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- - ' railed in Katonton.
Katonton, Jan. 15, ISOS,
f the citizens of Putnam
^ beW »* tlto Coort-liouse in
„ Tuwi»y. January 21st, nt 11
''' « Conservative Clnb.
•“ ^pre*erretliei r manhood, and
o r ' lnC ipi rt sacred above all corsid
* ** ,, re in heart and mind deter
: * ■ rn the overtures of Puritan rad-
' V ‘ !*1 it been® 68 ,1)0 patriot
s' and not the apparent policy
'" v ' 1 c! , fm irs—ore earnestly invited
.. i u , ,
. 'TToiir Washington dispatch
r ; .omething is in the wind.—
‘ !(jliout Stanton and thePresi
) e nt that Mr. Johnson isun
.tat 11 jteling the ground all around
F-’_ s 'iatrrview with Sherman and
" ■',. vc know not, but it portends
p" rliwno sort. The sudden rise in
>5 ^foaie degree of trouble,
i ' iil d«p» tc h <rom Milkdgevillo in
.! b !t Governor Jenkins quietly yielded
' tl„ i:gh h« }«*I have gone to Witsh-
*. |ltc Treasurer, still faithful to his
' * , 0 yidd his books into the
[Jib military supplanter. The cor-
, we publish will be found inter
% i,j its leugth preclude® further
•j] rvaiarkSi
iil.nu Convention appears strongly
lr of educating the messes-alius the
Loi the State,
rjUlsutU dispstches in the New Yurjt
..’mtc that Oov. Jenkins, previous to bis
, j ulegraphcdPresident Johnson to in
f his authority and retain him (Gov,
,.) iu office.
„,rt says tbatthc President did ask a sus-
.3 of trie order, and even Grant went so
atosaj the order was a hasty one. So
a that Gen. Meade acted upon his
Lrtsibilify, and, we think, from a
wba *«c of duty. The following is the
sufiht press dispatch alluded to:
„fs,ir Jenkins declares that he will not
Lit in the order, and has telegraphed to
fraklent for protection against any at-
i in forcibly dispossess him of bis
The Greorgia "Weeiily Telegraph..
1
THK RELIEF gratnos.
’t are hundreds of men in Georgia
pteonisry condition demand that they
j l,ii C the benefit of the Bankrupt Act.
lure already done so, and many are
.ring atul will soon, while others have
induced to delay, hoping and believing
Convention will either repudiate all
a, oi do what will be equivalent
The late action of that body is well
,1 to lieguile such men, and cause
to lose their only honorable, legal and
Efc node of relief, to-wit: that provided
St above twined Act.
U ns*»fe and unwise to rely upon the
mention, for all candid, well informed
dait tbit the Ordinance lately reported
tit (V-maittrc on Relief, or any other like
wire which may lie adopted by the Con-
i* ia violation of the Constitution of
fiitel States, and will be so held as soon
i iiisioa can be had. Titere is not a
iatiic Convention of any legal infor-
rho (hies uot know that such ineas
t:<>nititatiooal, and will,ultimately,
h'I; and till who advocato them do
l lical trick, to increase the chance
iii>n«>t thcGonstitutiou to l*e framed
tod: knowing at the saute time
»> division of its unconsticutionnlity can
M iiii after tlieir meaaurca have been
1 ;o the voters of the State for ratifi-
h will then be too late to seek the
Sbnlcd hy this Act, Hence, all per-
*ic desirous of availing themselves
Act should do so without delay, for
■■i'tcr in Jlankjuptey is crowded with
»,d. unless petitions are filed before
•‘let March, they cannot afterwards take
y,| tit of the Act unless they can pay
)» cent, of their indebtedness.
UHTOXE ON lXTEUKATIONAE LAW
;!, . r opinion it is a great advance in mod-
'' iMtion which has led to the lenient
. nt of political offenders, an evidence
1 JcU I am bound to say we have an illus-
•otamplein the proceedings that have
*ft the conclusion of the dreadful and
£nte war waged between the North and
S"ath of the United States of America,”
5 ‘’precli, at Southport, England,lately,
■ad.<:ono is reported to have given ut—
to the foregoing senteuce.
“' w of ‘bis declaration it hardly need
' i, that daring the late civil war, this
no wav the lending Commoner who
•••• ,.cil with tj ie North. His influence
especially against the efforts there
lo procure the recognition of the
s 1! * *°5s whether to ascribe such an
0 » profound ignorance of the facts of
**<"» the par: of the orator, derogatory
••Atelllm J
“I: ail unjust and rapacious conqueror,” J IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE.
says Vattei, ‘‘subdues a nation, and forces her
to accept of hard, ionnmintono „„,i We publish t-clow certain documents and
correspondence, presenting to our readers all
the proceedings' which resulted in the re
moval of Governor Jenkius and Treasurer
Jones. We learn that, since assuming the
command of the Third Military District,*Gen.
Meade has issued no instructions to, nor
asked any specific act of oo operation from,
Gov. Jenkins, save his request contained in
his letter of the 7th inst. (if that can be de
nominated an instruction). It would, seem
tlrcrefore, that the removals were predicated
upon the lefusal of the Governor and Trees
nrer to defray from the Treasury the expenses
of the Convention now sittiug in Atlanta
1 lie Governor's refusal to pay the salary of
Solicitor Bigby is not referred to in the order
of removal, unless it be regarded as evidence
of failure “to co operate with the Major Gen
eral commanding the Third Military Dis
trict.”
AS ORDINANCE
To levy and collect a Tax to pay the Delegates
and Officers connected with this Convention,
as well as all other incidental expenses.
Be it ordained by the people of Georg;
Convention assembled, That it shall bo the duty
f the Comptroller Generul of the State
of Georgia to levy and assess a tax of
one-sixteenth of one per cent, oo all the
taxable property of this Stale, as returned on (he
Digost for the year 1807, in addition to the State
tax; and the Comptroller General shall direct
and require the Tax Collectors of the several
counties of this State to collect the extraordinary
tax so assessed, or so much thereof as will defray
the expenses of this Convention, and pay the
same into the Treasury of the Ststc of Georgia
on or before the first of November, 1868.
Bo it further ordained, That the Treasurer of
this State is hereby authorized and directed to
advance to the Disbursing officer of this Con
vention, out of the Treasury of this Stats, forty
thousand dollars, to defray tbc expenses of this
Convention, and the pay and . mileage of its
members and officers, up to the twenty-third
day of December,' 18C7.
Be it further ordained, That N. L. Angier is
hereby appointed the Disbursing officer ol this
Convention, and is authorized to receive and re
ceipt for the sum aforesaid from the Treasurer,
and to pay out the same on the warrant of the
President of this Convention, on the report of
the Auditing Committee- The amount so ad
vanced by the Treasurer shall bs replaced from
the proceeds of the tax ordained by this Conven
tion to be assessed and collected for the expen
ses, pay and mileage of the members and efficeis
thereof. •
Be it further ordained, That the several Tax
Collectors shall receive the same per cent, for
collecting the same as they now are allowed by
law lor collecting the State tax.
Adopted December 20, 1S67.
J. R. PAisnqTT,
President of the Convention.
P. M. Sin bulky,
Secretary of the Convection.
[ImtoinAwf.]
Headquarters Tninn Military District, \
Atlanta, Ga., December 20, 1867.. .
In conformity to the provisions of the within
Ordinance, the Treasurer of the State of Georgia
is hereby authorized and instructed to pay out
of the State Treasury the sum designated in this
Ordinance, to the Disbursing officer of the Con
vention, for the purposes herein specified, and (o
file this Ordinance with tbo order endorsed
thereon, and the receipt of said Disbursing offi
cer of the Convention, as his vouchers for the
amount
John Pope,
B’vt Major General Commanding.
Official: II. Ci.ay Wood, A. A. G.
accept of hard, ignominious and iiuuj
portable conditions, nect -sity obliges her io
submit; but this apparent tranquility U not
peace; it is an oppression which endures only
so long ns she wants the means of slmkin
off, and against which meu of spirit rise on
the first favorable opportunity.”
• “Whether tbo into war was a rebellion,”
've quofc from Mr. Hill’s Notes, “a civil war,
or foreign war, the terms of peace ore uot
doubtful.. They wero prescribed by the con
qneror—tlie United States—most solemnly
prescribed, while the ‘arms and
their adversary ‘were remaining.’ They iu-
duced thousands to lay down their arms in
advance—even to desert their colors. They
prevented tho independence of the Confed
erate States by giving strength to internal
treachery; and now, to insist upon other
terms, having no law’ but the will of the con
queror, or expressed, by a fragmentary .con
clave of Congressional members, is to insist
upon a treachery which would shame the ty
rannical conqueror of the unfortunate Mon
tezuma.”
It is true, there was no treaty of peace; hot
there were terms of peace. There was no
treaty, tor the reason that the United Stales
would uot seem to acknowledge a separate
existence of the Southern States. But the
terms of peace, as announced by Congress in
July, 1801, and repeatedly aftorwards, were
published to all the world. Theso terms,
honestly and fully complied with’by the
South, h ivo been shamelessly discarded by a
o«>r upt and vindictive fragment of a Con
gross; and-we who, as a people, surrendered
upon the terms prescribed by Congress, ex
pecting to bo treated in accordance witli
thoso terms and received back into the Union
with open arms, are treated more ignomini-
ously than ever a nation was treatod I>afore—
and the more eo because wo do not love and
embrace the men who treat us shamefully,
and because we do not heartily acquiesce in
all their harsh, unjust and unnatural mea
sures. " ’
Had the party iu power been possessed—or
were it even now possessed—of the nobility
and patriotism to treat us with the magna
nimity becoming a nation truly great, they
would have secured in us a people as ardently
attached to the Union and as sincerely
desirous of its honor and glory, and as anx
ijus and determined to promote its prosper
ity as ever government enjoyed on the face of
the earth. And should that party now over
look party aims, treat the Southern peo
ple patriotically and in accordance with the
best interests of the coantry, they would soon
heal tho wohnds of war, sioth the feelings of
irritation, and diffuse throughout the South
sentiments of kindliness and friendliness.
But how they can possibly hope, by op
pression, to make a proud-spirited and
hitherto independent people acquiescent and
brotherly-minded, is beyond the power of
human reason to discern: that they can ever
hope thus to promote the highest ?nd best
interests of the whole country is an Idea so
preposterous that wc wonder it escapes their
apprehension.
A Lecture on IRsmarck.
'i'ence, or to such an ignorance of
- 'rational cmleas impeaches his states-
° r w »s it, rather, an ebullition of
- (, m conclusion or prejudice overlook-
^ tithe facts of tho case and tbo prin-
govern nations t
^trident that Mr. Gladstone regards
M 4 conquered people, subject to
|°ftbe conquerors, and leniently
^Meconfiscation, banishment ora
,.. '• Vslcm of banging was not adopt-
0 *' No doubt tho prevalent idea
‘ v* virult-nt-mindcd people of the
'tat wo were fully entitled to such
'ta »nd escaped it only because of
•' °n the part of our conquerors. We
L 00 tae subject a few sentences only
r*erful wr * tc r amongst ourselves,
Wouglit to bear upon it all tho lcarn-
* 0B g* to it, adding the light and
A tj' n a P owcl- ful reason:
t, people are never subject
the conqueror. None but
° D3 People and Northern Radi-
^s^T'thcrn renegades ever said so.
v P^Pl* wc subject to tlie terms of J
it ®*de known and demanded before
A lecture was delivered last evening at the
Lexington Avenue Presbyterian Church on
Count Otto of Bismarck, of Prussia, by Inger-
soll Lockwood, late United States Consul to
the Kingdom of Hanover, ne began by show
ing the conditiou of Germany before the re
cent war, governed by thirty odd different
princes, all reigning by the “grace of God,”
and claiming to be scut from Heaven for the
especial purpose of taxing and drilling their
subjects. He proceeded to trace thecauscsof
the Scldoswig-IIolstciu war, and stated that
the great mistake made by Austria at that
period consisted in joining hands with Prus
sia for .the purpose of wresting the duchies
from Denmark, instead of insisting upon the
claims of the Duke of Augustenburg, who
was undoubtedly tlieir rightful hereditary
possessor. By toiling to do this, and joining
with Prussia, Austria alienated France and
England, while at the same time she only
added strength' and prestige to her great
rival, Prussia.
Mr. Lockwood next gave an interesting
and cloqueut accouut of the recent war, and
of the decisive battle of Sadowa. After
showing that Bismarck had realty brought
about the war, and that to his wouderful ad
ministrative talents must bo ascribed the
brilliant victories and substantial acquisi
tions made by Prussia, the lecturer proceeded
to give a brief biography of the great Pre
mier. Probably, he said, the vast changes
which had recently been brought about in
Europe had sprung from an apparently
trifling cause—a personal feud between Bis
marck and Count Reichsrath, which had first
arisen when they were fellow students at col
lege, This feud, originating In a mere dis
like, had developed into the most bitter
hatred, and had made Bismarck resolve, to
break down the power of Austria, with which
his great enemy was inseparably associated.
Mr. Lockwood continued to follow the
history of Bismarck after leavingcollege, trac
ing him through his diplomatic career. He
then’said that in personnel Count Bismarck
was a tall, slender, well-formed man, erect
and somewhat military in appearance, with a
head neither very large nor very remarkable.
His complexion was very pale, but a smile
constantly played about his firmly cut mouth.
His utterance, until thoroughly interested iu
hik subject, was hesitating, almost rtuttcring,-
but when completely aroused ho was extrem
ely fluent. He was bom for the position he
occupied, and had created a ntsw era in poli
tics. Since the days of Frederick the Great
no one had done no much for the German
Fatherland. Although Bismarck was gen
erally known as “The Iron Count,” ho never
abused the enormous power lie enjoyed to in
jure l»is enemies. Mr. Lockwood concluded
by giving some anecdotes'of the goodness of
lionrt, courage and force of character, of tlie
hero oi his lecture. Among other things he
said Bismarck, like our own Gen. Grant, was
an inveterate smoker.—Jft T. Herald.
. et&econqucatiaad
mitted, and to
or will whatever; and none but
TaBASuar or Georgia, i
MUledgeviUe/Ga., Dec. 21,1867. f
jEreift 3/aJor General John Ibpe, Commanding Third
JlllUary Dutrict, Georgia, Alabama and Florida:
Gbszrad:—I received, to-day, by Dr. L. N.
Angler, your letter of authority and instruction
to pay to him, as disbursing officer of the Con
vention now assembled at Atlanta, a certain sum
for the use. of said Convention.
Bolding my office under the Const!’ utltm of the
State of Georgia, adopted iu 1865, h’iug sworn to
perform its duties according to that Constitution
and the laws of the State, by which Ism forbidden
to pay money out of the Trcisury except upon
warrant of the Governor and sanction of the
Comptroller General, and, having entered into
heavy bonds for tbc faithful performance of the
duties so prescribed, I am compelled to decline
making the payment ordered by the Convention
and authorised by you.
I have the honor to be vary respectfully, etc.,
John Jones, Treasurer.
Headquabtsus, Tiixbd Military District,
(Georgia, Alabama and Florida,)
• Atlanta, Ga., January 7,1868.
Ill* ExeeUcnrg, Charles J. Jenkins, J'roiisional Gov-
erii'ir of the mate oj Georgia, JliUedgcville, Ga:
Dear Sik : I have the honor to submit here
with for your consideration a copy of on Ordi
nauca recently adopted by the Constitutional
Convention of the State of Georgia, and
copy of the endorsement tlicrcon made by
Brevet Major General John Pope, who, at the date
of such endorsement, was in command of this
Military District. I also enclose a copy of a letter
addressed to General Pope by John Jones, Esq.,
Provisional Treasurer of the State ot Georgia.
Ton will observe that said Ordinance authorized
ami directed said Treasurer to advance to the dis
huTilng officer cf the Convention, therein named,
oat of the Treasury of the State of Georgia, the
sum of forty thousand dollars, to defray the ex
penses of flu Convention and the pay and mileage
of its members to the 23d day of December, 1867,
and that General Pope’s endorsement on said Or
dinance authorized and Instrnctedlhe Treasurer to
pay the sum designated in the Ordinance to the
disbursing officer of the Convention, for the pur
poses specified, and. to file the Ordinance with his
endorsement thereon, and the receipt of said dis-
burslagofllc-.-r, as the Treasurer’s voucher for the
amount so paid. The Treasurer declined to pay
the amount so ordered to be paid, on the ground
that he held hit office under tho Constitution of
the State of Georgia, adopted in lSi'5, being sworn
to perform its duties according to that Constltn
tion and tbc laws of Die State, by which be alleged
he was forbidden to pay money out of the Treas
ury, except upon warrant of the Governor and
sanction of the Comptroller General, and that
having entered into heavy bonds for the faithful
performance of his duties so prescribed, he was
compelled to decline making the payment ordered
by the Convention and authorized by Gen. Pope.
Under these circumstances, I deem it proper to
request you to issue an Executive warrant on the
State Treisurer for the payment or the amount,
and for the pnrposcs specified in said Ordinance.
I am clearly ol the opinion that the Convention is
authorized by the Reconstruction Acts oi Congress
te exercise such legislative power as may bo ne
cessary for It to discharge the duties which those
Acts impose ou the Convention. To enable it to
discharge its duty tho payment of its current ex
penses, and of its members, la absolutely essen-
ti.l. In this view I consider tho present Ordi
nance as “an appropriation made by law,” iu the
sense used by tho Constitution of Georgia, which
prescribes that “no money should be drawn from
the Treasury ol tills State, except by appropria
tion mode by lawand I, therefore, trust that
you will not besltata to give the Executive war
rant required by the Treasurer. If 1 am correctly
Informed there Is a precedent for the action ol this
>tton, increased so as to give the rate per | Convention in the appropriations made by the
Relative Values of Commercial Manures.
JCUtors Southern Cultivator: Below you will
find the result of an experiment for testing the
relative voluea of different ommcrcial manures
on cotton. The land, selected for the purpose,
was a picco of poor, gray soil, in Columbia coun
ty, Georgia. The money values of the different
fertilizers used wore as nearly equal as practica
ble, and all applied on the samo quality of land.
Six rows, four loot apart and sevonty yards long,
were selected side by side.
1st row, no manuro.
2.1 row Soluble Pacifia Ga me -I lb«.
Jd row Dnufb's Kawbone Superiihofiihato... 6 lbs.
ilh row KureWa............—•••• 4 lbs,
5th row fire-sixth Retd is Phosphate nnd ono
sixth Peruvian. Guano.
Clh row Peruvian Guano....
Making, it will bo observed, the cost of manure
par acre about $3. Up to the first of August, tho
manured cotton w.a3 nearly double tho size of
the antnanurod. After that period the former
iru
. Ml, 6 lbs.
3 lbs.
ailing much more heavily, grew less rapidly,
id, by frost, the weed of the untnanured about ,
uallcd that of tno manured. Tho yield in j
tata,
| COD< *ae ror would demand more; acre, is -iven below, the picking and weighing j Constitatlonai Convention which assembled In
^ta- 1 " 1 a morc treacherous and very j
1 ' People would concede mors, j
: co» J! c ' u 'ms more than the bond :
<f ^ ir,| -ce alone consents to more.”—
<.tW«, l .! en Votes tlie following from
Writer and the highest of
u i >on U>o law of nations, who,
Crater generation and in
' tur °pean despotism.
C<1 ^
seed
having been superintended by myself:
Picking;. Sept. 21- Oct. to. Nov. to.
Unmanured T'J
Solublo Pacific 1*5
liau.’b’s Itnwbone... 1S5
Kurcka iil
Reid’s l'hos|)hal8
nnd P. tluuno 315
Peruvian Guano... All
Respectfully,
1S5
1S5
:«7
WS3
J. 8. Hamilton
Athens, Ga., December 15, 1S07.
JdgT'Street cars arc running in Augusta
this State in 18 5.
Total. ; you will please show this communication to the
(i'.C I Comptroller General.
Hoping that iu the performance of the difficult
and embarrassing duties now devolved upon me
I may have the co-operation and assistance of the
Executive Department of the State of Georgia,
I am, most respectfully,
V our obedic.t servant,
Gno. G. Meade,
Maj. General U. 8. A.,
Com’d’g Third Military District.
ExecitIve Department, |
Milledgeville, January 10,1SGS. J
Major General George G Jfeade, U. S' -1. Command
i>tg Third Military District :
General—Your communication of the 7th in
stant, end. sing, for my consideration, an ordi
nance of a Convention now sitting in Atlanta,
“ To levy and collect a tax for defraying the ex
penses of the Convention, and for other purposes,”
having an endorsement thereon by Major Gen
eral John Pope, then Commanding tho Third
District, authorizingand instructing John Jones,
Esq, Stato Treasurer, to pay the disbursing
officer of the Convention forty thousand dollars
to pay its expenses and the pay and milcago ol
its members and officers up to the 23d day of
December, 1S67, and tho reply of Mr. Jones to
General Pope, was received after 10 o’clock p. e,
yosterday, and numerous unavoidable interrup
tions have prevented me from replying in time
for the mail of to day.
After reciting the substance ot the enclosed pa-
penj,jou add, ‘‘under these circumstances I deem
it proper to request you to issue an Executive
is arrant on the State Treasurer for the pay went of
the amount, and for the purposes specified in said
ordinance.”
After careful consideration, and with the clear-
est conviction of duty, 1 must, General, respect
fully decline to comply with your- r»quest. Willi
a full appreciation of the courteous terms in which
your request has been preferred, I ask your con
sideration of the reasons which have prompted
tho answer here given. They apply to three as
pects of the subject under consideration:
First. I have considered it as arising under the
Constitution of the State of Georgia, adopted in
1865, and the Conatitution of the United States,
both of which, upon my induction into office, I
took a solemn oath “to the. best of tny abilities to
preserve, protect and defend." One of the provisions
ot the former is expressed in these words: “A r o
money shall be tlravn from' the Treasury of this
State, except by appropriation made by lair.” Here
i3 an attempt to draw from the Treasury of this
fltatc a large sum of money. Has an appropria
tion of this money been made by law ? Clearly not,
according to my conception. 1 venture the assertion
that any learned, upright jurist would hold that
the term “fair,” as used in this connection, signi
fies a statute emanating from the law-making
power-established by that Constitution, and cone
other. "What else can it mean? You say, “Iu
this "view” (L c. in view of the necessities of the
Convention) “i regard this Ordinance as an ap
propriation made by Uw la the sense used by tho
Constitution of Georgia." From this conclusion,
General, I most emphatically dissent. Whence
docs this Ordinance emanate? From a Conven
tion assembled to make a Constitution for the
State of Georgia, which is intended to supercede
that in which the above prohibition is contained—
4 Convention not assembled cither in the manner
pointed out by Itself, nor by the spontaneous ac
tion of the constituency rec'guized by it. The
concluding clause ot our Constitution ot 1865
reads thus: “This Constitution shall be altered or
amended only by a Convention of the people, ca'led
for that purpose by Act of the General Assembly.”
B:ar in mind, General, that I am now discuss
ing your proposition, that the present Ordinance
is to be regarded “as aa appropriation made by
law.” in the sense used by the Constitution oi
Georgia, which prescribes that co money shall be
drawn from the Treasury ot this State, except by
appropriation made by law. As a logician, for the
purpose of the argumetd, you concede that I am
bound by the Constitution, and arc seeking to
convince me that this Ordinance comes within
the exception to the prohibition. Now, look at it
in tlie light of the coucludiogtclause I have quoted,
prescribing how, and how only, it shall be altered
and amended. That clause is conservative of the
Constitution itself. Tnc Convention which passed
this Ordinance, and which is assembled expressly
to make a Constitution fur Georgia, is not called
as provided in that last clause, and is, therefore,
pnt under the ban of the Constitution now ix-
istiug. Yet you say an Ordinance made by it is,
in the sense of that very Constitution, a "late'
appropriating money. If I be right in
defining the term "late," as used la the
prohibiting clause, I have only to add that the
law making power established by the Constitution
has made no auch appropriation. Tho Convention
which made this ordinance is called into being by
certain acta of the Congress of the United States,
is one of the agents of that Congress (yourself be
lug another) for the purpose of carrying into effect
a certain purpose. You cons'rue those acta as
giTing authority to thenv ention o appropriate
money out of the Treasury ot Georgia. Do you
hold, General, ttat Ilia Congress of the United
States could directly, by Its own simple act, ap
propriate money from tbc Treasury of Georgia ?
If you do, you will confer a great favor by des’g
nating the article, section and clause of the Con
stitution of the United States (whence ouly its
powers come) conferring that power. If you do
not so hold, (and I scarcely think you do,) will you
insist that the Congress can confer upon Its agents
larger powers thau arc possessed by itself? Should
you say that yon are not permitted to conflder
those Reconstruction Acts without reference to
their constitutionality or their justice, or their ex
pediency—that you came here to execute them,
and must do so ? Fardon me for replying that you
and I look at them from a different stand-point.
I have said that I have fworn to support tho Con
stitutions of Georgia and of the United States, and
I have a serene consciousness that in declining to
obey the behest ef the Convention, and to comply
with your courteous request, I but pay a duti’ul
homage to both Constitutions
Secondly, I have considered the subject with
reference to the Reconstruction Acts themselves.
I can find nothing which.in tho remotest degree
authorizes the construction that they intended to
saddle the Treasury of Georgia with the cest of
their novel enterprise. It is very clear that they
intended that cost, np to tho assembling of the
Convention, to come out of tho Federal Treasury.
They bavo, with equal distinction, provided that
the Convention shall provide for their own com
pensation and other expenses, by levying
tax upon the people for that express
purpose. But you may ray, this is too
slow; the Convention cannot possibly
await the collection ol the tax—there la nobody
else that can and vtill advance to them, and
therefore, yon must. But the Coegreas have not
so 6aid. It is a very old and a very safe rule of
construction “expresslo vnlus, exclusio est alterius.
The Congress having expressly specified how the
expense of the whole scheme, from beginning to
end, shall be provided for, it cannot fairly be ar
gued that they intended acy ether provision.
Nothing but a most latituilinary construction
could justify the inference that this legislation
imposes a burden upon the Stato Treasury.—
Think: you, General, it would "become the Gov
ernor of one of these States, required by law, to
disburse certain sums for designated objects and
6cantily supplied with means for the purpose, to
adopt such a rule of construction, and in a fit of
generosity, at the expense of jnsticc and of duty, to
volunteer 60 largo a contribution to a cause with
which he had no official connection ? Will
you do me tho favor General, in imagination
to place youraclf in the position of one of theso
unfortunates, and ask yourself tho question,
X do so l It may bo that tho Congress was
not adequately provided for this Convention,
which it brought into being, but that is a question
between tho parent and the child. Even if it be
so, I incline to think that no blamo attaches to
you or to mo. Iu connection with this point, I
will say, further, I cannot perceive in these
multiplied reconstruction acts, the Congress has
mposed upon me any active part whatever.
They have graciously consented to leave me un
disturbed in the performance of the humble
functions intrusted to mo by the Constitution
and laws of the Stale, upon tho condition that I
do not “ hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct tho duo
and proper administration of those acts.” But
you perceive this imposes only a negative duty.
Belicvo me, General, in my official position,
compliance with your request would involve a
tremendous activity, nay, even tho abandonment
of previously imposed positive duty. This
brings me to say :
Thirdly, that X have considered this question
with reference to the resources, and the existing
liabilities ol the Treasury of Georgia. Into thes--
(although tolerably familiar with them before) I
h.ive carefully looked,'since I bad the pleasure of
seeing you, and I now state distinctly my firm
conviction, that If I assume and meet the expenses
District, )
Florida, >
s. 13, 1808. )
of this Convention, 1 shall be unable to psy the
civil list, the principal of the public debt near ma
turity, the interest on the remainder and other
necessary charges. If your thoughts revert to the
proposed reimbursement, I have only to say it
wi‘l come too late.
Hoping that these reasons for my course will I e
ns satisfactory to you as they are couclu-ive with
me, I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, Charles J. Jenkins,
Governor of Georgia.
HliDq’BA Third Military District,
Georgia, Alabama and F"
Atlanta, Ga., Jan
Charles J. Jenkins, Milledgeville, Ga.:
Sir.—I have received with profsund regret
your communication of tho 10th inst.. in which
you decline to nccedo to tho request made in
mine of the 7th inst. As I cannot but consider
your action as a failure to co-operate with mo iu
executing the laws known as the Reconstruction
laws of Congress, and as I am further advised
you have declined to pay the salary of M. 8.
Bigby, Solicitor General of the Tallapoosa Cir
cuit, on the ground that said officer having been
appointed by tho Military Commander of the
Third Military District, you cannot recognize
the validity of his appointment, I am
forced most reluctantly to view your
actions as obstructions to the execution ot
tho Reconstruction laws, and have ho
alternative hut to remove you from yoqr office,
as you will see I bavo done by the enclosed
order. I do not deem myself called upon to
answer the arguments of your letter. Tho issue
is very plain between us. I must require the
acknowledgment of the validity of the Recon
struction laws, and you plainly deny them as
having any binding force ou your.actions.- Both
of us are acting from a conscientious sense of
duty, but the issue is so plain and direct that all
hope of harmonious co-operation must bo aban
doned.
With feelings of high personal respect, and
with sincere regret for the course I feel myself
compelled to take, I remain, mostrespecttuliy,
Yourob’t. serv’t., *
Gkorge G. Meade,
Major General Commanding.
Headquarters Third Military District, )
•Georgia, Alabama and Florida,) - V
Atianta, Ga., January 13,1863.)
John Jones, Esq , Milledgeville:
t!ib—Your^refusal to obey the instructions of
Brevet Major General Pope, commanding Third
Military District, Is’Tiewed by me as an obstruction
to the execution of the Reconstruction laws of
Congress, and I am, therefore, compelled to re
move you from office,.as you will see I have done
by the cuelosod order. Very rec-pectfully, your
obedient servant, Geo. i-. Meade,
Major General Commanding.
EDITOUIAI, CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington City, Jan. 12,1868.
The telegraph is so grasping and prompt
in the transmission of everything of public
interest, that it is useless to attempt anything
like giving the news in a correspondence by
mail. The most that can be done is to com
ment on what has occurred, predict what is
likely to occur, and show the secret springs
that develop events, when one can get at
them.
The present week is destined to be the most
eventful of tue session thus far. The Radi
cals have deliberated upon aud matured their
plans, and I may arid, they are more Radical
than anything in the past. Impelled by a
lively sense of the desperate extremity to
which the party has been reduced by recent
elections, aud recognizing no power above
their own Will, no higher aim than the pre-
petuation of their hold on office, they have at
last bit upon measures that contemplate a
complete overthrow of the co-ordinate
branches of tho government—tho Executive
and the Judiciary—and the creation of a cen
tralized Congressional despotism upou the
ruins of tho institutions established by the
fathers of the Republic. Nothing could
more certainly accomplish that purpose than
the bills that have been agreed upon in com
mittee by the two Houses of Congress within
the last forty-eight hours. Aud the prospect
is that they will command a ready and large
majority in both branches.
The bill agreed upon by the Reconstruc
tion Committee, a synopsis of which was
telegraphed by tho Associated Fress last
night, will be reported in the House to mor
row. Ia all matters relating to reconstruc
tion, it makes General Grant an irresponsible
dictator. He is to set up and to pull down
at his will, and no man is allowed to say
nay. The President’s—Grant Commander-in-
chief by the Constitution—is ignored and
set aside as useless rubbish. It is even
made criminal for lent, or anybody else, to
interfere with this Congressional autocrat.
The State Conventions, be it observed, are as
much subject to this bill as anybody else, and
all power is taken out of their hands except
such as he may choose to allow them. This
will disappoint V favorite Georgia scheme
that has been concocted here fora week past,
and I am glad of it. If we are to have a
master, give us a decent one like Grant, and
not a scurvy negro and mean white conclave
like that which is now in Convention with
the ostensible purpose ot making a “ consti
tution and civil government for the people of
Georgia,” though thus lnr their ideas seem
not to have extended beyond the important
consideration of getting their own pay. And
just here I may say that the telegram stating
that Meade had assured the Convention that
they should be paid out of the State Treasury,
has created not a little surprise among the
friends of the Constitution here. It is more
than even Pope dared to do, and we do not
understand it.
As regards this new reconstruction meas
ure, it is said to have met with the concur
rence of prc-lty near tho whole committee—
Conservatives as well as Radicals. It is in
tended as a bait to entice Grant clear over
into tho Radical party, for they are a dead
corpus without- him, am! the Conservatives
were willing to let it pass by default as about
as ultra and infamous as anything that could
be devised and sure to end in the destruction
of their party at the hands of an indignan
nnd outraged people. Tbad. Stevens is said
to be the only member of the committee who
opposed it, and his objection is that it will
make Grant President, a result to which he
h known to be inimical.
This reopening of reconstruction while
everything is proceeding regularly aud in
strict conformity to past legislation at the
South, is eliciting much severe comment from
those journals North known a3 Conservative
Republican. It is considered, as it is in
truth, an act of bad faith toward the South
as evidenco of the iusincrity of the party in
this whole business, aud, being a repudia
tion of their past labors, ns proof that they
have no fixed policy and utterly incapable, if
indeed they have any such desire, of restoring
the Union. The New York Times (a Grant
organ) of yesterday boldly intimates
much, and closes its article with the follow
ing significant language:
We have supported tho Coneressional policy of
reconstruction under a conviction that, with all
its faults, it opened the way to a reunited repub-
no man will venture to predict when or how it
will end.
In a party sense, the movement is destructive —
Reconstruction has put the Republican party on
its trial, and the verdict must be against it it, after
two years’ experimentalizing, it conles^es itself no
nearer suece.-s than when it started. The country
has sustained it, so far, under a belief that it would
quickly and safely reetore the integrity of the
Union. With what propriety or confidence, with
what justice or decency, will it be possible to ask
for further support, it the toils and devices of two
years are declared by tinir au’hois an ignominious
fdlure? What reliance can be placed on the ca
pacity—what trust in the judgment—ot Repnbli
nan statesmanship, if it thus repudiate its own
handiwork ?
Tlie next measure is a blow at the Supreme
Court. It has been pretty well ascertained
that five out of the eight judges now on the
bench are ready to declare all this reconstruc
tion business unconstitutional and void; they
have therefore prepared a hill that requires
an agreement of two-thirds of the Court in
order to set aside any law as unconstitutional.
This legislation is evidently as unauthorized
as it is revolutionary. The Supreme Court is
a co-ordinate branch of the Government, and
Congress has no more right ti> say how it shall
make up its decisions than the Court has to
say how Congress shall pass its bills. Of
course it will bo declared null and void by the
FINANCIAL AN!) COMMERCIAL.
el
Court itself, and it is to be hoped that this are ri^ztabundant. Urarpoolflre ght, have stiffened
V nn to >$d. per steam, owing to thesliinme
Macon Cotton Market.
DAILY TELEGRAPH OF kick. \
AIaC"N. January 15, istw f
Cotton.—Our market opened this morning at 18Ji
cents for Middling.., but buycri> did not seem disposed
to be anxious takers even at that figure. The noon,
dispatches still farther checked the inquiry, end our
market closed d .ill at 13j£ cents for tho better grades,,
with a still further decline in the inferior qualities;
Br )Ct St Co.'* IVerhly Cotton Ctecular.
Nxw York. January to, l'-i’S.
.Comar.j—Our own market for the week order re
view lias been heavy and declining until Friday,
when an improved feeling manifested itself. A va-
nety of causes led to tho declinc-the market was
needlessly excited last week nnd prices were over
stimulated, too much Colton r.\< purchased by weak
speculators, and the daily receipts have been far in
exee-s ot requirements Liv,rpool declined from 7K
to (ML on unfavorable Manchester account’. Tho
r..q tsiA'.c roared >» at a rare i„e , r , hen WBS
estimated lor the lortmght succeeding Christmas \U
•the aborocsusf s have led to the decline, and specu
lation here, as in Liverpool, has not seen fit to pu--
•hase extensively while the crop was in full move
ment. Exporte rs ho vo taken the most of the Cotton
sold, our own spinners retiring after tlieir lib. ral pur
chases of last week. The u: satisfactory condition of
UtQeodi market will deter our manufacturers froth
lnying m stock.above weekly requirements, unless an
ir^rh Wtilnti ofiwiiili le ssnn The demand
has been rather captious durinc the wet• • me dn31
low graves Luvq becnalone wanted,on others only
the better qualities. Texas Cottons have been in
good demand aad comparatively scarce: of other v.i-
netics th -rehas been a fair supply on the b >.n i ‘
though the medium grades, as is usual at this sense
renewed attempt at encroachment will inspire
the Coprt with a little more backbone and
independence iu the performance oi its duty
than it has shown in the past.
The Stanton affair is taking on tv rather
serious aspect. The Senate sat late last night
with the hope of putting back the expelled
Secretary in the War olfico without further
delay, but from some cause uot marie public,
the subject was postponed until to niorrmv
There is no doubt but that the Senate will
vote to reinstate hint, aud it is said that he
will accept the post, and, furthermore, that
Graqt will give it up without a contest.—
What the President will do in this contin
gency, remains to be seen. • It is an awkward
position for a Chief Magistrate, aud illustrate-
the blunder of the original movement in ap
pointing Grant, of whose real views and 1 h ‘‘ v ® been ruggested tor Government niii to pliUii the
sympathies he was ignorant, when lie had 1 ■
rr. '"*• viramg vu tuts Miinmcnt o* 11 cou-
m(Jet able acioant of Cotton purchased by epeculators
00 tu« top wave ofla/t week’s exciteme it. " Colt t to
artne oaa been sparingly purchased except at a low
UTure. as spot Cotton is in excessive supply, ur.d par-
causes Iron store at thi^ .-ca ; on aro more dour itc - nd •
otoy titan lots to arrive by either rail or .-ail.
bicrling hay ruled rather lower with a fair .- rp’y of
fir t-class Dills on the market. Gold has been rather
erra-ic. tbo range covering 137^5 and 133%.
of the Seaato on
the Codon sax has been the chief event of th-week,
and ufteran unusual display of Radical ignorance on
the subject under comnLration it was decided to re
peal the tax on ail Cotton grown in 18(58, and that the
tax should be cntinucd on the crop of 1803. Mean
while the planters are in doubt about preparing their
lands for a crop, not knowing if the prcscnteonfisca-
tion ofp> per oent. of the product of their industry is
to continue or not Accounts from the Cotton States
are most gloomy; engagements of l.-.b r arc few. and
there is a universal cry that no Cotton will be made
this year. In a previous circular wo pointed out the
lallae/of b. lieving in no crop, and the certainty of
thi-re being a considerable reduction from the jield of
1857. i'o tho-e farmers who have tho menus to plant,
the present year promi-ee to be a very profitable ones
but there are vast estates which will make no crop let
the prospect be as ilattering at it may be. Monyplu-
t' rs find themselves bnpeiea-Jy insolvent,wnd capital
to plant nnojher crop ofter the experience of the past
two years will, not bo obtainable. Various schemes
friends who would stand by him in every
emergency to whom he could have assigned
the position.
There is also much speculation regarding
the probable course Of the. President in the
event of tbo passage of the new reconstruc
tion bill making his constitutional subor
dinate bis superior in authority. In view of
the closing remarks of his late message, in
which he declares that there are circumstan
ces in which the Executive would refuse to
enforce an unconstitutional Act of Congress,
it is hoped he may regard the. contingency
as having, happened, but all is uncertain.
With ‘Stanton in the War Department,
should Grant go on to execute the extraor
dinary power to be conferred on him by
Congress, the position of the President will
be most embarrassing, if, indeed, be should
not find himself powerless.
There is but one hope of early deliverance
for the South—and, indeed, for the country,
for the late of both sections is indissolubly
united—and that is in an adverse decision
from tbe Supreme Court upon the Reconstruc
tion Acts, which both the President and Gen.
Grant would respeet. The Mississ'ppi Mc-
Cardle case, involving the whole question,
was called up yesterday and postponed until
Friday next, owing to the refusal of the At
torney General to appear for tbe Government
after having given written opinions adverse
to the constitutionality of those Acts. It is
said that the difficulty will be remedied by
Gen. Ord’s employing counsel, in which event
the cose will proceed to trial, though, judg
ing from the pa3t, there is no telling when
the Court will promulgate its opinion so as to
give it the effect of law. In this case, as in
that from Indiana last year, it may, and
probably will, adjudge wisely, but reserve
its decision until Congress shall have accom-
■plishcd all the mischief contemplated. S.
P° e, .?P,V such assistance recta* bey-ml the limits of
po-fibility. In tiro present condition of the South
foreign capital cannot be induced to invost. and the
only course left is to plant Cotton ss a. surplus crop.
The past two years havo demonstrated beyond cavil
that ignorant free labor cannot raise Cotton nt ten
cents currency and hny corn.
Capital continues to watch Cotton with careful eyes,
and large investments are ready to be made as soon
ns bottom it fairly touched. Rut the opinion gene
ral that there will be no free speculative movement
until tho nu of tin free receipts and a brighter look
Visible in the market for manufactured goods. Th*
mills arc now running in a majority of eases full tima
at reduced wages, and tbe stocks of goods aro accumu
lating. 'the twos peels of an early improvement iu our
domesticmarketarefiirfrora bright: theSouih willnoi
be able to buy any amount ef goods this Spring, and
although the West is obtaining full prices for her
grain and hogs no largo quantities of goods a.c cx-
p cteil to b -moved in that dircct on, in nice ofthg*
heavy failures which are occurring in tire leading
cities. In fact, theroisa sort of paralysis in the Good*
trade, and lack of confidence is daily increasing in all
its branches, 'this feeling is not attributable alone to
the heavy losses experienced in 1867. but in part to
tho Hn'lnni.'il fever which the currency bus provoked,
and which bids fair to increase rather than diminish,
VALUE OF COTTON IN NEW TOllK, JAN. 10.
Upland. Gulf. Texat.
Good Middling 17
Middling 16JS
Low Middling. 15)*
Good Ordinary 15
Ordinary
16
Mi
11%
BZCBIETS.
Now Orleans, Jan. 4 ;
Mobile, •• 4
Charleston " 4..
Savannah “ 4
Texas “ 4
New York, dire’t " 4
Other Ports “ 4.
18
J7M
to’.i
■
14?!
31,ICO bale*
1(5,537
10,315
tM.iii:;
2,200
11.158
7,117 r X
Total...... 103.160
Heavy Shipments of Cotton, Foreign aud
Coastwise.
lamxEAL
Married, ia Christ Church, by Rev. II. K. Itccs, oa
Thursday, 9th inst., N. C. MUX ROE, Jr., to IOLA E,
daughter of tho late Judge llcnryG.Lamar, allot
this city. No cards.
Married, in the city of Atlanta, on Tuesday even
ing, January the 7tb, 1867, at tho Catholic Church, by
Rev. Thomas O’Riley, Capt. THOMAS NUNAX, of
Sandusky City, Ohio, toMissSUE AGATHA WHAR
TON, of Alexandria, Virginia.
11c. We have preferred a harsh and in some re-
fpects unwise and unjust reconstruction, to the
continued exclusion of tbe South from the Union.
We have felt that the supervisory power retained
by Congress afforded an opportunity for correct-
lug the errors and moderating the excesses of the
Conventions; and that, after restoration, the South
mi" lit look f'oi more considerate treatment, if not
for actual magnanimity. But these endeavors to
reopen the suojcct amt to start afresh by plunging
the South into positive anarchy, prove the futility
of all reasonable expectations, and the wildness
and folly, if not the political dishonesty, of those
who are engaged in the work. If they succeed,
reconstruction will be postponed indefinitely.
Disorganization will be the order of tho day. And
If any doubt the recuperative energies
the people of Georgia, particularly of the
merchant portion of her citizens, the follow
ing figures will satisfy them that “there’s life
iu the old land yet.” There are in the port
ot Savannah, being loaded for foreign aud
domestic ports, 14 ships, 17 barks, 4 brigs
and 1 schooner. Ot the former, Liverpool
represents 13 and Havre 1; ol the second
class of vessels, Liverpool represents 5, Ha
vana 1, and Bremen 1; and of the brigs and
schooners, Bremen 1, St. Johns, N. B., 1, Dc
inarara 1, New York 1, Boston I. \Vc have
taken no note of tbe smaller vessels or oi the
regular lines ot steamships to aud from this
port.
Yesterday Messrs. Wilder & Fullarton
cleared the British ship Tiber, Capt. Arey,
for Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton, con
sistiug ot 3,201 bales upland cotton and 30
bales sea islands, tbe aggregato weight being
1,375,381 pounds, aud the value $230,937 48.
Messrs. Brigham, Holst & Co., the same
day, cleared the ship Bt. James, Capt. Good
win, for the same port, with 3,730 bales up
lands, 50 bales sea islands, weighing 1,845,554
pounds, and worth $209,985 55.
B. H. Hardee cleared tbc steamship San
Jacinto, Capt. Atkins, for New York, with
1,250 bales upland cotton.
O. Cohen & Co. cleared the Huntsville,
Captain Crowell, for the same port, with 997
bales upland cotton, making a total foreign
and coastwise of 9258 bales.
When it is remembered that the operations
in cotton has been limited during the past
week by low prices and other controlling
causes, we repeat that the record shows the
truth of the quotation “There’s life in the old
land yet,” and though it throbbeth in silent
veins ’tis vocal without noise—Sav. 2\ T cics
Herald, 13th.
A Good Joke on Grant.—Soon after
Grant’s accession to the Cabinet ho brought
up a proposition, in Cabinet meeting, in re
gard to the abolition of whipping, as a pun
ishment for crime in the South. The whip
ping post, he said, was a relic of barbarism
and it onght to be abolished. All the Cabi
net officers agreed on that point, but they
diflered as to the propriety of interfering
against the penal laws of a State. Such pun
ishinent was being gradually abolished any
how, and would soon disappear entirely.—
But Grant believed that something c*ght to
be done by the army to prevent its continu
ance. It was so barbarous that it ought not
to be tolerated a day longer.
Stanbery glanced at the General, and said
in a quiet way: “I believe you still buck and
gag men and tie them up by the thumbs in
the army, within a mile of this house, don’t
you V .
Yes,” tlie General said, ‘‘that had to be
done sometimes.”
Well, it seems to me,” replied Stanbery,
“that it’s a little worse to buck ami gag a
man for getting tipsy than to whip him for
larceny. If you had to choose, would you
rather be whipped or gagged ?”
The General had to acknowledge that, as
between tbe two, he’d take the whipping—
and he postponed further remarks on the
barbarism of tbe wbipping-post to some fu
ture meeting.
Hays City, Kansas, Las uot a bouse
within its limits that is four months old, but
it baa 4,000 inhabitants and a newspaper.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Con
vention will meet on the 4th of March next.
TRIBUTE OF* RESPECT,
VOTED Vt TUE RAt'TlST 05CRCII AT STONE CREEK,
TWIG03 COUNTY, OA., DECEMBER, 1867.
Wtrereas, An All-wise and Merciful Father has re—,
cently removed from, our midst our aged, vbitnUa' *
and much loved brother, Rev. C. A.'TIT ARP, thus
depriving us of his wise counsel and tho bles.-incs of
his marked and pious example; 'Therefore, it is
Resolved, by said Church now in Conference ass cm- •
bled.
1st That while we mourn the loss of so godd an^:
useful man to us, wo gratefully acknowledge the De
vine goodness in sparing him for so long a time.
2d. That irldlo wo all realize that a great man ill
Israel has fallen—great ia his goodness, in tho unifor
mity of his chrLtian character, and in tho strength or
his moral integrity—that wc acquiesce in this purposa
of the Great Head of the Church in the removal of Ilis
aged and time-worn servant from the tccnqS of his
toil, to that rest whi h remaineth for the people of
God.
Sd. In token of our bereavement, and in duo rc-pect
to tho memory of our beloved father in Israel, aiui aS
an cxpre.iion of onr approval of the pious reputation
ho has so long maintained in our midst, v;e will clothe
our Bible board in mourning for tbo space of thirty
days next tho adoption of the foregoing, and that we
unitedly tender to his aged and afflicted widow, and to
his surviving relations generally, our heartfelt condo
lence in their bereavement.
1th. That a blank page in cur church book he left
f the v,-.-".’the .i.iuic,.;„e, and time ufthe dciniso
of our lamented and departed brother, together with
such biographical sketch of his life aad ministerial
labors as may seem to be proper.
5th. That theso resolutions be spread on theinin-
ntes, and a copy be tendered to his family ns an addi
tional earnest of ourbigh esteem and Chri-tian regard, '
and that this Conferen 'c now adjourn until Saturday
before the fourth Lord’s day in January, 1863.
5V. D. Horn, Moderator.
Joseph Tharr, Clerk.
— —
OBKTdAKVi.
Death, the Riant of terroro. numbers with tho deaj
thbyouth of but few days- and tnc venerable sire
whose locks arc silvered by a century of years. When
he encircles in his embrace the vigorous, hopeful and
promising youth, our mimls are filled with amaze
ment and awe; we feel that they can so ill be spared^
they are tho hope of tbe community; around then*
cluster all our anticipat ions of worldly happiness and
successful enterprises—wo feel that death has dark
ened our hopes and paralyzed onr most ardent de
sires.
When ho strikes down thu: o who aro tottering with
age, wo too often indulge the thought that the useful
period of their days has passed, that they con now h»
of butlittie honor to religion and but little service to
the world. We commit their bodies to the grave with,
but few emotions of grief, aud often neglect to remem
ber the mighty currents of usefulness tbaC huve.beea
set in motion by their energies, precepts and exam
ples. Some of the most attractive marks of death ar®
the enfeebled, weakened and bewildered, worn to th®
Verge oflifo by the energies of an ever deepenin®
anxiety to benefit society, to adorn their calling, and
to accomplish the objects lor which God designed
them. Here C. A. THARP, of Twiggs county, who
has been recently entombed, was ono of this class,
After a probation of three quarters ofa century, ha
ankealn ly, serenely into the world of spirits, leaviu®
on earth tho brightest evidences that ho was only ex
changing the sorrows of earth for tho cver-enduriu®
bliss of celestial worlds. About thirty-five year* ot t
his (itb were deeply devoted to tho ministry, Uurin®
which time he let no opportunity for tho advancement
of God's cause pass unimproved. V niess he was pros
trated by disease, tho most unfavorable weather kept
him not from his religious appointments. Strictly
moral from his youth, habitually prompt in alibi*
dealings, punctual in all his promises, firm in his re-
ligioue sentiments, interesting in his conversation,
hospitable to all who visited him, benevolent to
Christ’s causo—he was certainly a model. Thothou-
nds who have known him will ask, not improperly,
bo can fill his place? AYhe can elevate (lie morals
of society and purify the community as did ho?
Rest, thou mighty man of God,
Thy body, 'ueath earth’s cold clod.
No more tho ills of time to share—
Rest, from every worldly earc.
Soon the archangel’s trump shall sound.
Thy body, raised from the clay cold grouud,
Will soar through air and sky,
To join tho augelie choir on high.
December 21,1867. A Sox.