suspending any expression of
opinion as to tbe guilt or innocence of the accused
party, until the matter is thoroughly investigated
before a competent tribunal.—Samiviafi Xcics
Herald, Sth.
Rev. Doctor Beckwith and the Geor
gia Diocese.
The Soldier and Negro Row at Au
gusta.—Tbe Chronicle gives the following
account of the disturbance" between tbe sol
diers, policemen and negroes at Augusta on
the 4th:
While preparations were being made te fire the
salute on the fourth, on the Parade Ground, a
crowd of negroes gathered around tha guns and
annoyed the soldiers so that they had to be driven
away, but on coming back again the soldiers
chased them some distance, and the negroes meet
ing a policeman called on him lor protection.—
The policeman not being on duty at the time said
he could not protect them. However he took
hold of one of the soldiers and told him to let the
negroes alone, whereupon the soldier told him to
let him loose. The policeman did so, and as soon
as he did the soldier struck him ; the latter then
6truck him hack. Ab#ut this time the crowd of
soldiers came up and set on the policeman, who
rapped for help, when another member of the po
lice made his appearance. The soldiers then
pitched in with clubs and bayonets aud beat them
both in a terrible manner. The policemen’s names
are Fagan and O’Connell—O’Connell, whose
wounds are very severe, is now laid up, but Fagan
fared a little better, being able to be about. A
sergeant among the soldiers was badly beaten and
is laid up also; and, to wind up, some of the
darkies got well pounded by the soldiers, butnoue
"eftbero seriously injured. Tbe prospect at one
time bid fair for a good old-fashioned row, but the
Hamites were too swift of foot for the Samites.
A Stricken Royal Family.—The New
Ysrk World says:
Amidst all the pomp of celebrations aud festivi
ties in which royalty is participating in Europe at
the present day, there i6 at least oue reigning
family which must find it difficult to countenance
the hilarity attending the gorgeous displays so
rapidly succeeding each other In various European
capitals. The house of Hupsburg, still smarting
under the wounds received at Sadowa, finds its
leading members, some of them still in the prime
of life, rapidly following one another to the grave.
Hardly had the body ot the young and beautiful
Princess Matilda been deposited in the family vault
at the Monastery of Capuchins, when news reached
Vienna that Prince Maximilian of Tours and Tax
is, brother-in-law of the Austrian Empress, had
died at Carlsbad.
To-day the news will be read In tbe same capi
tal that the Emperor’s brother has been murdered
in Mexico by those who profess to advance the
cause of “ humanity and civilization.” The death
of Maximilian, however, will not only cast a gloom
over Vienna, but will turn the eyes of the sympa
thizing world to the castle at Miramar, where
Charlotte, stricken down with grief, is aboat end
ing her days under the pressure of the greatest of
human afflictions. Instead, therefore, of visiting
the French Exhibition, Francis Joseph, Emperor
though he be, will prefer to remain at home and
rnoura tbc loss of him whose tragic death must
have enveloped in grief all those attached to tbe
House of Eapsburg.
Tbis Diocese is unwilling to give up this
distinguished clergyman. It will be recol
lected that bis refusal to accept tbe Bishopric
was based upon tbe peculiar claims of bis
present work in New Orleans. Wc learn that
be was first pressed to reconsider bis refusal,
wbicb, for reasons known to the public, be
declined to do. Nothing daunted, tlic Stand
ing Committee ot Georgia had adopted the
following preamble and resolutions :
“Whereas, Is appears to this Committee
that tbe Rev. J. W. Beckwith has been con
strained to decline tbe Episcopate of this
Diocese by reason of tlic urgent claims upon.
him of tbe important work in wbicb be is at
present engaged, while it is very possible that
those claims may be so far satisfied at no dis
tant period as to warrant bis resigning that
work into other hands; and,
“Whereas, The prosperity, present and
prospective, of tbe Church in Georgia does,
iu our judgment, depend in large measures
upon the acceptance by tbe Rev. Mr. Beck
with of tbe responsible offiicc to which he
has been called with such remarkable una
nimity by the clergy and laity of this dio
cese; therefore,
“Resolved, That the Rev. John W. Beck
with be, and that he is hereby respectfully
urged to reconsider his decision as already
communicated to us, and leave the whole
matter open until next. January, or later if
necessary, for the purpose of ascertaining -in
the interval whether some arrangement can
not be made to satisfy the wishes of the Dio
cese’of Georgia without seriously checking
the growth ot the Church within the sphere
of liis present labor.”
Nor is this all. Wc learn, also, that the
Diocese will even re-elect him at a special or
at the next annual election, sooner than give
him up. It is to be hoped the new move
ment will prove successful.—Sac. Herald.
She European Courts in Mourning
for .Maximilian.
London, July 5.—All the Courts of Europe
have adopted mourning for the death of
Maximilian.
The recall of the British Legation from the
City of Mexico and the suspension of diplo
matic relations between Great Britain and
the Government of Mexico are seriously
proposed.
SUSPENSION OF DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE
BETWEEN FRANCE AND MEXICO.
Paris, July o.- : The 3IoniUur to-day lias
an article expressing its detestation ol t-e
murder of Maximilian. Iu the Senate and
Corps Legislatif t;>-day speeches were made
denouncing the execution as a crime against
civilization.
Orders have been sent out suspending from
their functions all the French Consuls in the
Mexican Republic. .
All festivities in this city have ceased, ana
all the preparations for forthcoming fetes
have been abandoned out of respect for the
memory of the ill-fated Maximilian.