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. The Greorgia, eekly Telegraph,.
i I-LEGKAril.
FRIDAY. MARCH 13, isos.
VRB BATONKT>HCORO CONITITCTIOH
IT 13 ODIOUS IN IT8 ORIGIN.
In discussing the vital questions involved
| i G tho coining election, it is our intention to
be both plain and brief.
CONVENTIONS.
~~r~. Kr , be botl1 P ,ain a “d brief. We are deeply im
folio"i n S rfS0 11 | 0I J " ft . , : pressed with the. fearful nature of the crisis,
..\ Tbo 5 - IIlU ^ cmaD ’ at t ,! e , ,n0t "q^ ° . ,e ! and wish the people to read and understand
Dcmocrfltic Chib, on | » U .I .« have to IV. .ball, therefor,
jt^eb 7lb,. and was unanimously- without elaboration, couiine our remarks.
^ inventions in each of the Congres-
f 1 District* of this State, for the purpose
* IfCting delegates from such Districts to
jt’ilional Democratic Convention, and
a*
from time to'time, to the leading points of
Molvtdi That uc recommend that the tbe (;asc ^ and 8tr i ve i m p ress tbe truth upon
;-stf Central hxccntn ( tomniiUtcca is- the minds of our readers. Whatever may be
its influence for good—little or much—we
intend that no man who reads the Tele
gram shall say hereafter, in the event of dis
, t .- . Q . . ., , , aster, that be was ignorant of Iris rights, and
,^„hedeleg.tes fro>n the State at large be | votod aga5nst tbo bcst intcrcst3 of T lig * oua ,
M dlt 15 °°^ cn bD8, 1 try under a misapprehension of duty.
i—A special telegram to the TVc lay it down as an incontrovertible truth
jati Gazette says that Timony, the 1 tbnt government, in this country, in order to
liie delegate Richardson, lias been ] secure the respect of the citizen and protect
O'ijid by Qeu. Rufus Saxton from the bim id his rights, must be legitimate—in other
' words, that it must spring from the only true
source, the trill of the people. Institutions
founded on any other basis than popular
consent, are not lawful governments, but tho
creatures of lawlessness and violence. As
such, they have no claim upon the respect
nnd fealty of the citizen. He is in duress, like
the victim of highway robbers overcome by
superior force, nnd submits not from choice,
of the United States. lie was v —-
,'^j 0D the National Cemetery at Marietta.
*, n ipA.—The following gentlemen are
ito be spoken of in connection with the
r elative Democratic ticket in the coming
( -iion: For Governor, Hon. John Joseph
fftfUa*) of Leon county. For Lieutenant
• irfinW, Judge T. T. Long, of Columbia
,;v. For Congress, Maj. Alexander Ma-
^rofSfc Johns county.
' Re Florida Central Railroad was ndver-
. ^l to be sold on the 4th inst. Wo find
but from sheer necessity. lie is either a
mr.dman, ora traitor to himself and his child
ren, if lie voluntarily accepts the hardships
I of his situation, or rests under the yoke one
^following notice in relation to the matter mumen t a ft er be ba8 the power throw it off.
i, the Lake C'it\ 1 u '"> °* 'be *tb: ^ Tested by this plain, common scnseprinci-
ffe learn that the side of the Florida Cen- ^j e which none will contest, where do the
Railroad tho not take place on the 4th I _ , , 0 , ,
C.. uadvertised, as an injuuction stopping ! l 1,:0 Pi c °f Georgia find themselves to-dny a
•hesilc was granted by Judge Frazer, ot the i regards tbe matter of government ?- It i:
r S. District Court.
'ioce tbe above was written, we learn that
tlie road was sold ivhilo tho motion to dis
miss the injunction was being argued.
BuUAiNG tue Senate. It is mortifying
to tho public sense of honor and tho public
feeling of justice, sajsthc New York Times,
to read the bullying and domineering lan
guage which Jfr.Stevens addressed to Senators
on Monday from his place in the House.—
jarring to the coming trial before tho Sen
ile Stevens exclaimed:
Sow, then, let him who can, expect to
-:t out ou the only ground left, if my article
S adopted. Let him hope, who dares to hope,
tint so high a body as that Senate will bc-
trsv its trust, will forget its own nets, will
mad hack its own action, will disgrace it-
xlf in the face of the nation. Point mo out
one who dares to do it, and you show me one
v ho dares to be regarded as infamous by
posterity.
Azain, referring to Senators, he cried:
proposed to change the Constitution of their
State, to inaugurate a new government in
pi&cc of tho old; and from whence comes the
proposition. Are tho people of Georgia dis
satisfied with their old ‘‘Constitution and
ferm of government”? Have they desired
and asked for a change ? Will any man answer
these questions in the *aflirmativc ? Then,
who in this land of Republican liberty,
where the j’coplc aro recognized as tho
source of all power and all other theories of
government are regarded as treason to hu
man rights, has the right to say that their
government is not satisfactory and go to
work and form another under which they are
to live? Wo have no hesitation in saying
taat not one hundred white men, natives
ond residents of Georgia at tho close of the
var, desired, or were even willing to, a change.
The project never originated with tho peo
ple to be governed—not even the negroes, for
Let me sec, continued Mr. Stevens, shaking
hi; finger above his head, the recreant who
,:.m to tread back upon his stops, and vote
,,a she other side.
JjrThe United States District .Court, his
U nor Judge Erskine presiding, convened
a Atlanta, on Monday, tbe Oth inst.
they are ignorant alike of tho old goverment
t ml the new, and in no just political tense can
they he considered the people or part thcrcot
—but the whole scheme came from abroad
from people who are not to live under the
government to be lrnmcd, and who have no
interest in it, except that they may, in some
unlawful way, use it to their own benefit.
Such monstrous doctrines never before
found a friend or adherent on American soil
•-gTGen. J. B. Gordon delivered a speech
iaXcwnan a week ago. Tho Ncwnan Herald
ms: For an hour and a quarter the im- Nor can any right acquired by the result of
the war, by conquest or otherwise, be plead
in justification of tho foul and despotic usur
pation. In the very nature of our institu
tions such a thing is morally impossible. —
There can be no admixture of freedom and
despotism. The State may havo fought
through a dozen rebellions nnd been conquered
. as often, vet her government remained unim
Hertd that tho election on tho proposed paircd If hcr own people did not think
proper to change it, there is no pojvcr on
earth that can rightfully do it for them. The
very attempt is an undermining of the greqt
corner stone of American liberty, a repudin
tion of our whole theory of government, and
an outrage on the inalienable rights of the
people. It is without authority, .Divine or
n use audience was held spell-bound by
fi.-ergia's gifted son. He pleaded long and
m eloquently for a white man's Govern-
n-.at, portraying, in glowing colors, the evils
of Radical measures, and gave their authors
nJ supporters many severe and fatal blows.
The Florida Election.—Gen. Meade b$.s I,
tetitotion for Florida bo held on the lSto,
and 15th of April next.
ST A Washington dispatch says: The
Elion ol the House in tbo case of Mr. Bot-
zr.of Tennessee, w«3 exceedingly significant
u<! important, as it establishes the manner
in which persons who cannot take tho test
nth may hereafter be admitted to tbeir scats human, an act of pure, shameless, unmitigated
when elected to Congress. The bill reported despotism, beginning in tbe madness of party
!; the Election Committee in Mr. Butler’s Late, and destined to end in the total subver
ts was drawn with especial reference to the s5on ° f frc0 government over tho whole Amen
<-ct that it established a final precedent, and can continent. It may be confined to the South
wu passed by a large majority, many Demo- ern States for the present, but arbitrary power
enu Toting for it. is the necessary pabulum of despotism, and
It provides that all persons who have been sooner or later the dark pall of tyranny will
rehered from political disabilities incurred th - g 0 ^ ce frcc and lmp J p y land .
l 7 participation in tho rebellion, shall not be j t j 3( t i, en> a f ear ful experiment that we of
required to take that portion of tlio test oath tlio South arc now called on to make. It is
which states that they have not given aid and no less than an invitation to enslave ourselves
comfort ..tn J ’ an d cast reproach upon the graves of those
m . noble inen who perished on tbe field or de-
HF* A mass meeting was held in New voted tbe labor of a life-time with the belief
"~?* 1 ,"“‘y "; c C77»' r,»»d“s;fo"»!o ‘.S
raising funds in aid ot Washington College, tQ coni £ after theni a m, V ernnieut that would
Virginia, an institution of which R. E. Lee secure them in every right, and command, to
is 1‘ftsident. Dr. Hitchcock and Henry the latest posterity, the admiration and liom-
Wurd Bceclier made speeches. Mr B., in n 8° of mankind. In Gbd’s name, for their
the ennru. of l; , , , s ikes, if wc arc reckless of our own, let us
course of his remarks, said that ifhe had imd think bcforo V cnturin
ren horn and bred in the South lie might f U tnl an experiment,
iiave done ns Gen. Lee did at the breaking “ “ ’ ■
upon so
nut of the war.
Tn* New Eclectic, a Monthly Maqa-
iiXB op Select Literature.—This is tbe
title of a new Magazine, which has reached
U’froin tbe Publishers, Turnbull & Murdoch,
Ihltimorc, 3Id. It contains 128 pp. 8 vo.,
“’«! is neatly printed. The articles are ~ ' *, „ ~ u. j.iui,* ? n
*l«ted from various European and Ameri- P rofit ’ ond 60 mny M otbers wbo de,! » bt “
ran Magazines, the editors aiming to make
" 4 wluable compendium of the best period-
iral literature. It will not be identified
*'th the principles of any party or religious
nits ranreaent fairlv^lie
■rat snd truest views of various sdtiools and
parties. The number before us is tbe third,
‘Hi the articles are well selected, interesting
U( 1 instructive. Price,1 00.
Tub Land Wk Love.—The March num-
tr of The Land' Wo Love, which lias
rr *cheJ us by mail and may be had at tbe
:, °okstores, contains seventeen articles, from
*kle writers, representing eight Southern
!t *tM. Among- the poetic contributors in
!ll « number arc Mrs. Margarat J. Preston,
I*r. F. 0. Ticknor, Judge A. J. Requicr and
I- Augustine Signaigo. Among tho prose
writers are Rev. Dr. Dabney, Miss Porter.
G «. Hodge, Hon. H. W. Baveael, T. C. Dc-
^*°n, Esq., etc. Soldiers will feel an inter-
l 't in tbe two military articles in this num-
tr i the lovers of fiction in tho two thrilling
•k'rits, agriculturalists in thearticlc on Japan
"Joyer, literary men in the article on Mr.
•tkens’ Readings, and the whole country in
^ account of the burning of Columbia, with
'Inch the number opens.
J*rrxR8oN Davis in New Orleans.—Neto
March 4th.—Jefferson Davis is here,
the Are companies, who were out on their
parade, as they passed tlie St. Charles
g»vo him repeated cheers. As they
Gen. Hancock's headquarters they
:;°k eff their hats, and the bands played
‘“c Bonnie Bha- Flag.”
^ ft? Recoi'.:-n uction has no limits, and tbe
‘ 1"-clinurt Committee proposes to recon-
' the English grammar l>v the addition
,rin i ten to Oftu u “indefinite articles.
HOOK NOTICK,
SnoRT Stcdirs for Enuv SrnooL Tkacitfrs. By
Chw. S. Itoliinson, 1). 1). I'ublifheit by wynkoOR
Sherwood, Bcckinan Street, New xork. JSt».
Wc like this book exceedingly. It is in
tended mainly to encourage Sabbath Schools;
to guide, instruct and stimulate their teach
ersand patrons. These may rend it with
a noble, evangelic spirit, and in truth well
told. It deals in no theories or dry dog
matic rules, and there is not in it a word of
politics or sectionalism. Its reasonings arc
drawn from tbe Scriptures. Its appeals are
to Christian oongmuun uuu -j—»
of the heart, in behalf of the woes and wants
of the ignorant, tbe vicious and the poor.—
It is wholly without pretension—a little
book, a small casket filled, however, with
diamond!, gems and pearls. It is not mys
tified with the theological metaphysics which
so dishonors the religious literature of the
day. One of its grc-atist attractions is its
humble yet vigorous faith. Tlic writer seems
to believe, because God lias spoken; he has
the moral courage to accept the Truth ns it is
written, free from the constructions of scmi-
infidclity—tlic glosses of human philosophy
or the perversions of sectarianism. In tlic
chapter headed Heme Heathen, a vivid picture
is drawn of the sins and sufferings of the
poor of our large cities, and affectionate vet
stern injunctions are laid upon all good mep
to hasten to their rescue and relief. Arc there
not such, many such, in our own greatly fa
vored little city i The chapter entitled The
tfotlcl Pui'il Contains a beautiful commentary
on the interview of the Saviour with the wo
man of Samaria, illustrative of what it is to
loam of God. Most beautiful of all is bis
SW cct nnd tender regard for little children.—
He st mds tbe representative ot Jesus, saying
“suffer little children to come unto me. i ue
style* is good-not exactly Addisonian, but
approximating that of him, the purest of
English classics. Perhaps, however, to rec
ommend tbe writings of such men os Addi
son, Goldsmith, Johnson and John Milton as
standards of good taste may be, m tins age
of glorious progress, to write ourselves vu-
garians. Be it so. Progress, indeed . lne
progress of these times, in many particulars,
is backwards and downwards.
The Trial by Impeachment.
BY JOSEPH STOUT, LL. D.
When, then, an officer is known or sus
pected to be guilty of malversation in office,
some member of the House of Representa
tives usually brings forward a resolution to
accuse tbe party, or for the appointment of a
Committee to consider and report upon tbe
charges laid against him. Tbe latter is the
ordinary course; and tbe report of tbe Com
mittee usually contains, if adverse to tbe
party, a statement of tbe charges and recom
mends a resolution that he be impeached
therefor. If the resolution is adopted by tbe
House, a Committee is then appointed to
impeach tbe party at the bar of the Senate,
and to state that the articles against him will
bo exhibited in due lime, and made good
before the Senate, and to demand that the
Senate take order tor tho appearance of the
party to answer to the impeachment.
Tlii3 being accordingly done, the Senate
signify their willingness to take such order,
and articles are then prepared by a commit
tee, under the direction of the House of Rep
resentatives, which, when reported and ap
proved by the House, are then presented in
the like manner to- the Senate, and a com
mittee of managers are appointed to conduct
the impeachment. As soon as the articles
arc thus presented, the Senate issues a pro
cess, summoning the party to appear at a
given day before them to answer the articles.
The process is served by tbe Sergeant-at-
arms of tbe Senate, and due return is made
thereof under oath; ■ when the return day of
tho process for appearance has arrived, the
Senators resolve themselves into a Court of
Impeachment, and the Senators arc at that
time, or before, solemnly sworn or affirmed,
to do impartial justice upon the impeach
ment according to tbe Constitution and laws
of the United States.
The person impeached is then called upon
to appear and answer thearticles. If he docs
not appear in person or by attorney, his de
fault is recorded, and tbe Senate may proceed
ex parte to the trial of the impeachment. If
lig does appear in person or by attorney his
appearance is recorded. When the partyap-
pcars, lie is entitled to be furnished with a
copy of the articles of complaint, and time
is allowed him to prepare bis answer thereto.
When the answer is prepared and given in,
the next regular proceeding is for the Honse
of Representatives to file, a replication to the
answer in writing, in substance denying the
truth and validity of the defenco stated in
the answer, and avowing the truth and suffi
ciency of the charges, and the readiness of
tlie House to prove them at such convenient
time and place as shall be applied for that
purpose by tbe Senate.
A time is then assigned for the trial, and
the Senate, at that period or before, adjust
the preliminaries and other proceedings
proper to be bad, before and at the trial by
fixed regulations, wliick are made known to
the House of Representatives nnd to the
party accused. On tbe day appointed for tlic
trial the House of Representatives appears at
tbe bar of the Senate, cither in a body or by
the managers elected for that parpose, lo
proceed with tho trial. On the day of trial
the parties being ready, the managers to con
duct tbe prosecution open it in behalf of tbe
House of Representatives, one or more of
them delivering an explanatory speech either
of tho whole charges or of one or more of
them.
When tbe whole evidence has been gone
through with, and parties on each side have
been fully heard, the Senate then proceeds to
the consideration of tlic case. If debates
arise, they are conducted in secret; if none
arise, or after they ore ended, a dhy is assign
ed for a final public decision by yeas and
nays upon each separate charge in tbe article
of impeachment. When the court is ossein
bled for-this purpose, the question is pro
pounded to each memlrcr of the Senate by
name, in the following manner, upon each
article, the same being first read by. the Sec
retary of the Senate:
“Mr. , how say you, is tho respondent
guilty or not guilty of a high crime and mis
demeanor as charged in the article of
impeachment ? Whereupon tho member rises
in his place, and answers guilty or not guilty,
os his opinion is. Ii upon no article two-
thirds ot tbe Senate decide that the party is
guilty, he is tlicu entitled to acquittal, and is
declared accordingly to be acquitted by the
President oi tho Senate. If lie i3 convicted
of any or of all, or any of the articles, tbe
Senate then proceeds to fix nnd declare the
proper punishment.”
[tmmunieated.l
WRITTEN BENEATH SO MR RATHER SAB
LINES IN AN ALBUM, COMMENCING
“DATS OF MY YOUTH.”
True, the “days of thy youth are fit fading away.
Days of thy youth, they will sbaly be vanished.
Tet let not thy scarce blooming flvrets decay.
Nor the joy of thy Spring-tiie by sadness be
banished.
The rose—it still blooms and blooo on to its fall;
The lily still triumphs in pride tl it closes;
They droop net, they stay not theiicharms toenthral.
And to grieve for the period thanature imposes.
See the pride of the forest, msjesti in years—
Tho’it feels, one by one, its broa pinions decaying;
Its bead, clad with ivy, it loftily rirs.
As if charity, e’en in its ruin, delaying.
And, Ellen, think not of the ilightf thy youth.
Nor cherish so dearly the thougbof to-morrow;
Fond musing adds nothing, tain nothing from
truth.
But swells the full tido of realits sorrow.
Free and blithe in the joy of thy iture arise,
Like the lily and rose to shed gdness around thee.
Like thcoak, to sustain thestillOurishing ties.
With which, a3 with ivy, kindlcaven has bound
thee. - Jay fa.
A Reminiscence.
In 18C3 the Republican Senators were very
anxious to get Montgomery Binir and Mr.
Seward out of tlie Cabinet They bad a
caucus and adopted a declaration containing
the following sentiments:
"The President. should be aided by a Cabinet
council agreeing voith him in political principle and
general policy, and all important measures and
appointments should be tho result of their com
bined wisdom and deliberation. Tho most ob
vious and necessary condition of things, without
which no administration can succeed, we and
the public believo does not exist and therefore
such selections and changes in its members
should bo mado as will sccuro to tho country _a
unity of purposo and action in all material and
essential respects, rnoro especially in the pres
ent crisis of public affaire. Tho Cabinet should
bo exclusively composed of statosmen who are
tho cordial, resolute, unwavering supporters of
tho principles and- purposes abovo mentioned.”
The paper was signed by Charles Sumner,
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts; Bcnj F.
Wade, John Sherman, of Ohio; L. 3L 3Ior-
rill, W. P. Fessenden, of Maine; David R.
Clarke, John P. Hale, New Hampshire; H. B.
Anthony, Rhode Island; Zacbariah Chandler,
Micliigin; O. H. Browning, Lyman Trum
bull, Illinois; James Harlan, Jas. W. Grimes,
Iowa; S. C. Pomeroy, Kansas; T. O. Howe,
Wisconsin.
A committee of nine, with Senator Chan-
dlcr at its head, waited upon the President to
present to him this paper. When it had
bccu read. Sir. Lincoln said he approved of
it heartily, but he thought the Senators had
tnado a mistake. He was willing and anx
ious to consult their wishes in the matter,
but he wautod to ask them one question—not
to be answered until they had given it due
reflection. “You say,’* said ne, .l-* t nmght
to have a Cabinet every member of wliicti
agrees with me in opinion. Is that exactly
vriiat you mean ? Don’t you really mean that
I piiiriit to have a Cabinet every member ot
TVD1CD agrees tciltl you ill uvlutuo. IM* btfaxC
..liat you really want!” And telliug them
to sleep on it anil come back when they had
answered it satisfactorily, lie dismissed them
until tliev should see fit to return. “But,”
said be, when relating the story, “they never
me back.”
A Darkey's View of the Situation.—
An English traveller gives the following
account of a conversation with a negro in Al
abama :
A gentleman of color working on one of
tlie boats on the Alabama river, was asked
the other day whether he was best off now or
before be was frcc. He scratched bis wool
and said: “Wall, when I tumbled overboard
before, the captain, lie stopped the ship, and
put back and picked me up, and they gave
me a glass of hot whisky and water, and then
thev gave me twenty lashes for falling over
board. But now if I’d tumble overboard,
the captain he’d say, what's dat ? oh ! only
dat dam nigger—go ahead."
Affairs at tlie Nation! Capital.
Special to the Louisville Courier.
Wasuixctox, March 4.—Therticles as amend
ed yesterday, were formally psented to day to
the Senate! Tho seven masgera were an
nounced, and afterwards camtfollewcd by the
Houso, Democratic members pperly declining
to participate in tho mockery cjusticc.
THE RECEPTION OF THERTICLES.
Mr. Bingham, chairman, readio articles, but,
notwithstanding the importanaaml solemnity
of the occasion, it mado no morimpression on
Senators, members or tho crowd( gall«ri«ia tliun
any ordinary event. At tho trginning, Mr.
Hendricks reminded Mr. Wadoff the courtesy
due tho Speaker of tho Houseffhereupon Old
Ben. took the hint.
Senators Sprague and Patters*, ol Tennessee,
slept sweetly during the readif. Tkad. Stevens
stood erect lor a while with hipoUeagnc, but be
came so exhausted he dropped ito a seat. Butler
clutched his felt hat convnlsieiy and squinted
more rascally than ever if tbt was possible.—
Pomeroy took his liewspapt. Conklin, who
prides himself on his manly tauty, read a book
attentively. Fessenden chew! bits of paper, and
Boutwell, another manager, no had taken a fresh
quid before entering, was mo» intent on extract
ing the juice therefrom than tearing the articles
in question. Howard scemci studying the com-
munication from the Chief Astice, which was a
delicate rebnke to his ofllciasncss in preparing
prematurely rules for the cart ol impeachment.
Chandler clucked now and ten. Reverdy John
son yawned, whllo Sumner joked positively hap
py, as though negro sullragi was tho law of the
land, and as if there never had been a certain
Prussian Baron in tho legaton at Washington.—
Ashley and Schenck were thee too, and exchanged
approving winks occasionaly. This is nobur-
lesqnc of tbe scene in the Scute Chamber.
THE SENATE WILL’TAtE DUE ORDER.
The reading of the articlesconcluded, Wado in
formed them the Senate wculd take due order,
whereupon Colfax rose, and vith one or two extra
winks, put himself at the bead ol his Radical
cohorts and inarched back to 'ho Honse.
TnAD. STEVENS FACETIOUS.
On the way there Tcad. Stevens said to some
members who were carrying him in his chair
“Boys, what in the h—11 will I do when you at:
dead ? I won’t haTo anybody to carry me,” anl
his friends laughed bccansc it was so iunny.
CHASE DENOUNCED.
Chief Justice Chase’s communication to tie
Senate in dissentiag from the rules adopted, a;d
rebuking them for hasty procedure, has arouad
the anger of the impeachment Radicals, and thy
denounce him in bitter terms to-night.
.RADICALS APPREHENSIVE OF TROUBLE.
Howard, Sumner & Co. are bent on ruling tie
Senate to aid their designs, but other Radicals k-
preas their apprehension that the dissent of he
Chief Justice will le±d to some trouble not hither
to anticipated.
WEAK KNEED IMPEACIIERS. I
There are ten or twelve Radical Senators vho
only desiro a decent pretext to abandon thevile
abortion.
STEVENS CHAGRINED,
Tbad. Stevens does not'conceal his clftgrin
that he was not selected chairman of tho nanag-
ing committee. He only obtained his place
thereon at his earnest request. •
ALARM AMONG TnE RADICALS
Tho now great Democratic p*ins in New York,
Now Hampshire and Mai*”*, together with tho
intelligence that th«> latter .SlatA indorsed the
Western financial policy and its author, Mr.
Pendleton, creates alarm among tho Radicals,
and a corresponding feeling of satisfaction among
the Democrat*
TnB PRESIDENT’S COUNSEL.
Judgo Curtis, of Boston, and Judge Black had
a consultaton with tho President to-day. Geo.
Ticknor Cur ia and Thurman, of Ohio, aro also
spoken of asbis counsel.
Washington Items.
Impeaehnent Articles Complete.
The articles of impeachment against Pres
ident Johnsorf stand, at present, as follows.
As the House has resumed the privilege of
amending them ad libitum, should the Court
consent to be thus trifled with, the charges,
before they get through, may amount to a
a good sized volume:
ARTICLES AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED.
Article 1. That Andrew Johnson, President of
the United States, unmindful of the duty of his
office, bis oath, and the requirements
of the Constitution, removed Edwin M. Stan-
ton from the War office, in violation of tho ten-
ure of office bill, is guilty of high misdomoanor
m office.
»^rr® .?* .^kat Andrew Johnson, President
s . tate3 contrary to tho tenure of
office bill, appointed,without tho advice and con
sent of tho Senate, then in session, Lorenzo
Thomas Secretary of War ad interim, and is guil
ty of high misdemeanor.
Article 3. That said Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, is guilty of high mis
demeanor in this: That without authority, while
tho Senate was in.session, he appointed Lorenzo
Thomas Secretary of War ad interim, in violation
of the Constitution, no vacancy having happen
ed in said office during the recess of tho Senate,
and no vacancy existing at tho timo of tho ap
pointment. r
Articled. That Andrew Johnson, President,
ct*L, did unlawlully conspire with Lorenzo Thomas
anc * others, to prevent E. M. Stanton from holding
® War office, in violation of the Constitution
and of the act pnubhing certain conspiracies, and
is guilty of high crimes.
Articles. That Baid Andrew Johnson, President,
eta, did unlawfully conspire with Lorenzo Thomas
and others, by loroe, to prevent and hinder the ex
ecution ot the Tenure-ol-office bill, and in pursu
ance of said conspiracy did attempt to prevent E.
M. Stanton- om holding the War office, whereby
Baid Johnson is guilty of high misdemeanor.
Article 6. The said Andrew Jollnson, President,
”tc did un’aw/ully conspire with Lorenzo Thom-
Stktes iu I^Pf'y fi the United
ing certain conspiracies, and wilh APw59 t ?. 1) o n . ls h'
the Tenurc-oi-offi.ee bill, whereby said Johnson
committed a high crime.
Article 7. That said Andrew Johnson, President,
etc., unlawfully conspired with Lorenzo Thomas
to seize the property of the United States in the
Wir Department with intent to violate theTenure-
ofofflcc act, whereby said Johnson is guilty of a
bitji misdemeanor. • •
Article 8. That said Johnson, President, etc.,
contrary to the Tenure-of-offlce act, and in vioia-
tionof the Constitniion and without the advice
and consent of the Senate, then In session, ap-
where. That I have attempted to exercise an arbitrary
P 0 ”®! ‘ n '® 5 ' a . tin .f lawa that were intended to be
f? r ® ed the Oo that I had exercised
Ji r ’ a.C . n ? a abandoned the party that
!■ i e ?u me ‘ ,* nd that J w “ » traitor, because I exer
cised the veto power >“ attempting and I did arrest
for a time, what wa« called & Freedmen’e Bureau bill.—
1 traitor, and I have been traduced. I have
rfiiVl an / ere 7 d ' 1 - h ! Te b % tD ,“*- li *®ed, I have been
called Judas Iscariot, and ail that. Now mv coun-
trymen here to-night, it is very easy to in&?g“?n
epithets. It is easy to call a man Judas, and cry out
‘ ralt0 /' b “t when he is called upon to give arguments
ana tacts ho is very often found wanting. Judas
Iscariot; Judas 1 There was a Judas, and hewasone
The Wild Woman.
?f the twelve apostles. Oh, yes7 the twelve ajToatlea 8 i' r - e d> UlilMle aged, Well formed Woman, With
nn.fi ft. (hrict Tka . 1 at 1 a * X-tt- 1 — J 1. L - • we - - ’
had a Christ, The twelve apostles had a Christ/and
ne never could have had a Judas unless he had twelve
iJPPJfi 6 ?*. have played the Judas, who has been
SST j Sf* have played Judas with? Was it
Thad. Stevens? was it Wendell Phillips^ was it
Charles Sumner. These are the men that stop and
compare themselves with the Saviour, and everybody
tnat cullers with them in opinion, and who try to stay
and arrest their diabolical and nefarious policy, is to
5^,r en *?i U ^ cet \ a .Well, let me say to you, if
you will stand by me in this action—if you will stand
by me in trying to give the people a fair chance,
nil k rS - an ^ citizens, to participate in these offices,
♦k AA w i 1IlD 5» { Wll i them out. I will kick
tQcm out just as fast as X can. Let me say to you. in
concluding, that what I have said I intend to do,
In the Grand Cane neighborhood in this
county, a short time ago, a gentleman in the
depths of tbe forest suddenly came upon a
woman, as wild and almost aa fleet and un
tamed as the deer. After a brisk chase of
some distance, the gentleman on horseback
overtook the wonderful creature, when she
halted, and he found her to be a medium
long, dark hair, and clear, blue eyes. She
was in a state of nudity save a girdle of grey
moss about her loins. Her body and limbs
were covered with a beautiful coat of hair
about four inches in length.
She was much frightened and seemed una
ble to talk, but must have comprehended
signs, as in_ reply to motions of the gentle
man by whiah he sought to induce her to ac
company mm out of the woods, she con
stantly pointed to her own forest home. Fi—
was not provoked into this, and Icaro notfortheir Gk. gentleman endeavored to compel
menaces, their taunts, and their jeers. I care not for -i-- - •
threats; I do not intend to be bullied by my enemies
nor overawed by my friends, but, God willing, with
your help I will veto their measures whenever any
Of mm e* tn mo
polited Lorenzo Thomas Secretary of War ad
interim, whereby said Johnson isgailty of a high
mUtemeanor. _
Article, 9 That said Andrew Johnson, President
ol tie United SUtes, in disregard of the Constitu-
tionand laws, did bring before him Brevet Major
Gemral W. II. Emory, commanding the Dcpart-
meit of Washington, and endeavored to induce
sail Emory, in violation ef a law of Congress, to
obiy such orders as he, Andrew Johnson, might
gi>e, which should not be isstfed through the Gen-
enl ot the Army, whereby said Johnson is guilty
ofa high misdemeanor.
Washington, March C.—The extreme
Radicals are charging Mr. Chase with being
in tbe interest of the President, and is deter
mined to throw obstacles in the progress of
the trial; but rone have denied that lie has
so far borne binself with all proper dignity
and impartiality. Af one time to-day he
seemed a little unnerved by tbe perpetual
ilia with whicl he was beset, with points of
order of the impeachment party, but lie speed
ily recovered himself.
The sudden action of tlio Radical State
Convention of Ohio, in placing Wade’s name
for the Vice-Presidency on the same ticket
with Grant, has produced a great excitement
among certain Radical Senators who havi
hopes and desires for that position.
At a gathering of certain Radical Senators,
it was freely conceded that Wade would re
sign his Presidency of the Senate should
President Johnson be convicted, nnd thereby
allow Speaker Colfax to step into tbo Presi
dential vacancy.
Senator Howard, in debate on tbe otb, sig
nificantly alluded to the possibility that the
Senate might elect a President pro tem. in
place of Wade, averring that it is competent
to do so if it chose.
The bill introduced in the House to-day
by Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, authorizes the
Postmaster General to contract for a term of
_ ears, with citizens or corporations of the
United States, for carrying the foreign mails
between the ports of New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, and the ports of
Great Britain, France, Belgium and the Ger
man States. The vessels used for this ser
vice shall be built in the United States and
slmli be wholly owned by citizens thereof, of
by corporations established therein. Each
than fjur stenmsliips to piv between snch
ports. Tbe subsidy to the new lines shall
not exceed $20,000 per year for each steamer.
Thn bill was referred to the Committee on
Postofiiccs and Postroads.
Declines.—By the following from the
Columbus Times, it will be seen that Gen.
Benuing declines to run forGovernor:
To the Editor Sun <t- Times: Sir: I fully
appreciate the regard which moved your
correspondent, “Marion” and yourself, to
suggest me in terms of lftgh commendation,
as a suitable person for Governor. But
must beg leave to say to you that should the
office be voted to me, I could not accept it;
flattering ns it would be. Imperative per
sonal considerations leave me no choice,
must, therefore, ask you and any other friends
to excuse me for saying plainly that I cannot
be a candidate for Governor.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Henry L. Bunking.
The Atlanta Era, sjieaking of a meet-
in" in Atlanta, called to endorse the nomina
tion of Bullock, for Governor, says:
Prominent on tlic list ofhis supporters, we
must place Gov. Brown aud Gen. McCay, who
delivered most able addresses advocating his
claims to the confidence of the people, and
eloquently appealing to the Union Republi
cans of Georgia to rally around the man who,
in the Chief Executive chair, will do credit
Thf Conspiracy to Assassinate Presi
dent Juarez.—Havana, March 3.—The
latest advi es received from Mexico repre
sent that the Government was actively pros
ecuting an investigation of the recent con
spiracy to assassinate the President. Juarez ... , utr , ....,
has postponed his intended visit to the United j ^ b j mge jf and honor to the State.
States, ami will not lcavc_ Mexico until all, _ — —
the particulars of the conspiracy are brought , i OTrA< _xii e Democrats have made heavy gains
light, and the parties implicated brought • j n llle j owu municipal elections. McGregor gives
trial. llo Democraiic majority, a Democratic gam ol
— . I 170. Clinton ia Democratic by lsT, Radical majori-
Paris Philflress annointed Justice of : ty last tall being 219- Fairfield gives 11 Derner-
fcf; 1 ans Lhiblress, appoin e cn uic majority, a Democratic gain of 75. Charl-
the Peace by Gen. Hancock, has been arrested tofl t>b , jW ' a jjemocratic gain of 30. in Michigan,
nnd brought before the United States Com- Musku^an and St. Johu uave Democratic, and
mifsioner, charged with having committed Oriel, Dexter, Ionia and Hutson have elected peo-
perjury in Uking the iron-clad oath of office, pie’s «r workingmen’s ticket
GEN. BUTLER’S AMENDMENT.
Article 10. That said Andrew Johnson, Preei-
lent of tho United States, unmindful ol the high
duties of his office and the dignity and proprieties
1 thereof, and of the harmony and courtesies which
ought to exist and be maintained between the Ex
ecutive and legislative branches of the Govern
ment of the United Slates, designing and intend
ing to 6et aside the rightful authority and powers
ofCongrcss, did attempt to bring Into disgrace,
ridicule, hatred, contempt and reproach the Con
gress of the United States, and the several branches
thereof, to impair and destroy the regard and re
spect of all the good, people of the United States
for the Congress aud legislative power thereof,
which all officers of the Government ought iovio-
lately to preserve and maintain; and to excite the
odium and resentment of all the good people of
the United States against Congress, and the laws
by it duly aud constitutionally enacted; and in
pursuance ot his said design and intent, openly
and publicly and before divers assemblages of the
citizens of the United States, convened in divers
parts thereof, to meet and receive said Andrew
Johnson as the Chief Magistrate of the United
States, did on the ISth day of August, in the year
of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-six, and on divers other days and times, as well
before as afterward, make and deliver witn a loud
voice, certain intemperate, inflammatory and scan
dalous harangues, and aid therein utter loud
threats and bitter menaces as well against Con
gress as the laws of the United States duly enacted
thereby, amid the cries, jeers and laughter of the
multitudes then assembled and in hearing, which
we 6et lorth in the several specifications hereafter
written, in substanee and effect, that is to say:
Specification First—In this, that at Washing
ton. in thn District of Columbia, in tho Execu
tive Mansion, to a commiuuu ur wt,
called upon tho President of tho United States,
speaking of and concerning the Congress of tho
United States, said Andrew Johnson, President
of tho United States, heretofore, to-wit, on tho
18th day of August, in tho year of our Lord ono
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, did, in a
loud voice, declare, in substanco and effect,
among other things, that is to say:
“So lar as tho ExccutiveDepartmcntoftheGovern-
ment is concerned the effort has been made to restore
the Union, to heal tho breach, to pour oil into the
wounds which were consequent upon thostrugglc, and
to speak inacotnmon phrase, to prepare as the learned
and wiso physician would a plaster, healing in char
acter and co-oxtonsive with the wound. Wo thought,
and we think that wo had partially succeeded, bat as
the work progresses, as reconstruction seemed to bo
taking place, and thecountry was becoming reunited,
wo found a disturbing and marring clement opposing
us. In alluding to that clement I shall go no further
than your Congress, and tho distinguished gentle
man who has delivered to mo tho report of tho pro
ceedings. I shall rnako no reference to it that I do
not believo tho timo nnd tho occasion justify. Wo
havo witnessed in ono department of tho Government
every endeavor to prevent tho restoration of peace,
harmony nnd union. Wo havo hanging upon
the vergo of tho Government, as it were, a body called,
or which assumes to be, tho Congress of tho United
States, while, in fact, it is a Congress of only part of
tho States. We have seen this Congress pretend to be
for tho Union, when its every step and act tended to
ofthemcometo me.
Which said utterances, declarations, threats and
harangues, highly censurable in any, are peculiarly
indecent and unbecoming in the Chief Magistrate
of the United States, by means whereof said An
drew Johnson has brought the high office of the
President of the United States into contempt,
ridicule and disgrace, to the great scandal of all
good citizens; whereby said Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, did commit and
was then aud there guilty ol high misdemeanor in
office.
THAD. STEVENS’ AMENDMENT.
Article 11. That said Andrew Johnson, Presi-
lent of tho. Stotoa iinroirwUiil s\t
perpetuate disunion, and mako a disruption of tho
States inevitable. Wo havo seen Congress gradually
encroach, step by stop.upon Constitutional rights, and
violate, day offer day and month after month, funda
mental principles of tho Government. We havo seen
a Congress that seemed to forget thattherowasalimit
tothosphoro and scope of legislation. Woliavosccn
a Congress in a minority assuino to cxerciso power
which, allowed to bo consummated, would result in
despotism, in monarchy itself.”
Specification Second—In this, that in Cleveland,
in the State of Ohio, hcretoiore to wit: On the
third day of September, in the year ot onr Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, before a
public assemblage of citizens and others; and said
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
speaking of and concerning the Congress of the
United Stales, did in a loud voice declare in sub
stance and effect, among other things, that is to
say:
“I will tell you what I did do: I called upon your
Congress that i3 trying to break up tho Government.’
In conclusion, besido, that Coagrcss had taken much
pains to poison thoir constituents against him. But
what has Congress done? Havo they done anything
to restore tho Union of those States? Nol On tho
contrary they had done everything to prevent it, and
because he stood now where he did when the rebellion
commenced, ho had been denounced as a traitor. Who
had run greater risks or made greater sacrifices than
himself? But Congress, factious and domineering,
had undertaken to poison tho minds of the American
people.”
Specification Third—In this, that at St. Louis,
eigtitli°<5ay"61 September, in the year of our Lord
ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, before
a public assemblage of citizens anti others, said
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
speaking of and concerning tho Congress of the
United States, did in a loud voice declare in
substance and effect, among other things, that is
to say:
'Go on, perhaps if you had a word or two on tho
_ubject of New Orleans you might understand more
about it than you <lo, anil if you will go back and as
certain (he cause of the riot at New Orleans, perhaps
you will not be so prompt in calling out ‘New Or
leans.’ If you will take up the riot at New Orleans
and trace it back to its source, or its immediate cause,
you will find out who was responsible for tho blood
that was thed there. If you will take up tho riot at
New Orleans and trace it back to tbe Radical Con
gress, you will find that tho riot at New Orleans was
substantially planned there. If you will take up the
proceedings in tbeir caucuses, you will understand
that they there knew that a Convention was to be
called which was extinct by its power having expired;
that it was said that tbe intention was that anew
government was to be organized, and on the organiza
tion of that government tho intention was to enfran
chise ono portion of the population called tho colored
population, who had just been emancipated, and at
the same time disfranchise white men; when you de
sign to talk about New Orleans you ought to under
stand what you aro talking about. When you read
the speeches that were made, and take up the facts on
the Friday and Saturday before that Convention sat,
you will tied that speeches were made incendiary in
their character, exciting that portion of the popula-
ion—the black population—to arm themselves and
prepare for the shedding of blood. You will also find
that that Convention did assemble In violation of law,
and tho intention of that Convention was to supeisedc
the organized authorities in the State government of
Louisiana, which had been organized by tho govern
ment of Louisiana, which had been then reorganized
by the United States, and every man engaged in that
rebellion, in that Convention, with the intention of
superseding anil upturning the civil government
which had been recognized by thp Government ofthe
United States. 1 say that he was a traitor to the Con
stitution ofthe United States, and hence you find.that
another rebellion was commenced, having its origin in
the Radical Congress. . .
“So much lor me Aow Orleans riot; and there was the
cause and the origin of the blood that was shed, and
every drop of blood Uiat was shed is upon their skirts,
and they are responsible for it. I could test this thing
a little closer, but will not do it here to-night, but
when you talk about the causes and consequences that
resulted from proceedings of that kind, perhaps, as I
have been introduced here, and_ you have provoked
questions of tbri kind, though it does not provoke
me, 1 will tell ' ou a few wholesome things that have
been done by thri it -dionl Congress in connection with
New Orleans and the extern on of the elective fran-
hise. I kti w tha*I have Peon traduced and abused,
known has come iu advance ef me here as cre
dent of tho United States, unmindful ot the high
duties of his office and of his oath of office, and in
disregard of the Constitution and laws of the
United States, did heretofore, to-wit, on the ISth
day of August, 1S06, at the City of Washington
and the District ot Columbia, by public speech,
declare and affirm in substance that the Thirty-
ninth Congress of the United States was not a
Congress of the United States, authorized by the
the same, buL on thecoiicrwVJUive powers under
only part of the States, thereby denying uuu. .*.>•
tending to deny that the legislation of said Con
gress was valid or obligatory upon him, the said
Andrew Johnson, except in so far as he saw fit to
approve the same; and also thereby denying and
intending to deny the power ot the said Thirty-
ninth Congress to propose amendments to the
Constitution ol the United States; and in pursu
ance of said declaration, the said Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, alterwards, to-wit:
on the 21st day of February, 1SGS, at the
City of Washington, in tho District of Columbia,
did unlawfully, and in disregard of tho require
ments of tho Constitution that he should tako
care that the laws bo faithfully executed, at
tempt to prevent the execution of an act entitled
“An act regulating the tenure of certain civil
offices,” passed March 2d, 1867, by unlawfully
devising and contriving, and attempting to de
vise and contrive means by which ho shall pre
vent Edwin M. Stanton from forthwith resum
ing tho functions of tho office of Secretary
of the Department of War, notwithstanding the
refusal of the Senate to concur in the suspension
theretofore made by said Andrew Johnson of
said Edwin M. Stanton from said office of Secre
tary for tho Department of ^ar ; and also, by
further unlawfully devising and contriving and
attempting to devise and contrive means, then
and there,.to prevent tho execution of an act en
titled “an act making appropriations for the sup
port of the army for the fiscal year ending June
30, 186S, and for other purposes,” approved
March 2, 1867 ; and also to prevent tho execu
tion ol an act entitled “an act to provide for the
more efficient government of tho rebel States,”
passed Miy-ch 2, 1867 ; whereby the said Andrew
Johnson, President of the United States, did
then, to-wit: On tho 21st day of February, 1SGS,
at tho City of Washington, commit aud was
guilty of a high misdemeansr in office.
Tlic Impeachment Articles—Gen. Thomas’
Testimony the Sole Reliance of the Im-
peackers.
The' following, from the "Washington cor
respondent of the Boston Post, will serve to
show upon what- the impeachers base their
hopes aud the manner of getting up testimo
ny against the President:
Tho ten articles of impeachment and the proba
bilities of a conviction of the President under
them are being generally discussed in all circles
of society. The 1st and 10th articles seem to be
already discarded in popular opinion as puerile, in
view of the facts which have been made public.
The 1st article charges the President with simply
violating the Civil Office Tenure act in tho removal
of Mr. Stanton from the War Depaitmcnt. Lead
ing Radicals cere ao uul hccltup tn express the
confident opinion that this act does not apply 10
Mr. Stanton’s case. Gen. Banks declares that the
proposition that the term of President Johnson is
a portion of Mr. Lincoln’s Presidential term, and
that therefore Mr. Stanton is protected by this
bill, is ridiculously absurd. Such is also under
stood to he the legal opinion of Judge Trumbull
and other eminent jurists in the Senate. •
The 10th article is tally answered by the testi
mony of Gen. Emory, jvhich is to the effect that
during the interview he was the instructor and the
President the instructed. The impeachers there
fore have to rely on the other eight articles, and to
sustain these, or either of them, the impeachers
are compelled to rely upon the testimony ol Gen.
Lorenzo Thomas. This testimony has not yet
been given to the public, and a brief statement of
it wilt therefore be interesting.. When General
Thomas was called before the committee there
seemed to be a purpose to convict the President
upon his testimony at all hazards. Questions
were propounded in such rapid succession and so
little time given ior reply that the 'Jeneral’s testi
mony became confused and almost unintelligible.
Upon reading over the testimony as reported, the
witness called the attenlion of the committee to
the fact and asked the privilege of correcting the
report. This was positively refused him.
Gen. Thomas testified that his resuming tlic du
ties of the Adjutant General of the Army had no
connection whatever with the President’s order
appointing him Secretary of War ad inttrim ; that
long before he resumed the duties of Adjutant
General, the President had mentioned to him the
fact that he desired him to do so, but at his
(Thomas’) request, based on the idea that it would
not be pleasaut to Mr. Stanton, action in this par
ticular had been deierred irorn time to time; but
when lie did resume his duties, under a positive
order from Gen. Grant, he iound his relations
with Mr. Stanton entirely amicable and pleasant.
A few days before he was appointed Secretary of
War ad interim, the President notified him that he
entertained some idea of placing him in charge of
tho War Department, but he had not then fully
made up his mind; that he heard nothing more of
the matter until he was sent for on the 21st of
February, ana had placed in his hands the order
which has already been published.
Question by the Committee—What other orders
did you receive from the President at the time ?
Answer—None whatever.
Question—Was there no intimation that force
was to he used to obtain possession of the Depart
ment ?
Answer—Nothing of the kind.
Question—Did you not say to Mr. Wilkinson
and others on the 221 that if necessary to obtain
possession you would break down the doors of tho
Department ?
ask those gentlemen.
Question—In threatening to break down the
doors of the Department, had you reference to the
use of military force ?
Answer—In any remarks I may have made I
could not have relerrcd to military force, as I have
no such force under my control.
Question—Did you not visit the President’s
house on Sunday ?
Answer—I did.
Question—State the purpose of your visit.
Answer—To ascertain if the President had any
orders forme.
Question—Did he not in that interview intimate
to you a purpose to use military force ?
Answer—By no means; his purpose appeared to
be entirely the opposite.
Question—Were you at the President’s house
the Sunday previous ?
Answer—No.
Question—Have you been in the habit of visiting
tlie President on Sundays ?
Answer—I have occasionally called to see him
onSSundsy. .
Such is the substance of the testimony upon
which the impeachers rely to convict Andrew
Johnson of “unlawfully conspiring with Lorenzo
Thomas, by force, to seize, take and possess the
property of the United States in the War Depart
ment contrary to the provisions of an act entitled
•Ad set todefineaud punish certain conspiracies,’ ”
etc. If anything were necessary beyond the puer
ile character of the charges themselves to disgust
tne public with the miserable farce now being en
acted here, it must be furnished in the character ol
the testimony upon which those charges arc ex
pected to be sustained.
her to go the way he desired, by gettin" be
fore her, and by threatening gestures°witL
his giro, and she becoming enraged, seized a
club and turned upon him with tbe fury ofa
demon, and it was only by the speed imparted ‘
to his steed by a liberal use of the spurs
that he kept out of her way.
After driving off her pursuers, she resumed
the direction she had so constantly pointed,
and was soon out of sight. The gentleman
followed, and after going some distance,
came upon her home. Three trees, standing
near each other, in a -triangular form, with
tlic spaces between them walled up with
brush and moss, made her moss bed between
them, secure from the rude blasts of winter,
and comparatively secure from the pitiless •
rain. The only stores discovered were a few
nuts and some four or five bushels of- com.
Very wild stories of this wild woman have
been rife in the upper part of tlie county for
some time, but she was believed to be a myth
by all except those who claimed to have had
glimpses of her. Now, however, her cxist-
Tier wLerca-oGan and tbe vicinity, at least of
troversv. Her early capture m:.y rnn .
as within the range of probability, as con
centrated effort is being made to that end.
[Liberty, Texas, Gazette.
Grant’s Part in Georgia Reconstruc*
tion.—The following, taken from a Wash
ington telegram of tbe 3d, to the Cincinnati
Gazette, will be of interest to the people of
Georgia. It corroborates all we said some
weeks ago in a comment on the administra
tion of Gen. Meade:
The papers sent to the Senate to-day, relating to
reconstruction in Georgia, were quite interesting.
They show that Governor Jenkins’ address last
April, in which he advistd resistance to the Re
construction acts, was regarded at army headquar
ters as cause for his removal, and Gen. Grant was
just upon the point of advising his suspension and
trial by a military commission, when he received
papers aud letters containing Jenkins’ explanation
and promise of good behavior. Grant thought it
better, at that time, to try by a commission, for ob
structing reconstruction, than to remove arbitra
rily. He called on the Secretary of War about
tliat time to know if the commander had full
power to remove any State officials, hut the in
quiry was never answered.
When tlie Attorney General’s opinion was is
sued, in June, Grant told Pope it did not have the
force of an order, and to enforce his own construc
tion of the Congressional policy. In August last,
Grant said it was the duty of the commander to
execute the Reconstruction laws in the spirit of
those who made them. InSeptcmber.heobjected
to the order that the polls should be opened at
only one point in each county, and said it was ad
visable to have them open up at as many points as
possible, so as to secure full returns. On the 27tU
of last December he advised tho removal of the
Treasurer and Comptroller ot Georgia, because
they refused to pay the expenses of the Recon
struction Convention. This was before Pope’s
removal, and nearly three weeks be‘ore Meade
actually removed the Georgia State officials. On the
ISth of January, Grant approves Meade’s order for
the arrest and confinement of these derelict offi
cers for malfeasance in office and contempt of
military authority.
■■ - ■
Condition of the White Settlements.
The editor of the Rome Courier says in his
last paper:
We this week had the pleasure of a trip on the
steamer Undine, down as far as Centre, Alabama.
The writer sp.ent considerable portion ofhis time
while going down the river on the upper deck,
viewing the rich lands—which are certainly
unsurpassed in the South—and rejoicing at the
prospect of an unprecedented wheat crop on tho
Coosa river—and wo believe this is true through
out the Cherokee country. There was about one
and half the usual wheat crop planted last fall,
and it being well planted, and tho winter hav
ing been favorable, there has seldom been a bet
ter “stand,” or a prospect of a more abundant
yield.
In travelling through upper Georgia and Ala
bama one sees none of those evidences of dis
heartened thriftlessness reported to exist so gen
erally in thtj Southern portion of these States.—
Throughout this section nearly every white man
is at work with a buoyant hopefulness and en
ergy that can hardly bo suppressed anywhere.
If anyone wishes to jjrivc off his “blues,” re
sulting from a contemplation of our political
situation, let him travel through tho “ white
man’s country,” and view its’physical and finan
cial thriitmess.
Shooting Negroes.—The present week has
been rather a brisk one in shooting “gemmenof
color.” On Tuesday night last, a freedm&n, fecl-
Ing a little hungry, and supposing our friend, Mr.
A. B. AddisoD, had more meat than any one else,
undertook to enter his smoke-house, but before he
could'do so Mr. A. gave him a dose of lead pills
which didn't settle so well on his stomach. The
darkle will never go back there forany.more meat.
On the same night a similar job was undertaken
on the premises of Mr. P. H. Oliver, who, not be
ing a very good marksmatj at night, missed his
game. He however scared the intruder so bad aa
to make him believe he had been shot.
Last night, about nine o’clock, a difficulty oc
curred between two freedmen, one named Gus
McRea, the tbe other Patrick, which resulted in
the latter receiving a pistol shot in his back. He
is not expected to live. Gus was immediately ar
rested and lodged injalL—Sum. Sep., 1th.
Odd Use ofa New Word.—Professor Whitney
mentions, as one of his many illustrations of the
historical character of word making, that we put
on a “pair ot rubbers,” because when caoutchouc
was first brought to us, we could find no better
use for it than the rubbing out of pencil marks.—
But overshoes of this material are not universally
called “rubbers.” In Philadelphia, with a refer
ence to the uature of the substance of which they
are made, they are called “gums ” A Philadelphia
gentleman aud his wife coming to spend the cven-
in"at a house -wRrc they were much at home, he
entered the parlor alone, and to the question,
trrvi.r. Jo Umilj anoworod, “Oil, Emily
is outside cleaning her gums upon the mat;”
ut you had better j whereupon there was a momentary look of aston
ishment aud then a peal of laughter.
Largest Diamonds.—Only six very large dia
monds aro lftiown in theworld, and they are called
paragons. Their names are the “Koh i-noor” (in
the possession oi Queen Victoria), “The Star
of the 8outh,” The Regent,” or “Pitt” Diamond,
“The Great Austrian,” The Orlofi,” or “Great
Russian,” and “The Borneo.” Tlie latter is in the
possession of the Rajah of Malton, in Borneo. It
is t®e largest known, weighing three hundred and
sixty-seven carats, but it is in the uncut state.
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Fatal Affray.—A melancholy occur
rence happened at Hogansville, in this
County, on the evening of the 2d instant,
which resulted in the death of Mr. James
Woodruff, and the wounding of Mr. Enoch
Woodruff and one or two others. None,
however, wounded seriously. Mr. W. L. C.
Hendon is charged with firing the fatal shot,
and has been committed to jail to await his
trial.—La Grange lieporter, 6th.
Fruit.—The oldest inhabitants aver that
the fruit trees are unusually backward this
Spring, which is regarded a favorable omen
of a good crop.
The United States Proposes to Bctld
a Port in the East. —London, March 3.—
A report has reached here from the East that
the United States made a proposition to the
Turkish Government, offering to build a port
at Marmorizza, on the coast of Asiatic Tur
key, to he used as a station for the vessels of
the’American navy; but the Sublime Porte
declined to grant the necessary concessions
for such a purpose.
IfCongress must perpetrate outrages,
let it do its work boldly and not sneak-
ingly. Let it, if it chooses, enact constitu
tions of its own for all tlie Southern States,
distinctly providing in them, that, in all fu
ture time, the casting of a Democratic vote,
if the fact be established by two white men
or one negro, shall work distranchisement for
life.—Louisville Journal.
Apt Criticism.—A story is told ot a coun
tryman who went to see the “White Fawn,”
in Boston, the other evening, and, in de
scribing tiie sights afterwards, said it seemed
to him as if the curtain had been rung up be
fore the ballet girls had got wholly un
dressed.
Of the 4,584 immigrants who arrived
in this port in February, 1918 had New York
for their destination, 458 Pennsylvania, 393
Illinois, 226 Ohio, 175 Wisconsin, 172 Massa
chusetts, 100 California, and 325 tfouthem
States.—N, T. Cm, ddv.