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The Greorgia 'W'eehly Telegraph.
^pKLEGrRAP h.
hit the proposition to make tlie
^ . .u„ cotton tax retroactive
- u the cotton
^ eti, upon tlie llirasy pretext
^'r^p has already passed out
«£■ hands, and is now held, to
^ b T brokers and speculators,
«?* , Did nottho producer
'Vpid not the loss corno out, of
*** \yb* t mattera it who now owns
[(4 d there been no tax on the
"Later would have received 21-2
> ' v n d more for his cotton than
f’ 1 J the loss has been clearly his,
j, repealed because unwise
on \y wise and just that the
'u K funded to those who paid it
’ 1 ' ingress may consent to of*
' of relief to the South, and
®\ s ° il l perhaps equal or exceed the
relief •, ^e cotton tax; why not
f*frit relief by refunding last
[ t the poor bankrupt planters?
uS ' jj r dicf be more judicious-
‘ for the yery ones who will
tuldle relieved by the net.—
nd;
sm l those employed by them,
vt »!1 received their wages, are
ur
ciliwns now in greatest need.—
lf ,l tax would go directly to thbir
fuM “wake easy” the entire body
■,: 0 .; n g South; it would save the
. ,,, loJ3 . it would enable them to
£ and engage in larger planting
* this year; it would pay the press-
contracted by the planters to their
; mi it would have the best possible
, D the Southern mind at this time.
*e might almost say, no possible
that Congress could pass wou d
in beneficial results, with an act
, i^t year’s cotton tax. >oue
diffusive and wide-spread iu its
„,eons consequences. It would go far
,. i destroying the spirit of animosity
ttB the Southern bosom towards those
,W»»'Ught to oppress us so much.
irosM 1* the easiest, the simplest, the
.jestad sensible way of relieving the
'ling distress of the South, and
y he.perhaps, in the clouds of misfor-
wir enveloping the Southern heavens,
'jS which, growing larger and larger,
,.vi in the bright glory of a day of hope
.-wperity. Would to God Congress
:‘ w ibis matter in its true light, and, by
■ Vactol wisdom, justice and benevo-
! ,/jse throughout the Southern heart
»tijf»etion which would follow the
,-fa bill repealing the cotton tax
r lirr, and refunding that of the year
**J.
U: iw, what observing, wliat patriotic
tra is there now in Congress who is
igto take op this measure and push it
iw»hle issueJ If there is such a one,
raegood genius enlighten his mind,
nnn cp bis heart to the great under-
H- j T . -
r '.—What must be the stench of a
ttnllw show strongest supporters are
coring jracefully to abandon it! In
i| ihe scalawag papers of this State,
lire ktn lauding the motley Atlanta
iMagr ill along, we are struck with tlie
:: disinclination manifested to exhibit
ii:y k a Convention that is a humilia-
»os: State and a disgrace to every re-
> !f an in it. Wo do cot wonder at
r.rfaoveniifins of Georgia, Alabama
Ift5i.-i.n4 have disgusted the entire
■ .-n.lshoaM l>e disgusted with thera-
Brfirtlong, the expression of Messrs.
' uul Bingham, of Ohio, on the floor
".’sc of Representatives, will be the
i iemiment of the country—“The ne
wt le thrown overboard.” It has
been true that rats leave a sinking
Public Meeting In Whitfield County.
The Era, of Atlanta, in apparent ap-
oo, repeats, speaking of the Con-
"Again we counsel wisdom, dis-
«<1 moderation; but above all things,
uion.”
^The only blood that is shed is that
•J white rebels. Judge Bustecd is shot
sa Mobile, because he refuses to inter-
"■“tbe course of the law.
( *ne the above is from that arch-liar,
lie knows as well as we do that the
•< sssasinator of Judge Bustecd was a
holding the position of United
District Attorney. But wo expect
5 from the children of the father-of-
outrageous mendacity and mis-
Scaution.
f* Governor Swann, of Maryland, lately
‘“application to General Grant for the
arms” for the State of Maryland,
-■toteven receive an answer.
^Governor Jenkins passed through our
Mlteidsy enrouto to Milledgcvillc,
^fheea to Atlanta to have an interview
^ Meade.
General J. B. Gordon addressed the
^‘rcClub of Atlanta Wrfjfrfc.
l"-e Conservative meeting held lost
; *t Crswford, Russell county, Ala.,
s { and harmonious, and manifested a
vitiation to save the State from
1 -mbus, unable to pay for gas, is to
;?*ith coal oil. Our own Council is
the same matter.
~ i Atlanta Era was at some pains,
... favour any predilection for the
3 -i asserting that it had “neither cn-
V Oat iemnod the Convention.” In
'-ch the Opinion says:
to this time, “have neither
.... Condemned” certain acts of cer-
hnjji the Constitutional Convcn-
additional cvidenco of
*>aad ?, a P^ ot that has been ex ~
l , * s creditable to neither the
^ i^v °f those concerned in it.
■ ; -it mean?
if
wants to know why the P.
11 sent a “suspender” down here
. 8 Hows.— Constilutionalht.
1 ? aeMo * rs objected, not think-
ajy, er *ght to foist a J3 1 in re-
un der the ten-ycar-ot offico
l “J the Devil’s :egcrcnts on
o° r baa gone from Cbarlcs-
5**}procure, of a surety,
Sj | J’ r '-' v ith to pay tlie Convention
State. The expenses of
..e., bare tought the negro
o th: Palmetto State to take
ul *on in due U me.
Dalton, Ga., January 7,1SG8.
The adjourned meeting convened to-dny
at 12 M. Col. J. A. W. Johnson, Chairman
called the meeting to order.
On motion of Col. J. W. Avery, it was car
ried for the Chairman to appoint a Commit
tee of Gve to prepare matter for the meeting
The Chairman appointed the following Com
mittee:
Col. J. W. Avery, Col. Win. K. Moore, C.
I). MeCutdien. Ksq. >! j. ,J. A. II.-rd, Col.
Jesse A. Glenn.
The meetiag, on motion,' ntljourncil for
dinner, one hour. .
Tlie meeting convened at 1 r. m., and Col.
Avery, the C inirmnn of the Committee, re
ported the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Public action has begun to cor
rect grave abases that afflict tbe country, and
to stop the prostitution of the machinery of
government' o party ends; and whereas, it is
proper to declare the principles that underlie
the movcmei t, and to which all men may be
invited to rally; therefore,
Resolved, That we endorse the nction of
the Conservative Convention held in Macon,
Ga., on the fith day of December, 1867, and
adopt the preamble aud resolutions of that
body as our own.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to any
public policy, based upon sound principles
of constituti anal .government, pure consid
erations of honor, and a spirit of liberality to
all honest men.
Resolved, That we will oppose all public
policy intended to servo mere party interests,
founded on rules of sordid expediency, and
proscribing worth because it will not truckle
to power.
Resolved, That we will unite with the Con
servative men of the whole country in what
ever means may bo concerted ns best to pre :
serve our vital institutions, to save our Gov
ernment- from ruin at the hands of factioD,
and to promote the general interest.
Resolved, That we deplore all division and
bitterness among ourselves: that thraldom
to party has too long hurt tlie land, and we
believe the time lias come for the people in
their majesty to awake to the common woo
that threatens ns, and mass against partisan
despotism, and that the ballot box must be
tbe agency of our protection, and all true
men must organize to tight a gallant battle
for liberty there.
Resolved, That we endorse President
Johnson’s policy in his efforts to preserve
this asw white man’s government, upon con
stitutional principles.
Resolved, That a county committee of ten.
consisting of one President and nine Vice-
Presidents, be appointed by tlie Chairman of
this meeting, at his leisure, as the basis of
Conservative organization - to communicate
and co-operate with the Central Executive
Committee, for tbe defeat of ail faction, and
the success of a sound, liberal and just pub
lie policy, and to keep the country advised
of the course to be pursued.
Resolved, That, the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the North Georgia
Citizen and North Georgia Republican, and
that the Atlanta Intelligencer, Macon Tele-
ojiAFir, Augusta Chroniclo and Sentinel, Sa
vannli News and Columbus Sun be requested
to copy them.
Col. Johnson, the Chairman, stated that he
had been invited at the previous meeting to
address tbe citizens of the county to-day, but
that circumstances would prevent his doing
so now. He endorsed fully the Conservative
platform, and would upon another occasion
make the address desired.
Col. Avery was called for, and explained
the proceedings of the Conservative Conveu
tion which he attended as a delegate, and
urged the necessity of action to save the
country.
Col. Henry L. Sims offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That Governor Jenkins and
Treasurer Jones are entitled to tbo thanks of
this meeting, and will receive the commcnda
tion of every respectable citizen of Georgia
for tlie pat riotic firmness with which they
guarded the funds of the State against the
arbitiary order ofGen. Pope, late commander
of the Third Military District.
Col. Avery offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Whereas, The press is tlie most potent
agency to reform, and we need a medium for
the circulation of correct political intelli
gence, and for the presentation of Conserva
tive opinions and principles to our people.
Therefore,
Resolved, That the Conservative men of
our section be recommended to aid in build-
ing up and establishing, upon a sure basis,
the North Georgia Citizen—a Conservative
journal about to be published in Dalton, Ga.,
by Henry A. Wrench.
Resolved, That the Conservative journals
of the State be hereby requested to call at
tention to this new enterprise of a news
paper, and to co-operate in the establish
ment of this journal in this section; where
such a paper is needed to represent Conser
vative views.
The Chairman slated that he would an
nounce the committee of ten in a day or
two.
On motion, the meeting adjourned, sub
ject to call by the Chnirman.
J. A. W. JoiK.Miw, Chairman
J. N. B. Conn, Secretary.
Of young Hubbard, edicted from the
office of County Clerk in Montgomery, the
Mail says:
It is conceded that Mr. Hubbard is one of
the best, if not the very best clerk the county
ever had. It may almost be said ho was born
in the office. His father, Mr. Samuel D.
Hubbard, wa3 lor many years the incum
bent of tbe same office, and his son, while
a mere boy, often assisted his father In the
pressure of business, and before his appoint
ment, was for some time deputy of his pre
decessor, and did the greater part of the
office work. His moral character is unexcep
tionable, his attention £o his duties and his
courtcsv to all persons having business in
the court, or in tlie office, has often been
made tlm subject of special mention by bench,
bnr, jurors and the public^ generally. And
yet because lie dared to sign his name to a
writ against Wager Swayne, he is no longer
fit to fill the otlice.
We never have been able to understand
how Wager Swayne, relieved from duty in
Montgomery, and ordered to report to Nash
ville, in December, could depose a civil officer
in January.
The presence of President Davis cre
ated quite a sensation in Havana.
The Presidency aud Itecoustructlou.
From the A T cw York Horn hi.]
What is to be the position of the Southern
States in regard to the next Presidency?—
As the time for the choice of Mr. Johnson's
successor draws near, and as the tendencies
of popular thought become definite, it grows
daily more apparent that the overwhelming
supremacy of the Republican party lias
passed away; and that if there shall not be
an overwhelming voice against that party
next November it will at least have no power
to spare. In any close division of the North
the dubious electoral votes of the Southern
States will be of primary consequence, and
deep as is the interest that the people already
feel in the subject of reconstruction, it
cannot hut be enhanced by the consider
ation that the wrong done to the
South by the destructive and revenge
ful policy that has been pursued
may possibly react upon the whole nation in
the anarchy of a disputed succession; for it is
imminent that whether the electoral vote of
the Southern States be counted or thrown
out the course taken will give rise to more
virulent party strife than we have yet known.
If it be thrown out the party that loses by
its exclusion will dispute the choice made ;
if it be counted those who might have won
had it been excluded will equally refuse to
be bound by the result, and we may thus once
more find the nation in that very position
that opened the war, the repudiation of n
President, and may again have occasion to
reflect on the prophetic dictum of Kent—
that the*question of choosing the Executive
is the one that is really to try the strength of
our government.
If the Radical managers had full co ntrol in
the military districts this question would not
be suffered to embarrass tbeir action, since
an election for tbe Presidency in the South
would not be permitted unless it was known
beforehand that it would Miit the Radical
game; but as the power for this purpose is
not in their hands wc suppose that the elec
tions will take place without regard to what
the result may be. Electors, then, will be
chosen in the several Southern States, and in
each State will go through tlie regular for
malities aud send their sealed vote to the
President of the United States Senate. What
will be done with those votes ? Here will
come up in a practical shape that nice ques-
ion of the status of these Southern commu
nities.
But a little while ago it looked like mere
hair splitting to go aside to discuss whether
tlie States were States or not; whether they
were living or dead as political bodies;
whether they had never been out of the
Union and could not go out, as the nation
maintained through four years of war; or
whether they arc not States, but conquered
territory, subject only to tbe rule of arms, as
is now argued by the' party that pretends to
be tlie exponent of the nation’s will. Now,
however, Coogress must face this question
and determine it as part of its decision on the
Presidential votes.
The electorial colleges of the several States
are constitutional bodies, as much as the Sen
ate itself is a constitutional body, and in ig
noring them it would trample on the char
ter of its own existence. “The President of
the Senate shall,” says the Constitution,
the presence of tbe Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, open all the certificates.” This
little word “all” is emphatic as to bis duty.—
He cannot discriminate and open the certifi
cate received from New York, or that from
Massachusetts, and refuse io open the certifi
cate from South Carolina, ne cannot do this
unless Congress beforehand takes so bold a
position as formally to declare that tbe Con
stitution is dead, and that those States that
the people fought to retain are no longer a
vital part of this nation.
It is declared that Congress will not coun
an electoral vote-from unrepresented States.
No phrase can put the two facts on the same
footing. Congress has the power to examine
into the qualifications of its members, and
thus by the voice of an unscrupulous majority
may keep a State, or two or tbreo or more
States, unrepresented at any time; and if
there was any relation between representation
nnd the right to cast an electoral vote, it is
obvious that by this device Congress might,
when it chose, exclude so many votes as
would determine the Presidential choice in
accordance with its wishes. Congress has
power ovej its members, but has no power to
exclude from participation in the choice of
the Executive any State of this Union, aud
cau only do so by taking revolutionary
ground more boldly than it has hitherto ven
tured even in its military reconstruction
laws.
Will it dare take such ground at this junc
ture? Will Congress, knowing that it no
longer represents the popular thought, know
ing that majorities have been given in all
the great States since it Was iu existence
against the party ideas it stands upon—will
such a Congress carry the revolutionary pur
poses of radicalism further than they were
carried By the one that sat in the heyday of
Radical power ? Viewing the case only from
the point of party expediency, considering
the extent to which the mere political shuffle
may affect all this, it seems probable that
Congress will take the more moderate course,
and, by counting the Southern votes, fix the
fact of reconstruction, though involuntarily,
on a firm basis.
Butr should it take the other course there is
a probability that sucli defiance of tho present
political sentiments of the nation would so
intensify the movement against the Radicals
as to insure, by carrying that movement to
an extreme point, the most liberal possible
restoration of the Southern States. And thus
there is reason to hope that while the ques
tion of the electoral vote of the South may
involve danger to the nation it will also put
forward an issue which is to determine, and
hasten the rehabilitation of the States in all
their rights.
Official Report of tlie Meeting of Citizens.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION OF TIIE FUI/TON
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
Tite Augusta Postoffice—Suspension
of F. Blodgett.—Yesterday (Tuesday) Gen.
George W. Summers received from the “Post-
office Department, Appointment Office,” at
Washington, D. C., the blank oath nnd bond
to be executed by himself and sureties, as
Special Agent of the Postoffice Department,
to take charge of the Postofficc at this place,
“in the place of F. Blodgett,” suspended un
der a bill of indictmeut in the United States
District Court, for pcijury.
The General will continue in charge of the
Postoffice, performing all the duties of post
master, until the President and Senate take
further action in the matter. Under the
Tenure-of-office bill no “removal” from office
can take place unless by and with the ad
vice aud consent of tho Senate.—Aug. Con.
fcir n
the membi
“ex-rebel”
proof:
a stated that at least one*third of
i s of the Atlanta Convention are
soldiers. We want to Bee the
Destitution at the South.—The corres
pondent of the New York Commercial Ad
vertiser (Rep.) writes on the 8d:
President Johnson has assured Governor
Sharkey that ho will send to Congress, next
week, a message on the suffering now preva
lent at the South, and will ask such legisla
tion as will grant speedy relief. There is
"ood reason for believing that a large ma-
jory of the Senators and ol the Representa
tives will cheerfully co-operate in relieving
the distress, and in preventing deaths by fam
ine Proper relief will do much to aid the
durable work of reconstruction, and to re
unite the Southern people to the Union.
♦ ♦ • ' ■ — .
Raalroad Elections.—At an election
held yesterday at the office of the Savannah
and Augusta Railroad Company, corner oi
Bull and Bay streets, tho following gentlemen
were elected Directors of the Company: R.
A. Allen, A. B. Lawton, Wm. Hunter, John
Davison and F. T. Willis. An election was
held for President, and. the Board of Direc
tors elected F. T. Willis to that responsible
position.
The annual election for Directors of the
Central Railroad and Banking Company, was
held iu the room of tlie Company yesterday,
and the following gentlemen (the old Board)
worn elected without opposition: W. M.
Wadley, Andrew Low, John R. Wilder, Wm.
B. Johnston, Gen. J. F. Gilmer, George W.
Wjlly, Jno. Cunningham, Edward Padclford,
Geo. W. Andersen.—>'xio. Aeics, 7th.
Pursuant to previous notice a large, num
ber of the intelligent and respectable citizens
of this city and county assembled at the City
Hall on Saturday night last for the purpose
of expressing their views in regard to the re
moval of Gen. Pope by tlie President, and
the appointment of Gen. Meade as his suc
cessor, and also of perfecting a permanent
organization of the Fulton County Demo
cratic-Club.
Through Mr. John Thomas, the Chairman
of the Business Committee, it was announced
that Maj. J. H. Steele, from the committee of
five appointed by a previous meeting to re
port business to this meeting, would m.ake.the
following report on permanent organization,
’’which was unanimously adopted:
President.—Thos. F. Lowe.
Vice Presidents.—J. G. Westmoreland,
William Rushton, Jno. M. Johnson, Eli
Hulsey and John T. Foard.
Secretary.—J. R. Barrick.
Treasurer.—A. S. Talley.
Executive Committee.—T. T. Smith, W.
H. Brotberton, James E. Gnllatt, S. Weil, P.
Dodd, T. E. Whitaker, John Thomas, A. A.
Echols, M. T. Castleberry, J. M. Patton, J.
W. Price, T. L. Wells and George M. Robin
son.
Tho following preamble and resolutions,
also reported by Major Steele, from the same
Committee, were adopted without a dissent
ing voice:
In the removal of Brevet Major General
John Pope from the command of this Mili
tary District, and in the appointment by *' e
President of tbe United States of 3Iajor-Gen-
eral George G. Meade as his .^successor, this
meeting of citizens deems it proper to ex
press its great gratification. In tho occur
rence of both events, it recognizes what jus
tice to a down trodden and oppressed people
sternly demanded of a Government they had
sworn to support. Under General Pope’s
administration of the affairs of this Military
District, while professing, as he often did,
that the constitutional privileges of freedom
of speech to the citizen and freedom of the
press should remain inviolate to each, both
were assailed, restrained and trampled upon
by him. This was done, first, by an “order”
which emanated from his headquarters, for
bidding any civil officer of the three States
under bis command, to give expression to
his opinions if ndverse to the reconstruction
enactments of Congress, upon pain of forfeit
ing the office which be held; and, second, in
the issuance of his “Order No. 49,” which not
only forced—contrary to the laws of
the several States, the convenience and
interests -of the people thereof—all legal
advertisements into papers far remote,
with but very iew exceptions, from the par
ties whose interests were therein involved,
and into papers with scarcely any circulation
(in most cases none at all) in the several lo
calities where the property interests of the
parties, citizens of the State, and citizens
abroad—executors, administrators, guardians,
wards, orphans, widows, debtors nnd credi
tors—were involved, greatly to the detri
ment of each and all of them—the intent
obviously being to build up radical recon
struction presses in the three States, and to
prostrate, by the military power which he as
sumed, all other presses within his command,
that failed or declined to advocate the mcas
nres of the Radical party, which be desired
to force upon Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
It was thus that General Pope forfeited his
written assurance and his plighted word in
regard “to freedom of speech and of the
press”—his written assurance, wherein he
declared, in one of his letters to Gen. Grant,
that “freedom of speech and of the press,
education, equality before the law, and in
political rights and privileges, are the essen
tials of any satisfactory reconstruction in the
South ;” and in his word, given to a commit
tee of gentiemeu in this city, that freedom of
speech would not be interfered with by him,
but would be tolerated to its fullest extent—
adding that he was surprised at having been
otherwise understood ; and yet upon his mil
itary record while in command of this dis
trict are inscribed tbe orders which forbade
“freedom of speech and freedom of the press”
by imposing a penalty upon the exercises oi
those clearly constitutional rights by a peo
ple recognized, and held to accountability,
and taxed, as citizens of the United States!
This meeting also approves ot, and is grati
fied at the removal ol General Pope for the
additional reason that otherwise in the exer
cise of his official duties, apparently regard
less of his rank and his position as an officer
of the United States Army, he has sought to
identify himself as a political partisan, work
ing openly and avowedly in tho interests of
the Radical party. Hence his registration
appointments with negro registrars included;
hence his apportionment of delegates to the
Convention, (in direct violation of the re
construction enactments of Congress'! which
gave the negro minority in the State supre
macy in the Convention over the white ma
jority; hence his placing the direction of that
election in the hands ot an individual with
instructions to him that “Convention must be
carried,” and who, with his subordinates,
worked “sharp and quick,” oven, as is charged
and as this meeting believes can be proved
to the perpetration of fraud in the accom
plisbment of that end; hence his withdrawal
of the appropriation made by our State Leg
islature from our State University upon the
shallowest of pretences; hence his order re
quiring the panels of jurors to be so drawn
as to inevitably place, in every sec
tion of our State, the unlettered *and
ignorant negro in tho jury box, and, in
some sections of it, a preponderating number
of them, for the trial of cases involving the
property, tho personal liberty, and the life of
the white man; hence his removal of the
Judge of tho Ocmulgee Circuit, the Hon. Au
gustus Reese, and ui3 attempts, both direct
and indirect, to intimidate and radicalize the
Judiciary of this State; hence his removal
from office of incumbents thereof, down even
to policeman, without a hearing, for alleged
or pretended offences; hence, had ho not been
restrained, his intention to remove all the in
cumbents of civil offices in the State, who
would not bow the knee to the Baal of that
radicalism which he was bent upon forcing
upon the State, to which he looked for future
promotion and honors, and in the interest of
which he avowedly was; hence his endorse
ment of the action of the so-called State Con
vention, in his attempt to draw from the
public treasury forty thousand dollars to de
fray the expenses of that unconstitutional
assemblage, conceived as it was in fraud and
brought forth in iniquity, in direct violation
of the Act of Congress which prescribes the
mode and manner of their payment, and at
the risk of prostrating the credit of, and thus
dishonoring the State; and hence it was he
was surrounded whilst in this city by evil
counsellors in civil life, to whom he. lent a
listening ear, and whose thirst after office in
fluenced them to counsel the further oppres
sion and degradation of our people that they
might riot upon the spoils ^hereof. Be it,
therefore,
I. Resolved, That this meeting, composed
of Conservative citizens of Fnlton county, do
hereby tender thoir acknowledgments to
President Andrew Johnson for the removal
of Brevet Major General John Pope from the
command of the Third Military District.
2. Resolved, That while this meeting is
unalterably opposed to tbe Military acts of
Congress, under which it is proposed to. “re
construct” the Southern States, and while it
disclaims any desire or wish (were it possi
ble) to influence the action of Major General
George G. Meade, politically. or otherwise,
yet it caiPbut express its gratitude that our
people have in him, as Military Commander
of this District, a gentleman aud a soldier,
who, we have reason to believe, will uphold,
and not destroy, tho civil Government of the
State; who will respect, and not trample
under foot,' the civil laws he may find, of
force; and who will restore those set aside
by his predecessor; who will guarantee free
dom from fraud and corruption in registrars,
managers nnd voters in any future registra
tion and election that may he held under
said Military acts; and who will tolerate, to
the press in the discussion of the great ques
tions affecting the present and future Welfare
of the people of Georgia.
3. Resolved, That entertaining these views
in reference to Gen. Meade, and the course
he will pursuo in the administration of his
office, we welcome him to our city, and trust
he may continue the Headquarters of the
Third Military District in Atlanta.
4. Resolved, That a committee of seven be
appointed to wait upon Gen. Meade and pro-
cat him with a copy of the foregoing reso
lutions.
o. Resolved, That a copy of the proceed
ings of this meeting, signed by the Chair-
man l and countersigned by the Secretary, be
forwarded to President Johnson.
The following gentlemen were then ap
pointed a committee to wait on Gen. Meade
and present him with a copy of the forego
ing resolutibns: Hon. Jared I. Whitaker, Dr.
John M. Johnson, Hon. Wm. Ezzard, Dr. Jas,
F. Alexander, Gen. John B. Gordon, Dr. E.
J. Roach, Dr. Jas. P. Hamblcton.
The following resolution, offered by Col.
L. J. Glenn, was heartily concurred in:
Resolved, That for the ability and fidelity
with which they have discharged their re
spective duties, and especially for protecting
the Treasury of the State of Georgia from the
illegal nttempt of Major Gen. Pope and the
unconstitutional Convention lately in session
in this city, to draw money therefrom for the
payment of the members and officers of said
Convention, his Excellency Gov. Jenkins,
and the Treasurer, Capt. John Jones, are en
titled to, and will receive from a grateful
people the plaudit: “Well done, good and
faithful servants.”
The following resolution, introduced by
Col. T. T. Smith, was also adopted:
Resolved, Thnt tbe Secretary of this Club
be instructed to procure a book, to be kept
at some convenient place, of which he shall
give notice, where all who desire to become
members can record their names.
Col. E. Y. Clarke moved that the proceed
ings of this meeting, by request, be published
in the Atlanta Intelligencer, and all other
Conservative papers in the State be requested
to copy the same; and then the meeting ad
journed, to meet again on Wednesday night
next at the Citj Hall.
During the evening at different intervals in
the progress of business, the occasion was
enlivened by pertinent and appropriate
speeches from the following named gentle
men : Messrs. Steele, Glenn, Thomas, Hul
sey, Hoge, Abrams and Jackson.
John G. Westmoreland,
President pro. tem.
J. R. Barrick, Secretary.
Washington News and Gossip.
Special to the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, January 5.—It is expected
that Congress, after reassembling to-morrow,
will at once get to work earnestly, and, it is
hoped, patriotically, upon the measures
already proposed, and others contemplated,
to relieve the country from the commercial
and financial disorders which prevail or
threaten.
Members of Congress just returned from
the holiday visit to their homes report that
they have been urged by their constituents to
use their best efforts to immediately perfect
the necessary legislation on questions of
finance and taxation, to the end that these
may be speedily and wisely settled, not only
in obedience to the emergency of the times,
but as well that these grave matters may be
determined before the Presidential election,
and thus keep them as free us possible from
party politics.
These members represent that recently
some modification in sentiment has taken
place on the propositions to increase paper
currency and to contract the same, the first—
increase of currency—being urged less, and
the latter—contraction—scarcely at all; that
the proposition to tax Government bonds
has grown in favor, and that tbe mode and
time of paying these bonds is engaging tho
earnest consideration of the people; that
there is a well-defined division of opinion—
except in cases where the law in express lan
guage on this subject directs tbe payment in
coin—and it is difficult to determine whether
iiiere la a lUBjotitjt iu farui of redeeming
these obligations iu currency. Some also
represent that there is not such earnest and
active opposition to the National Banks as
was manifested at the commencement of the
November session of Congress.
But above all other questions upon which
the people express solicitude, that of taxa
tion is, probably, foremost. The reduction
of the aggregate sum collected (about five
hundred millions) is advised, and the popu
lar idea seems to be thnt it should be fixed,
as an experiment for the present at least, at
about three hundred million dollars. It is
also advised that the number of taxablo arti
cles be greatly reduced; that the cotton tax
should bo at once repealed; that the income
tax is odious and inquisitorial, and should be
abolished; that the tax on distilled spirits
should be greatly reduced, some urging
twenty, others fifty cents per gallon. They
say that there is an almost unanimous belief
among intelligent commercial men that tlie
present tax upon spirits can never be col
lected, because it is so disproportionate to
the cost of production, and that this tax re
sults in a prohibition upon fair and open
business. Such is substantially tbe informa
tion your correspondent has to-day obtained
in conversations witli Congressmen fresh from
conference with their constituents.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TllE RECONSTRUC
TION ACTS.
Washington, January 5, 1868.—The case
of Colonel McCardle, of Mississippi, on
which it was hoped a legal decision relative
to the reconstruction acts would be made,
will not, it is said, be before the Supreme
Court, Attorney-General Stanbcry not being
prepared. There are others, however, which
could be brought up, and in tho event that
the Court decided that said acts were uncon
stitutional, there are reasons for believing
that the President will promptly withdraw
the military forces from the Southern States,
and proclaim to the people that their civil
rights are fully restored.
LETTER FROM TON. A. H. H. STEWART.
Hon. A. H. H. Stewart, of Virginia, in a
letter to the committee on the celebration of
the 8th of January, declines attending, say
ing his people were under military rule and
mustspeak with bated breath; that although
elected by acclamation to Congress, he was
denied admission, while Virginia, the proud
old mother of patriots, was unrecognized
save as Military District No. 1, and that
while Virginia mourns I cannot be com
forted—while the cypress encircles her brow,
I cannot twine the myrtle around her brow.
He concluded by saying that the signs of
the times arc that a magnanimous people
will strike the chains from the limbs of his
people, who will then offer hearty tribute
and gratitude to the Conservatives and Demo
crats who set them free.
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
The President is writing a special message
concerning the appalling situation of the
population in the Southern States, which will
be sent to CoDgress immediately. A number
of Radicals arc strongly in favor of an appro
priation of thirty million dollars for their re
lief, and declare that it ought to have been
voted a month ago.
FINANCIAL AND OMMERCIAL.
XKZacon Cotton Market.
DAILY TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 1
Macon. January ?>, 1al7. f
Cotton.—Our market opened this morning with a
fair inquiry for middling at 12 cents. After the noon
dispatches were in, quoting a decline in Liverpool
and New York, our market went off, and tlie better
grades “hung fire” at 12% cents.
Bryce & Co.'* Weekly Colton Circular. *
New Yoke, January 3 f " 1888.
Cotton.—Our own market has been active and ad
vancing during the week. Tho idea seemed to seize
oa both speculators and spinner3 that Cotton was a
good purchase, and many lists have been stored in be
lief ol a strong reaction, and cur manufacturers seem
to have taken courn^o to buy more than cne week's
supply at a time. Liverpool has not advanced as last
as ibis market, aud in consequence shi/qiers have
been shut out to some extent, yet considerable Cotton
has gone on shipboard which requires an ad . ancc in
Liverpool to pay cut. Almost all grades have sold
readily during tho week, although low middlings have
continued in special demand. Freights have been
rather easier, and some engagements have been made
at o-16d., which have not been, without influence on
tho market. Yet the real cause of tho advance seems •
to bo that tho “investment point/’ to whieh wo have
referred so often this season, is to ho found at or about
Proposed Removal of State Officers.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, intro
duced a bill in the Senate on Tuesday, pro
posing to vacate the State offices in Georgia.
We suppose, because they are- honest and will
not pay out funds in a manner not authorized
by law. We shall see whether the holders of
the bonds of the State of Georgia will allow
this. In connection with this, we give below
the following complimentary notice of our
State officials from the Boston Courier:
Snullid.—We are glad to see that one man
has been found at the South with courage
enough to withstand the tyranny of Congress
And yet it is not from lack of bravery that
tlie acts of reconstruction have been so entire
ly yielded to, but from a prudent self re
straint, in order that no excuse for present or
pretext for further oppression may be afford
ed to the dominant faction. The resistance
to which we refer is that of the Treasurer of
Georgia to the order of the Convention in
that State to pay their expenses, ne says he rererwa so often tins season, is to uoiound nt or about
. , i loc. for middling. At nil events, capital bcaiht freely
1S , ?. ® bonds to pay no money out of trie on tbat basis, and the tone of the market has changed
public chest except on the warrant of tbe I from deepondency to hope, and theories why Colton
flavamar nnd V,. nonnnt racaaml tn tha 1,.. 1 should iiuvaiico are as Iocotlful .53 a lor.msnt riuco
governor, ana ne cannot respond to tne ny- , ror „ the arsuments why a decline was inevitable,
bnd concern styling itself a Convention. \\ e Goldina not varied much from 133^, an11 the Treasury
wish he had further said, that s:nce Congress | disbursements seem to have been fully discounted,
had ordered it, they might provide for the j lirvcm^NTf^GoY^efuVeVunwatd ^fr^lmJnwarfb ex-
cost of the same. I eept Congress in its _ inscratiblo wisdom should rc-
It certair
impudence
of
Convention, frame and adopt a Constitution,
and then charge the expense anti saddle the
burthen on the property ot tlie State. • It is
as repugnant to all reason as it is an outrage
upon all right, to grant the sacred privilege
of suffrage to the lawless and ignorant musses
at the South, capable of wielding a majority
of votes, permit them to create debts, and
tlien charge them upon the minority. This
is the agrarianism introduced by the Repub
lican party, led by Messrs. Chase, Hooper &
Co., and now overthrowing the political and
material prosperity of the nation.
The day of retribution is coming on rap
idly, but alas ! the innocent suffer with the
guilty, and it is not Republicans alone who
pay for their folly and disregard of sound
principles, but every class, party, sex and
age. Misery is spreading over the land, aud
the “trnly loyal” who, like Jay Cooke, have
made their fortunes out of the sufferings of
their countrymen, will mock at them for
having been such fools as to follow at their
beck to do their bidding.
Teachings of Experience.
“ Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, in his
speech advocating the abolition of the cotton
tax, told the Senate he feared the country had
lost tho great cotton interest forever; that the
control of the question had passed from their
hands. He even feared the competition of
India cotton in American markets. As for
Sea Island cotton, he believed that in two
years it would only be produced as a rare
plant in some gentleman’s garden. At this
day Egyptian cotton was used in seven-
eighths of the articles in which Sea Island
cotton was formerly employed. The planta
tions of the South were not worth one twen
tieth part of what they were before the war.”
[Exchange.
These statements of Senator Sprague serve
to record, as a matter of fact, the dismal con
dition of things forseen atid foretold by think
ing men, while the events which produced it
were in the future and could have been avert
ed. We wonder if it ever afflicts the con
sciences as it must the pockets of Senator
Sprague and others like-minded, that they
are themselves chiefly responsible for the
desolation which his language implies.—
Without their countenance, their action and
their pecuniary aid, to bring round the de
plorable change, the fields of the South would
be now as productive as ever, the competition
of the world would be set at defiance, and
the country would be on the broad highway
of commercial prosperity.
The extraordinary products of the South—
its tobacco, its sugar, and especially its cot
ton—constituted not only the absolute foun-
Lutthe actual vncjino and instruments
of our wealth. Upon this foundation rose
our hurdreds of thousands of factories, and
it was by the vigor infused from this source
through all the channels of business, that the
sails of American ships wliitentd the ports of
every nation under the sun.
But to the, perhaps, somewhat insolent
cry—“Cotton is King”—the response arose
from the fanatic crowd that this monarch
should be dethroned. His power and indis
pcnsable usefulness were stilly denied. We
were even told that the hay and potatoes
(which wc consumed at home) were of more
value to the country than tlie cotton which
we sold abroad, and for which we received
the solid return. In fact, while the hay and
potatoes were necessary to sustain life,, the
products of the South furnished us with the
means of adding to the comforts and luxu
ries of existence.
That men impelled by a wild enthusiasm
should disregard all such considerations was
not strange ; but it was strange, indeed, that
others like Senator Sprague, for the bauble
of temporary political position, should have
overlooked the natural and necessary opera
tion of causes, tending directly to choke up
the sources of their own substantial fortune
All other nations exultingly saw the oppor
tunity afforded them by our improvidence,
and they seized it with avidity. Foreign
philanthropy was all alive to encourage us
onward in the way of our own destruction.
Quietly working to that end, India became
reticulated with railways, to bring its cotton
to the ports of embarkation, by the energy of
Englishmen to whom the natives are no bet
ter than slaves. Poor, forlorn Egypt, whose
Viceroy is said now to be the richest sove
reign in the world, got the work he needed
out of a population, slaves in all but the
name, and Senator Sprague now tells us how
far Egyptian cotton has superseded that
kind of American, which once was pre-emi
nent in estimation and value!
We do not write down these things in any
needlessly reproachful spirit. The situation
is altogether too melancholy for the indul
gence of any such feelings. Nothing which
we could say could exceed in practical force
the avowal made by a leading manufac turer
like Senator Sprague. The worst of it is,
that for evils scarcely paralleled in the his
tory of mankind, there seems no likely pre
sent remedy, or the beginning of a remedy;
and whatever nature and necessity might iu
time effect is obstructed and defeated by the
the willful determination to “take no hack
ward step” by the party in power, one of
whose conspicuous members is Senator
Sprague. This means that, for the promo
tion of party ends, they are resolved to per
sist in a course, which has changed the com
paratively bright prospect, at the close of
the war, into one of deepening gloom, and
to intensify and aggravate it, regardless of
all consequences.
But the people have begun to see and to
feel, and we trust and believe, that, before
long, a different system and a different spirit
of legislation will infuse some life into the
depleted South, and lienee affect with fa
vorable influences the now depressed pros
pects of the whole country.—Boston Post.
and now that the history is written it is easy to tracer
tho action of the. universal laws ofdcmand and supply.
When tho American supply wai cat off, and tho glut
of goods then on tho markcls had been in a measure
removed, prices advanced to fmey lip-urcs— increased
production in other countries followed with varied
success, and prices began to fall before the increasing
supply- Tho trade last year no longer looking to tho
South alone to supply them with the raw material,
and arguing that other countries would continue
their supplies this year, as .tiiey had done .-iaco tho
war, aud seeing that America would havo an excess
to export, have forced prices down to a point below
the cost of production in this country—in .‘act, below
the point of profitable production anywhere. De
creased production from low prices must follow, and
speculation has already commenced discounting this
fact, and a slight improvement in prico has followed.
i la !c i.::- i:-.t >r‘ i Id-;t will
not until short supplies are seen to bo nt band: the
many fal-e theories regarding ,-hort supply which have
been followed since lSt>5 has made Manchester incred
ulous of anything hut large crops and small demand
for goods. The opinion is growing that the .-apply
this year from every country except America will fall
below estimates if present quotations continue.
Egypt has made a poor crop; this fact is accepted.
Drazil cannot forward any great amount of Cotton at
present prices, for in that country the plantations are
so far from the seaboard, and internal transportation
so difficult and expensive, that vast regions are ren
dered unablo to ship with prices at 6. 7 or Sd., from
which export was both possible and profitable at dou
ble these figures. India, however, is tho great source
of supply alter America, aud the amount to be re
ceived from that mysterious region will have tho main
effect on prices. Accounts from there go to show that
the crop this year will not differ materially in tiro
from that ot 1807. How much of the crop will come to
Europe is, however, another question. IVe mention
these hypotheses that our Southern friends may know
tho theories afloat on the market, but wo must call at
tention to the fa’lacy of hoping for any great imme
diate advance; for, let the future supply be ever so
short, tho immerse stocks of manufactured goods wilt
havo to bo worked off, and the large supplies of raw
material notv visible greatly reduced, before Cotton
will bo in a shape possible to be controlled. Tho
amount of Cotton yet to come in is far too largo for
speculators to handle without the cordial co-operation
of the manufacturing interests, which will not be ex
tended until certain and profitable markets ior their
fabrics are opened.
The receipts at the ports for the past mail week foot
up 95,000 bale?, or 18,000 bales more than for the same
week last year, and 10.WX)bales less than for the week
ending December 20th. Tho low stago of water in
many oltho Western and Southwestern rivers contin-
ucs.as will bo noted by examining the receipts of New
Orleans, which barely reach tho total credited to Sa
vannah, while Texas has only delivered 20.00C bales
at her ports. The crop continues a vexed ques
tion, and how much will come out will depend very
much on prices; if they are no higher than at present.
2,500,000 is looked upon as a liberal estimate of the
amount which will reach tho ports. Tho accounts
concerning tho next crop arc of tho most gloomy na
ture, and the testimony is universal that a diminished',
acreage will be planted; although if tho theory be
comes general that tho next year is to bo a year of '
high prices, a vast number of small farms willbecul-
tivated and a rcspcctablo total formed from tho sum .
of the many. It is only in this way Cotton can over
be cultivated with freed labor; tho principle on which .
the East Indian farmers work will have to bo adopted
—every planter must every year raise enough food for
himself and family, and what time, ground and labor
he devotes to Cotton, must be in excess of his require
ments for necessary provisions.
VALUE OF COTTON IN NEW YORK, JAN. 3.
Upland.
Good Middling 17
■Middling ..16J4
Low Middling-16
Good Ordinary YfA
Ordinary HJ4
Gulf.
r*
is*
l i'A
Texas.
18
XT XS.
Mobile,
Charleston
Savannah
Texas
New York, dire’t ‘
Other Ports 1
27
27 10,196
2<>. :C0 bales
22,m
27
27
27
27
20,369
3,350
8,707
4,236
Total..
96,012
FOREIGN EXPORTS SIXCB SEPT 1.
From New Orleans 73,322 bales
Mobile 19,666
Texas
New York
Other Ports
1,440
32,876
185
Total 132.676
RECEIPTS SINCE SEPT. 1.
At New Orleans 119.625 bales
Mobile 173,314
Charleston 107,862
Savannah 216,670
Texas....... 20,440
Now York 74,443
Other Ports 25,254
Total 237,638
la New Orleans 105.370 bales
Mobilo 04.795
Charleston 13,503
Savannah 47,174
Texas 17,210
New York 48,458
Other Ports 26,146
Total 323,716
IITMENEAL.
WHIPPEY—PARKER.—On Wednesday evening,
November 27th, at Christ Church, Baltimore, by the
Rev. Henry A. Wise, Jr., C. F. WHIPPEY to Mrs.
LAURA A. PARKER.
Married, in this city, on Tuesday morning, Janu
ary Stb, 186$, at the residence of tho bride’s father, by
Rev. E. IV. Warren, Mr. S- A. PORTER to MBs AN
NIE E. HOLMES, daughter of Dr. George N, Holmes
—all of this city.
[We tender to onr gallant friend, Sam, aud his fair
young bride not only a fair and pleasant trip to their
Old Kentucky Home,” hut a safe return an! most
prosperous and happy voyage upon the sea Matrimo
nial. May Heaven's choicest blcssingrest upon them,
is the heartfelt wish of Theirs truly,
H.J.N.]
OBITUARY.
Died in this city, on the Pth inst., MiSs JOSEPHINE
N. CALLAHAN, daughter of John B. nnd Harriet
C. Callahan, aged 2S years.
She was of an amiable disposition, and highly es
teemed by all who knew her. She was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in full
faith, whieh is a comfort to the living.
The Kentucky Legislature, it is
stated, lias passed a resolution instructing
Senator Guthrie either to proceed to the cap
ital or resign, and in consequence he has
chartered an extra car, and will undertake
the journey notwithstanding his feeble con
dition. He is said to bo suffering from pa
ralysis of the lower limbs.
ggF* The Columbus City Council is endeav
oring to reduce the expenses of the city. The
Mayor, of his own accord, expressed his de
termination to lower his salary $500.
jgff” It has been decided to pay each man
engaged in the capture of New Orleans and
, . the destruction of Confederate vessels $200 as
its fullest extent, freedom of speech and of prize money.
£3?” A professional beggar in New York,
who made a living by sending out her little
girl barefoot in the snow to attract pity and
pennies, was naturally indignant when the
poor innocent was taken to a comfortable
house and kept there.
£2?” Telegraph operators arc generally
married men. They marry in order to dis
burden their minds of tlie dreadful gossip
and news, whose weight would else soon
drive them to suicide !—Ex.
Administrator’s Sale.
-rfflLL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN
> T February next, at tho Court-house ill Bibbeoun-
ty, between theurunl hours of sale, 77’ 5 aerc^ of land
off of lot No. 127, in the Fourth district of originally
Houston, now said county, bounded by lands of J. Vi.
Skipper and others, and about miles from Macon.
Sold ns the property of T. P. Stubbs, litcof said county,
deceased. Terms cash. WM. LUNDY.
dcc21—40d* Administrator.
Notice.
G eorgia, bibb county.—all persons
indebted to the estate of Charles .L. >i arras, late
of said county, deceased, are required to make imme
diate payment, and these having claims to render
them in terms of tho MACIIOLD.
deeM-j’Xl*) Admiqi^rator.
Notice.
I EORGIA, JONES COUNTY-SIXTY DAYS AF-
£3?” Men change, but truth never. The
sweep of time bears on its surface a thousand
floating things, but in its calm aDd tranquil
depths lie unmoved the pearls and dia
monds which beauty covets and wisdom la
bors to secure.
25?” Brigham Young conducts his connu
bial affairs on the principle of “largo business
and small prophets.”
TLK date application will bo made to the Court
of Ordinary of Jones county for leave to sell all the
Real Estate belonging to the estate of John B. JDame,
deceased. if. G. and CI1AS. Ij. I)AML,
janlO—lawGOd Adm’rsdo bonis non.
A. B. SIBLEY. B. F. SIBLEY
A. B. SIBLEY & BR0.,
^.TICTIOW,
General Commission So Fonvardiag
Hollingsworth’s Block, Poplar Street,
MACON, OA.
L iberal advances made on consign
ments "t Staplo Goojg, Tobacco anj Heavy
Groceries in store.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
Prompt return? on sales.
Special attention given to fthe purchase fcnd sate 21
Real Estatu, Stocks, etc. dc«l-3mo*>