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^TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY OCTOBER J.6, 1868.
(^qcincy Adams was in Richmond on
jib, on his way to Columbia, where he
“.j jjdress the people.
. lTT ox is Louisiana.—A correspondent
cnville Parish writes us the cotton in
. parish is cut off one-third by the boll
~ and catterpillar. Freedmen are quiet
: jecidedly Democratic, working well.—
aba or drill grounds.
v tribctiox of Troops in Georgia.—
publish the Governor’s Proclamation
joeing the distribution of United States
f! (or the purpose of assisting theauthor-
,‘:a preserving order during the canvass
.lection. We can confidently speak for
. i-rats, and say that the civil and military
rities will meet with their hearty co
ition in maintaining peace and order in
State
rTlic Albany News, of the 6th, cou
nts the story of the Atlanta New Era,
[,» negro by the name of Walker, and
; tr, were killed near Albany a few days
The News says: “Since the Camilla
there has been no act of violence, what*
, committed in this place or anywhere
-jd here.”
jut.—The Western dispatches say it is
certain that Secretary Seward will
■jil upon the President to'recommend to
the purchase of Cnba. The Secre-
jf State is ambitious to add Cuba and
Thomas to tbe United States before retir-
.jjfini office.
is Election in Thomas County, Ga.—
Tbomasville Enterprise of Wednesday
he interesting election was held at Thomas-
■ t 0D Saturday last, in which both parties
hard and brought out all their avail-
.jorces.
yte result is gratifying and foreshadows
itrult in Thomas county in November,
contest was for a Justice of the Peace for
he District embracing Tbomasville and re-
_ , r ,\ jn the election of Donald McLean,
j r( :ii< Radical competitor by a majority of
r-jirtv votes. The colored population
... cot'prepared for this defeat, and, we
forstantt, are dissatisfied.
fijiEMocRATic Triumph in Delaware.—
J } e Baltimore Sun ot the Sth says on Tues-
|j] v lost the election for Inspectors took place
Delaware. We are indebted to the Wil-
nffton Gazette for an extra containing the
|. u !t in that city and New Castle county.—
• Republican majority in Wilmington is
v nine votes, which is a Democratic gain
305 since the Mayor’s election lost month.
* Caitle county gives a Democratic ma
ty of 012—a gain of 401 over the vote of
In Wilmington the Democrats elect a
ritv of the Inspectors, and in the county
I v twelve out of seventeen. The Gazette
the vote polled was unusually large.
Hass Meeting in Telfair County.—Ac
ting to the appointment of the Executive
nmittce of the State, a mass meeting of
Democratic party was held in Jackson-
on last Wednesday. It was largely at
id by both white and black, notwitl:-
:iug the heavy rains and consequent
t water in the many streams in that sec-
t of tlie State. The brass band from
n was in attendance. Col. J. B. Weems,
, Jiiscity, addressed the crowd in a speech
bo houn' longth, and was followed L«
'•
M Bnrke, of Pulaski, in a short address.
H:;v Taylor, of Savannah, (a colored ora-
closed the speaking. Forty-eight col-
SLj. persons joined tbe Democratic Club.
Jigbly encouraging accounts are given of
Steeling among the people in Telfair.
at are all nearly one way in that section.
tote will be nearly a unit for Seymour
Blair.
!. Weems also spoke in Hawkinsville on
i»y night.
preserve: this paper.
LAWS GOVERNTNG THE ELECTIONS.
Te have compiled from the Constitution
the Code of Georgia, for public con
nate, the laws governing tbe election
"4 to take place in Georgia, and hope the
r will be preserved by all who have not
•indent access to the books. Our space is
cramped that we shall not be able to
-t them again.
Ihe extracts given contain all the law
inning the matter except one act passed at
late session of the Legislature which
•scribes uniformity in ballots, and pro
mts the use of colored paper or any other
icia by which a voter can be spotted and
atrolled in tbe exercise of the Franchise.
1
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DEATH OF HOSi HOWELL COBB.
'ar community was painfully startled at
a yesterday by a telegraphic announce-
: that the Hon. Howell Cobb expired
■tw York City yesterday morning. The
= was wholly unanticipated, and fell
• crushing weight upon the immediate
* of bis relations and friends, while the
•e State of Georgia will sorrow that
ttt man and a good citizen has fallen.—
•Cobb was indeed a man of mark—strong
Ltellvct —strong in influence—strong in
Elections of a multitude of Georgians,
by his frank and genial nature, us
ins by the wealth cf his mental en-
aents. His public career is famil-
•s household words in Georgia, and al-
: as well known to the country at large,
'b ill leave to some abler pen the duty of
■ag a fit memorial of hia virtues, his tal-
and his fame.
'c append a call of a meeting of the Ma-
Bsr upon this melancholy occasion :
J?* The members of the Macon Bar are
toted to meet at the ofhee of Judge Cole
morning at 12 o’clock, on business
cctcd with the death of the Hon. How-
Cobb.
THE CAMILLA AFFRAY.
Freaks of toe Cotton Market.—
■ ' 1 n jumps up and jumps down on slight
T'Cation. Last Saturday it stood where
1 M now in Liverpool—that is to say, at
id. and our market was excited at 24
which putting the Liverpool price at
■'mts in currency, certainly left a band-
: iLargia. On Monday, on a rise of a Sar-
= in Liverpool, cotton went up to 25
s >a Macon. Afterwards on a recession
•bulling in Liverpool, cotton in Macon
• K id by easy stages down to 22 cents
I ** it stuck a little while, with-
I rise in -Liverpool, ou Friday it rose
I "'ton to twenty-three cents. Daring all
I Actuation of three centsla the Haipoq
jg .n (and the same remark is appli-
I <to aIl other Georgia markets, sOfar-aS we
Noticed,) cotton io Liverpool varied only
'cent.
captain piebci’s rejoinder.
Upon this page will be found a second
letter from Capt. Pierce, replying to a few
remarks by us upon his first letter to the Tele
graph, in self-exculpation of his course in the
Camilla matter. We have, and had, no de
sign to enter into a controversy with Capt.
Pierce on this subject; but to let the people
see the best defence Capt. P. and his white
coadjutors in thi3 unhappy business can
make, we printed his first letter, and now,
to show out of their own mouths, that they
really have no answer to the three ugly and
fatal points we presented against them, we
print his second letter. With this the sub
ject must be dropped, for our space is too
meagre to permit a controversy upon points
so well settled against tbe Captain, that it
seems as if the Bureau had totally failed to
make out a case, however anxious to do so.
Now, then, to come back to the three points
is it not too clear for dispute that the answer
of Capt. Pierce is no answer at all t He ad
mits that Camilla was six miles distant from
his audience—and we know it was far more
than that for the most of them; but he
talks about the whites of the county as if he
really did not know that he carried in bis
armed procession the only two whites who
would hear him speak when he got to Camilla.
He knew then, as well as he does now, tbat
no whites in Camilla would hear him. We
judge there are not twenty five whites votes
in the town at best, and he is a comparative
stranger, seeking to secure a seat in Congress
by negro votes in opposition to tbe unani
mous voice of the whites of the district.—
This talk about white auditors is insincere.—
He could have expected none but those he
carried with him, and we are obliged to seek
in the circumstances a more reasonable ex
planation of a weary march of an armed force
many miles to bear a speech which the ne
groes did not need to hear, as he says, be
cause “they are all whole and need no physi
cian.” That purpose has been explained by
tbe white testimony. As for a place to speak,
all Georgia was a place for that purpose. The
woods through which they moved for so
many weary miles were the best place in tbe
world, and the place very commonly resorted
to.
Again, as to carrying arms. Never in
Georgia, or any other place on earth- which
we know anything about, has it been the
practice to carry arms secretly or openly to a
political meeting. His force, by the testimo
ny, were warned to “come armed.” Why
the warning, if there were any such prevalent
practice as Capt. Pierce pretends ? He says
the negroes carried guns because they have
no pistols. The fact, beyond a doubt is,
that there are many more pistols among the.
blacks, than among the whites of Georgia.—
The very first possession the freedman seemed
to covet was a pistol. But the whites do
not commonly carry pistols, and certainly
not at public meetings. Our laws are severe
against carrying secret arms aud scarcely a
Grand Jury meets witnout indicting for
breach of it. The plea, then, that the blacks
went armed on this march, to a distant
rendezvous, because it is the custom among
whites and blacks in Georgia to carry arms
to political meeting, and the blacks carried
guns because they had no pistols and could
not therefore go secretly armed like the
whites, is as hollow and groundless as the
excuse for selecting Camilla as a rendezvous.
We come lastly to Captain Pierce’s reason
why the negroes would not lay down their
arms, and go into town and hold their meet
ing without the menace of military array
and accoutrement. The Captain straightens
his back, and says, “you forget we were in
the United States, and not in Russia—Why
should one freeman slavishly obey the com
mands of another ?” Unfortunately for the
Captain there were no commands in the case.
The Sheriff, who met them, and earnestly
begged them in the interests of peace to
stack their arms outside the town, might
lawfully have commanded them to do so in
respect to tbe law and the Governor’s Proc
lamation, but be did not. He entreated
them to do so, telling them he feared trouble
if they came into town armed, and tbe scorn-
fnl reply was, “That’s what we came for.”—
They refused to listen to advice—to yield to
solicitation, or to respect law—accord -
to all the white testimony, and the
very reason of this refusal might, in fact,
have been what Capt. Pierce says Dasher
told them—“that there were Dot more than
ten or fifteen men in Camilla,” and why
should a large body of armed negroes hold
any terms with so small a party of white
men ? The Captain’s battalion felt indeed
tbat they tveie “free” to do what they pleased
under the circumstances, and they were very
careless whether the little handful of Camil-
lians “passed under the yoke” or not.
We refer the candid reader to the Captain’s
rejoinder for many oilier points of excep
tion, which we have r.o space to notice. It
leaves him, in onr judgment, in a worse case
than before. He attempts, hut fails, to as
sign the first plausible explanation of cir
cumstances which go to show indisputably
that the Camilla quarrel was one which, it
not of his owd seeking, was certainly the re
sult of a criminal indifference to consequences,
and might easily have been avoided by a less
threatening and more conciliatory course.
Coristitition and Laws of Georgia
Governing the Election.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.
ARTICLE II.
FRANCHISE AND ELECTIONS.
Section 1. In all elections by tlie people,
the electors shall vote hv ballot.
Sec. 2. Every male person born in the
United States, and every male person who has
been naturalized, or who has legally declared
his intention to become a citizen of the United
States, twenty-one years old or upward, who
shall have resided in this State six months next
preceding the election, and shall have resided
thirty days in die county in which he offers to
vote, and" shall have paid all taxes which may
have been required of him, and which he may
have had an opportunity of paying agreeably to
law, for the year next preceding tlie election,
(except as hereinafter provided,) shall be deemed
an elector, and every male citizen of the United
States of the age aforesaid, (except as hereinafter
provided,) who may be a resident of the State at
the time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be deemed an elector, and shall have all the
rights of an elector as aforesaid.
Provided, That no soldier, sailor, or marine,
in the military or naval services of the United
States shall acquire the rights of an elector by
reason of being stationed on duty in this Suite,
and no person shall vote who, if challenged,
shall refuse to take the following oath: “I do
swear that I have not given oy received, nor do
I expect to give or receive, any money, treat, or
other thing of value, by which my vote, or any
vote is affected or expected to be affected at this
election; nor have I given or promised any re
ward, or made any threat, by which to prevent
any person from voting at tills election.”
Sec. 3. No person convicted of felony or lar
ceny before any court in this State, or of, or in
the United States, shall be eligible to any office
or appointment of honor or trust within this
State, unless he shall have been pardoned.
Sec. 4. No person who is the holder of any
public monies shall be eligible to any office in
this State, until tlie same is accounted for, and
paid into the Treasury.
Sec. 5. No person who, after the adoption of
this Constitution, being a resident of this State,
shall engage in a duel in this State, or elsewhere,
or shall send or accept a challenge, or be aider
or abettor to such duel, shall vote or hold office
in this State, and every such person'shall also be
subject to such punishment as the law may pre
scribe.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly may provide
from time to time, for the registration of all
electors, bat the following classes of persons
shall not be permitted to register, vote, or hold
office: First—-Those who shall have been con
victed of treason, embezzlement of public funds,
malfeasance in office, crime punishable by law
with imprisonment in the Penitentiary, or bri
bery. Second—Idiots or insane persons.
Sec. 7. Electors shall, in all cases, except
treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be priv
ileged from arrest for five days before an election,
during the election, and two days subsequent
thereto.
Sec. 8. The sale of intoxicating liquors on
days of election is prohibited.
Sec. 9. Returns of election for all civil offi
cers elected by the people, who are to be com
missioned by the Governor, and also for the
members of the General Assembly, shall lie made
to the Secretary of State, unless otherwise pro
vided hv law.
Sec. 10. The General Assembly shall enact
laws giving adequate protection to electors be
fore, during, ami subsequent to elections.
Sec. 11. The election for Governor.members of
Congress and of the General Assembly, after the
year 1868, shall commence on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, unless otherwise
provided by law.
Statutory Provisions from Irwin’s Code.
3 13141 Jf by ten o’clock A. k., on the day of
the election, there is no proper officer present to
hold the election, or there is one, and he re
fuses, three Freeholders may'superlntend the
election, shall administer tne oath required
to each other, which shall "be of the same effect
as if taken by a qualified officer.
§ 1315. All superintendents shall have such
elections conduced in the following manner:
1. The vote shall be given by ballot.
2. There shall be kept by superintendents, or
by three clerks under their appointment, three
lists of the names of voters, which shall be num
bered in the order of their voting, and also three
tally sheets.
3. As each ballot is received, the number of
the voter on the list shall be marked on his bal
lot before being deposited in the box.
4. When any voter is challenged and sworn,
it shall be so "written opposite his name on the
• list, and also on his ballot.
5. The superintendents may begin to count
the votes at any time in their discretion, but
they shall not do so until the polls are closed if
a candidate in person or by written authority ob
jects. i
6. When the votes are all counted out, there
must be a certificate signed by all of the super
intendents, stating the number of votes each per
son voted for received, and each list of voters,
and tally sheets, must have placed thereon the
signature of the superintendents.
7. The superintendents of the precincts must
send their certificates, and all the other papers
of the election, including the ballots under the
seal, to the comity site for consolidation, in
charge of one of their number, whkh must be
delivered there by twelve o’clock, 3>i., of the
next day. Such person is allowed two dollars
to be paid out of the County Treasiry for such
service. > , ' j
. 8. The superintendents to consolidate the vote
of the county must consist of all th*se who of
ficiated at the county site, or a majority of them,
at least one from each precinct. They shall
make and subscribe two certificates,stating the
whole number of votes each person received in
the county; one of them, together wth one list
of voters and one tally sheet from each place of
holding the election, shall bo sealed up, and
without delay mailed to the Governor; the
other with like accompaniments, shall be direct
ed to the Clerk of the Superior Court of the
county, and by him deposited in his office.—
Each of said returns must contain copies of the
original oaths taken by the superintendents at
the court house and precintcs.
9. The ballots shall not be fxamined by the
superintendents or the bystanders, but shall he
carefully sealed in a strong envelope (the super-
y The Camilla Affray. j
REJOINDER BY CAPT. PIERCE.
Albany, Ga., October 8, 1388.
Editor/ Macon Telegraph .- Permit me to thank yon
CHAPTER I.
QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS
Trouble in the Protestant Episcopal
Church.—AVe are sorry to see that the ge
nius of tfehism threatens the unity of this
venerable Church. Speaking of the Conven
tion now in session. New York dispafehes
of the 8th say:
The belief here is that the Episcopal Con
vention will end in a division between tbe
High and Low Church.
The indications are that it will be the
most exciting and most important assembly
ever held by tbe Episcopalian*. The Low
Churchmen are more active and aggressive.—
The Ritualists think tlie clmicti u broad
enough to shelter eviry phase and shade of
opinion, and only ask to lie let alone. u u t
their opponents seem determined to make\i le
church conform to a cerrain standard,
marked out by them, or 1« ave it. Should
they fail to carry their point they will prob-
ablv secede and form an independent church,
to be called the Reformed Protestant Episco
pal Church of ile United States ot America.
Connecticut all night—The State sure for
Seymour.
{Special Ditpalch to the (incinnafi Enquirer.
Regisceb Office, (.
New Haven, Conn., October 7, ISOS,»
Returns received at this office from' every
town in Connecticut show that the Democ
racy have carried a majority of the town® for
the first time in fifteen years. This gives us
assurance tbat the good old State' will cast
her electoral vote lor Seymour and Blair (>y
a larger majority thy'p that pf April l'4sf-—
Ou* majority in November can notvary much
from'4*000.
1303. The qualification of voters for mem
bers of the General Assembly is contained in tlie
following oath, which must be taken when the
managers of an election reqnire it :
[“I swear that I have attained to the age of
twenty-one years: that I am a citizen of the
United States, and have resided for the last two
years in this State, and lor the last six months in
this County, and have considered and claimed
it as my liome, and have paid all legal taxes
whfcli have been required of me, and whiclj I
have had an opportunity of paving, agreeable to
law, for the year proceeding this election. So
help me God.”l
ft 1304. Persons qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly, aud none others,
are qualified to vote for any other officers, civil
or military, unless said privilege be enlarged or
restricted bv the Constitution, of some special
enactment.
\ 1305. Any qualified voter for members of
the General Assembly may vote for any- candi
date, or upon any question which L« submitted
to all the voters "of the State, in any County of
the State, and for any candidate "or question
which is submitted to all the voters of any Dis
trict or Circuit, in any County of the Circuit, or
District, in which is embraced the County of the
voter’s residence.
§ 1306. [A voter coming under the proceed
ing Section shall take the following oath, when
required by the managers of an election: “I
swear that I have attained to the age of twenty-
one years; that I am a citizen of tlie United
States, and have resided for the last two years
in this State, and for the last six months in this
District or Circuit, (as the case may be) and have
considered and claimed it as my heme, and have
paid all legal taxes which have been required of
me, and wliieh I have had an opportunity of
paying agreeable to law, for the year proceeding
tins election. So help me God.”] |
3 1306. The Superintendents may-, in their
discretion, or if demanded by a qualified voter,
compel a person offering to vote to also take this
oath:
“I swear that I have not this day voted at
any place in this State for any of the candidates,
nor for any other person for any of the offices to
be filled. So help me God.”
3 1308. When any County, or portion of a
County-, is changed "from one County, or one
District, or one Circuit to another, the persons
who would have been qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly in the County,
District, or Circuit from which taken, at the
time of any election, shall vote in'die County,
District, or Circuit, to which they are removed,
and if requiered to swear, the oath may be so
qualified as to contain this fact. This provision,
when applicable, appertains also to military-
elections.
CHAPTER II.
ELECTION FOB MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY.
3 J309. The persons qualified to hold such
elections are Justices of tne Inferior Court, Jus
tices of the Peace, and Freeholders. There must
he three superintendents, and one must either be
a Justice of the Inferior Court, or a Justice of
the Peace, except in a certain contingency here
inafter to be set forth.
3 1310. Before proceeding with the .election,
each superintendent must take and subscribe the
following oath:
“All, and each of us do swear, that we will
faithfully superintend this day's election; that
we are Justices of the Inferior Court, Justices of
the Peace, or Freeholders (as the case niav lie)
of this county-; that we will make a just and
true return thereof, and not knowingly permij
any one to vote unless we believe he Is entitled
to do so according to the laws of this -State, nor
knowingly prohibit any one from voting who Is
so entitled by- law, and will not divulge for whom
any vote was cast, unless called on under the
law to do so. So help me God,” Said affidavit
shall be signed by the superintedents in the ca
pacity, each acts in full, both as to name and
station, and not by abbreviation.
3 1311. Said oath shall be taken before some
officer qualified to administer an oath, if present,
and if none such are on the spot, and acting at
the time required, then said superintendents
may swear each other, and tlie oath, shall be of
tlie"same effect as if taken before a qualified
officer.
3 1312. Such election shall he held at the
court houses of the reepective counties, and if
no court house, at some place within the limits
of the county site, and at the several election
precincts thereof (if anv) established, or to # be
established. Said precincts must not exceed one
in each militia district niwincts arc 03-
and delivered to the Clerk of the Superior Court,
bv whom they shall be kept unopened and un
altered for sixty days, if the next Superior Court
sits in that time, if not, until after said terms;
after which time, if there isnot a contest begun
about said election, the said ballots shall
be destroyed without opening or examing
the same, or permitting others to do so.—
And if the Clerk shall vllate, or permit others
to violate this section, he ind the person viola
ting, shall be subject to pe indicted, and fined
not less than one humlrel, nor more than five
hundred dollars. Such clerks shall deliver said
list of voters to their respective Grand Juries on
the first day of the next term, of the Superior
Court, and "on failure to do so, are liable to a
line of not less than one hundred dollars on be
ing indicted and convicted thereof.
3 1316. If said superintendents do not deliver
said lists and aeeompaiiments to said clerks
within three days from tie day- of the election,
they are liable "to indictment, and on conviction,
shall he fined not less theta fifty, nor more than
five hundred dollars. Apy superintennt of an
election, failing to discharge any duty- required
of him by law, is liable ti a like proceeding and
penalty.
3 1317 The Grand Juries shall examine said
lists, and if any voter is bund thereon, who was
not entitled to vote, they shall present said ille
gal voter. If any person is suspected of voting
for members of the General Assembly who was
not entitled, but was entitled to vote for some
other candidate at the same election, the Fore
man of the Grand Jury: may examine the ballot,
and that one alone, anl lay- it before tlie Grand
Jury and return it. If the superintendents fail
to return as required, the lists and the ballots,
they must lie presented.
3" 1318 The Governed shall furnish the several
Clerks of the Inferior Court all blank forms nec
essary for said election, which they shall furnish
the Justices of the Peace of their counties at least
ten days before electioa day, and on failure to
do so," shall be liable io a line by- their. Courts
not exceeding one hundred dollars.
3 1319 If the superintendents or officers of
such election shall make a fraudulent return
thereof, or they, ox- either of them, Wlule so of
ficiating, shall influence, or attempt to influence
or persuade any- voter not to vote as he designed,
or shall take any- undue means to obtain a vote,
they shall forteit for the offence one hundred
dollars, to be recovered by information, aud if
the person be a Justices he forfeits his office on
proceedings for removal.
3 1320. No civil officer shall execute any writ,
or civil process, upon the body of any person
qualified to vote at such elections while going to,
or returning from, or during Ids stay- there, on
the day-, under the penalty of five hundred dol
lars to be recovered bv action.A reasonable
and full time shall bealiowed for the journey to
and from the polls.
3 1321. Elections to til! vacancies for mem
bers of the General Assembly, take place under
the authority of a writ of election, Issued by- the
Governor to the Justice? of the Inferior Court of
the county where the vacancy- occurs, who must
order and publish a day for holding the same, by
giving at least twenty days’ notice.
3 1322. All the provisions of this chapter apply
equally, to elections to fill such vacancies and
any- other special election
for the justice and courtesy shown me in the publica
tion of my letter of the 30th September, In relation to
the Camilla affair. Permit me also to answer, through
your columns, tb e three questions propounded by you,
and which you say “are a few of the egly points In the
matter which he (I) does not explain”—
I* “Why did the negroes go to Camilla at all?” • It
was six miles out of their way,” etc. Answer: The
negroes went there to hear me speak, I haring given
public notice, by idvcrtisiiiZj tb&t Iwouldfipcikthere
on that day.
I selected Camilla as the p'aoe for speaking because
Camilla is the county seat, where public meetings are
usually held. The Court-house at Camilla is public
property: Republicans, as well as Democrats, were
taxed to build it—it was built. I believe, this year—it
is near the center of the oounty, and as all Court
houses are at. a point most convenient for the people
of the county to assemble. I do not select points for
the convenience of negroes alone; I also consult the
convenience of white people. Camilla may not have
been the most convenient point at which the negroes
could assemble, it was the most convenient point at
which thq white people could assemble. The ne
groes are nearly all Republicans, and “those that are
whole need no physician.’.'
Again, I proposed to speak at Camilla for the very
obvious reason that there, and there only, I had the
undoubted right to speak without trespass. These
are my reasons for speaking at Camilla—X know of no
legal or good reason against my speaking there.
II. “Why did they (negroes) carry arms ?”
Negroes, Mr. Editor, are imitative beings. It is
very reasonable to suppose that if the custom of car
rying concealed weapons was net so extremely com
mon with the white citirens, to whom they look for
example, tbe practice of carrying unconcealed arms
would not be so common among them. Their arms
are shot-guns, and cannot be concealed.
I suppose they carry their gun3 for the same reason
that wnite men carry their pistols, and that they
carried their guns to the political meeting at Camilla
for the same reason that they have carried them to
political meetings at other places, They carried their
guns for self-defence. The Sheriff’s posse carried ’
them for aggression.
I am unequivocally opposed to the carrying of
arms on such occasions, either concealed or other
wise, and while I agree with you, Mr. Editor, in say
ing tbat the carrying of muskets and shot-guns to
political 1 meetings should be punished. You should
agree with me in saying that the carrying of pistols
and bowie-knives to political meetings should also be
punished.
Touching the carrying of muskets and shot-guns
you say you “never heard of such a custom before
it became the custom of the Radicals to arm and
drill negroes for political purposes.”
Now, sir, I do not know what Radicals have done
in other parts of the State, but my knowledge of
them in Southwestern Georgia, is as thorough as that
of any other one person, and I positively affirm that
I have no knowledge of such arming and drilling of
negroes for political or any other purpose, and that
I would discountenance and discourage it, as readily
as vou or any other man.
HI. “ Why did they refuse, with scorn, when they
got near Camilla * to stack their arms, and go into
town and hold their meeting peaceably and like com
mon folks ?”’ . '
You seem to forget that we are in the United States
and that we are free people. Such action on our part
might be admissable in Russia at the bidding of tbe
Czar. Rut, in free America, should one body of citi-
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intendents writing their names across the seal,) zens slavishly obey such an unauthorized, unlawful
and foolishly exacting command from a similar body
of citizens, they would justly subject themselves to the
scorn and contempt of all other men. Republicans of
Georgia will neither demand, nor submit to such hu
miliation. .
Had we known what awaited us in Camilla, (accord
ing to their own version,) as the penalty of thus refus
ing to “pass under the yoke” we would have returned
at once to our respective homes,
We went “on to Camilla” after our interview with
the Sheriff and those with him, in no spirit of de
fiance or bravado, but because we thought we had
quieted the fears of tho people of Camilla, (which wo
foolishly imagined was real, and the only obstacle in*
our way.) These gentlemen had professed to us that
the people of the town were frightened at our coming,
because, said the Sheriff, “we received a dispatch
from Albany this morning that you were coming here
Cam nn »aaiI T>nvi,a:a Ii ur.xririf» Viuri romnupil
for no good "purpose.” Knowing that wo hadremoved
this false impression, not only by our conversation
with these gentlemen, but by the fact that we tried to
get permission to speak outside of town; knowing
that the women and children of Camilla had no
longer cause to fear a Republican meeting, we moved
on into town, totally unconscious of the fact that
armed men were there prepared to shoot us. but
somewhat pleased with the idea that we had a good
opportunity to demonstrate to the people of Camilla
that we were gentlemen.
I do not say that the Sheriff and those with him in
tentionally decoyed us into danger; but I do say that
two of these “best citizens of Mitchell county,” as
they aro styled by Judge Vason, acted shamefully in
consistent: and what I now say about these two men
is sustained by the affidavits of Mr. Putney and other
credible witnesses, and said with no wish to call par
ticular attention to them, but through a sense of jus
tice to myself and other innocent men. One of them.
Dr. Dasher, to whom I applied for permission to speak
on his place, said that, “ under the circumstances, ’ we
could not speak on his place: that at the court-house
was tho proper place for us to speak; that we had a3
much right to speak there as anybody else: that the
freedmen had been taxed to build the Court-house; that
he had jnst left town and there were not moTe than 10
or 15 men there: and yet. Dr. Dasher afterwards sub
scribed to the affidavit, forwarded by Judge Vason to
the Committee of the Legislature, with the purport of
which yon and tho readers of the Telegraph, are fa
miliar. The other one, M. 8. Poore, the Sheriff of
Mitchell county, told me just before we entered
tho town, that we had the right to speak at the Court
house, and that ho would do all in his power to keep
tho peace on the part of the people of Camilla.
Yet when we enter the town, we are fired upon, we
aro pursued for miles and shot down, and Mr. Sheriff
Poore, insted of trying to keep the peace, joins in the
pursuit and swears that the other pursuers were his
posse.
I again thank you for the publication of my other
letter, and feel confident that the “ugly points,” as
you term them, will, in the minds of impartial men,
be shorn of their deformities bv the publication of
this one. Very respectfully.
Wif. I*. Pierce.
P. S.—Your comments based upon the idea that we
were on our mettle because of the threats of Johns
and others, aro futile, as byreferring more closely to
my letter you will discover that these threats were
made known since the affray by the affidavits of the
Sheriff and others. Mm. P. P.
ARTICLE IV.
ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VTCE-PRESI-
iu each militia district. Such precincts are es
lablished, changed or abolished by the Justices
of .the Inferior Court at a regular Term of the
Court; descriptions of wltich must be entered on
their minutes at the time.
3 1313. The.day of holding the same, is the
lust Wednesday in October, 1861, and biennally
thereafter, and tbe time of’.Any for keeping
open the elections is from seven "o’clock, a. m.,
to six o’clock, p. M., at the court house,, and
Irpm eight o’clock, a. m., to five o’clock r. M.,
at the precinets.
3 1323. On the first Monday in November,
186S, and every fourth year thereafter, until al
tered by act of Congress, there shall lie an elec
tion for Electors of President and Vice-Presi
dent of the United States.
3 1324. Ou the twentieth day after said elec
tion shall liave taken place, it is the duty of the
Governor to consolidate the several returns and
immediately notify those persons of their elec
tion who have received a vote amounting to a
majority, and to require tlie’n attendance at the
Capitol on the first Monday in December there
after to cast the vote of the State on the Wednes
day following at twelve o’clock M.
3 1325. In the event all, cr a majority of said
Electors may not have received a majority, the
Governor shall communicate the fact to the Gen
eral Assembly, if in session, and if not, he shall
Issue his proclamation convening them in time
to secure the vote of the State in the Electoral
College. The General Assembly shall, by joint
ballot, elect as many Electors as have not re
ceived said majority. If a majority of Electors
have been chosen by the people, they may fill
the remaining vacancies themselves" by ballot,
which election shall be communicated to the
Goveroncr. If, when the Electors elected by
by the people, or by the General Assembly, or
some by each, convene at the Capitol, any of
their number may not be present at the time
specified for counting the vote, a majority of the
elected may fill all vacancies, which shall be
duly communicated to the Governor.
3 1326. If a majority fail to attend by said
Wednesday at noon, from providential cause,
those who" do attend may adjourn from day to
day for ten days, and if a majority is not present
at the expiration of that time, tlie Governor
shall convene the General Assembly on ten days’
notice, who shall fill the vacancies by election.
3 1327. The electors, when assembled. to cast
the vote, shall choose a. President of their hotly
from their number, and a Secretary not of their
number; said Secretary shall make a record of
their proceedings in a book from the Executive
Department kept for that purpose.
3 1328. Such Electors shall elect, by a majori
ty vote, a messenger to convey the vote of Geor
gia, and shall, in regard to that and all other
matters, proceed, aceordnig to the acts of Con
gress in such cases made and provided... '
..ft 1329. The pay of Electors shall be eight
dollars per day for every day required in remain
ing at the Capitol on their mission, and eight
dollars for every twenty miles hi going to and
resuming therefrom, said mileage to be com
puted as that of members of the General Assem
bly. Tlie pay of the Secretary shall be one hun
dred dollars, all of which is to be paid either out
of the contingent fund, or out of any money in
the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, in the
discretion of the Governor. .
A Prussian artillery officer recently made
a bet that he would swim across , the Spree,
lyin'g oahis back, and bearing on his breast
a board, with two full bottles of wine, six
,eggs in a dish, and four tumblers. If one of
these articles should fall from the board, he
would lose the .bet. He won it.
Tlie Peace of Despotism.
From the New Yorl: Journal of Commerce, Oct. 3.
There is a peace that is worse than no peace.
It is the peace of despotism. It is bad for
the ruled, and, when the whirligig of time
brings about its revenges, it is bad for the
rulers, also. The peace that despotism effects
is not peace, but only suppressed rebellion.
It is Sampson bound but still possessing the
latent strength to pull down tbe temples.—
Nepoleon preserves a faultless and lovely
peace—viewed outwardly—by the aid of a
million and a quarter of breech loaders; and
there are shrewd surmises that his object in
raising this immense force to keep down the
elastic up-springing French ppople quite as
much as to fight tbe Prussians. Our
national good friend, tbe Czar, main
tains a serene death in life in his Po
lish provinces by planting his huge mailed
foot squarely on the "breast of Polish
liberty. In Austria, while the Kaiser is pay
ing complimentary visits to nearly all parts
of his mongrel empire, and throwing himself
on the bosom of his people, he keeps his army
ranks full, and is ready to trample out the
first spark of revolution that shows itself.
All these Governments—and that of Turkey,
too, which should not be omitted in the long
roll call of European despotisms—never cease
to felicitate themselves on the peace which
reigns within tbexr borders. So did the
King of Naples boast of the complete sub
jection into which he thought he had forced
his people, until one day they rose and
with Garibaldi's aid drove him into per
petual exile. The Queen of Spain has flat
tered herself several times on the pacific
state of her kingdom. She has thought
that by powerful armies and navies she
could impress that spirit of liberty which
is inextinguishable it the Spanish breast.—
The miserable experienced of repeated rev
olutions, which have barely misled suc
cess, could not rid her narrow mind of
this delusion. To-day she is paying the
penalty of her mistake by the loss of her
throne. Thus powerful and terrible are the
agencies for mischief which monarchs only
foster into strength and action when they put
standing armies in every province and call
the deceptive quiet by the mocking name of
peace. That is not peace which is preserved
j by standing armies. It is really war—war in
all that is deadly to industry and enterprise,
to the free scope of human endeavor—but
war without the few compensating qualities
of patriotism, national enthusiasm and ex
alted courage. In the revolutions which
burst forth and sweep away the incubus of
standing armies from the breast of nations,
and substitute real war for its base counter
feit called peace, is the only hope of human
progress against tranny.
Heaven save us from a peace of despotism
in this country. Such a peace could be had
temporarily all through the South by quar
tering enough thousands of troops there. It
is only a question of men, cannon, and mus
kets. There is nothing so essentially differ
ent between human beings in the United
States, (especially after the taste we have
had of recent “strong governments”) and hu
man beings elsewhere, that great masses of
soldiery could not keep Americans down, as
well as Frenchmen or Poles, or Italians.—
More troops might be required to do it, but
it could be done—temporarily. The experi
ence that we have had of military govern
ment should take oat of us whatever conceit
we have on that subject.
This fact of the seeming tranquility, which
results from military rulein parts of the South
is the chief source of our present danger. A
party which believes in strong government,
in centralized administration,-adopting with
out reflection the very language familiar to
European tyrants for’centuries, past, might
greater scale than has hitherto been attempted
here. If negro suffrage, negro equality, ne
gro supremacy,-whatever we may-call- it, is
persisted in as the ultimatum to the South,
and is turbulently resisted by the whites of
that region, what more natural for a “strong
government” than to'Becure “peace” and-
torpid; acquiescence in Government policy
by the means of bayonets ? To some extent
this haB been done alreadybut not to the ex
tent to which we now. refer as among the
possibilities of the future. If Louis Napo
leon finds it much easier and pleasanter to
overawe the discontents by his representative
military system, than to placate them by a
kind and moderate civil policy, why should
not a “strong Government” here do the same
thing ? The temptations—the great prizes
to be gained—are the same in both cases.—
Napoleon keeps himself on the throne by bis
standing army. A party which was unscru
pulous enough to resort to the same means
in this country, to the same extent that he
docs, coaid secure itself, for a long time, a
continuance of power. It is because the op
portunity to ffo this is so inviting—and,
stranger still, because so many thousands of
American citizens are so warped in all their
ideas of real liberty and its blessings—that
we are obliged to look the contingency in
the face.
The only security against an event so fatal
to the republic is to bringabout peacefully a
change in the present policy of the Govern
ment towards the South. The scheme of
forcing unqualified negro suffrage on the
South, while it is refused by the people of
the North, must be abandoned. It is illogical,
unjust, totally untenable. The Southern
whites should not feel that they are invidi
ously discriminated against, but should be
treated in a spirit of kindness and magna
nimity, instead of snspicion and distrust. The
military power and the Freedmen’s Bureau
should gradually be withdrawn, aud tbe
South be left at an early day to stand alone,
on the same footing and with the same dig
nity as the other States of the Union. If tbe
Southern States are not competent to govern
themselves, if they violate the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, then a
Radical majority in Congress will have some
show of reason better than the present for
coercing the South. Until this experiment
has been fairly made and proved to be a fail
ure—as it has not yet been—we shall not
cease to regard the Government policy to
wards the South as unnecessary, unwise, and
fraught with still greater dangers to the re
public.
She Hellenic Curvature.
ITS CULTIVATION, PRACTICE AND FINAL DE
VELOPMENT.
The true Bend, the Bend of the elite and
refined, consists in the young lady throwing
her body forward and head back, as though
she were trying to catch a soap bubble on
the end of her nose. At the same time,
through the medium of gaiter-heels from
three to four inches high, she is compelled to
walk almost on the very tips of her toes.—
This, as a matter of consequence, throws the
posterior portion of tbe frame far into the
rear, giving the entire form the figure of a
triangle, with one of the aDgles resting on
the ground, the other shooting heavenward
at an inclination of about thirty five degrees,
and the remaining one pointing in a line
parallel with the earth’s surface.
The height of the fashion is to enhance the
latter angle by a certain puffy, hood-like
article of dress, resembling the tail plumes of
an ostrich, thus giving a delightful exaggera
tion to the triangular figure which is meant
to be particularly ravishing. A young lady,
ON A PERFECT GRECIAN BENDER,
moves along the street in a manner to dis
turb all dear old notions of a motion that
should flow, rather than step.
Gone is the good old flounce flinging swing;
gone the soft, yet nervous grace of the free, un
conscious step; gone the long, undulating car-
riarro lilro n trim nlirm^r swincrinor
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Sally Review of the Kvkit
OFFICE DAILYMLKGRAPH. J
Cotton.—Receipts to-day589 bales; sales 123 hales:
stoppedt&pfW.,r;r • , Ty”
[Note.—Receipts yesterday, 9th, were 565 bales, and
not 265, as stated in our report.] r
The market to-day was active, with a *ood demand, *
but holders generally refused to offer at our quota
tions, hence the sales were rather small. The market -
closed firm this evening at the following figures: „
Inferior. -.IS
Ordin ary - ; : —20
Good Ordinary............. ——..22
Middlings -23
Good Middlings... 2134.
Financial.—Me have no change to note in quota
tions and nothing new to report.
Grockeies andPbovisioss.—Trade was very good
to-day, considering that it was Saturday, usually th
dullest day of the week. Bacon continues firm a
yesterday's quotations, and a still further advance is
looked for daily. We quote it at 15 cents for shoul
ders and 18@18J£ for clear ‘ribbed sides. Other arti
cles unchanged.
■ Southwestern Railroad Office, l
< Macon, October 10.1S6S. J
Commercial Editor Telegraph:
Dear Sir : Below I hand you a statement of Cotton •
transported over tho Southwestern Railroad for the
five days ending October 9.1868:
. Bales.
From Montgomery and West Point Rail
road to Central Railroad 614
From Mobile i Girard Railroad to Central ,
Railroad : tp -
From MuscogeeRailroadto Central R.R... 5U
From Southwestern R. B. to *’ *’ ...1,333
Total delivered to Central Railroad ......
From Southwestern Railroad to Macon &
Western Railroad 12
From Southwestern Railroad to Macon—1,-06
From Muscogee Railroad to Macon.......—. 4
2,072
1,260
Total receipts for Macon..
Total recipts for the five days .3,344
Respectfully submitted, J. N. Bass.
riage, like a trim clipper swinging gracefully
over the long swells of a Summer sea.
She trips, or rather pegs her way along, with
an anxious, studied expression of countenance,
as if under a perpetual apprehension ot lusing
her equilibrium and toppling overon her head.
If, in the exercise of her undeniable privilege,
she attempts to display her pretty ankle at the
curb, she spins about ridiculously, regains her
(we were about to say perpendicular) triangle
with difficulty, and either gives it up in de
spair, or spasmodically exhibits far more than
she intended.
If She meets a gentleman friend, she re
sponds to his gallantly-lifted tile by a dis
torted wriggle, a wag of her ostrich tail, and
a forced smile, by which she vainly endeav
ors to mask the physical anguish she is suf
fering.
In educating a young lady up to the per
fection of this cruel distortion,
THE AGONIES ENDURED BY THE VICTIM
are something -which we would have thought
incredible, considering that she usually sub
mits to them of her own free will, had we
not been informed of tbe cruel process by
one who has “been there.”
"We will suppose the case of a boarding-
school miss, possessing both beauty and grace
—all of which is proposed to transform into
the hideousness bearing the classic misno
mer. In the first place she is enveloped in a
corset as stiff and strong as a coat of arms,
and drawn so tightly that she can but with
difficulty breathe. She is compelled to wear
this night and day, for a certain number of
weeks, tbe corset never being meddled with,
except for the purpose of drawing it a little
tighter.
When this phase of the deformity is com
plete, she is subject to what is called
THE STEEL STRETCHER.
This is tbe broad, flat steel rod, always as
stiff as a porker, extending up the back, from
the lower edge of the straight-jacket (to wich
it is riveted) to the nape of the neck, aDd at
the same time adhering firmly to the jacket
all the way up. At the top is a strong but
delicate screw, a twist of which presses a
hard pad against the summit of the spinal
column, forcing it forward at the will ot the
operator.
A pair of shoulder-braces beneath the cor
sage keep the shoulders forced back in a
manner that would be beneficial were it not
for the accessories of the cruel instrument.—
When completely encased in this contrivance,
the screw is turned down as far as possible,
without actually snapping the backbone, and
the victim is permitted to limp, groaning
about the premises for a certain number of
days, until the upper portion of the bend is
supposed to be achieved.
LATEST MARKETS—BY TELEGRAPH
Domestic Markets.
New YoRK.October 19. noon.—Monty easier at 5®7.
Sterling 9M. GolA 3S]4- ’62’s North Carolina’s
66)^: new 66. Virginia’s ex- coupons 55; new 54}£.—
Tennessee ex-coupons 66; new 65.
Flour unchanged. Wheat nominal; l@2c lower.—
Corn lc better. Mess Pork heavy at 28 95@29. Lard
dull. Turpentine firm at 44. Rosin strained to com
mon^ 50® 2 55.
Cotton very firm at 26.
New York, October 10—Cotton firmer but les
active; sales 3000 bales at 26J4-
Money easy at 607. Sterling firmer at 9?S®9H.
Gold heavy at 37%@38. Governments closed better.
Stocks heavy. •- •
Flour les3 active but prices unchanged. Wheat
heavy at noon’s decline. Corn closed lower; declined
lc since noon. Whisky quiet. Mess Pork heavy
28 S7J4@29 00. Lard quiet: steam 17©1£% kettle 19)4
@20. Groceries and naval stores steady and quiet,—
Freights quiet and unsettled,
Battihore, October 10.—Cotton firm and steady.
Flour active and firmer. Grains firm. Clover Seed
is in good local demand; new 8)4; old S)£. Provisions
active, but prices unchanged.
Louisville, October 10.—Superfine Flour 6 25@6 50.
Com, old, 100; new. 160. Mess Pork 30 00@30 50.
Lard lt3£. Shoulders 13)4®13)£; clear sides 17)4.
Whisky 130.
WiLMixoTox. October 10.—Spirits Turpentine firm
at 40; New York casks 40J4. Rosins No. 1, 212)s@3 65;
pale 5 50. Tar 2 30.
Cotton firmer; middlings 23)4.
Savannah, October 10.—Cotton opened quiet: closed
firm; sales 255 bales: middlings 24)4: receipts 1550: ex
ports coastwise 3982.
Ausgcsta,October 10.—Cotton market opened quiet;
closed advancing; sales 343 bales; receipts 624; mid
dlings 23)4: holders asking 24.
New Orleans, October 10.—Cottqp active; mid
dlings 24; sales 3000; receipts 2735. Exports to Liv
erpool 9211; to Havre 100S; to New York 4524. Sterl
ing 4S)4@50. New York sight )4 discount. Gold
37)4.
Sugar and molasses steady and unchanged. Flour
steady; superfine 6,75. Corn quiet and firm at 1,05.
Oats firm at 62663. Hay, prime to choice Western.
25@26. Bran held at 1.25. Pork firmer at Sl,50g'31,75
Bacon firm; shoulders 12)a ; clear sides 17)*; lard
steady aud unchanged.
Mobile, October 10.—Cotton sales 1000 bales: mar
ket closed hard; middlings 23)4@24; receipts 810
bales ; exports 23.
Foreign Market*.
London, October 10, noon.—Consols 94J4@94)4.—
Bonds firm at 74)4. Sugar firmer.
Feaskfobt, October 10.—Bonds 77.
Liverpool,! October 10, noon.—Cotton tends up
wards with considerable activity, sales will reach
12.000 bales. Bacon dull.
Liverpool. October 10, p. h.—Cotton tending up;
sales 15,000 balss ; uplands 10%; Orleans 11; uplands
afloat 10)4-
Corn 3Ss 6d. Tallow firmer at 4S@49.
What it Costs to Keep a Hotel.
The New York correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Gazette writes:
Speaking of hotels, do you know how ex
tensively the accounts of a first-class estab
lishment foot up in the course of a year. The
bills of a first class hotel for supplies are
enough to support a good many small fami
lies, especialy if they practice economy and
don’t keep dogs and horses and Saratoga
trunks. For example, I will give you some
items from the balance sheet of the Astor
House, the oldest first-class hotel in the city.
The Astor House pays seventy-five thou
sand dollars a year for groceries, inclu
ding $8000 for flour and twenty-two thou
sand dollars for butter. (Who would sup
pose that its butter would cost nearly three
times as much as its flour ? But so they tell
me.) The marketing bill is about one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars—they pay
one man from fifty-five to sixty thousand
dollars for beef alone, and the balance of the
hundred and fifty goes for mutton, veal, pork,
poultry; vegetables, fish, etc. The milk
and cream for the Astor cost fourteen
thousand dollars, about two-thirds of
it being for milk, and one-third for
cream. Eggs cost about twelve thousand
dollars, the average use being one hundred
dozen daily, or thirty-six thousand annually.
The ga3 bill is fourteen thousand dollars,
and the coal bill pretty much the same;
friction matches cost one dollar and a half a
day, or about six hundred dollars a year; &
good many of these are not used in the
house, hut find their way into the pockets of
the patrons. "Who would think of paying
for wooden tooth-picks, when anybody can
whittle one with little trouble? A million,
are used every year in the Astor House,
at an expense of something less than a hun
dred dollars. Brown tissue paper, cut to.
about the size of common note sheets, costs
about twelvo hundred dollars, and sometimes
a great deal more, according to the patron
age the house has received. The bill for
the bar-room is a heavy one, but fortunately
One would'think thu'were enough for an proprietors, the amountreceived from
ordinary mortal to endure without actually
tempting the grim destroyer; but sho has yet
to receive the'finishing touch.
HIGH-HEELED GAITERS,
the heels of which in many cases are, without
exaggeration, three and a half inches high,
are the shape in which this refinement of tor
ture comes.
If the poor girl’s sufferings were great be
fore, they are now absolutely excruciating.
Daily she is compelled to walk, or pick her
way along, for miles, and even leagues in
these abominations, in comparison with
which the iron shoe of the Chinese belle is an
Indian moccasin, lined with eider down. Ev
ery step is torture, every movement anguish.
Bat the young lady is ambitions. The Gre
cian bend glimmers in the distance, and she
will attain it or die.
Presently she does attain it, and is forth
with turned out from stretcher, spine-breaker,
straight-jacket and shoulder-straps—turned
out from everything but the liigh-lieeled
gaiters—and is thereafter the mince-footed,
bent-back, animaied, triangle of present pain
and future incurable maladies, which has
been the object of her ambition.
patrons" is a great deal more. With all these
figures staring him in the face, a man who
can keep a hotel is entitled to all the praise
of his fellow-citizens, and can he set down
in the list of philanthropists and. practical
benefactors of his race.
Secretary Seward to be Married.—The
Louisville Journal Washington dispatches
have the following:. '
On dit that Secretary Seward will soon
lead to the altar the daughter of'Solicitor
Riselv, of tbe'Treasury Department. Thp
matrimonally-incliued Secretary was only
sixty-seven vears old last May, while the
fiancee is twenty-five or twenty-six. Recent
afflictions in both families may delay the
easily be led to institute the experiment on a ‘ nuptials for awhile.
The Democratic Mass Meeting in New
York.—The New York papers give long
accounts of the great Democratic-Conserva
tive mass meeting held in that city on Mon
day evening last. The Sun (Rep.) says:
“Whoever saw the magnificent Democratic
meeting at Union Square last evening mast
have fell that the Democrats are not all dead,,
vet. What a glare of torches! What myriads
of people! What scores of eloquent orators i .
The Republican organizations had better not .
disband at present. There is something left
apparently for them to do. There is no de- - v7 l’-
nying that Democrats are still very nutner- ..
ous.” •
Tue Herald remarks: “It cannot be de- ,
nied that the grand .Democratic demonstra- , *. ■'
tion of last night surpassed in numbers and • * *
enthusiasm any • public affair, of like kugid.
since October, 1S59, when the Douglas,
Breckinritig* and Bel! Democracy fused in , .
opposition to the Radical Republican nomi
nations of Abraham Lincoln and ' Hannibal
Hamlin. That, perhaps, was the grandest
demonstration ever made by the Democratic
party in New York, and the turnout of last
night was only second to it in brilliancy and
character. ‘ * ' . - : ’ ** ’.
AU the Republican paper^ of New York • =
admit it to have been' an immense demon- .
stration. The World, Democrat, is jubilant v.‘‘
over the great success and enthusiastic spirit ,
of the meeting. ) .....
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