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MACON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1868.
Tub Relief Humbug Exploded—The
letter of the Hon. B. H. Hill, on another
pace •will attract attention. It is directed
chiefly to the Relief feature of the Atlanta
Constitution, without which that vile instru
ment would not command, a hundred votes
from the white men of Georgia. Mr. Hill
thoroughly exposes tho villainous cheat* and
leaves every man who wishes tc. do right
without excuse. Let all read tho masterly
and patriotic exposure, and to this end, as
tho letter is not long, we hope the press will
8 ee to it that a copy is placed in the hands of
every white voter in the State. It is the best
campaign document that has appeared, and
no answer can be made to its powerful facts
and arguments.
The Murder op AshbuRN.—The Colum
bus papers of yesterday contain all the par
ticulars of the assassination of George W.
Ashburn, with tho testimony given by a
num'HT of witnesses before the Coroner’s in
quest. Nothing is known of the identity of
th • parties. All that is testified to is that a
body o! men from twenty-five to fifty in num
ber, > 11 d sguised, surrounded tho negro
boarding bona* where Ashburn was lodging,
broke open his door after his refusal to open it,
when a number of shots were fired by a por
tion ot tlic party, three of which took effect,
one in tl»« forehead, of which he instantly
died. «>"* in the nates, and tho third in the
leg. Nunc of the witnesses could identify
any of toe number engaged in the transac
tiou. The press of Columbus repudiate the
ideaV’St any respectable man in Columbus
had a i> connection with it, and intimate that
Asldmrn tell the hands of enemies in his
own P i-ty. The Mayor has offered a reward
of $500 :or the di-covery of the murderers. .
The Ku Ki.ux.—The “Grand Cyclops” of
this mysterious order addresses the people of
Georgia through the Atlanta Intelligencer.—
We copy his card elsewhere, in commenting
on which the editors say they “knownot who
he is, whence he cometb, or whither he
goetli.”
Savannah Mayoralty.—Wc expressed
some surprise, a few days ago, that tho pres
ent able and faithful Mayor of Savannah was
not presented for re-election. It turns out
tba*t he is considered disqualified, and for that
reason atom others less acceptable, perhaps,
are to be elevated n verbis head. The facts
are. Col. Anderson has been pardoned by the
President, was pardoned before the passage
of the Reconstruction Acts, which in law re
moves every disqualification, but the military
authorities have their own opinion of the
law, vouchsafed by the Radical Congress,
and, under that opinion, the good men of
the country are to be proscribed.
Washington County.—A public meeting
at Sandereville, on the 2Sth ult, made the
following nominations:
For Representatives, R. W. Flournoy-and
W. G. Brown; Ordinary, II. Brookins; County
Treasurer, M Newman; Tax Receiver, V. 8.
Joiner; Tax Collector, J. W. Rcnfroe; Clerk
Superior Court, T. J. Gilmore; Sheriff, Jesse
Pound; Coroner, B. Brantley.
It is stated that Chief Justice Chase
disapproves tho course of the Senate regard
ing the rules etc., but knows they will never
yield their assumed control of the trial, hence
lie will make no move to embarrass or delay
its progress. Nor does tho President's coun
sel propose to protract proceedings. They
will, in accordance with his wishes, meet
every issue squarely.
pjy* The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times states that “Wm. M. Evarts
was offered $50,000 not to act as counsel for
the President. It would be interesting, says
the Cincinnati Euquirer, to know who were
the parties, and what were the motives that
prompted those that made the above offer,
|9T Gen. John B. Gordon and non. B. H.
Hill are among the delegates at large from
Georgia to the National Democratic Conven
tion.
And two belter men could not be found in
tho Btate of Georgia,—N. 0. Crescent.
>JThat the North Inteafs.
53f“Lc Follet mentions a rumor that large
bonnets are coming into fashion again.
JonNSON County.—Maj. M. J. Parsons is
is announced ns a candidate for the House
from this county. •
tST" A comm ttcc of tho Massachusetts
Legislature, after long consultation, have
concluded to turn tho bronze countenance or
Edward Everett, in* Boston, towards the
South, and to give him a new pedestal. We
have no particular objections, and if^they
will send the bronzestatue of Webster, which
is understood to be very obnoxious to the
Puritans, to the South, we will seo that it is
honorably re-erected and carefully preserved.
Grant and Negro Suffrage.—There is a
good deni of anxiety among the Radicals to
learn what views Gen. Grant entertains on
the subject of negro suffrage. They arc not
satisfied that he is “all right” on this ques
tion. As Grant will not give them the dc- (•
sired information, Senator Doolittle lias
thrown a little light upon tho subject. In a
speech in Connecticut on the 12th inst., that
gentleman said:,
“Two years ago lie (Gen. Grant.) author
ized nr. to say that it Congress insisted upon
negro suffrage as a condiiiou of the Southern
States being admitted into the Union, there
would be a war of races, unless a standing
army was kept there perpetually. Gen. Sher
man"authorized me to say the same thing,
and when I made the statement, in his name,
in the Seuatc, ho npdded in assent.
Congressmen Morrissey and John
Quincy Adamq,havc gone to the Hot Springs
of Arkansas. Mr. Morrissey’s malady is in
flammatory rheumatism.
Let’s Have his Name.—General Carey,of
Ohio, one of the two Republicans in the
House who voted against impeaching the
President, made a speech to his constituents
a few days nince, in which lie said:
‘‘One of the purest men, nnd one of the
best Republicans, cumc and sat down by me
after I had voted against impeachment, and
suid: ‘Carey, I believe in my soul you are
right; 1 vovfftl rather give tny right arm than
to have voted lor it, but you know the power
of party. Oil, tho tyranny of party ! The
vilest despotism on God’s footstool is tbe
tyranny ol party.” [Applause,]
. HT Oriint is s&id to l»c ufruid of Holier
sine,- the latter loomed up ns grand panjan
drum i,t impeachment, and to regret lin 'd,i
thet of "bottled” which Rawlini
put in the General’s mouth. A
dentsays:—“He and Duller speak "u
Ot.icr.HLd Grant never r. fuses nnv r<
that Butler may m ike; out the old f m ]i|
el is a long haier."
The New York Herald seems to think that
the Northerners, though quit while revolution
is moving forward around them, ere not dis
interested spectators, but will in due time
arise in their majesty and sweep the enemies
of our Government out of]Jexistence. Perhaps
such is their intention, but are they quite
sure they will get ready to carry it out before
it is tea latet With tho army, navy, and
purse in the hands of the revolutionists, will
the people be able to bring' back the ship of
state to its constitutional moorings, even
should they desire to do so f Will they work
better and more effectually with their hands
and feet tied than they do when they are at
liberty ? At least, when all is lost it must be
recovered though blood be shed, and we
think it far wiser and safer to prevent the
overthrow in the first instance, and especially
when it can be done by a proper exhibition
of nerve and the spirit of resistence. Still
the Herald’s views may givo comfort to some
of the friends of the country, and therefore
wc copy them below:
Since tho initiation of this step (impeach
ment) what have we seen ? There have been a
great hubbub, great excitement nnd noise
among the Radical leaders. Every day gives
us the picture of turmoil at the national cap
ital, and the only sounds that come thence
arc those of inflammatory harangues and
threats. Strangely enough, these Radical
leaders have the monopoly of all this. Never
did the people over the country seem calmer
than now in the face of this event. Only the
other day New Hampshire went for tho Rad
icals. Wo should not be surprised to see
Connecticut go the same way. It is as if the
people did not hear the news. What does
this mean ? For the explanation of a fact
so strange we must consider the peculiarities
of the American people. How was it with
the revolution that made the States independ
ent f There was agit-uioD for a great while,
and the apathy of the people was os if they
had no interest in the quarrel. Politicians
railed, and the people just plowed and
sowed and cut wood as if those were ordinary i
summers and winters. So it kept up for!
jeers, and the silent thought matured the j
great result. At last an insignificant fact, re
sulting from the tax on tea, fired the mind,
and the nation flamed out in purpose at once
enthusiastic and resolute.
It was the same in the war against the
Southern leaders. Politicians bcluborcd one
another, and tho people, to all appearance,
cared not. From one stage to another the
contest went on. Resolutions, denunciations,
threats of ruiD—these are but windy words,
and never stir the equilibrium, of the great,
inert, patient mare; but each party in its bra
vado going a step further than the other, one
finally committed itself to an act that involv
ed the very authority, dignity, even the ex
istence of the nation. Suddenly, as if moved
by one electric stroke, the whole mass of the
people was up, and the shout cf “Sumter I”
indicated that men saw the necessity for
movement and knew how to move. Every
great movement of the American people has
the same History. There is an unlimited free
dom given to resolve, denounce and threaten
No discussion of topics can exhaust the pa
ticncc of this people. It hears and deter
mines, and bccutise it hears so patiently nnd
calmly it acts with all the more terrific pre
cision and energy when the decisive moment
comes.
It will be the same in the case now before
the country. Politicians of every peculiar
stripe will be permitted to write their own
sentences in the course they take in this
movement for the abolition of the national
Executive. People will look on patiently
to see both houses neglect their duty; for all
feel that the fewer laws made the better.
Men can even content themselves to see tho
national finances in a ruinous condition; for
no one could expect a safe remedy from any
man now in place. Bat let no man suppose
that all this record is not every day weighed
and tried in the bruin of that great, quiet
man of the people who is beyond the reach
of the demagogue and the promisor of o Hi res.
The people are quiet enough now; but sud
denly, some day, over tbe whole North and
West they wid rise with the same energy and
discriminate purpose in tbe determination of
great questions they lmvo hitherto shown
and will sweep away like a whirlwind all the
corrupt, selfish, dangerous men who now be
lieve they are so near to absolute, supreme
power. So have the American people always
made themselves felt. They are patient, be
cause they would wroDg no oue, would never
judge one paity by tbe denunciation of
another; but they who aim at tbe vital prin
ciples of government must secure for them
selves the fate of public enemies. Let no one,
therefore, misinterpret the patience of the
masses or despair lor the country because tbe
people take things so calmly.
Senatorial Nomination.
Macon, Ga., March 31,18G8.
Pursuant to a call issued through the press,
a meeting of delegates from the counties of
Bibb, Monroe nnd Pike, was held to-day at
3 r. m., in Concert Hall, for tlie purposo of
nominating a candidate for Senator lrom the
Twenty-second District,
On motion, Mr. A. G. Pcdcn, of Pike, was
called to the Chair, andThos. B. Gresham, ot
Bibb, was requested to act as Secretary.
The name of Hon. Alvis Stafford, of Pike,
was then proposed, and, on motion, he was
unanimously nominated by acclamation as
the Democratic candidate for the Senate from
the Twenty-second District.
Mr. Stafford being present was called upon
and responded in a few appropriate remarks,
expressing his acceptance of the nomination,
and his determination to “go in to win.”
On motion, the city papers were requested
to publish the proceedings of this body.
Tho Convention then adjourned.
A. G. Peden, President.
Tnos. B. Gresham, Secretary.
anil It»rton
■>pon-
' each
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Meeting of the Georgia State Medical .Asso
ciation.
TO TnK MEDICAL profession of oeorgia.
8AYANNAn, Ga., March 30tli, 1SC8.—The
next annual session of the Medical Associa
tion of the State of Georgia will be held in
Angusta, commencing on tho 8th day ol
April prox. That tho active existence of
this body is of vital importance to the Medi
cal professsion of our State is too evident to
require argument, and it is manifest that
there never has been a time when tho ener
getic and united action of our profession has
been more urgently demanded than at
present.
In tho benefits arising from this organiza
tion every member of the profession partici
pates. Shall the sacrifices necessary for the
support of tlie Association be made by tbe
few, while the advantages derived are eager
ly enjoyed by the many ? It is believed that
no physician in the State who loves his pro
fession nnd desires its elevation and prosperi
ty, will be absent in the approaching meet
ing, unless detained by the claims of some
more important duty.
W. M. Charters, M. D., President' M. A. of
Georgia.
T. S. Powell, M. D., 1st Vico President M.
A. of Georgia.
])c. S. Forcl.M. D., 2d Vice President M. A.
of Georgia.
Democratic Victory.— WallkQl, N. Y.,
March 25.—This town e!< <:. Henry B. Ogilm
Democratic candidate lor Supervisor, by fifty
majority. lie is tlie first Democrat elected
in thirteen years. A Democratic Town Clerk
was also elected, and probably the ml of
the Democratic ticket. Last year the town
gave a Republican majority ol 203.
Fourth Congressional District Convention.
Macon, Ga., March 31,1868.
In obedience to a cell of the Central Exec
utive Committee of the Democratic party of
Georgia, the delegates appointed by the
counties composing the Fourth Congressional
District, this day in Convention assembled.
On motion of Judge T. G. Holt, .Dr. Ira
Dupree, of Twiggs, was called upon to pre
side over the meeting; and on motion of Col.
D. N. Martin, T. B. Cabiniss, Esq., of Monroe,
was requested fo act as Secretary.
Upon a call of counties, the names of the
following delegates were enrolled, viz:
Bibb—T. G. Holt, G. W. Adams, James
Tinley, C. A. Tharpe, Gen. W. S. Holt nnd
T. J. Simmons.
Butts—Dr. T. S. Saunders, G. B. Elder and
Bryan Collier, Jr. •
Jones—R. W. Bonner, W. T. McCulloch,
Isaac Hardeman, F. J. Walker, N. S. Glover.
Monroe— G. A. Cahoniss, L. Gresham, B. F.
Rudisill, J. M. Hollis, A. Dunn, R. O. Banks,
T. B. Cabaniss. g
Pike—A. G. Peden, J. F. Hanson, A. Staf
ford, J. S. Pope, James Shockley,*E. McElroy.
Putnam—R. B. Nisbet, J. T. Rowdoin.
Spalding—J. D. Stewart, D. N. Martin, S.
W. Bloodworth.
Twiggs—Dr. Ira Dupree.
Upson—Jordan Lyoas, E. A. Flewellen, J,
A. Cottcn.
Dr. R. B. Nisbet, of Putnam, moved that
the body sit with closed doors, which motion
was lost.
On motion of Mr. Stewart, of Spalding,
a Committee, composed of one from each
county represented, was appointed by tbe
Cbair to prepare business for the meeting.
The following names composed said Com
mittee: Messrs. Stewart, of Spalding: J.
G. Holt, of Bibb; Saunders, of Butts; Bon
ner, of Jones; Banks, of Monroe; Stafford, of
Pike; Nisbet, of Putnam; Flewellen, of Up
son. •
This Committee, after consultation, offered
tho following report;
Resolved, That the committee appointed
to prepare business for this meeting, after
having duly considered the propriety of re
commending this body to nominate a suitable
person for Congress for this District, have
failed to agree, and beg leave to retcr the
matter back to the Convention.
Second. We recommend the appointment
of Wm. A. Reid, of Bibb, and Cincinnatus
Peeples, of Spalding, as proper persons to
represent tho Democratic party of this Dis
trict in tbe next National Democratic Con
vention, and A. W. Reese and T. J. Simmons
as alternates to the same.
On motion, the report was received and
the latter resolution adopted. •
Mr. Nisbet, ot Putnam, moved, that it is
the sense of this body that it is expedient for
the Democratic party of this District to make
no nomination for Congress. Which motion
was lost.
On motion ot Mr. Adams, of Bibb, the
meeting then proceeded to nominate a can
didate for Congress, when Judge O. A. Loch-
rnne, of the county of Bibb, was unanimously
nominated. *
A committee, consisting of Messrs. McCul
loch, Adams, G. A Cabaniss, Stewart and
Flewellen. having waited upon Judge Loch-
rane ami informed him of his nomination, he,
upon being introduced to the Convention by
the chairman, made a most happy, well-t'med
and Stirling response in accepting the honor
conferred.
On motion the proceedings were ordered to
be published in the papers of the city, with
a request that the papere throughout tho
District copy the same.
With three times three and a tiger for
Judge Locliranc tho meeting adjourned sine
die. Ira Dupree, Chairman.
T. B. Cabaniss, Secretary.
Tenure-of-oBee— Power* oftke President—
Opinion of Mr. Lincoln’s Attorney
General.
Conservative Meeting In Webster County.
Prestos, Ga., March 26, 18GS.
A largo number of citizens of Webster county
met at tho Court House to-day to appoint dele
gates to tho Congressional and Senatorial Con
vention soon to meet; also, to nominate candi
dates to fill the various offices of the connty.
Tho meeting was organized by calling G. S.
Rosser to the Chair, and Wm. H. Mathews to act
as Secretary.
F. E. Burko, Esq., being called on to explain
tho object of tho meeting, responded in a fow
brief remarks.
On motion, tho Chair was ordered to appoint
a Committee of threo from each Militia District
to report suitable names for the consideration of
tho meeting. The Committee retired, and, after
a short absence, returned nnd reported tho fol
lowing names for tho consideration of tho meet
ing, viz:
Congressional Convention—Hon.' 8. Bell,
Dr. C. R. Moore, Dr. W. C. Kendrick.
Senatorial Convention—Capt. A. J. Smith, F.
E. Burko, Esq , Maj* J. D. Stapleton, Hon. J. M
Shepherd, A. C. Bell, Col. J. B. Pickett, J. P.
Nicholson, G. W. Brown, Judge J. F. Stapleton,
F. C. Saunders, Hod. Mark Holloman, Z. F.Saun,
ders, J. A. Bell, Dr. J. M- Tullts, Jesso Hobbs
Rev. J. N. McCane.
COUNTY NOMINATIONS.
Legislature—G. S. Rosser.
Ordinary—*. W. Davenport,
Clerk Superior Court—J. H. Cawood:
Clerk District Coprt—Wm. H. Mathews.
Sheriff—J. T. Wharton.
Deputy Sheriff—P. W. Reddick.
"Tax Receiver—W. N. Robinson.
Tax Collector—W. H. Mercor.
Surveyor—J. W. F. Lowery.
Treasurer—G. J. Stapleton.
Coroner—F. M. McClendon.
The meeting respectfully ask that Dr. C. R.
Moore bo nominated candidate for Senator from
tho Twelfth District,
It was resolved, That the Secretary send copies
of the proceedings of thiB meeting to tho editor
of tho Sumter Republican, Macon TiLEORAfn
and Columbus Sun, with a request shat they be
published.
Tbe meeting then adjourned to meet on the
first Monday in April..
Tho utmost harmony prevailed.
G. S. Rosser, Chairman
W. H. MATnsws, Secretary.
New Jersey and tub Constitutional
A m f.n D M E N t.—Trenton, March 25.—Thu
House has passed the bill withdrawing the
consent of New Jersey to the ratification of
tho fourteenth articlo of the Constitution
over the veto of the Governor.
The following is the verdict of a ne
gro coroner’s jury: “We, de umberzinrf, sur-
tumfy dot Bill Jones rum to liisdeff, bis bole
deff, and nufiin but his dt-ff, by a Brix bar, a
note brix bat, an nutliu hut a brix bar, frode
hi a inene witc. Dooly swored an rit bi us.’
25?" To remove any forcign.substance from
the eye, make a loop of a bristle or hors*
hair, and insert it under the lid and then
withdraw it slowly and carefully.
|3?"Gen. Butler says lie “should despi.-<
the Ten Command meets if they taught hin
to forgive Andy Johnson.” Of course tli
’retch would hate the Ten Comniaiidoieii'
anyhow, bfecanso one of them an ?: -*Tli*«
shalt not steal.”—New York Day Look. •
Oorretpondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Washington, March 21.—If the President
is impeached, it must be upon the pretext of
his violation of the civil tenure act. Upon
all other counts of the indictment against
him he was acquitted, when, aj a very early
stage of the. present session, the House of
Representatives, by an overwhelming majori
ty, voted down the resolution of impeach
ment. Since that time no possible new
ground for impeachment has been found, ex
cept the removal ot StantOD. Granting the
action of the President in the Stanton case
to be a violation of the civil tenure act
though it is very easy to prove that it is not
—one very important question involved in the
determination in Johnson’s guilt or innocence
is whether the President is bound to execute
a law which he believes to be unconstitution
al. Upon this the opinion of General Jack-
son is well known, backed as it was by official
acts which left no doubt on the subject.
Never, until tbe present day, was the doctrine
of Congressional supremacy and Executive
subordination preached by any political
party, still less enforced with such a penalty
as is now threatened against Mr. Johnson.—
Republican politicians and newspapers have
recently joined in a chorus on this subject,
which, however, shows nothing so much as
how little they know, cither of the theory or
practice of the government in th* matter.
To-day I dug up from the books ot the
Internal Revenue Bureau a document which
ought to have some weight in determining
this important question, and which has not
yet seen the light of print. It is tho legal
opinion of a gentleman who ought to be re
ceived as good Republican authority—ex-
Attorncy General Speed. It is not doing in
justice to Gen. Logan, Gen. Scbenck, Mr.
Bingham, or-any of the Congressional lights,
on tbe subjects of Impeachment, to say that
Mr. Speed knows quite as much law ns any of
them. Congress, in 1865, passed a law vest
ing tbe power of appointing Assistant As
sessors in the District Assessors. Mr. Speed
is asked whether this provision is constitu
tional, aqfi, jf not, whether the President
hiay, acting in the belief that it is unconsti
tutional, disregard it. I subjoin the mate
rial portions of the opinion:
Attorney General’s Office,
April 25th 1865.
lion. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the
Treasury: “1 have duly^ considered the im
portant and interesting questions suggested
by tho Commissioner of internal Revenue,
touching tbe recent legislation of Congress
with reference to the office of Assistant As
sessor oflntymal Revenue, and which you
have submitted to me for my opinion. TJ;
question may be thus stated:
“1. Whether the provision of the act of
March 3, 1865, vesting the appointment ot
Assistant Assessors in tbe Assessors of the
respective assessment districts, is constitu
tion at.
“2. If it be unconstitutional, in whom is
lib power of appointing Assistant Assessors
by law vested?
3. If the President is, by law, vested with
that power, should he exercise it against the
express provision of tlie act of Congress, be
fore any judicial determination has been had
of the two precceding questions ?
“I. The first section of the act of March
3,1865, provides that, within each assess
ment district, the As>cssor, whenever there
shall be a vacancy, shall appoint, with the
approval of the saitl Commissioner, one or
more Assistant Assessors, who shall be resi
dent i:i Mirh :is-' s>im nt iliMriet.
“The question suggisted by this enactment
is, whether it was constitutionally competent
for Congress to confer on the Assessors the
power of appointing their assistants. The
Constitution provides: ‘Sec. 2, Art. 2, That
tbe President shall nominate, and by and with
the advice and consent of tho Senate, tdisll
appoint embassadors * * * and all other
officers of tho United States whose appoint
ments arc not hereinafter provided for, and
which shall be established by law. But the
Congress may, l*y law, v«at the appointment
of such inferior officers, as they think proper,
in the President alone, in the courts of luw
or in the heads of departments.’
“This is the constitutional provision which
the act of 1865 may be supposed to infringe.
Manifestly the statute is in violation of the
constitutional provision if tho Assistant As
sessors are, wituin the meaning of the Con
stitution, officers.'’
[Tho Attorney General proceeds to argue
to show that according to the highest au
thnriries the Assistant Assessors are officers of
the UeiiLil Stuii..' j
“I am of opinion, therefore, that the pro
vision of the act of 1865, to which I have re
terred, vesting the power of appointing As
sistant Assessors in the respective Assessors,
is clearly unconstitutional
The third and last question on which you
have desired an expression of my opinion is
whether it is the duty of the Presideut to ex
crcisc tho power of appontment in the case
of these officers, in view of the express pro
visions of tne act of 1865. distinctly declarin
the will of Congress that he should not ap
point them, and directly against that t-xpres
sion of tho will of tho Legislature, and espe
cially betore any judicial determination mis
been had of the fi st two questions to which
I have directed my attention.
“If the President should be of opinion, on
the foregoing reasoning,'that he possesses the
power, constitutionally, to make appoint
ments to the ofiico of Assistant Assessors, I
think that it is clearly his duty to exercise
that power. The question of his constitu
tional authority in tlie case presented, de
pends upon the view that the President may
takeoftbe unconstitutionality of the exist-
legislation on the subject ot th*t office.
If be fully concurs in thj^vicw I have taken
of the question, there is no e»c;ipe from the
conclusion that lie alone can lawfully fill the
offices. It is his duty to do till that he lias
lawful power to do when tlie occasion re
quires an exercise of his authority. To d<
less on such an occasion would be pro tanto
to abdicate his high office. The Con-tittttio.
is the supreme law—a law superior and par
amount to any other. If any law be repug
□ant to the Constitution, it is void. In other
words, it is no law.
It is the peculiar province nnd duty of the
judicial department to say what the law is
in particular ens s. But before such case*
arise, and in the absence of authoritative ex
position of tho law by that department, it is
equally the duty ot tho otlh-er holding the
executive power of the Government, to de
termine for the purposes of his own conduct
nnd action, as well as tbe operation ol con
flicting laws, as to tlie uuconstitutionality of
any one.
“It will be observed, let me remark in con
clusion, tbnt the action of the President, in
appointing to the office in question, will not
preclude or affect judicial inquiry and decis
ion on the points that have been presented.
If two persons should claim the authority of
exercising, in any assessment district, the
office of Assistant Assessor, one by appoint
ment «f the President and the other by ap
pointment of the Assessor, tlie question
would lie then peculiarly onq for judicial
determination—whether either, and which,
of such persons wus entitled to receive the
offi " " * *
SOUTHERN
LANDS AND,
TORE.
AGim un
important Report front tlie Department of
Agriculture.
Mr. Capron, Commissioner of the Department
of Agriculture, some time since sent circulars
through the Southern States, requesting answers
to questions concerning tbe past and prts.-nt
value of lands and the prospects of agriculture.
The replies have been carefully condensed, and
Mr. Capron makes a report on the subject, from
which we gather the following:
VIRGINIA.
The average tall in tbe price of land in Virginia,
since I860, is twenty—even per eent.; the average
iucrease in value in this State ranges lrom one dol
lar an acre in the southwestern counties to litty
dollars in the best i-nrtsot the tidewater counties.
There arc, however, very few purchasers in the
market.. Property owneis. ns a rule, ilo not s 11
when they can possibly avoid it. Mr. Capron
adds, however, that the “.vldence is ubuudatit of
a gro * lug disposition to invite immigration. At
present the Virginia farmers devote themselves
mainly to stock-raising.”
NORTH CAROLINA.
The average fa 1 i i the prifce of lands in North
Carolina since 18<0 is lully fifty per cent In two
counties, however, prices luv; not decreased —
Umbered nplatidsand swamp,or* poeotiu” laud-,
can be bought at lroui liny cents to t u dollars an
acre; exhausted and abandoued lu us at ev u
lower prices. The ognculturu o. the Slut.- i
primitive and not very pn fliubli-. Mr. -apron
says:
“Corn is the staple for bread in many coun it s.
Halifax reports theyi«Id on best laiuir-: i ouon,
lour bundled to live hundred pou cs bn ; ear
on uplands, twenty to thi-ty, u..d uu
thirty to 11 ty bushels; but on common laud •
throughout the State the average is one
Who Should Vote Against the Atlanta Ne
gro Constitution, and Why.
Every white man should vote against it,
because it attempts to establish the social as
well as tbe political equality of the negroes.
Every hone9t man, white or black, should
vote against it, because it gives the rogues
and Radicals the preference to honest men,
and tries to make dishonesty the fashion in
Georgia. Every poor man should vote
against it, because by the Homestead bill it
destroys all the credit of the poor man.
Every tax-payer should vote against it, because
by removing the Capitol it will add millions
to our taxes, for the benefit of Atlanta only.
Every creditor should vote against it, because
it encourages those who owe him to cheat
and defraud him out of his honest rights.
Every debtor should vote against it, because
the so-called relief measure is a cheat and a
humbug, and will afford him no relief, but
only get up strife and ill-will between debtor
and creditor. Every decent and honorable
man should vote against it, because it is in
tended to create a bastard mulatto society,
which is destructive to all civilization.—
Every Christian should vote against it, be
cause it is intended to overthrow the laws of
God and put negroes and whites upon an
equality, which God never intended.—
Every man who regards the credit or honor
of the*State should vote against it, because
it degrades the State, will drive oil and
keep men of capital from coming among us.
Every Georgian should vote against it be
o umj it was concocted and. got up by
Yankeis and foreigners against the wishes
I ami the advice of the people of Georgia, and
mm ■ ■ r in
ten «; ••
south Carolina * conclusion, every white man, every honest
In South Carolina tho averse decree i„ th. ' n “‘ n " eVr J dw * nt ma "> every tax-payer and
market value of.laml since I860 is aO mt | man who wishes well to the State
percent. Wildlands can be bought ia m n vote ufiminst it.
counties for from 50 cents to two . n Mj/r- • People of Georgia rally as one man and la-
Reports from all the cotton gruwipx c u.uk- j Lor from now uutil election day to defeat
agree in declaring cotton to be, at presto.:, v ; iji s luu | u j to nmnstrocity, which tvas con-
ally 300 to 1000 pounds seed cuttoj, S tu5onu»u- | ‘Y.“J ]t ‘8tablisbed among ns will perpetuate
els corn, 20 to 40 bushels rice, 4 to 1& of->. 11 ! v’WlOllor, dishonesty, and chagrucc to you,
1 r tad 1 •• y.-ur children. Avoid it as yon would
strength and their right to be f —*
rise antf drive into the sea the Af?®*
placed over them by Congress 0411 ra! 3
Mr. Williams, of Pennsylvania
he should vote against the bill ’ H a N
deem it essential or wise tocomnelth d
of Alabama to enjoy_ the priviW^JWe
Union and share in its covem™ °* tk
their will. If there were any ^>S
number of white men in the South D v t
»ny sense of regret for what thev ha ^
beyond the feeling of remorse whirt d ° c \
the heart of Satan and his peers mi
their enterprise had tailed he had
any evidence of it. He did not h,r 0t ^
compelling these incorrigible del; e >»
into an association in power with
whom they hated, and a government ?t, f : «.
had striven to overthrow.
Mr. Bingham spoke in advocacy of 0,
putting in the axiom that if you can't t: -
you wish, you should get all y ou „ 8(! «i
thought sufficient restrictions had tall ^
posed on the people of Alabama
he was opposed to the third section r -
authorized' neither by the laws
Constitution.
It was the right of the people to .1, I
amend their Constitution, subject oni "I
Constitution of the United States amn^l
could not be deprived of that nVht wl
American systun would !„■ a tot-j’j 1 '-' i
the people could not be trusted will ■
right; there was no colorable excuse?."*!
tempting to engraft such a provision
statute book. I can’t shut m
not
“Very respectfully ynur ob’dt servant,
James >pked. Attorney Genera!.”
Dev n of v My-tehious Van —Lansing Michi-
ptn, March 4.— tn oul turpnt, wu<» h«» g«uc uy
trie of l‘Uttl-8 nod Jiv.fl al Altiinit, on tbe
Centra Ha I roar, fir iiiirii-ll e year?, w.i.- bud
dond in lita Inn on th'- 2J 01 Marvb ■ lit- ur «l«*t
m-Mort li 1- t.lw.iy- furioundid him. tbou£ti -bice
nisdeatU bef >1 owligatorj haa been circulated
by tt.i-i-tt it li., claim t<> .now :
It’siiM iiwi watMtiu be wm -awi-altby mi-r-
• li .tit *n N w Y'.rk co , end »a» vi-gtuod ;u a
'Hi ntiinl a 1 j tie mj/i li U young laot, l u l i-
rmiier, w 10 va-m 1 u im—n »itn him, teeune
<im rival. vn<l kciiiwI the iuinJ of Un* Udj iuq e-r
10D. v poa winch tl i-man In-'00k UIium- 1 t > til
wild'- f .lii-litcmi, i on?i t him some lai d huil< a
mall u , and here lie liv d 111 the ut tatri seeln-
lun. li - tn ard Ins own produce. For e o blug
ie us dn tlilnir but cot'on b k*. which i pu' on
11 ev- rv s 1 •• lmaclnvblr. in the whip r l e woie
leiiiir b >t' nor sboca, mlw-ys eoinz bi-refojt,
uid hlway 'hut in bis coiliu, ia which la was
oand dead —Chicago Journal.
10 to 20 of oats, Of course, better imp erne
thorough tillage and good use of uiarl am." otu 1 ;
materials and manure would greatly tueroa*-e
theso products.” Very little pretn is d>.ri-nt
from iruit-growing. It is suggested'iba ■ a. tr»
season is from a month to six weeks cur ter .. 1
South Carolina, market gardening lor this ua 1 1
other Northern cities might bo made very prof j
itable.
OEOROIA,
In Gfly counties ot Georgia the price of Inn >«
has fallen oO since I860 fully one halt. In three
counties prices remuiu tho sumo. A. in tne
other States tbe nuuibtl? ot sales is very an,ail.
Cultivated Jand can bo found at lrom twenty five,
cents to fitteen dollars an acre; wild tanas
throughout tho State at nouiiual prices, i'he
State cau produce a great variety 01 erupt, hut
hitherto wheat, corn and cotton have engrossed
tho attention of the larmers. Tho latter ciop is
at present oul of favor. Tbe improved tueinoiis
of farmiug bavo uot yet made tbeir way into
many of the counties. The average yield in
I860 was as follows : Corn (3 2 bushels, wheat 4
bushels, rye 4 8 bushels, oats 10 7 bushels, barley
4 2 buthcJs, potatoes 02 bushels, tobacci- 025
pounds, hay niue-tenihs of a ton per acre. Pas
ture cos s tbe farmers very liitie; often notniug
at all. But little attention has been giv n to
fruit-growing, yet it is asserted that "all Iruit
not strictly tropical may be cultivated iu Geor
gia with success.”
FLORIDA.
The returns from Florida are meagre. The
pric.s ol lauds are mertiy nominal, hardly any
sales taking place. Ttu average decrease iu vatu
since I860 is believed to be about litty-livu per
cent. A large part of - he wi d laud is not, at
p-eseut, valuable lor la. m ng uses. TieagrUn-
ture ol tbe istate is rude and not very profitable,
ft is thought that wheat can be grow u ou the
“naiuinock ’ funds. Pasture costs nothing. North-
era emigrants are settling along the c rust and ou
the islands, aud there is littled-ubt that F.ordt
will become a great fruit graw.ng and timber-pro
ducing State.
ALABAMA.
■ tMstih nce. I: is your duty to yourselves,
• • •.ur children, your country, aud your God,
• > v etc down tills abominable Mongrel Mu-
itto Constitution.— Fed. Union.
In Alabama tbe price ot land has fall n t ff sincu
1 CO about sixty per cent. As in other States, tbe
laigu plantations have depreciated iu value ntucli
mure thau small tunus. The avera-e price of un
improved lands ib about one dol.ur and seventy
live cents au acre, i n report sa;s: “An almost
universal complaint is made ol the nnproliiuble-
■itss ol collou vulture at I be present price- woo lu
the uii-ciUed condition oi labor, aud a dct< rojina-
tiun vxpresscdto devote more attention to tbe
cereals aud root crops, some of which are well
suited to Hie soil auu climate.” But little care
has neeu given to the cultivation of grasses or
traits.
LOUISIANA.
Id Louisiana the value of land-seems to have
depreciated since 18.10 about twenty per cent.—
Th,- prices put upon unimproved lauds are merely
nominal. lilt uw sales have been repo ted.
auch vu liable land is 1 - ing idle for want of capi
ta and labor Those who have planted cotion
have lost money. But little jvbeai nas yet been
raised. More attention bus been given to corn.—
Iu the southern tier of parl-i.es, sugar, rice, to-
t acco and fruits yield u good profit, indeed, tbe
report predicts tua'. fruit growing will become a
leading interest ol the Slate. Toe grazing dis
tricts are among the best iu the country, and, in
g, ncr.il, Louisiana planters and larmers arc not
put to much expense for feeding their stock.
ARKANSAS.
Two counties in Arkansas report an increase
in ibo value of land since 1S60; tbe others report
an average decrease ol sixty percent. Farms
worth $luO an aero before the war are now, in
some parts of the State, valued at $5. Much of
the soil is of the finest quality, aud, uuder a good
system of cultivation, will yield very heavy and
pr-ifitablo crops. No farm meadow lands are
needed—tho stock grazing ou ranges until after
harvest. In many counties trail grows readily,
and will some time bo an important interest.
Judge lawts Endorsed.—The Democratic
piity of Fuiton county, at tbeir meeting on
Smart]jy, adopted the following preamble
and resolution by a unanimous vote:
Wln-reas, Tlie legislation of tbe Congress
of the United States has so fixed such disa
bilities on many ol the leading and worthy
citizens of the State, Judge-Reese among the
number, and feeling and believing he could
not. under existing circumstances, conscien
tiously accept the office if; elected, has patri
otically declined the nomination, and has re
commended life friends to support the Hon.
D.tvid Irwin, of the county of Cobb, for the
office of Governor of Georgia; and
Whereas. The Democratic Central Commit
tee has. at its reci-nt session in Macon, recom
mended the same policy:
Be it therefore resolved. That we will give
Judge Irwin our cheerful and hearty support,
liaviug confidence in him as an honest man, a
native Georgian, and believing, as wc do, if
lie should he elected, he will administer the
Government ol Georgia honestly, faithfully,
and impartially, we hereby pledge him our
Cordial support, and call upon our fellow
citizens ol Georgia to unite with us in the
election of Judge Irwin, and save our good
obi State from possible ruin and degradation
To Remove a Screw Rusted in the
Wood.—Heat a poker in the fire red hot and
put it on tbe top of the screw for a minute or
two, then take the screw driver and you will
easily get it out, if you do it while it is warm.
Troubles About TnE Succession.—We
observe that the Radicals are in trouble as to
who will succeed President Johnson in case
he is impeached. The following special ap
pears in the Louisville Courier:
Washington, March 25.—Ben. Wade is
much exercised over the question now dis
cussed here among his enemies in his own
party about his right to the succession of the
Proidency if Johnson is deposed. The Con
stitution provides, in case of removal, death,
resignation, etc., of the Presideut and Vice-
President, what officer should act as Presi
dent, etc.
wno WILL SUCCEED IF JOHaSON IS DEPOSED ?
Tic question now raised is, is the Presi
dent pro fcwt. of the Senate such an officer as
contemplated by the Constitution ? It is
contended by them that neither that person
nor tlie Speaker of the House are officers, and,
as such, are not eligible. The matter was
tebated at great length in tho session of 1704,
and Mr. Madison spoke and voted against
the proposition that such an officer could
succeed to the Presidency.
The bill passed the House by a vote of 26
to 25 Mr. .Madi'on voting nay. . If the view
taken by Mr. Wade’s opponents prevailed,
the mantle would fall on the Chief Justice.
Wade will not feel secure until he is full^ in
possession of tbe coveted prize.
A Government Official with the
Hofkins-Bradley Party.—Mr. Johnson's
appointee to the Savannah Postoffice turns
up fully identified with the negro party of
Georgia. The Republican of Monday con
tains the following communication:
hditor Republican: By tbo proceedings of
Democratic meeting held in this city on
Saturday, as published in the Advertiser ot
this date, I am informed that I am appointed
y the chairman of that meeting to represent
in the Senatorial Convention to be held in
Blackstiear oa Tuesday next.
I take this method of info fining those in
terested that I respectfully decline to serve
the Democratic party in that or any other ca-
aciiy. At no time of my life, past or pres-
t, have I had any principles or sympathies
ith that party; and I had supposed tny po
litical views were too well known to be mts-
ken by any one. I will simply add, that
bout the time the meeting above alluded to
is in si-ssion, I was actually presiding over
assemblage of Republicans in this city,
met together for the purpose of devising
eaos to secure a better and more efficient
organization of the Republican party'iu tn s
city and district, with which party I hare
been connected from its organization.
Respectfully, T. P. Robb.
Savannah, March 20. 18GS.
K?” Briuham I oaDg is a widower, live of liis
wiv s haviug died ol pneumonia during the
winter.
Gb-nt as a Talker.—Mr. Alex. Phipps,
now the editor of the Huntsville (Mo.) Citizen
was a resident of Mexico, Audrain county
Missouri, in 1861. and recalls some interest
ing reminiscences of the great Reticent, as
follows:
In the summer of 1861, General Grant, then
Colonel of the 21st Illinois regiment of inian
try, was stationed at Mexico, on the North
Missouri railroad, and had command of the
post. He remained there several months,
mingling freely with the people, regardless
of the particular shade of any one’s political
opinions, and, a3 the distinguished Colonel
find then no thought of aspiring to the Pres
idency, or a dictatorship, no occasion existed
for the reticence to which latterly he owes the
greater part of his popularity. Ulysses the
silenrwas then Ulysses the garrulous, and
embraced every fair opportunity which came
in his way to express his sentiments and
opinions in regard to political affairs. One
ot these declarations we distinctly remember.
In a public conversation in Ringo’s banking
houses a sterling Union man put this ques
tiou to him: “What do you honestly think
wus the real object of this war on the jiart ot
the Federal Government?”
“Sir,” said Grant, “I have no doubt in the
world that the sole object is the restoration
of the Union. I will say lurther, though, that
I am a Democrat—every man in my regiment
is a Democrat—and whenever I shall lie con
vinced that this war has for its object any
thing else than what I have mentioned, or
that tlie Government designs using its sol
diers to execute the purposes of tuc Aboli
tionists, I pledge you my honor as a man and
soldier that I will not only resign my com
mission, but will carry my sword to the other
side, and cast my lot with that people.”
Debate on th* Alabama Bill.
House of Representatives, \
March 20, 1868. j
The House considered the bill admitting
Alabama Representatives in Congress.
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, offered a substitute.
Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, opposed the bill.—
Mr. Kerr declared if tlic State of Alabama
was admitted into the Union under tho law,
and with the shackles which the last section
imposed upon her, she could never stand up
in tbe ianrily of the republic and say she was
an equal sister. She would come with the
brand of degradation upon her, and they
were told this was to be a government repub
lican in form. It was a government which
the people of Alabama despised, which they
loathed and which they rejected in every
way left to them by military despotism, in
which to express their feelings. Ho then
criticised various portions of the bill.
Mr. Paine spoke in advocacy of the bill,
replying to some objections made by Mr.
Kerr. He thought it favored white rebelsiu
allowing them political power at all. It
would have been right and just, ifithad been
deemed expedient, to withhold absolutely
from them all political power; and lie could
see no propriety in charging Congress with
injustice because they said to the rebels they
should not exercise political power aud be
cause they would not strip that power from
these men who were loyal duriug the war,
and tq whom Congress was in honor bound to
extend and perpetuate that right.
’ Mr. Farnsworth moved for a recess from
4:30 to 7 o’clock, but the motion was rejected
by a large majority.
Mr. Eldridga then spoke in opposition to
the bill. He declared Alabama was a State
SlUUUAs UUUK. A UU b snut my
great fact, that this Government was ^
white men, upon ideas that were pecnM
the race, that the predominating
still theftame, and there i3 no reason t
pect that in the long future it will er» fI
on any other complexion. In sayinoa-^
would not be understood to d'isp W a» ,
political rights ofSny race th« fateorf^
tunc has cast upon our shores, whether it
tbe docile African, or any other or '*
bulent one that comes by ship loads vjth-
old world ideas and anti republican i«Ji?
in Church and State,'to till the tanks 3
feed the wasting reserves ol the seciTt
American Democracy.
We have them both to deal w i;h ^
have had to deal with Spaniards and F rf: .?
men, and now have to deal with the l' iv
nnd Indians. We must do the best tea!
to.assimulatc these heterogeneous eitaaa
by educating them into the live order ot s
just appreciation of tbe rights of men.
nobody, I suppose, would think of cokto.
ting a durable Republican State from either
of these materials without a judicious
mination of the high instinct which pm q,
man aaove tbe State, and has a just rtL :i
for the rights of all. He opposed the wtia
offered by Mr. Stevens, imposing condkioa
on the admission of Alabama, and app^
to the House to reject it ; and also, thit c ;
his colleague, Mr. Spalding, and coccladej
by advocating the passage of the biU,*ifl
the third suction struck out.
Mr. Dawes said he would be gUd to™,
port the bill, with or without the 3d sectia,
if he could see in it any guarantee of securi
ty to the people of Alabama. He support
the proposition “f Mr. Spalding, whichw-
cured to tbe people of Alabama everytty
secured by the original bill, except represe
tetion in Congress. Tbe State should fnr,
I e ouiltup by individual and personal rich
s cured, ihe damage wrought by the rcbeiioi
repaired, and stability and security
certain, and representation should
and grow out Oi that security.
Mr. Stevens, of Pa, rose at the Clerkij
desk and spoke at some length. He idq
now, as he did all the time, the admission
,West Virginia, that having conquered:
"territory .from another power, wc hide
right to treat it as such, and take it n
keep it out, as we pleased.
He continued: The only question tan,]
though this State has not lived up to t
enabling act, is, are we prepared to idi
ber people as fit to associate with Ireeaa
few of whom sympathized with rebels, s»
are now unwilling to let them into tbe Cnia
[Laughter.] What is tbe Constitutios,
every man of tweuty-onc years of age i*«
entitled to vote—even if be has perjc
himself and attempted to break
glorious Union—who will live and abide
his contract, and not again attempt to 4
stroy us ?
If we admit this terrible leaven I six
not hesitate to say there are no for®:
omission that would keep us from admit'-"
them into-the Union at once. I confess»
I have ray doubts; I am for it, hat whtfie
after we shall have admitted them into t-
Union and after to morrow’s sun shall h"
set upoa them, they will not be ready too
new conventions and re-establish skive?:
some shape or form.
We know very well the ingenuity of tbe
men. We abolish slavery except fore*
but I have been informed of twenty
which men have beeD held in bondigf.
arc now serving in it. One case is in_F'
da, where our Commissioner of the
men’s Bureau informed me he had seen
them sold for twenty years. How d°
do it ? They pass a law that any ipanj
of assault and battery, shall be sold
slavery for twenty years. It is a law t
now it they go into the streets,and if * v -
man jostles a black one, or a Idack -
jostles a white, he is taken right to thet
house, convicted of assault and battery,
is sold for twenty years into slavery,
arc hundreds this day in the Southern
who are serving as slaves in just such
vance.
They have so altered the law that they-
introduced a system of peonage even'
than in Mexico and the Southern pro*
and yet what shall we do? We most
shackle them in some way, that while'
admitting these white men, we are sec*
the poor black man from imposition; &
it is that I have moved to strike outzllj
the first section and insert in its place* 1 :
think will be a complete shackle. Bi>
proposition of the gentleman from Ohjei
Bingham,) to strike out the third swWJ
all I must say in reference to slavery. I
offered my production to try to pr°’
possible, freedmen against the wiles*
most wicked institution that ever w
man, or that ever could exist throng' 1 “
vention of human ingenuity, I will v*
no Constitution which does uot give*-
sal and impartial suffrage.
Planting in * Alabama.—We Cli r-j
following paragraph from the hloBtg'-
Mail of the 22d instant: :
We are glad to learn that the farin'*"; j
commenced in earnest the cukiv.iN f
farms; and. that while there are ■ I
acres in use as there was last year, tlie tj
pect of a good yield is flattering .
weather during the last few weeks In
most favorable to planting, and » e i*j
have made bay while the sun was
The laborers, since the election, hav* ^
a commendable disposition to wor
chew politics and the ruinous nun |
carpet-baggers. - -1
Planting is conducted upon a
nomical basis this year, anti the
that our energetic farmcra will
allze something from their >
sufficiency of cotton will be p lan '
pleased to know that our farmers*j"
by a sad experience, arc determi
supply themselves with tlic necess*
and arc giving their attention, to -
sDd *2^1
in the Union, unless history for the last live tent, to the raising of corn “ ul V oU 3J
years were a lie; unless the war for the sup-} is wise, and we are sure will *i
pression of the rebellion was a monstrous j benefit of the tillers of the son-
crime; unless every man who fought in the! . ^po;
war on either side was a conscientious traitor, j jgf An English newspaper* ^
The bill, lie said, could be justified by no j tlie speech of a distinguished
man not filled with infernal hatred to our j cently, gave it thus : “Mr. GU ds " t ,;;i
form of government, and not desirous of its that he would stand or fall hj
overthrow. It must and could end in blood; j hail burned his coats, destroyed ^ f j
no man in his senses could expect anything and did not mean to re cr0S ^ eeD ‘-t-
else; the white race had never in tbe history “Coat;:,” of course, sh.v.ild_hsvc
of the world been subject to the black race;! and “breeches” “bri-
tho madness or folly of Congress could never — ES; f 1
compel tho white man to submit to its arbi- £5?" It being aonuoimcwi
trary dominion or government; timo would ernor Henry S. Footeji>sjom>-^^ ^ |
certainly come when pride, and race, and! Church, one who evidently “
blood, would not brook tbe dominion of in- says: "He w ill b
ferior men, when the white people of tint: tlie concern; will
State, conscious of the great wrong inflicted it, and it ho i.
on them, aud conscious of their God given j a history of it.
, apt to atttfflP 1 - |
be certainly
es long one