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A IO A* REID & 00.,] A Family Journal for the Dissemination of General Intelligence, Miscellany, Agricultural, Commercial, Political and Religious Information. cff SERIES.} [PROPRIETORS MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1868. {VOL. HI.—NO. 30 GEORGIA TELEGRAPH PUSHING HOUSE. ri'Bf ,y,I. UK.ll) & CO., Proprietor*. "TiSn P, [ Edi to u9 - Term* of Subscription : V. r.nci v Tni.r.GHAPn—yoarlr. S 3 00 ' p A ;iy Ik!.kgraph—yearly JO 00 JOB PRINTING. .. ■ iiitlo* enable os to cxceoto overy description ; HOOK WORK, anil wosuarnntoo satis- ‘ 'X all ttI.o favor U3. G|EORG I A ELECTIO X---WHO ARB (ll’ALlFIED AS SENATORS AND RKP- UESENTAT1VES J A NEW PKOXIS- C1AHENTO. The following important official document appears in tbc Atlanta New Era of Wednes day. It contains matter of vital interest to all the people of the South, and especially to [ those whose lot has been cast in the military district commanded by Major General | Meade: Headquarters Third Military District, (Dept, of Georgia, Alabama and Florida, 1 AUanta, Ga., April 15,1SCS., The Sixth Section of the lirst Reconstruction Act of Congress declares: “That until the people of said rebel States shall be, by law, admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, any civil government which may exist therein, filial! he docmed nrnvifiifinni nnlu >» tr» /acta had been brought to'his knowledge. Now, j at that time Gen. Meade knew that Gen. Gor don, if elected, could not take the test oath, and his silence on the point is conclusive evi- j The Feast of Flowers. “ GO IT ALONE.»» BY JOHX O. SAXE. f ; lf5nJ oioi’s.—We can stand almost any • ion of the Expressman, run by the I therein, shall be deemed provisional only,’ 1 etc. j. Under the provisions of the Fifth Section of the : r Got ernor of Georgia, but, m tlic game act, “the people of said State cannot bead- ■araon decency, in respect to both mltted to representation in Congress until they i wo houwh tlin Pilitnr EbaU havc ratifle<1 the Constitution, submitted to ,ivn? andl C l C!u > w C beseech the editor them under the Reconstruction Acts, and Con- . x x Era to compare him in no re- gross shall have approved the same; and until IT „rr niav Tlicv bntli rlp^renrl I “id SUte shall have adopted the amendment to lknry Clay. 1 hey both descend tll0 ConsUtution of the United States, proposed by ith-r Eve—there the parallel ends. Congress, and known as Article 14, and said Arti- _ I cle shall have become a part ol the Constitution of •To colored men of Savannah arc or- ^“United States.” These and other provisions 1 * A 11 .. - . I of the Reconstruction Acts clearly show that •>! • ,i colored Conservative Club tor the whatever government may exist in Georgia, before . fricndlv feelinrrs be- tbe fulfillment of the above conditions, must “be t cultivating iriencuy iceungs ue I deemed provisional only.” The Ninth Section of whites urn, blacks. Wo hope to the Supplementary Reconstruction Act, passed :. .lone generally. The whites will “requires all officers elected or ap- tub none o' J . I pointed under the provisional government of a •urdiiliv respond to the sentiment. state, to take and subscribe the oath of office pre- I scribed by law for officers of the United States.” c „,„ ir Wp orp to -pp I This makes a condition of eligibility to office un- Tke Lii’iit Wc arc glad to _ce Ljer a provisional government very materially dif- . t v the excitement of the election has ferent from either eligibility to registration as a intpliirrpnt pitirpna orp voter, or eligibility to office under the provisions - many of ou. intclli 0 ent citizens are 0 f ti, 0 proposed Constitutional amendment. thtir attention nway from politics Before entering upon his duties, a provisional omwiiou of political ««»»Ttl.t :v .'.ve our recuperation and prosperity as a tempted to exercise the functions of any officer This i< right. We are powerless to whatever, under any authority, or pretended 1 i i authority in hostility to the United States, it despotism, for it is both armed and re- I Mr. —— held office under the authority of We must submit to all political the State of Georgia while that State was in hos- ... , . I tility to the United States. Hois consequently with wl.at grace xvc can, and try I ineligible to office under the provisional gov- terl-alantc their baleful effects by re- ernment. It is not deemed necessary here to * *»'!" p*-”'” me srate-agisf srz&ss xs sc in he independent, provided the I taken while the State is yet under provisional r.t shall not rob us of all the government; and the members of the Lcgisla- 1 ture must be qualifiod to hold office under that provisional government. Official: (Signed) R. C. Drum, a. A. G. of our industry, and there ground for hope that it will stop i f that. There is at least, enough to r. and save our people from that list- -■ wd despair that sometimes gather 1 the oppressed. These latter condi- ■. what we have most to dread. No . tur yet gave way to despondency and tl.tir arms under adverse fate, that | ; -oon become “hewers of wood Though this order bears date prior to the election, it was not published and made known until after the election. Wc find it, for the first time, in au Atlanta paper of the present week. The first suggestion which occurs to onr mind on reading this remarkable document, Milledgeyille, Ga., April 25,1808. Editors Telegraph: The anniversary of denra that .+ ii. of ,i:,i ‘ I this sad but welcome festival recurs to-day.* I ThouShlv’e never played it for pleasure or lucre. Clenee that at that time he did not contem-I . . „ rnnf1 nnf1 In which when the cards are in certain conditions, plate any such qualification for Governor or T gaads of loV e ’ ofpr0ld an ‘ g0nu T’ h ° playere appear.to have changed their positions, _fix rs 4 -w- i. i , , remembrance, are already woven by the hands themcnes in aconfident tone— any other office. Not only so, but the ques-1 .., . . , I I think I might venture to go it alone.” ...... . ,, _ - , . , I ol the fair daughters of southland, to ho I v F , IgI 11 y 0 e ^gislature of men again silently and gratefully upon the F bi le watching the game, ’tis a whim of the bard’s disfranchised by the constitutional amend- u a ° am suenll y a *■ » 1 ** lue I A moral to draw from the skirmish in cards, _ , I tombs of her sons—her soldier-sons—Who I 4 n, l to fancy he finds in the trivial strife, ment was submitted to General Meade, and I , .... , ... ,, . , I Somo excellent hints for the buttle of Life. 1 went down battling for liberty, their homes Where, whether the priio be a ribbon or throne, and constitutional government, mat a con- The winncr is ho who can " e0 il aIone ” trast! Yesterday the galling, grinding heels I When great Galileo proclaimed that the world of Northern fillibusters, setting in conclave | i“nd upon the announcement of his opinion, that all such were ineligible, they promptly with drew from the contest. The cases of Judge Floyd, Gen. Eli Warren and Col. A. H. Ke nan readily occur to our minds. We present the fact, as evidence of the anxiety of our , w , —--- -— — 3 pain?, and within the halls of the Capitol of a once living and honored Union’hf States, were I ^ or l £new . like tho earth, ho could “go it alone.’’ people to conform their whole action in this! 8 !*™®? “ W * tl1 “charcoal,” into our very When Kcplor, with.intellect piercing afar, . , I vitals ^ To-flav our licarts ovnand and lpan I Discovered tho laws of each planet and start election to the requirements of military au-I ' lS . " , a . iea P I And doctors who ought to have lauded his nan J I tftpmlirflppnfrpcli tlio mom Arina—tliompfnro/1 I Derided his lenm'ncr nnd hlnokenpfl hinfame? thority. Now, then, when General Meade was thus approached, and his opinions sought in good faith to guide and direct our course in the election, if he contemplated the putting of the test oath to the Governor and members to embrace afresh, the memories—the pictured I Derided his learn'ug and blackened his fame; I , , ... , , , , “lean wait,” he replied, “till the truth you shall shades—of these dauntless heroes whose only 1 fault was failure—whose only crime resis tance! Treason, is it called? For ho felt in his heart he could “go it alone.” Alas for tho player who idly depends In the struggle of life upon kindred and friends, Whatever the value of blessings like these, , They can never atone for inglorious ease. But those garlands, those wreaths and floral Nor camfort the coward, who finds_with a groan of the Legislature, why, in the name of all I chaplets so gracefully and lovingly entwined at or®*® *■ have left him to go it alone. “Treason does never prosper: what’s the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.” | Johnson’s Conviction Grant’s Defeat at Chicago. The New York Herald, of Sunday, says: Impeachment means the defeat of Grant in the contest for the nomination of the Re publican party. So sure as Johnson is im peached and removed and Wade secures his place, Grant will not and cannot become the candidate. His nomination will not be with in the possibilities of the game. Wade, be coming President, if at all, in the beginning of May, will pursue the line of policy he stands on now—that of “masterly inactivity. 1 ” He will not hustlo out of office every man now in. He will not break up the fountains of the great deep in the matter of party pat ronage. He will hold in reserve the vast wealth of the patronage of his position—that tremendous power to make a thousand men rich “by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.” He will hold that power with the definite understanding everywhere, however, that the offices are to be redistributed shortly and the Johnson men turned out. He will go into the convention with this power in his hands. He will go with an almost illimitable power ol appointment in his pocket—that is to say, he will go prepared to buy up every shape ever had or ever will have a record that can outweigh in the minds of members of con ventions the immediate certainty of a fat that is fair, candid and honest did he not so I f° r the bosoms of tbeir sbrines 1 What are There is something, no doubt, in the hand you may an< ^ stripe of adverse opinion. What soldier 1 ’ IraiTAiA; i it il hold, I ever narl nr ever will nave a reenrn t.lmf enn say, and make it known to the people ? It is I *hey ? Vestal fires relumed and consecrated I Health, family, culture, wit, beauty and gold, impossible for him to have been ignorant of t° the undying genius of Liberty—emblems As Sachfi?its a wa?^moTL f ccUent e ca 0 rf- , j the fact that candidates were running in of the spirit of *76—symbols of devotion, of Unle^ youvVffiYcs^ageto^go’it Wone > .” r ° nr ° Wn ’ | °? ica * t None^ Wade, therefore, will be om- every county in the State, who, if elected, gratitude, of patriotism and of faith—living could not take this test oath. faith, in’ the holy principles of “The Lost | ;SUwwiSKtb’Tv^h" Let us repeat, for we wish to be emphatic Cause! 1 upon this point, General Meade knew that in j every county in Georgia, there were candi dates for the Legislature who could not take j the test oath—indeed, he must have known “ ’Tis not in mortals to command success: But we’ll do more Semi>ronius, we’tl deserve it.” AU hail to Southland’s mothers, wives and sisters I . l’riestesses of tho sacred fire—Vestals of the Feast of | Flowers! I will only add, that the decorations and Tho victor is he who can “go it alone. .iwms of water” to somebody. Let us is i 1 * 0 fact > that members of the Legislature calamity, and take courage from are ' * n no SCESe °f t* 10 word, officers of the : of the proposition, that no peo- State - The necessity of the case suggested ; manfully, bravely and persistent- tb5s ^-fetched construction, and but lor that . jul against any form of adversitv or necessity, it would never have been resorted o iloa they did not finally overcome to - Wc shall not elaborate the point, but t i, c add j u triumph. refcr oar rcaders to the learned and earnest in project to lorm our people into agri- argument now being had in the leading pa- li'sociatfons, or corporations, for the P ers of the United States on tlie subject- .! encouraging labor and adding to Sowing out of the contemplated removal tivcr.i-ss, is a most important one, and of President Johnson and the succcssorsbip. that tie public mind is devoted to Tbe abl( ; at oi the country haveg.ven 1 investigation ou subjects that the °P in,on that members of legislative bodies ’.civ concern the public welfare. We are n0 ‘ f*? * tLeSCnSC ln Lis", or some other scheme, to atnelio- 13 U8ed 1D thc Constitution and laws of the United States. Under ordinary circumstan- that there was not a single Democratic can-1 offerings for this year will be highly ap— didate in thc State who could take it—and I propriatc, beautiful and deeply suggestive— yet, in view of all tue facts, he remained I a]^ calmly to repose under the invisible silent, and allowed the election to proceed | shield of without notice of any such purpose on his part. One of two things must be true— either he had determined in advance to ex clude all Democrats, who might be elected, by his test oath proscription, or it is now re sorted to, since the election is known, to de feat the will of the people, and put the State under Radical rule, contrary to the clearly expressed will of the people. He can take either horn of tho dilemma that suits him— he is compelled to take the one or the other. In this connection we beg leave call . “Etperance ct Dicu’’—Hope and God. Central. •The usual date is the 26th, but that falling on Sun- I day this year, caused tho ceremonies to bo anticipated j a da: day in this locality. A JVi etched Slander Refuted. The New Orleans Bee publishes the fol- I lowing manly and interesting letter from j Gen. Beauregard: New Orleans, April 22,18G8. To the Editors of the N. 0. Bee: nnixiiA off„ „ , . | Gentlemen:—Allow me to thank you for P . * e “ at ^ ^ ac *» having refuted, in your paper of yesterday, illustrative of the manner in which Radical the following slander contained in the rule has dealt with the people of these South- “Washington correspondence of the Boston era States. In all ot them Conventions have I Commonwealth, to-wit: been held, and in some of them Governors “Beauregard at AitLiNGTON.-Speaking | . I ,*, , _ . _ _ I of the cenotaph erected to the memory of the have been elected and Legislatures chosen I unknown braves, we are reminded that and organized, but in no instance, so far as we I the children cf Gen. Lee, as well as the noto- know or believe, has the test oath been required ri °ns Gen. Beauregard, recently visited Ar- until it is now proposed in the case of our ownV} u & 0 ?;, The former declined, but the lat- . .. . Jter boldly accepted the invitation to record i.tate. The reason is found in the fact that jjj 3 name j n the book of visitors kept in the Georgia is the first, or a only State, that has mansion. elected a Democratic Legislature! So long I “A wounded soldier acts as janitor of the as the Radicals could control the elections, l^ ace - . Be accompanied Beauregard to the ,, ... 0 . . . . memorial vault, and pointed to him the and keep the power of the State in their own touchin words'inscribed tbereon . B eaure- SIX LITTLE FEET ON TEE FENDER. In my heart there livetK a picture Of a kitchen rude and old. Where the firelight tripped o’er the rafter. And reddened the roof’s brown mold; Gilding the steam from the kettle, That hummed on tho foot-worn hearth. Throughout the livelong evening, Its measure of drowsy mirth. Because af the three light shadows That frescoed that rude old room— Because of the voices echoed Up ’mid the rafters’ gloom— Because of the feet on tho fender. Six restless, white little feet— The thoughts of that dear old kitchen Are to me so fresh and sweet. When tho first dash on the windows Told of tho coming rain, Oh! where are the fair young faces That crowded against the pane ? Whilo bits of firelight stealing Their dimpled cheeks between, Went struggling out in -darkness. In shreds of silver sheen. Two of the feet grew weary One dreary, dismal day, And we tied them with snow-white ribbons, Leaving them by the way; There was fresh clay on the fender That weary, wintry night. For tho four little feet had tracked it From this graye on the bright hill’s height. Oh! why on this darksome evening, This evening of rain and sleet. Rest my feet all alone on the hearthstone ? Oh! where are those other feet ? Are they treading the pathway of virtue That will bring U3 together above ? Or have they made steps that will dampen A sister’s tireless love ? Robert E. Dee. take off his head and put somo energetic man in his place.” “But I regard McClellan as a patriot and an able soldier. He has been much embar rassed. The troops are raw and the subordi nate officers are inclined to be rebellious.— There are too many politicians in the army with shoulder straps. McClellan is young and popular, and they are jealous of him. They will kill him if they can.” “McClellan can make plenty of excuses for himself, therefore he needs no advocate in you. If he would only do something and not promise so much I might learn to have a little faith in him. I tell you he is a humbug, and you will have to find some man to take his place, that is, if you wish to conquer the South.” Mrs. Lincoln could not tolerate General Grant. “He is a butcher,” she would often say, “and is not fit to be at the head of an army.” . “But he has been very successful in the field,” argued the President. “Yes, he generally manages to claim a victory, but such a victory 1 He loses two men to thc enemy’s one. He has no manage ment, no regard for life; if the war should continue four years longer, and he should re main in power,he would depopulate the North. I could fight an armyj as well myself.— According to his tactics, there is nothing un der the heavens to do but march a new line of men up in front of the rebel breast works to be shot down as fast as they take their position, and keep marching until the enemy grows tired of the slaughter. Grant, I repeat, is an obstinate fool and a butcher.” “Well, mother, supposing that we give you command of the army. No doubt you would do much better than any General that has been tried.” There was a twinkle in the eyes and a ring of irony in the voice. I have often heard Mrs. Lincoln say that if Grant should ever be elected President of the United States she would desire to leave the country and remain absent during his term of office. Marriage. A recent sermon by Henry Ward Beecher nipotent, and will so use his power as to se cure what he so earnestly desires—time enough in the Presidential chair to make friends—that is, five years. Let every Grant man in the Senate who votes for conviction clearly understand that in so voting he does his utmost to destroy Grant’s chances for the Presidency. Ketchley. | FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM “DEAR LIZZIE’S” BOOK. The following additional extracts from | “Mrs Ketchley’s” book show how statesmen are sometimes discussed at the White House, I has the following in regard to marriage: en famHle ; You that are starting, avoid the errors of Often Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln discussed the those who have gone too fast and too far. relations of Cabinet officers and gentlemen You that are old, bear witness for your- prominent in politics in my presence. I soon selves, and seek to repair as far as you can learned that the wife of the President had the errors of your own lives, by warning and no love for Salmon P. Chase, at that time directing the young. Secretary of the Treasury. She was very well Young men take hold of each other’s versed in human character, was somewhat hands, suspicious of those by whom she was sur- I Maidens, look to the God of your fathers, rounded, and often her judgement was cor- Lf there be any one in this world who can rect. Her intuition about the sincerity of I nflord to be a Christian, it is a woman.— individuals was more accurate then than j If there be any one whose beauty fades as a that of her husband. She looked beyond and flower and whose grace needs the sustenance read the reflection of action in the future.— I the ineffable; if there be any one whose Her hostility to Mr. Chase was very bitter, power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it She claimed that he wa3 a selfish politician is a woman, instead of a true patriot, and warned Mr. If there be _ any one more than another Lincoln not to trust him too far. The daugh- upon whom blight falls more rudely; it there ter of the Secretary was quite a belle in be an y one niore than another, who is more Washington, and Mrs. Lincoln, who was jeal- burdened with grief or more wrung with sor- ous of the popularity of others, had no desire it is a woman. I marvel to see a wo— to build up her social position through po- man that is not a Christian. The ladder be- litical favor to her father. Miss Chase, now I tween your souls and God is not half so long Mrs. Senator Sprague, was a lovely woman, I as that between our souls and God. God made and was worthy of all the admiration she re- I woman to be better than man; and the per ceived. * version is in proportion when she is worse. Mr. Lincoln was more confiding than his I I beseech of every young man and of every :ri’,vn condition and give intelligent .n to labor, may be tried and fully ; We cannot go too earnestly about *’i, nor will our manufacturing and ' nd::s:rial associations ever find a time - the public weal will depend so greatly : -cir gn-aliead and effective energy. x-ehvative Negroes.—The Griffin Star •t 1 we cheerfully endorse it: One of :: *1 cheering signs of the times is the -"aber of colored men who have voted - respectable side, in tho late campaign, -- inciiutd to thc opinion that the ne- ■ Js a whole, have done better than tho ; s—indeed, we are amazed when we ' cl the perfection of the organization bill of tbc Radical party, that so many • -es have broken loose from tbeir fetters, 1 anet ! their political lortunes with those -ir true iriends; and are we proud to be ; itatc, that in this section, the negro ■sure going over by scores and hun- • to the Democratic party. We hesitate ■ w. that should tho election be re :L:s week—in this county—tho blacks, - the aid of a white vote, would elect mocratic ticket. Now, wc urge the F' Cnie to reciprocate the conduct of “udly blacks; let them see by our actions, that we are their friends let ns give them the preference on ; '-^ns, and whenever they are in ■ Id us go promptly to tlicir relief. If :: f* is steadily pursued; in twelve ’ from now, a Radical negro will be a : . v in Griffin. • ben. Hancock’s name, says the Boston ■ ! received with great favor by a large - the Democratic press of the coun- *- : '.he more conservative of the Repub- ; ."na!s concede that his nomination - °ac of great strength for the party '■ ’ustitntion. His character and his • -nttc in drawing upon him the carn- -'•ioa of the country. His intellectual • sound political principles are a ! his special qualifications for this '•‘•’is in our history. His patriotism • c 'upled with unsullied morals, which • ““cs impart to it an increased elcva- •• is already apparent that no candi- , ; he a greater favorite with the peo- ‘ : 40 a 'Gle to copo successfully with the • Rising party arrangements which • ua can desire. A brave and gallant n °hle patriot—a man of fixed po* '■'"‘fictions and principles—of proven ‘ Te sbllity—sagacious and self-con- ’^reposing his faith in civil law rather '~Ury coercion—anxious for the rc- - °* self-government everywhere, of i: ; of permanent prosperity under the 'hose sacred bond the war was a /‘‘"‘—Gen. Hancock would be a '■•*1 candidate next to impossible to . - !lj e people still remain of a pur- •4, r rtscue * ree government from the ■ ""urpation and tyranny. Rousseau, who arrived in Saturday, made the trip from «i the plains in less than four ces, no further answer would be required to this pronunciamicnto from Military Head quarters. But in view of the whole course and policy of the Radicals towards the people of thc ten excluded States, we cannot forbear from a further review of thc matter. Let it be borne in mind that the people of these States have submitted to every condi tion put upon them by their conquerors since the close of the war. When terms of read- mission into the Union were prescribed by the President—hard, onerous and humiliat ing—they were accepted and complied with* This did not satisfy thc Northern mind as embodied in Congressional power, and new conditions and terms were prescribed, at which every sense of honor revolted; but submission was the stern law of necessity, and we had to bow our unwilling heads and receive the oppressive yoke. By the Recon struction Acts, admission into the Union and restoration of State governments were pledged to those Southern States who should comply with the terms imposed by the acts. The people, ns recognized by our former Con stitution and laws, were ignored, and a new people, created by the disfranchisement of our best citizens and the enfranchisement of the negroes, was substituted. To this new peo ple it was given to organize a State govern ment, and that work has regularly proceeded under thc sole conduct and control of fhe military authority set up by the Reconstruc - tion Acts. The Convention was called and delegates elected, who took their seats without ques- j tion or hindrance. It was not required of them to take the test oath ; and the fact is well known, that the most active and promi nent members of that body could not have taken it if they had been required. Wc need only to name General McCay, Mr. Tom Peter Saftold, Dr. Miller, Parrot, President of thc Convention—indeed, with the exception of the imported carpet-baggers and negroes, wc believe there was not a single member who could have taken it. Were they “officers” ? If so, why was not thc test oath presented to them ? If not, how do you make officers of members of the Legislature ? And just here we may as well refer to a singular tact that is not generally known: thc Convention that formed the new Constitution for Georgia, took no oath at all, but did all their work un der no otler obligation than that which each member regarded for himself as morally binding ! Not only so, but the good men of Georgia had placed Judge Irwin in nominatioL for Governor, but when in formed by Gen. Meade that ho would be con sidered ineligible, promptly withdrew him. Anxious to conform in every respect to the requirements of military authority, these good men of thc 8tate would not put for ward another candidate for Governor, until his eligibility was first pronounced upon by the Commanding General. Accordingly, tho question was put directly to Gen. Meade to know if Gen. Gordon would be considered eligible, and to this inquiry General Meade promptly responded that he was, as far as the The President and Judge Black. ELEVATED EXAMPLE OF MB. JOHNSON. From the London Daily Telegraph.'] At Lexington, in the State of Virginia, I wife. He never suspected the fidelity of I maiden, that is beginning life, to begin it bands, no such expedient was resorted to; I gard read them, and burst into a loud laugh, I tberc , is a college which bears the name of the I those who claimed to be his friends. Honest aright. Now is the time. Days are passing, but when, in spite of all opposition and even I scoffing at the woe and suffering he had in most illustrious citizen ever born in the “Old I to the very core himself, and frank as a I Years are accumulating. It will be too late thc most monstrous frauds ever nernetrated P ar,; caused. Senator Wade soon after visi- Dominion,” fertile as that pleasant land has child, he never dreamed of questioning the by anc i by. Begin now. tnc most monstrous irauus ever perpetrated ^ ndg The old scrvitpr told him been in heroes; nor could George Washing- sincerity of others. . upon the ballot box, the honest men °f the story with well-expressed indignation.— ton himself have wished that the college “Father, I do wish you would inquire a ” Georgia have succeeded in returning ‘Brave fellow 1’ exclaimed old Ben, ‘crippled er ected in his honor should have for Presi- little into the motives of Chase,” said his a majority to both branches of the Legisla-1 as you are, why did you not strike him to the I de ? t 1 , a worthier chief than the one who wife one day. ture it becomes necessarv to brim? forward eart h with your cane, as he thus jeered at R u, ctly entered upon Ins duties just a fort- The President was lying carelessly upon a . ture, n becomes necessary to bring tonvarcl ^ gnffelin * of our le Tllc J old sol . night ago. The new President is still in the sola, holding a newspaper in his hands.— There is a portion of the speech of Mr. this test oath that the voice of the people di ^ we f istened to him,-looked as though P rune of manhood, though already his hair “Mother, you are too suspicious. I give you Nelson in the impeachment case not in the may be stifled, and the power and patronage he would like to have the valiant General and beard are S ra J 1 be bas b< ; e .n long accus- credit for sagacity, but you are disposed dlrec t line of his argument for the President, of the State transferred to the hands of the come again ; and, with such high authority tomed to command; he is familiar with hard- to magnify trifles. Chase is a patriot, and bu * which is nejerthsless of peculiar inter- basest men that ever infested an honest com- I hehind him, we have no doubt he would put sbi Pf as w5tb bn ? e T 7r bas .slept for months one of my best friends.” est > and which incidentally illustrated in a ... into execution at once the bluff Senator’s am,d the woods of Virginia, and has crossed “Yes, one of your best friends because it ver y striking and honorable manner the rigid *nnnity! suggestion ” the Rappahannock Northward at the head of is his interest to be so. He is anything for an d uncalculating firmness with which Mr. Comment is unnecessary. Wc of tho South This attack is only on a par with those, a victorious army; he ba3 been proved alike Chase. If he thought he could make any - I Johnson adheres to his conviction of duty, are powerless to resist these wrongs and out- from similar sources, which have already been £ ood and evd fortune, and whether when thing by it ho would betray you to-morrow.” ^ ‘ s , tbe recital of facts given by Mr. Nelson rases. It is at tlie hazard of our lives and made upon me and other cx-Confederate threatening the Federal coital, or when sur- I tear that you aro prejudiced against thc relating to the withdrawal of Judge Black libertv that wc dare eive expression to our Generals. I trust my friends will p ar don rendering Lis sword to a i ederal Captain, he man, mother. I know that you do him in- from the defense of the President Mr. Nel iiueny, ruai we aarc give expression lo our me for noticin „ this new aspersion- mv re- I llas ever borne himself as beseemed a man justice.” son states that while Judge Black was one of grievances. Honest men of the North 1 you marks are int ” ndc d only for that numerous noble aliko b ? ancestry and by nature. The “Mr. Lincoln, vou are either blind orwilll the counsel for the President he had an in- who still have the form and semblance of claES my fellow-citizens who arc unne- I descendant of “Light Horse Harry” has doffed I not see. I am not tho only one that has I terview with the President, “urging upon freedom—how long, oh how long, shall these quainted with me. tbe S ra y uniform for the garb of a peaceful warned you against him.” b ‘ m *.° f aa e action in reference to the rights things continue! When in Washington, last October, I was Professor; nor can wc own that change is a “True, I receive letters daily from all parts ° f n cat ' z f c “u° JZ , , , invited by some friends to visit Arlington I degradation, even for Robert Lee. of the countiy telling me not to trust Chase; !an d of Alta- Vela, and the sending of an Bridoesoyer Tobesofkee CREEK.-These House, which I had never seen except at a L Tb f e , ia a d ‘ ff erence in the mode of ac- but then these letters are written by the po- ar “ ad TKSllfE?» u ■ i ii . . . r r n nr-1 distanrp T -irrpntpd thp invitation and tion, but no alteration in the object, which is I litical enemies of the Secretary, and it would I The President having declined t( bridges belong to the estate of J. B. Wiley, | ^ we ^ inducted by one of smiplyto render the best service he can to be unjust and foolish to pay^iy attention to thc iruardians of the nkpp to rpp the Cemp bls native State. To that single aid he has them.” interested m Alta Vela) declined to appear teryf Wc entered it with that silent reserve nevcr been unfaithful; and he will still pur- “Very well, you will find out some day, if £ urtber “ co “ nsel his case.” “Such,” said winch is due to the abode of the dead, and I suait > F e mn y rest assured . Wltb tbe old bi S b you live long e'nough, that I have read tho d “’JZT J n ° f!r° aTufe left it shortly aftewards with a saddened enthusiasm tempered by a cautious brain, man correctly. I only hope that your eyes ™ a l o f Judge Black and so for as the heart, at the thought that the graves of so Throughout thc ivar nothing was more re- may be opened to thc truth before it is too F” s f lde f n v. : evZtZn many of our brave Confederates should be I markable than Lee’s personal influence—the late.” The President, as far as I could judge I front hls lending hath this extent; no manner in which he impressed every one who from his conversation with his wife, con mnrA deceased. The high water, just after the heavy rains which washed them away and the difficulty of getting persons to work in the water prevented their immediate repair. Mr. C. M. Wiley, representing the estate, has the rebuilding of them contracted for and j 6 tm uncared for by friends or foes. i , . ,. -, , . - , — — , the ones on the farther side from this city will A true-hearted soldier feels the same re- a PP roac , bim - Tbat men with Jackson s tinned to confide in Mr. Chase to the time of bo completed in a day or two. The others spcct for tho grave of a gallant enemy as lor ' W -- tragi ? deatb ‘ this side will then he nut un He hones tbat of a brother-in-arms-and I am yet to a . nd gmee “1 valor of Stuart, should appre- tbis side w. then.be put up. He hopes ]eanj that a single Federal grave h^ ever I Clate thc , ‘Uustnous qualities of their leader, Mrs. Lincoln was especially severe on Mr. I Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. She more. Well may Mr. Nelson say that the conduct of Andrew Johnson under these circumstan ces was such as will elevate him in the esti mation of every high-minded man in the to have them all up in two weeks from this I been desecrated by a true Confederate soldier was ord J natural; but even the humblest but rareiy Tost an opportunity to say an un- country. Here wasalawyer whose great time. On returning to tho £1 Ir ! - solditrs “ the rank felt, though they kind wo/d of him. legal and forensic abilities had induced the .-.rr I ductor disappeared for J = Z pS-1 might not h.,. too «bl. _to U»| One morning I wen. to the .Whit. Bhh | It tnnu out that the greet victor, of | iS’mUmK’l'Kh' *1. _ 11 • I Wflfl in nil P.nnsfiience. BftDfiminftfV finniltTh * I Jn o oir raoflinrv o nnv.nr ctrnlrmff YirifrVi r\nn I w to throttle Butler at the very threshold of —o -- ---1 ■" —~ 11 mento of mv visit and in return to enter mv I carna S e ’ a deviIish outbreak of all men’s I a dress for Mrs. Lincoln. A servant entered I stniggle dehberateJy given up by the Minister declared was equal to the conquest | menmotmyjrau^ana^return u) enter my | fierccs( . passionS) ha d tho Southern leader an d handed tho President a letter just I President rather than yield to an ulterior ” ~ ' temper. Gallantly as the I brought by a messenger. He broke the seal, purpose, by doing an act which would have nonm it ne no -a Drave crinnled sol- I Aioweueruuso lougnt, we must never forget and when he had read the contents his wife mereased the President’s popularity with the dier ” he is"ineanable of bavin" been <miltv tbat tbeir armie . s were often composed of asked: of the vile slander invented to iDiure°a de- somcwbat questionable raw material; that “Who is the letter from,father?” feated and proscribed fellow-soldier. | tbc volunteers, with all the instinct of brave- j “Seward ; I must go over and see him to-1 of Mexico by Cortez, actually cost the British I “hSSSchaSnd Jrobabl'y nlve^to I b cen f ' diffcrc ^ h tc,: army “fifteen wounded and none killed”!— mee t again. If he be “a brave crippled sol- Confederates fought. army What a terrible affair it must have been 1 pi?" Thc “Opinion” at Atlanta has been sold to John M. Floyd & Co., and will here after be devoted to thc cause of the Notional Democracy. The name has been changed to “The Southern Opinion.” - — £5?“ The remains of the late Justice . Wayne of thc Supremo Court, have been defeated, has addressed the following letter brought South and will be reintered in Lau- to the editor of the Republican : 1 Mr. Uancocku- Allow me tlie space m your columns to announce to the citizens of Sum unthinking, and which was actually solicited in a letter signed by four of the managers of the impeachment, since the impeachment proceedings began 1 But the President did not believe that he had the right to do that act, and though his rel Grove, at Savannah, to-day. the volunteers, with all tho instinct of brave- T ■ - i ry which seldom deserts a dominant class |dav.” ^ ’ q *p Bexuregard had likewise many of the vices which arc “Seward! I wish you had nothing to do ' ‘ ’ invariably engendered by the possession of kyith that man. He cannot be trusted.” . . - \ Repent *nt Negro Radical.- William arbitrary and lawiess power. - “You say the same of Chase. If I lis_ very political existence was trembling in the A Repentant Negro Uadical. William Accustomed to thc unchecked license of tened to you I would soon be without a Cab- balance > be refused to do it, knowing he was btyles, a negro, who was induced to authority, the slaveholders might perchance I met.” by that refusal adding to his enemies, do- for the Legislature in Sumter county and was | have been ready enough to give the war a “Better be without it than to confide in I Priving himself of the strength of Judge character of intercine hatred; and it was some ot the men that you do. Seward is I rJ ack ! 3 powerful assistance, and exposing eminently due to Robert Lee that the cour- -worse than Chase. He has no principle.” tesies and humilities of civilized warfare! “Mother, you are mistaken; your preju- were, on the whole, observed. The gentle dices are so violent that you do not stop to nature of the man never_ degenerated into | reason. Seward is an able man, and the himself to thc slander which has actually been circulated since, that Judge Black had abandoned him on account of hia guilt. It would be difficult to find on record a more admirable example ol lofty and uncompro- DEATn of a Georgian—Dr. James H. 161 county, that I have been misled by office- wca kncss ; with a high hand he could re- country as well as myself can trust’ him.” . —--- . - . . f ... Death of a UEORGiAN i seekers, and have been thoroughly convinced strain exce sses, and admirably did he excr- “Father, you are too honest for this world! misin S devotion to principle and there is no Berrien, formerly Surgeon U. S. A., and late of tlie Bame . Therefore, if the good citi-1 cise hig power/ There are no purer pangs in \ nn =honld have been born a saint Vnn true man in a11 tbe land wbose respect for Medical Deputy for Texas, C. 8. A., upon zcns will forgive me lor the act of permitting tho history of the civilized war than tLose wifi generally file! it a safe rule to distrait a thePresidcnt will not be increased by it. Gen. Magruder’s staff, to ti on the 25th ult., oxerdose of chloroform tered on account of an aching tooth. Dr. Berrien was a son of Hon. J. McPherson Ber rien, of Georgia. [Baltimore Sun. ia the wrong. Your obedient servant, his Wm. >i Styles. mark. Americus, April 25. KT"Dr.M. B. Meriwether has disposed of „ r his interest in the Dawson Journal to Mr. J. I -j™ p ren tice wif<> °C tbe North were marching home through confiding nature ol the President K. Cbristlu. n. *11 hereafter be | wCMMSS SSSSS ^ conducted by Perryman & Christian. Journal, died Sunday morning. Ef?” It is understood the Arkansas Sena tors and Representatives will be admited im-1 I mediately after the conclusion of the im- generally 1 It makes j hisfinger^as General Sherman.—The Columbus Jour- - qualities as he displayed could not fail, in a I if y 0 'u were a skein of thread.” ° nal tells tbe lowing of General Sherman: long run, to win the regard of a manly and “jt j s useless to argue "the question, I “At one of the Connecticut_towna where he affectionate people ; and while wc find that mother. You cannot change" my opinion.” waa brought out on tho platform to be seen he was loved like a lather by all those who Mrs. Lincoln prided heraelf on her ability by bis fellow-citizens, just before the tram shared his immediate perils, we have not yet to read character. She was shrewd and fir- toft be observed a tall, awkward looking forgotten that when the victorious veterans seeing, and had no patience with the frank, fellow approaching the cars, elbowing the v:— \.—. I “ au “r F"* •, . 'crowdinthe most excited manner, and bel lowing ‘Sherman! Sherman 1 don’t you know me ?’ The General intimated that he did not, at the moment, recognize his questioner dow, the familiar form and face of Robert I “He J is 1 a demagogue,” she said, almost 1 113 a / am ‘j' ar acquaintance. ‘Don’t you _re- .n>i if vnn nlace him in Dower. Mr. member, down formil- of enthusiasm as they recognized, gravely j^ary Governor of Tennessee, Mrs. Lincoln contemplating them from a curtained win- bitterly opposed the appointment. Lee. flerccij, i* ifpA. » esift I He I bincolo, mark n, JO. *U it £},„“ l on at a chicken fight ? The -IcnmnHav .. . . ^ ^ ^ reme mber.’ C^f“Rev. Dr. Spear, pastor of the South Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Friday evening, on tbe twenty-fifth anniver- | ——-— rj ~~r~. ; nr' Z-— I f 35, '*»«• ».»—*-—„ v , sary of his installation, received an envelop peacbment trial. They are all in Washing- has established a fort on Eodue Maud, and 3 McClellan, when made Comman- General laughed. containing twelve $100 bank notes. ton. hungry for a grab at mileage. The South another on the Gulf of Chugachink, both Genial Mcoic , so ldiers, and ‘Well,’ said the fellow, with agrin of raefia- — Carolina and other Southern carpet-baggers garrisonod by detachments from the Second der-m-Chief, was tne iaoi oi tnc souners^ana j ^ satisfaction and ^ odc3t triumph ‘that Jane Bennett, a handsome and elegant w iU follow. Artillery, and bristling with cannon. Now I i 3 a humbug,” remarked Mrs. Lin- looking woman, said to be from Cincinnati, Th hnrvimr nf thp liatchet bv Oon !i C ^ a r better look for an enemy to attack CQ j‘ n one day i n my presence. has been arrestedin New York for picking Gl g]J d Gra. Butler is denied. Tnere^ori tbCSC fonaidaMew ”^ “What makes you tbmk so moth er r pockets at funerals. ^ | arose merc i y from a casua i rem ark made by | [ST A Western paper proposes John _Mor-1^ was my rooster what whipped.’ ” KAYTON’S OIL OF LIFE—Cures Sprains Bruises, Swellings and Come. ^“Forney is exceeding wroth because the name of Lincoln street in Baltimore has been changed to Battery avenue. It was the most fit, but because he has “fit” the most. • little.