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IMPEACHEEHT, AHD THEN 1
It seems to us that tbo North is sleeping
over a volcano. It has got into the habit oi
thinking this government is so strong that
nothing can overthrow it—that it will hold
together and maintain its integrity by its
inherent cohcaivo power, against all enemies,
and that its friends have nothing to do but
fold tbeir arras, sit quietly by and wait lor
tho Constitution and Republican Liberty to
triumph over every foe. This is a fatal error.
They forget the great maxim that the gods
help those who help themselves—that the
spirit of revolution is rampant through the
land, and that the enemies of tho government
arc banded together to destroy it and erect
new forms and institutions with all power
concentrated in themselves.
We do not think we overstate the facts,
or over-estimate the danger. Tho Radical
party fully understand this temper of tho
Northern mind, and arc taking advantage
of it for the accomplishment of their wicked
purposes. However monstrous a purpose
may be, they have only to announce it in
advance, discuss it in Congress and the
newspapers, and thus finally familiarizo the
public mind with propositions that, at first
shock by their enormity. Thus has it
been with the revolutionary project of
impeaching the President. When first
talked of, it had only a few advocates
in Congress, and those few either
fools or madmen who had little or no sym
pathy even in tho ranks of their own party, i
Even the Reconstruction Committee—a body
notorious for its utter disregard of all rights
—repudiated it. A year or two elapse, aad
wo find the President impeached- by almost
tho unanimous voice of that party in the
House of Representatives, and npon the same
charges, with a single addition which covers
an act which he clearly had the constitutional
right to perform. In the opinion of the
whole civilized world, except the reckless
and unprincipled adherents of the Radical
party, who can hardly be considered civil
ized, the whole movement, when reduced
to its real ’ merit?, is an attempt,
under the forms of the Constitution, to re
move the President and take possession of
the Executive Department of the government,
purely for partisan purposes. Nobody be
lieves that tho President has committed ‘'high
crimes or misdemeanors,*’ and yet under that
pretext ho is to be removed from office, his
accusers being his judges. No such political
villany has hitherto marked our history, and
yet tho people of the North are apparently
indifferent to the result and believe that so
flagrant an outrage upon the Constitution
can be consummated without any serious dis
turbance of popular liberty.
As before stated, we regard this a fatal
error. Let the President be removed with
out a cause, and a minion of his persecutors
takobis place, wc shall have then become a
consolidated despotism. Having already
overawed the Judiciary, with the sword and
the purse in their hands, the man who be
lieves tbeir will is hot to be the supreme law
of the land, and that tho rights of all the
States and the liberties of tho people are not
to bo overthrown and air* the vast powers
they violently grasped not brought into play
to secure the usurpers in perpetual possession
of the government until overthrown by a
counter revolution on the part of the opr
pressed, is to us a natural born fool or a mad
man. Depose Andrew Johnson and put
Ben Wade in his place, in two yoars from
this date the North will be groaning under
as fieroe and relentless a despotism as that
which now loids it over the downtrodden
people of the South. Mark the prediction !
The present apathy at tho North is an in
direct invitation to this disastrous state of
things. Let the freemen of that section give
free expression to their indignation, and
show that they are resolved to maintain the
government in its purity, and it will be found
the most powerful agency to deter the revo
lutionists from their wicked designs.
J3JF” lion. Augustus Reese has notified the
Committee that he cannot accept tho nomi
nation for Governor, and assigns as a reason
hit ineligibility.
It wilt be difficult for the Committee to ex
plain their blunder. It won’t do to say they
didn’t know Judge Reese was ineligible, for
they did know it. and they knew, also, that
time was too precious to be frittered away in
tho selection of a candidate about whose eli
gibility or willingness to run there was any
doubt.—Albany Neirs.
Id his haste to arraign the Executive Com
mittee, our Albany contemporary has token
two things for granted: first, that Judge
Rccao decline# because he behoves himseif in
eligible, before Judge Reese’s letter has ap
peared; and secondly, that the Committee
•‘committed a blunder,” as they knew that
Judge Rce6C was ineligible. The Committee
knew no such thing, and if they had known
it they never would have made the nomina
tion. They meant business, and were in
earnest. They believed Judge Reese eligible
in hie, but whether the Government authori
ties would put tbeir own construction on the
law in the exercise of arbitrary power, and
exclude him, was another question.
. . .
United States District Cocrt.—Tho
second week of tbo March term of this Court
was entered upon yesterday. Several jurors
were excused, and others sworn in in their
8tcad,and one or two judgments obtained in
old cases of debt. Ilia Honor ruled that in
terest was not collectable on a note of de
mand nnlil after the demand was made. For
instance, a note payable on demand may run
for three years, during which time no de
mand is made for the money ; no interest can
be collected for the three year*, but the in-
terest will begin from the day of thedemand.
llis Honor also ruled, as on a former occa
sion, that interest on a Northern claim did
not cease during the war.—At. Intel., 24th.
1-0“ The New York Herald, referring to
the fact that four thousand negroes have pe
titioned Congress Tor means to enable them
to emigrate to Liberia, miyt this is no idea
that ought to be encouraged, not only for the
benefit of the blacks themselves, but for the
advantages which must riccruo from sending
a largo partially civilised element into a
country still steeped in its original Imrbar-
iMi). It will l>o good for the Sonili nnd goorl
for Africa it this emigration goes on flour -
iahingly.
From Southwestern Georgia—Andrew Fe
male College.
Editor* Telegraph : In wandering through
^PbutMvpstekn <8«orgia— the counties of
Bakeri balhottE—myheart has
beta.saddened, Vasfc area* of uncultivated
field! thrown - out, f«pees dilapidated. No
yoief of aheerful, contented toil. Solitude
holds her melancholy and undisturbed reign
Localities where 200 freedmen made corn
and cotton last year—nohone now—all gone.
As I gazed on this horrible desolation, once
exuberantly productive, I felt like weeping.
There are some exceptions.
DAY IN CUTHBKRT AT ANDREW FEMALE COL
LEOK—MILLER CITY—MAJ. J. RANDOLPH
WHITNEY.
I found myself at the hospitable residence
of this estimable gentleman. The son of
venerable parents, now enjoying celestial rest,
be is one oi the few comparatively youn
men, born to fortune, who resolved to give
his personal, energetic supervision to his
planting interests. Instead of supinely loca
ting in a city, relying on a very pcearions in
come, as many young men have done, he re
solved to develop tho resources of this new
country, in tho cultivation ot the great sta
ple. He has one of the finest plantations, in
good repair, in a high state of cultivation,
and as many hands as he wants. His man
agement of the freedmen is admirable. He
is firm, mild, just, merciful and punctual
They know their places. Prosperity lias
crowned his labors most signally. Long may
he live to enjoy the results of his persistent
energy and enterprise. I had the pleasure of
preaching to him and a large assembly of his
freedmen at night. I did not preach politics.
I talked to them about Jesus and the duties
of the hour. It reminded me of other days.
At the last Annual Conference in Savannah,
Bishop Pierce appointed me agCDt for this
college. Having been an invalid most of the
Winter I have accomplished but little, if any
thing. And then the terrible sorrows and
poverty of the country stared me in the face.
But Dope is somewhat exlutnnt—we will take
courage and try on.
Cuthbert is a pretty, healthy village. The
churches neat and new. Pious and faithful
pastors occupy all the pulpits. The citizens
polite, refined, hospitable and cultivated. I
trust it may yet be connected with our beau
tiful prosperous seaport city, Savannah, by
rail with Bainbridge; and permit me to say,
if Savannah, enjoying exuberant prosperity,
because we pour iDto her lap our cotton by
Macon and Bainbridge, ■ will help us in our
poverty and embarrassment, it may be great
ly to her future advantage.
I spent a day most delightfully in the
college; I heard,-with pleasure, the recita
tions of the various classes conducted by the
accomplished teachers. I p-as pleased with
the laudiblo ambition tbc young ladies man
ifested in tbeir thorough preparation for these
reviews. Their improvement is obvious.—
The ladies occupying the different chairs ore
eminently qualified and experienced.
Tho physical exercises, under the super
vision of Dr. Hauielton, the President—the
manipulations, the vigorous use of the limbs,
the muscular training—are all promotive of
symmetrical development and healthful life.
The deportment of tho pupils, the silence,
the system, the order, the entire administra
tion and management impressed me most fa
vorably.
The experienced and cultivated gentle
man who is President is a clergyman of
ability; many years an itinerant minister; a
man of mark in any latitude. His whole
l For He Telegraph.
Paper-Collar C—ttllty.
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‘‘Ward's patent reversible, perspiration-proof p»-
ptr-eoltsr. warranted, by tho ehsuiools used Id its
composition, to equal in patieh tbo finest linen finish
soul is j absorbed in this grand enterprise.
He gives his time, talents, money, energy, all
to its success. Ho is resolved to earn and
deserve it. I take great pleasure in saying
that this institution is most'fortunate in hay.-
ing him at its head.
Above one hundred pupils are now enjoy
ing its benefits; and, but for. the sad calami
ties of the • times, tho number would have
been doubled or thribled. Many of tlio
most zealous and liberal patrons have been
compelled to withdraw their daughters on
account of poverty—only for the present, I
hope: tr‘ V"
The college buildings present an imposing
front of three hundred feet. Considerable
improvement in repairing, white-washing and
painting. The grounds have been beautified
--planted in shrubbery. All is being done,
with our limited means, to make the sojourn
of our fair Southern daughters at this insti
tution pleasant and profitable.
Thisis.uot a denominational enterprise.
No interference with the ecclesiastical senti
ments or preferences of the students. They
attend the church their parents or guardians
prefer. .
Whilst true religion ia insisted.upon as the
one thing needful—tbc salvation of the im
mortal soul as the great end of and object of
life—I am happy to eay, that all offensive
sectarianism is ignored. Christ is the Head
of the Church, and the only sure foundation—
the sinner's exclusive trust The Christian’s
God is our God; his people, our people.
Peace be with all those that love the Lord
Jesus Christ in sincerity. These are our
principles.
I am happy to Btate that the Steward's
Hall is under the superintendence of our ex
cellent friends, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan,-for a
long time sustaining this relation. The best
that can be procured to please the tasto and
gratify the appetite, shall be afforded.
Here a thorough and finished education is
furnished; the terms are reasonable—the in
ducements are great.
It is hardly worth while to give assurance
to the country that no disparagement is de
signed of sistor institutions, in the terms of
commendation'employed in this paper.
We pray that favorable auspices may at
tend all, and that bright skies may beam
upon all. John P. Duncan,
Agent Andrew Female College.
Mr. Stephens Slighted.—At a called
meeting of the senior class of Columbian Law-
College last evening, Mr. Pollard, a member
of the class, said that Alexander H. Stephens,
Vice President of the late Southern Confed
eracy, had given him to understand that he
would willingly deliver a lecture to tbc class
if they so desired. A motion was made to
ask Stephens to lecture, and the class imme
diately adjourned without voting upon it,
not a single voice favoring an invitation.
About two hundred students were present at
the time, a large number of whom are ex-
soldiers.— Washington Chronicle.
feT- The ship Anna Beli molt, which was de
stroyed by tho Alabama off the coast of South
America, bad on board a quantity of Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral for Californio. Dr. Ayer & Co.
now appeal for redress direct to the British Gov-
ernment, as the responsible party in this wicked
business, and base their claim for pajmentnnd
protection on tho ground of humanity; as their
commodities are wholly for the sick. Their
point ia well taken, and will doubtless be pressed
with the pluck and persistency which ehornr
tense the operation* of these celebrated r hernial*.
[Baltimore Clipper.
and to rival ui durability ns belt,” eta, etc.
What a commentary ap the age in which we
live! What a catalogue ot shame end vulgarities!
“Floe linen finish”—esham upon rew materiel;
“reversible”—e slender upon personal neatness;
“persplratlon-proof"—an insult to friendly seep
and water, the only hontst means that nature has
provided tor making a man thoroughly “perspira
tion-proof.” The ptesent has often been called
an age of shams, and who esn question the justice
of the accusation, when we see a patent, reversi
ble, many-sided sham, boldly asserting itself ae
each, and obtaining public favor through the .very
hollowness of its pretentions 1
Considered merely in themselves, without re
ference to their usual accompaniments, papercol-
lars are comparatively small affairs, scarcely
worth singling out for special reprehension
from among the grand shams to which tho age
is addicted, but they aro significant of much
beyond themselves. They are the outward and
visible signs of an inward, and by no means
jpirituelle state of things, which is not ekie, as
the Parisians say. They are suggestive of a
Yankee shopkeeper,asecondrate-boarding-house
slate of society, where frowsy young ladies in
pink ribbons sing sickly ballads to amorous
dry-goods tlerks, and ogle at the sentimental
parts of some slender swain in a shining paper
collar and soiled kid gloves. Thoy are sugges
tive of plated forks and printed cards of invita
tion, of bad cigars and cheap perfumery, of sus
piciously large and ahowy brooches stuck into
not always the most immaculate of shirt bosoms;
and worse than all, they are suggestive of a
mind to save washing-bills—of a desire to keep
up the “outward and visible signs’* of decency
without (he "inward and spiritual grace”—of a
rottenness and corruption within, if it is beauti
ful enough without—of a class of men who can
stay three weeks from home on a box of paper
collars. Think of a man’s going to spend Christ
mas at a country house, with his baggage in his
pocket! Think of his deliberately turning the
side of a “patent reversible perspiration-proof
in towards his skin! Wh’at liberties may we not
suspect him of taking with the invisible and
unmentionable parts of his toilet ? Imagination
shrinks from exploring further the. recesses of
such a whited sepulchre.
Paper collars are typical of a class of men, as
well as ot a state of society. A cast-off "patent
reversible, perspiration-proof,” gives as clear an
insight into the habits and manners of the wearer,
ts the comparative anatomist can obtain from a
tooth or a bone of any other animal. The individ
ual distinguished by the "Professor of the Break
fast Table,” as the AToAim-ar, is a perfect specimen
of the paper collar class, and lam as well satisfied
that he wore a “patent reversible, perspiration-
preof,” enameled and embossed on both 1 sides, as
if the "Professor” bad taken special care to inform
us of the fact. The min of thorough paper ; collar
breeding is essentially "one of the fellers.” Be al
ways has Tery sleek, greasy hair, carefully curled,
and perfumed with cinamon ot bergamot, end is
much addicted to light kid gloves, always a little
soiled. He wears a Luge seal ring ou his little
finger, (bis nails arc never clean,) and
miraculous brooch, with perhaps studs to match,
in bis shirt bosom. From bis vest pocket dangles
a bulky chain, with a quantity of big seals, secret
society badges, etc., at one end, and, possibly,
watch at the other. His coat and pants are in (he
latest fashion; his boots are glowy as a mirror; but
who shall dare to eay what is under them Y
His habits vary slightly in different localities,
but not enough to destroy the unity of the species.
North of the Potomac, he talks through his nose,
and saj3 “I calc’Jato"; further South, he drawls
his vowels, puts his knife into his mouth when he
eats, and tries to talk literary on magazine stories
and Miss Evans’ novels. As to' business pursuits,
the Northern type of tho genu* paper collarii is
usually a merchant’s clerk, or a small tradesman
in the dry-goods line; the Southern, a country
btau who “oversees” all the week, and puts on a
clean shirt every Sunday to go “sparking” among
the girls. The bpecics Is chiefly Indigenous to
large commercial towns, and always flourishes best
rwhero laundresses’ fees aro highest. It Is very
widely diffused, however, and exists, with slight
variations, under all vicissitudes of civilization
and nationality, and individuals-, msy readily he
delected', even when the most prominent mark of
the species is wanting. Circumstances may have
placed certain individual* beyond the reach'of
paper-collar influences, but they have paper-collar
souls all the same as though they carried the out
ward badge efthe -species round their necks.
There is a class below, as well as one above,
paper collars—an honest, humble,hard-working
class ia homespun shirts withoutcollars—aclass
perfectly free from vulgarity, because perfectly
free from pretonsion. The two extremes of so
ciety are, perhaps, the only classes entire
ly frea from vulgarity;-in the proper accep
tation of the word. The one,because!t prelends
to nothing which it is not; tho other, because it
pretends to nothing at all. In Europe the peas
entry are treated with more familiarity by. the
aristocracy than the bourgeois*, and of all tlio
lower strata of American society the least vulgar,
because the least assuming, are, or rather were,
the negroes of the South. The ignorance and
simplicity of these people kept them below pre
tension, and therefore above vulgarity. The
idea of arespeotebleold“Uncle,“asold“Hno!es”
were once, in'* paper collar, is as preposterous
as the thought of Gen. Lee or Wade Hampton in
the same guise. Extremes often meet, and in
many respects the stratum of society is lees re
moved from the highest, than are the interme
diate or paper-collar classes. The only differ
ence between the homespun-sbirt man and the
paper-collar man; is the difference between a
good piece of stout brown wrapping paper and
the bill of a broken bank. The-one is good for
all it pretends to—the other is good for nothing
•tall.
OtMsraU, ,
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Cr^HjjpRT,
lu Raa^olph.^
The Jews and Gen. Grant—An Unpub
lished Letter.—Wo recently published tbe
unjust and insulting order issued by Grant
during the war banishing Jews by nantefrom
bis lines. This order did not express the
General’s whole opinion of the nationality
which he thus singled out for pablic defama
tion. President Lincoln, as soon as he saw
the order, wrote to Grant directing him to
recall it. In reply, Grant wrote substantially
as follows:
"In obedience to your instructions, the or
der complained of shall be recalled; but I
take the liberty of saying that these people
complained of are the same who crucified onr
8aviour, and from the specimens of them
here, I do not think the race has improved
any since then.”
This letter has never been made public ;
but these are its contents, as related by Mr.
Lincoln himself to several citizens of St.
Louis.—St. Lou it Hisjrateh.
Pursuant to' a call of President,/fibe
Randolph Conservative Club met at Cuthbert
this day. Judge JtdA T. Clarke, tbe Presi
dent, called tbe meeting to order, aȣ;
in an able and eloquent manner, impressed
upon the audience tbe dnty of opposing tbe
ratification of the proposed Constitution.
On motion of Col. Hood, the President ap
pointed a committee consisting of Col. A.
Hood, Col. IL H. Jones, Rev. P. L. J. May,
E. L. Douglass, Esq., and Col. H. Fielder to
prepare business for the meeting. The com
mittee retired, and during their absence the
Secretary being called for, responded with a
few remarks.
The committee, through their Chairman,
Col. Hood—who in a short but eloquent
speech advocated the doctrines therein set
forth—reported the following:
Resolved, That, in the approaching election,
the one great question to which all others are
entirely subordinate, is whether the proceedings
of the late Atlanta Convention shall be ratified
by the people of.Georgia, or defeated by their
votes ; that in this issue is involved on the one
hand the maintenance of that political and so
cial superiority of the white race, which is
founded in the naturo*and fitness of things, and
which, is essential to good government and to
respectable, peaceful, secure, progressive and
happy society; while on the other hand is iu-
volvedtho disfranchisement of many of our best
and wisest citizens, the transferor all the deli
cate and responsible powers of government from
those to whom, by tho fundamental compact of
American society, thoy belong, and who only are
capable of wielding them wisely, to the hands
of the ignorant and degraded, who can use them
only for their own destruction and ours, as well
as the upheaving into Bocial equality with usw
people by nature groatly inferior, lately- our
slaves, and whose equal commingling with us
will corrupt every social relation and eventually
provoke the most desperate collision of races!
Resolved, That in taking position on this issue
we pledge ourselves to exert every energy which
we possess to haro this vital question decided
against the ratification of the proposed Constitu
tion, and in favor of tne maintenance and perpet
uation ot the government won end sanctified by
the blood of our revolutionary fathers, descended
tons as an iuestimsb’.o inheritance, and which we
feel bound by the blessed memories of our ances
tors, l)j tho Interests of all races and classes olour
people, and by the demands ot unborn posterity
to preserve, If possible, forever inviolate in tho
hands of white men.
Resolved, That we heartily ratify the late action
of the Central Executive Committee, In Macon,
in assuming the name of the Nations! Democratic
Party of Georgia, and esteem it a duty and an
honor to march under the same flag, and with the
braYeand trnc of the North who are now battling
for the Constitution and. liberty, to stand’and to
fight, even if it be to fall,‘"shoulder to shoulder
and side by side.”
Resolved, That wo accept with enthusiasm
the recommendation of the -Hon. Augustus
Reese, of Morgan, as our candidate for Govern
or, and call on all true men of Georgia to rally
to his support.
Resolved, That we will at this meeting ap
point delegates to the Congressional District
Convention, tosit on thefllst inst., at Sinithville,
or such other place as may bo agreed upon, em
powering such delegates to participate in the
nomination of a suitable candidate tor Congress,
and in electing delegates to the National Demo
cratic Convention to be held in New York on the
■1th of July next. > it, i'u
Resolved, That true to oar foregoing express
sion as to the great issue before the people, lay
ing all other questions aside, we will neither
nominato nor support for any office, at the ap->
proaehing election, any one who d6es not stand
forth the unequivocal representative of opposi
tion to the ratification of tha proposed Constitu
tion and the establisbment : of negro political,
power.
Resolved, That we invito all the citlzms of this
Senatorial District who concur with us In the
foregoing views of tho issue, to meet by delegates,
with delegates from this county, to be to-day ap
pointed, on tho 28th day of this month, and at.
this place, for the purpose ot nominating some
true man as a candidate for the State Senate.
Resolved,. That wc invite all. citizens of ibis
county who concur in oar aforesaid sentiment?, to
meet us In convention at this place, on Saturday
next,tho 28th Instant, to nominate faithful men
for the Representative branch of the'. Legislature
and county officers.
The committee recommended for, delegates
to .the Congressional i Convention— H. H.
Jones, Wm. D. Kid’doo, Charles fjtahdley,
David Goff and Dr. L. C. Sale, with power
to appoint alternates.-, ,,,.
To the Senatorial Convention—Singleton
Thornton, Henry Ri Thomas, Wm. Coleman
Wm.H. Brooks, Richard Davis, John L,
Brown, David Ferguson,. John F. McLendon
and John T. Brown.
Mr. Richard Davis asked that his name bo
stricken from the delegates, assigning bis rca
sons therefor, in substance, that, although ho
opposed to the proposed . .Const i-
Tto Revenue—Letter from Seeretaiy Me-
f Cutloeh.
The following important letter from
retary McCulloch, has bees addressed to f
Chairman of the Sena£f- Fiaunco Coi
tee:
Treasury Department, March 16, ’
Hear Sir: The abolition #t the doty on
cotton will reduce tbe revenues some $20,—
000,000. The bill which has recently passed
tbe House, and is now before the Senate,
abolishing after the 1st of May next the
taxes on manufacturers and other produc
tions imposed by sections 94 and 95 of the
act of June 30, 1864, and enumerated in ta
ble H in the report of tbe Commissioner of
Internal Revenue for 1867, pages 335, 336
and 337, with certain exceptions, will, it has
been estimated,, effect a reduction of some
if60,000,900 on the basis of the last year’s
revenues.
It must also be borne in mind that this
large reduction of the revenues from the in
ternal industries of the country will have the
effect of reducing the general level of prices
throughout the country, and thus tend to in
terrupt and to lessen importations, and,
therefore, to diminish the custom revenues.
A considerable portion of tbe large revenues
from customs received during the last two
fiscal years, and which are still maintained,
are due, in no inconsiderable extent, to the
fact that the high prices in this country have
made our market a desirable one for the sale
of foreign productions. So great a reduction
of prices as will be effected by the contem
plated legislation cannot, I repeat, but have
a tendency to reduce importations, and, con
sequently, to impair the revenue from cus
toms.
Should the bill referred to become a law,
I think it may be fairly estimated, that tbc
total revenues for the next fiscal year will fall
from a hundred to a hundred .and twenty
millionsbelow the estimates made in my last
annual report.
It. is exceedingly desirable that faxes should
be reduced, and I should hail with pleasure
the proposed reduction, if I felt assured that
it would he accompanied with.a correspond
ing reduction of expenditures. I am free to
say that I am greatly apprehensive that such
a reduction of expenditures will not be made,
and that the revenues of the country for the
next fiscal year, if the bill now before the
Senate, or in the hands of yotir committee,,
should become a law, trill be insufficient to
Pro-
Ntggcr Suffrage—The Split In
Party. * R *<U«u
Republicans-broadly aqd'definite,. 1 !* 5 '
“the main qtMstion.” Hithertr. ^
. .la have ha& tSeir differences anr'a- 6
bfat always on Issues in which ther tt -
Peculiar party necessity for agreement ** ^
thatj did not involve the very vitJn'* Ct '
cohesion of the party. Different
this dominant faction hold the most
views on the tariff question, and « ^°* t <
leaders have seen and acted ’on the^ 0 ° :i
ot keeping that topic down for the CCt,| ty
conscious that its agitation would”
The Position of tbe Impeachment
eeedlngs.
From the Baltimore Sun.] From the Neu> York Herald.] »-
The resohption of thegenat* fixing th* There is a good sign in
iffsKSf-Ste
ment i|.no indication as to »e course of the
ultimate trialJ»or as to the pme when*fnsl
judgmept in the premises #ill be readied.
A fair interpretation of the resolution does
not justify th« imputation" that those who
voted for it wiR refuse to allow a fitting in
terval after the answer of the President and
the response of the managers to summon wit
nesses and to make such needful preparation
as the then aspect of the case may warrant.
But, on tha contrary , the reservation of the
power to postpone, in advance of any new
application, indicates the sense of the Senate
that the occasion will probably justify and
call for further time.
The real issue between impeachers and the
President will not have been elicited until
that stage of the case shall have been reached,
nor could it very well be determined what
would be a proper interval before trial until
it was apparent whether the defence would
l • made to turn upon the broad question of
right and power arising in the face of the
Civil Tenure Law, or upon collateral mat
ters of fact tending to shed light upon the
motives which have controlled the course ot
action of the President either before or since
his assumption of the Executive chair. It
is easy to sea that a very wide range of in
quiry may become essential to the merits of
the controversy, and as we are bound to as
some that the managers of the impeachment
foresee the difficulties which they must sur
mount before the final call for judgment can
take place, charity may require that we
should not even impute to them the exces
sive zeal for swift condemnation which the
coarse of their arguments on Friday last
would suggest to the casual reader of that
debate.
If the Supreme Court is precluded deter
mining the validity of' the Civil Tenure bill
by the adroit management of the Court of
the District of Columbia in putting to sleep
the prosecution against General Thomas for
assuming the duties of Secretary 6f War, still
that question must be met and decided by
tlie Senate in its character of a court during
the progress of impeachment, and whichso
ever way that decision may be, it will proba
bly become tbe binding law of tbe land; as
the resolution of the highest court known to
meet the interest on the public debt and the tbe Constitution. The present anomalous
Current expenses of the government. | condition of the War Department will con-
I earnestly ask that the Finance Commit- j tinue until the Court of Impeachment shall
tee will give t.ie subject careful considora- ( } lave determined the validity of the title of
tion in all its bearing, before reporting | ODe or tbe otber claimant. j n the progress
favorably on the bill referred to. Nothing j of the tri „l, it will become necessary for the
coal be more disastrous to tlie credit ot the , Senate specifically to determine whether, or
not Mr. Stanton or General Thomas is the
Government at tbe present time, than such a
reduction of taxes as would create a neccs- '
sity for an increase of the public debt.
Very truly, jours,
H. McCulloch,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Letter from Liberia.
Buchanan, G. - B. Country, I
, . January 10, 1868.)
Hear Madam : I am. happy to inform you
that I am well and have been well ever since
I left home, as have been all my family. I
am very well satisfied with the country—
better satisfied than I ever was in all tbe days
I lawful Secretary of War, and by what title
j Mr. Stanton holds ; whether his original
} commission from Mr. Lincoln gives him pow-
i er .to act as the Secretary of Mr. Johnson
j without any new appointment, and whether,
j if duly commissioned under Mr. Johnson, it
i was not still the constitutional right of. Mr.
Johnson to remove him.
Both these questions must be decided as
questions of law by the advice of tbo Chief
Justice,.and his opinion as a lawyer and as a
judge must be spread before the world after
all the light of the great legal minds of
Judges Curtis and Black and Mr. Stanbcry
shall have been poured out upon it. Should
the opinion of the Chief Justice be that by
the true construction of the law and the Con-
of my life. . I thought I was free in America, ,
but I was not until I stepped ashore in Libe-1 solution, Mr. Stanton either was never so
’appointed as to be brought within the pro
visions ot the civil tenure, law, or if so ap
pointed, the law. itself is. an encroachment
upon the constitutional right of the Presi
dent to remove without the concurrence Of
|3f“Tbc white population of Memphis is
about fifty thousand. The negro population
is about fifteen thousand. The negroes gave
4.200 votes at the late efty election. There
are 7,000 white men in the city, but 4,600 of
them were disfranchised, so that they polled
only 2,400 votes. Only one white person
voted out of every twenty, whilst there was
a negro vote lor every four negroes. Thus
50,000 white men in a great city are put under
the control ot 15,000 niggers.
Homicide.—Wc learn that a man by tbe
name of Ballard shot at and instantly killed
a man named Carter, between whom a diffi
culty had previously existed. Tho affair oc
curred iu the country, live miles from the city,
whore the parlies were engaged iu working
the county road?. At last accounts Ballard
had not becu arrested. Wc did not learn the
particulars.—.-If. Intel.
&T The Rio Grande military excun-ion-
i*ts have not yet been heard from, and some
anxiety is felt. Generals ilarUulf, Tompkins
and Graham are the party.
tu'tion, ho could not approve the resolutions
as a whole, believing, as he did, that the
policy therein contained would insure the
defeat of the candidates to be nominated
Rev, P. L. J. May, in a forcible manner, ad
vocated the adoption of tbc resolutions.'
The name of Charles R. Knowles, on mo
tion, was substituted for that of Richard
Davis, ns delegate to tho Senatorial Conven
tion, and the report of the committee, as
amended, was auopted without a dissenting
vote.
Colonel Fiokler being loudly called for,
asked, on nccount of illness, to be excused
from making a speech, promising whenever a
fitting oocasion offered to address the people;
but in a few rousing remarks stated his posi
tion to be uncompromising opposition to ne
gro suffrage and the proposed Constitution.
On motion oi Colonel Hood, the Club re
solved to meet every Saturday. Tho Secreta
ry was instructed to request the “Appeal”
and the Macon papers to publish the pro
ceedings of the meeting, and to send a copy
of the same to tbe Central Executive Com
mittee.
The Club then adjourned to meet again on
Saturday, the 28th iust.
Wm. D. Kiddoo,
Secretary of Club.
The Iron-clad Modified.—The follow
ing is tbe oath administered to Hon. R, R.
Butler, of Kentucky, on bis admission to a
seat in the House:
“I, Roderick R. Butler, do solemnly swear
that I will support and defend the Constitu
tion of the United States against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same,” etc.
Looking after Mosby.—Capt. W. Y.
Richards, formerly stationed at this post and
more recently at Richmond, has been within
tlie past few days dispatched to Warrenton,
Fauquier county, with a company of infant
ry, to keej> an eye upon Col. Mogby. Rich
ards will not be slow at finding him, we feel
well assured.—Lynchburg Jiejtub.
’-yV* The President’s counsel, it ia said,
think tho evidence of Gen. Rousseau abso
lutely necessary for the dcfurce. It is he
lieved he can be summoned from Alaska in
about three months.
rift; and I thank God that I. can now declare
my freedom without any. fear. It was twenty-
nine days after we left Charleston before we
taw any land, and tbc first land we saw was
Cape Verde, inhabited by the Portuguese;
the next was Monrovia, and then we landed
at onr station—Grand Bana Country—and
of all lands that I have never seen before I
have seen in this country; and all the. trouble
you have in getting youc land is to wnlk
about and pick it out.for yourself.
I landed here on the 4th day of January,
and came ashore on the 6th of January, and
on the 8th I went out to inspect land, and
found it good., On.the Otlt I went out again
and picked, out my .land,between two towns
—one mile from each... Of all the fruits T
found on the land my longue is unable to
explain, but I will give you. the names of',
some; First, afield of thirty acres of coffee.
Second, cocoanut trees in any quantity.
Third, lemons by tlie bushel. Fourth, tlie
great palm tree, the most important andpre-r.
cious tree in the country^ from which we get
nice oil, cabbage, butter, then the kernel;
shingles, then cord and thread. And' iheii,;
best of all, we can get wine.of it to drink.
the Senate, what effect would such an opinion
have upon the Senate's own judgment
upon these questional Ia it to .be inferred
that twp thirds of that body will repudiate
the opinion ? If two-thirds do not repudi
ate the opinion, then Mr. Stanton’s title to
the office of Secretary falls, and the im
peachment of the President falls with it.
But let us suppose that two-thirds of the
Senate differ from the Chief Justice upon the
legal and constitutional question, still will
not the solemn judgment of the Chief Justice
be itself amoral justification for the. opinion
and action of the President, and would it be
possible for aDy tribunal to. convict a man of
knowingly and wilfully violating a law which
the highest judicial functionary had pro
nouticed was not violated ? Would not such
a result be almost .inconceivable ?. Moreover,
if tbe Chief Justice should fail to reach the
conclusion, that tllcPresidebt was right in his
construction'of his power, it is impossible
i that he can fnil'to say:that the construction
All of these we have on the farm. Tell my T- , “at xne construction
brother Washington that this is,the country.: ' rtuc ‘. 11(i trHU }^ rs . °.. GonsfJtution put
to come to. ‘Twill now close, by saying f re- l, I ,on ^ *™d winch all pubhc writers have
main yonra, , Henry Lewis.’ 11"W>“£ K cv " ? lnc ‘ ? .’ “S. which has been
P. Tin writing please send some paper T' nctl ° ned ^y flic action ot every President,
_ . - sj.rj from George Washington to Andrew John
son, (sixteen men who have successively ad-
anri stamps.— Colurtibus Sun.
Who Should Marrv.
ministered the office,) had such color of truth
about it that it repels the charge of know-
In the March number of the’ Herald of | ^ » n I d '*>^1/ violating thehtw
1 It will not bu forgotten that the Senate
Health, Mrs. E. Oakes Smith has an article on
“Choosing a Wife,” from which we make a
few extracts:
It knot wise to marry a woman of a differ
ent religious faith, nor one far removed from
your own social rank:, nor an. ignorant
woman.
Do not marry a woman with thin lips and a
glib tongue.
Do not marry, a sentimental woman, who is
■are to run into to the lackadaisical one; let;
her love sentiment, high noble sentiment, l>ut
beware of the sentimental.
Do not marry- one of the delicate, die-away
women, who are sure to degenerate into in
valids, and lake a pride in their feebleness.
Only handsome men and women ought to'
marry—those having a mens Sana in corpora
*ano. Let others look the matter squarely in
the face, and admit that tbeir imbecilities,
their diseases, their unhandsome looks, their
discordant minds, ought not to bo perpet
uated; and let them go to work manfully to
make the best of themselves by eschewing
marriage. Let them be honest, hearty old
maids and bachelors, earning money for the
good of others, teaching, and farming, and
helping on good and wholesome ideas.
The true, good, and handsome men and
women adapted to marriage ought to be treat
ed with distinguished honor in tbe world, as
benefactors of the race, a9 foreshadowing that
beautiful future when we * shall be hardly
lower than the angels and covered with glory
and honor.
One reason Why it is well to marry a pretty
woman in preference to a plain one, is that
the former is more free from jealousy and
discontent than the latter. Being better sat
isfied with herself slie is' more likely to be
pleased with others.
It is better to marry a lull-sized woman
than a little one, for the meanness of stature
is apt to go through the character also. A
certain ronndness of contour; a composure
and self-poise, devoid of heaviness or slug-'
gkbness; an elastic buoyancyj a bright up
pish look, more pride than vanity; a clear,
open eye, and pure, child like smile; hands
and'feet well-proportioned, not too small,
are outlines easily discriminated and consti
tute a safe, reliable character. A cheerful
woman, one who will not make mountains of
mole hills, who can find bright and beautiful
everywhere; who has pretty feminine re
sources, and knows how to devise ways and
means to make others happy and content
about her, is a jewel of inestimable worth.
The voice (not for singing) is a great indi
cator of character. Swedenborg says the
angels know the state of a man by his voice.
Beware of those high, sharp tones of voice, as
well as the too low and hesitating; the first
belongs to a sliriJw, and the last to deceit and
imbecility,
must not only reject the traditional interpre
tation of tbe Constitution, but it must reject
the udvice and opinion which, as above sug
gested, may fall from tlie Chief Justice in the
progress of the trial; but it must go farther
and say that, in tho face of all these things,
and of Mr. Johnson’s life-long profession of
belief, in the soundness of the old opinions,
he nevertheless knew them to he false and
unsound, and knowing- them to be false and
unsound, corruptly acted upon them, before
they can find him guilty on the impeach
ment.
From the foregoing sketch it will be seen
that even according to the simplest course
the impeachment trial can take, it must con
sume a great deal of time, and must call for
the display of the highest legal aud constitu
tional learning, aud that the Senate will be
obliged to give to the questions as they arise
the most patient attention, and that last Fri
day’s proceedings do not indicate any speedy
solution of the matter. But if, as is most
probable, the collateral acts of the President
and Mr. Stanton are brought into the case
for the purpose of shedding light upon the
private motives and intentions of the parties,
there will be such a voluminous detail ot
written and oral testimony, such a sea ol con
tradictions, conjectures and circumstances,
that at the very threshold of the trial it will
be discovered that time, and ample time,
must be given to arrange and bring forward
the facts of the case, aud even the seeming
zeal of the board of managers will abate in
presence of the great task fhey have as
sumed.
Arkansas Thunders! Avaunt, Ye Car
pet Baggers!—Arkansas has voted down the
proposed Radical Constitution by 15,000 ma
jority. She has inserted one of her very larg
est tooth-picks into the flabby sides of the
black carpet-bag, and revealed the emptiness
thereof. The reason why the loyal men
didn’t beat the rebels in Arkansas was be
cause it was fair instead of rainy weather;
because tbe employers didn’t discharge the
negroes; and because tbe icebergs had van
ished beneath tbe rays of tbe sun. General
Hancock says that Texas is going to do the
same sort of thundering. Georgia will also
have a heavy storm on the 20th poximo.—
Virginia will add lightning to the thunder.
The storm iu North Carolina will be as black
as tar. And Alabama, when she tries it
again, will make the Rads think that the del
uge has come again. Leave, ye caqiet-bag
gers ! Avaunt, ye scalawags 1 Your mouey
is gone; your votes are gone; begot ye to the
soup houses!—Montgomery Mail.
incurable breach. Not less po-fith— ^
difference on the money question p 11 *
Radicals go cheek by jowl with Tv r -i,
and some would be under the foot r :
gold-exacting bondholder. But n,15
differences that could be soothed hr • e:t
forth? time being, and that wewf Ia J
agreement on the common party dui-T’’
the topic that seemed to the faction .
than all others together—the central
nigger suffrage. lai *o( j
Nigger suffrage was the pole star .
party—the one immovable, positive ft,
ward which every act pointed and w •
was kept in view by every little bill
apparently insignificant, that steered ih
through the labyrinth of CoiipJ.; V
schemes. Radicalism ciphered down t ^
final figure was nigger suffrage and no- 5 I
else. Nigger suffrage was what all the T
cal orators :rom Sumner to Stevens o - ■
all their bullying and blather about I
for the whole people,” "a republican fl
government,” “a Southern guarantee ” Tt c '
were the names they gave it—the jon
sugar-coating to make it less offensive h a
people. Now the Radicals differ sW. w
and irremediably as to tbe safety and • '
dienev of this measure. In this differ ^
there'is a hope, a prospect, a promise W
country, just as there always is to honest'--
when rogues of any sort fall out.
It is scarcely possible to over-’csti maf( .1
importance of this Radical rupture, ft;
peculiarly significant fact of .fh'e •
oar political turmoils. On the measure’;. 3
iDg nigger suffrage, one Republican tfenw
said : “I should regard the passage of tt
bill, at this hour, as the death-knell of
hopes as a political party in the Preside!tij
canvass.” From this, then, it seems that the
voice of the people has more influence ) T "-
the minds of some Republicans than tfe
Whistle-call of party discipline. The nu- Ett
i m has departed from old Thad. Sint*y
finger. Up to this time Radical ortho on
has turned on the point of a man’s dever -
to this primary purpose. It was tne testrf !
soundness always called forth Yhtnras
member seemed to waver or venture im
opinion of bis own. His claim to the ipdk
of victory was always dependent on Ijj
fidelity in this extreme. Without persocil I
independence of spirit, governed by the fe«
of being “read out of the party” before the
roll should bocalled for the distribution of
the spoils, perceiving no other danger this
that which would result from Murcia
duty, the members who composed the fo'
publican majority were easily enough ktp
together by so positive aud ineiorablt 11
Meutor as old Thad. Stevens, who dron I
them up to every vote in a compact mass, u I
tbe Captains of Xerxes, whip in hand, drove I
forward the Persian soldiers at Thermopjlt I
But that terrorism he3 lost its bold eel
their spirits. The fear of Stevens and ottt: I
consequences of infidelity to the paxtv isfx-1
gotten in a greater fear: and the M'lhl
on only a scent of danger kept together,sal I
ter and skedaddle when they suddenly pa l
ceive that a greater danger than • - I
lies in being cauglit in company ■ |
great offender against the sense of the nifte.!
So the Radical majority breaks up on lk|
main issue—divides on the essential facttktl
gave the party life: and a member i>, - id I
regarding tbe vote of his State on tbe topic!
“will suffer his right arm to drop from ini
socket sooner than he will vote” for i IS I
securing a thing that he lately pretended HI
believe the most righteous on e.o:l. J
Disintegration will follow fast. Nothisl
can prevent the faction from going to piecsl
now that the single thread of agree®*!
which gave it uuity i.- brok >i - I
may save • themselves individually by hi-1
miog to tlie popular will rising iu tbesetril
States ; but, happily for the nation, thesfh:|
and impulse is gone forever from the jalj
that, to secure continued power, has kepu-
country in a state of anarchy where Be
have established order— has cultivated hisd|
where it might have secured gdo(lwi!!-b ;
in two years of pretended effirts at tec-
strnetion, done more to set enmity "bctxE-
tho sections and to render difficult a rctts|
to tho ancient harmony of the Union t
was done by four years’ semi-savage wtq I
There is no stopping place for radic*.-|
this side of that which has been its cons*
aim.- It bss committed itself so fully, so^
yond all recall, to an object with which
people have no sympathy, that they can rs
dgnizc only to repudiate it. Thus it bsi :
escape, and to go on or stand still *
alike in result. Mr. Spalding was tig
saying that the passage of the negrosti
bill would be a desth-knell to his pHh
the Presidential canvass; but to a™ 1 *,,?*,
the only issue the party stands on wm
equally destructive. Grant’s name can-
save the faction. He is 6«cn by the poop- 1
be in the clutches ofinen whose parpost*
one is willing to believe he can gppwrt J
the people will vote hint down as they
McClellan, who was equally popul« ‘
also cheated into giving the great cap ■
his name to an unpatriotic party. L- ■
opposition, therefore, make the most
opportunity. Let it organize energy
around Farragut, aud its triumph w 5
certain.
The Supreme Court.—The WashT
correspondent of the Cincinnati Corn-
writes under date of the 17th inst,t
lows:
The bill which passed in CoDgressoot
day last, intended to prevent appeals in c
tain cases to the United States Sup n
Court, was delivered to the Preside::
o’clock in the evening of that (lay,
consequently tbe constitutional ten dsy^‘1
eluding Sunday, allowed to the DTj
for holding tbo bill, will CX P'|T
o’clock on Wednesday evening, the - J
stant. .
It is well understood that the out
vetoed, but it is not likely that the I n-;
will give the subject his undivided s J
until his answer in the impeachmce -d
have been presented in the Senate,"
the veto message can scarcely be sem 1
gress until the McCardle case shall a • j
decided. The decision is expected on i
day, but even should the decision no ,
dered until after the bill above tc■‘-;
l-ecomes a law, it is tbe opinion ot if I
lawyers that the McCardle case canno
fected by the law, for the Supreme t‘ - (
already obtained jurisdiction of tue .
must proceed to decide it upon t.ie^
tion and the laws os they existed wa
diction of the case was required-
A Spanish artist was once
paint “The Last Supper.” „ rt ; 4 t«
to throw all tlie sublimity ot hm ^
figure and countenance of :' ie f orf gr«i
}■£?” Although Gen. Halleck’s name has
been considered in connection with tbe com -
maud of the Fifth Military District, there is
Cheerfulness of tdmncr. candor that rejects i , , , , . , ,
every species or falsehood, mid owns to the , , , ,
truth at any perl!; tenderness to be detected tllat command, but the probability is that
by a fondness for and faithful care of peri, i Gen. McDowell may bo ordered to take the
rather than by outward expressions; purity, j place of Gen Hancock iutliat District; Gen.
instinct in thought and action; intelligence ■ n ancoc k as matters now stand, to bo assigned
to appreciate all that is noble and good; and ‘
health, sound and elastic, are traits to insure ' t0 the command of the Department of the
duty as a wife and happiness in a household. ' Atlantic^
but he put on the table iu tu L‘,ff-,
some chased cups, the workmans
was exceedingly beautiful. *' K ^ ( r l
came to see the picture on toe
one said, “What beautiful cup* • ct m ■
he, “I have made a mistake; 'Teh' 1
vert the eyes of the spectator
to whom f wished to direct t^ , ,
the observer.” Aud he or . d"
his brush and blotted them ‘ . c ijitf
that the strength and vs«Mref ^ ^
ject might be prominently
£jgf” Barnum gives notice lh '
tired forever from the nmsemu^,^.
that all the reports about lus
this and that other establish me “^
start business afresh, are incor (•