About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1869)
Tlie Greorgia "Weekly Telegraph.. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1800. * ourt-Ilonsr roinmJiaion. The lollvring gentlemen,’ to-wit: James T. Nis bet, O. A. Lochrane, John J. Qresliam, L. N. Whittle, J. M. Boardman, John W. Burke, Joseph Clisby, O. G. Sparks and O. A. Nutting, having been appointed by the Ordinary of Bibb county, a committee to lo cate and build a Court-house for said county, met in Maoon on January 4,1869, and adopted the follow ing resolution: Resolved, That publication be made in the city papers, until the 15th January instant, inviting pro positions until that time, for a site for said Court house, either by way of donation or sale. Parties offering will please submit the terms and description of the property to J .T. Nisbet, Chairman, or J. M. Boardman, Secretary and Treasurer, till 15th instant. , A flairs in Florida. The Florida Legislature (so-called) re-con- venes this week, and the first business pending is the impeachment of the Governor. We have had the public testimony of Gov. Reed as to the utter and irredeemable rascality of the impeach ment party, and for the other side we need but accept the evidence of the Tallahassee Sentinel, the Radical organ, which seems to be also the organ of the impeachers. Speaking of the as sembling of the Legislature and the political condition in the hands of the rival factions, the Sentinel of the 31st says: “The time has come when our politics must be rescued from tho moral degradation which has re sulted from popular tolerance. Tho franchise is a mockery and nothing more, if fraud, corruption and bribery are to be suffered to rule over a people and to control their public servants.” The Sentinel charges that the revenue of the State is in a “chaotic condition,” resulting from ‘‘dishonest and incompetent officials.” In an other article the Sentinel charges Reed with al most every kind of pecuniary knavery andmal- vertasion. Upon the testimony of both factions, the State of Florida is in the hands of the most un blushing knaves, who are prostituting the pub lic money and their official influence to the bas est and most selfish uses. If this is not the plain, incontrovertible truth in tho matter, we say it is a state of facts established by the testi mony of the Governor as to the Lieutenant Gov- Goveznor and his party, and by the Lieutenant Governor ns to the Governor and his party. Each proves upon the other, crimes which should consign the whole posse to the penitentiary. We ask Congress, who are now about to take Georgia, in band again, before they undertake to stiflo.the intelligence, the moral character, the social worth and intellectual ability of Geor gia, ns has been done in Florida, to take the tes timony of -its own partisans there—to read the Florida papers—to see the desperate and chaot ic condition to which carpet-bagism has re duced Florida, by its own confession, and to ask themselves is anything, even in a party point of view, to be gained by this policy? Is it not a stupendous blunder, measured even by the nar row and selfish .purposes of mere party ascen dancy? And weighed by those lofty motives, which should control the patriotic and consci entious Statesman, bow does it appear? Are States to be turned over as a prey to mere ad venturers ? Are governments to be moulded by the joint agencies of helpless ignorance, and crafty avarice and ambition ? Are not the examples of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee a stench in the nostrils of every man of honor and conscience on the continent ? Is not the time bound to come when political blunders, misdeeds and crimes like these must prove revolting to the common sense of the nation ? Will you, then, make more of them ? Will you fill your capital with those characterless mis represents tives of the States, to scandalize yon with their imbecility, recklessness and dishon esty ? Will you make your Southern Reconstruc tion one grand irredeemable, ineraceable blot, to stand os an enduring record of your states- ship—like tho handwriting on the wall of Bel- shazzer, to pronounce in calmer times the inev itable-doom of so reckless a disregard to the great pnhli.c interests of the States and of the Union l Tho Amenities of the Press. Our article on this subject, judging from the comments of several of our confreres, seems to have been taken much as the Pylau was in the desert. The story says that a hungry little caravan, making its way across the desert, out of sup plies, except a few dried dates and a little goat’s fiesh, came suddenly upon a spring of clear water, and beside it a venerable sage was pre paring a delicious Pylau. The hungry travelers dismounted in a moment, and, clustering round the fragrant stew,. inhaled the perfume with ecstacy. • • By the beard of the prophet, the smell of your Pylau, old man, is like a whiff of the odors of Paradise. It is done, my sons, says the Shiek-— gather around and satiate your hunger. For a time nothing was heard but the smacking of lips and the clatter of vessels; but by and by, as the cravings of hunger gave way to the sense of re pletion, the guests began to criticise the meaL A good Pylau, says one, but too much rice, to my notion. Yes, says another, and much too hot with pepper. That is so, says a third, and to my taste the meat was too old and tough. And I think, says a fourth, that the whole was burned in the cooking. Cease, my friends, said the Shiek, you are finding fault with your appe tites, and not with my stew. We tell our confreres, with all their exceptions, each adapted to his own particular case, the rule of courtesy is the best one. Violence and abuse are always a positive loss of influence and digni ty whether displayed in propria persona or through the columns of a newsaper. Even if it be their unpleasant task, as some say, “to rebuke and expose rascality and falsehood” they can do that at no sacrifice of composure or dignity, and without violence of language. Ex amine, if you please, the severest rebukes, rep rimands, invectives and exposures known to English literature—those whose pungency and power have given an immortality surviving any other recollection of the offence, and yon will find a surprising absence of temper, excitement and epithet. He who stabs deepest nses a keen and polished blade. It is a dull axe which makes much noise. From Texas. POLITICS—BUREAU ABUSES—LABOR CONTRACTS— TEE NEW AGRICULTURAL ERA IX GEORGIA—THE POTATO QUESTION COLD WEATHER. Richmond, Texas, Dec. 13, 1SCS. Some people are exceedingly hard to please. In fact, they are determined not to be pleased at any course the Democracy, especially the Southern Democracy,-may see proper to take. The spirit evinced by some of the leading South ern journals, not to prejudge Grant’s adminis tration, or to offer factious opposition to it in advance, it is to be regretted, has not been met in the same conciliatory spirit. But this should not deter those from doing right who had the good sense to inaugurate a policy which can hardly fail to commend itself to the judgment of those who will take the trouble of bestowing a little calm thought on the subject “Fiat jas- titia not ecium." We are all glad that the Bureau is soon to be discontinued To illustrate the abuses that were daily growing out of it, I will mention a case that occurred not many days ago. The teacher of tho freedrten’s school at this place violated the person of one of his female pupils, for which abomination he was arrested by the civil author ities. In addition to the testimony of his vic tim, a mere child, twelve years old, the proof was confirmedby the evidence of a respectable physician, who, on hearing the screams of the child, went to the place from whence the screams came,! and detected the villain almost in the very act! After prescribing and administering to the culprit a good constitutional choking, he hand ed him over to the civil authorities for further treatment. Yon would think that there could be no objection toi this diagnosis; but there was. The Bureau Agint at this place took him from the custody of (he civil officers, and so far as the public know! turned him loose “without bail or mainprize.” ! In a few hours tho almost con victed felon was on the train for Galveston, from whence there is ho danger that he will ever re turn. It is perljaps fortunate for him that he availed himself of the first chance to leave, or the freedmen, finding him at large without bail, might have tempted to execute summary justice. An institution dothed with such arbitrary an ti cot-gin. The New York World’s special telegram of the thority, and exercising it so shamelessly as was 1st says Senator Edmunds is preparing his views in support of his bill to call together again the constitutional convention of Georgia and do re construction a second time. His bill is a corol lary of one by Pomeroy, previously offered, re peating the act of admission of Georgia, and with Mr. Edmunds, has yet received no report from the Judiciary Committee. Any statement of the sentiment of that committee upon the Georgia case is speculation. The tight they have had to go by, thus far, has been that shed by Bullock, the Governor, and by the three negroes who represent the grievances of the expelled colored legislators. These have suggested for retaliation the entire recasting of the State. From the earnestness with which Senator Sher- ers of that journal <l> not profit by the sensible man presses the admission of Joshua Hill, Sen- and practical articlt3 in thc columns of the done in the above'ease, could not fail to become a dangerous engine, as well as an unmitigated nuisance. Shame and execration to its memory. May we never look upon its like again. A few only of tha planters in this section have contracted for labor for another year. Many of the freedmen are averse to entering into labor contracts before Christmas. Others are looking for the Convention now in session to perform some species of legerdemain, by which they will become the owners of the coveted mule and forty acres of land. So they will when they work for them. A new and betterarea in agriculture seems about to be inaugurated in Georgia. If the read- ator-elect from Georgia, under the present Con stitution, he may be counted upon as against all the disorganizing measures yet proposed. It is believed that many of the Senators agree with Mr. Sherman, though beyond doubt that some notice towards the recognition of colored men as eligible to office in the State, will be taken, of a kind not yet apparent. Telegraph, on the absorbing subject of agricul ture, they will deserve, after having needlessly scratched over many barren acres, to continue to scratch poor men s heads to the end of a life made unnecessarily toilsome by their own per versity in adhering to the old ruts, in which their grand sires drove. In reading the accounts of two and three bales East Florida. ! to the acre, by incurring but tittle additional ex- Mr. Wm. H. Hoggard, of Baker county, Ga„ jpense, and taking into account your delightful The Ware of .the Savannah Banditti. Gen. Sibley passed through Macon last Sun day with aforce of 300 United States troops for the seat of the Banditti war. We hope he will make short work of it, and teach the Ogeechee darkies and their leaders tho necessity of sub mission to law and order.'• It was reported in Macon yesterday, that the General had raised an additional force of a thousand volunteers in Savannah, and was to march out of the city on Monday morning in quest of the insurgents. We know nothing about this, however, beyond mere street rnmor, which is notoriously unreliable. The arc, we fear, that the insurgents will scatter and take to the swamps upon the approach of Gen. Sibley s force, so that it may be able practically to do very little towards restoring a condition of safety and tranquility. Familiar with those dense and almost impenetrable river swamps, as the negroes are, they may be as difficult to catch as the Florida Indians. Thc Yew Court-Moms e. It will be seen elsewhere that the building commission of the new court-house ask for pro positions for a site until the 15th instant. Now is the time for parties to back their judgment or their wishes in respect to a locality by liberal tenders to the committee. The building fund is small—the county is oppressed by debt, and the committee will probably feel bound totoke every public advantage into consideration in respect to any tenders which may bo made. Wo must have a good court-house and a good location. The lot should be large enough to admit of a convenient and safe isolation of the edifice on all sides—so as to ba secure from external fire- risks and give space for ventillation and a little lawn and shade about it. ‘' Thc Railroads. A friend asked us yesterday whether wo would give place to a defensive article in respect to the recent purchase of the Atlantic and Gulf stock by the Southwestern Railroad Company. Most assuredly. We are sorry that anybody should think it necessary to ask such a question. We aro no more a friend to one road «hnn ano ther. We are anxious to see them all prosper, and should bo sorry to, see one of them fail to pay dividomte Of course, wo have our own ideas upon general public interests as affected by the policy of the roads, but not the Icastiiea or purpose to do injustice to any one of them. Let us hear, then, from the Southwestern. As one of the great feeders of Macon, no road de serves or will receive higher consideration from the Tet.bg rath. Heavy Sales o? Cotton.—The Savannah News, of tho 3lst ultimo, says that Wednesday last was the “heaviest ” day of the cotton sea son. The sales were larger than they have been before since the season opened, amounting in all to 3,515 bales. A lot of fancy staple was sold at thirty cents per pound, and the general range was twenty-live cents for middling. There was very little, if any, low grade in the market. “Emancipation Day. "—The 1st inst. was ob served by the blacks in many of the Southern cities, but in Macon this year it seems to have passed without particular notice. writes us as follows: “I advise all persons who wish to retrieve their lost fortunes, to take a trip to Orange county, Florida, and look at that country, with its fine climate, rich hammock lands, good peo ple, and that noble stream, the St. John’s river. The hammock lands will produce three hogs heads of sngar to the acre, and corn and other crops in proportion. Cane will rattoon for nine years. Oranges and other tropical fruits can be raised in abundance and made profitable. As for fresh fish and game, it is useless to attempt to describe the abundance. This is no fancy sketch; for I have recently seen what I here state, and vouch for every word.” Horrors in Arkansas. The telegrams report a horrible atrocity in Arkansas, which, if anything can, snrely ought to arrest the atention of the country. Five re putable and influential citizens were arrested and tried by a drum-head court-martial of tho miser able white and black ruffians claiming to be a State militia! Such an event is enough to freeze the blood with horror or make it boil with indig nation. Surely an event like this would have astounded the country during the awful times of the civil war; but as an incident of peace, it de mands a universal outburst of execration from all parts of the Union. Finishing up the Work op Amnestt.—A late Washington special, from an authentic source, says: “ There is good reason for believing that President Johnson has concluded to finish up the work of amnesty and that right early, as the opinion of three members of his Cabinet to-day urged him to do so. It was argued that consist ency demanded that those guilty of lesser offen ces should not be allowed to suffer in prisons while free pardon was granted to all those who have been fortunate enough to escape imprison ment. A distinguished gentleman in a position to know, strongly intimated this afternoon, after the regular Cabinet meeting had adjourned, that the political sufferers at the Dry Torgugas would soon be released from their imprisonment. Mr. Johnson expresses great gratification at the spirit in which his lato proclamation has been received by the whole contry—a few sore-head politicians only excepted.” The great European powers are making aii honest effort to make Turkey and Greece keep the peace.— A Conference seems to bo definitely settled upon, but there does not appear much confidence in its re sults. Looking below the surface we hardly see any real prospect of that “general blaze” Home people think imminent. We draw this conclusion from the pulsation of the financial market—the best barome ter in the world upon such matters. There is a good deal of bluster upon both rides, owing, no doubt, to climate, and the thousand and ono other local advantages which surround you, one is almost tempted to look with disgust on the Brazos bot toms, (good for a bale to the acre every year, if no disaster occurs,) aid sigh for the hills of Georgia and Alabama, considered by many here when they left them, as exhausted almost be yond the hope of recovery. After reading various accounts in your col umns of your superior system of cultivation in numbers of cases, and noting the result, I haz ard nothing in saying, fori fully believe its truth, that there has never yet, on the rich bottom lands in this State, been a single acre cultivated in such a manner as to make it yield its very highest productive capacity. Where men realize a bale of cotton or perhaps more to the acre, yon may be sure they will be at no extra labor to prepare the land. I intended to express you about Christmas half a dozen potatoes, weighing from twelve to fifteen pounds each, to give occular demonstra tion of the size which those excellent esculents attain here. But I was fortunate enough to no tice some statements on the potato question in the Telegraph, and am luckily, for once, saved the mortification of sending, as something of a show, what would be regarded as merely little stringy slips, when brought in competition with their mammoth competitors whose fame ls in no danger of on early eclipse. Last week we had some exceedingly cold weather for this latitude. At sun-rise one morning the mercury was eight degrees below the freezing point. The change was very sud den, and incontinently made me think of Alas ka, Seward’s rather capacious ice house. As this will reach you about Christmas, allow me to wish the Telegraph and its many thou sand readers, a happy and a merry one, and to extend the additional hope that Santa Claus will be particularly liberal in bestowing his favors on his juvenile friends, filling the stockings of the little folks with candies and toys. Par Fois. Letter From Florida—No. 3. GREEN COVE—WINTER RESORT—NORTHERN PEOPLE —THE HOTEL—GARDEN OF VEOEATBLES IN THE midst op winter—a most lovely place—pic- OLATXT—ST. AUGUSTINE—FEDERALPOINT, ETC. On Board the Darlington, 1 December 17, 18C8 j In full view is Green Cove, the most cele brated watering and winter resort on the river. As we approach this lovely village, that slum bers quietly in the bright sun of this tropical climate, we must remark, here time flows smoothly on. The wharf is reached, and a per fect crowd of people rush to the boat. The river being too shallow to admit a boat at many an over confidence on the part of Greece that it is backed bv Russia, and Turkey that it is by the J of the landings, a platform is generally extended French and English. Thcso governments much j from fifty to two hundred yards into the water. ‘ be - WLOl? maUeraa>ic * M * «*“ to j This is the arrangement at Green Cove. Such it, war. |1T I hearty welcomes and greetings are passing Staoixo has now bean reduced to two and on:- ’ through the crowd. The manners of thispeo- balf days between New’York and San Francisco.: pie are so entirely different from those of my San Fran -id New Orlc . baa The Pacific Railroad advertises eleven days as tho time to go through, and $>274 20 in currency as the price. It used to take two good months to make the trip, at a cost of three or four hundred dollars. Tho whole road will certainly he completed during the present year, when both time and faro will be greatly reduced. If anything can lie considered marvellons which an American does, this comes un der that head. It will quickly populate our Western plains susceptible of cultivation. But unfortunately, a vast area of them is good for nothing whatever except to grow Buffalo grass. Tho Inagurulion Jain. The Washington papers say that the hotels in that city have already engaged all their rooms in advance of. the inauguration, and some of them have two pr three hundred more applica tions than they e.m fill. Florida Election.—The election in Florida for representative in Congress, seems to have probably resulted in tho triumph of Hamilton, the white radical candidate. Dn Bur.o.—The Freedman’s Bureau which went up by law nn the 1st instant, we see, em ployed YlJ officials, at a cc^t of $09,080, and a : .’tel pxpem&rS tijyea yea., of $,2.5j7,2». own Sunny South—dressed in the extremest of styles, generally solid and brilliant colors, the girls move quite freely among the men, bidding each other good-bye. There ia a spring of sulphur water at this place—a perfect wonder of beanty—whose med icinal properties for the cure of chronic disease have Jong been celebrated throughout the United States! The hotel is peculiarly attractive, con sisting of three stories, with verandah, which renders it quite beautiful In tho front of this magnificent structure! # observed a garden of vegetables in a'most flourishing condition. The fresh and luxuriant appearance of the plants, in the midst of winter indifferent to the dangers that beset them in more northern latitudes, add ed a new charm to this already unrivaled place. Little did I dream of so much beauty lingering along the sunny banks of this quiet river, which moves so slowly to its ocean home. Here I per ceive a perfect combination of natural elements of rare occurrence, all grouped together. The artist’s skill and poet’s fancy would realize their sv.\ pk-AMtve in portraying tho beauties of Green,Cove. Would that Thompson could live over - again, thy. green shores and the soft, dazzling light of thy sunny skies. This lovely place is owned by a Northern company. Picilata, forty-five miles above Jacksonville, on the left bank of the St John’s, is only eigh teen miles from St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. There is a line of stages connecting here regularly. There was formerly, and is still, considerable travel by this line. St Augustine is also reached by steamers, running direct on tho Atlantic coast, from Jacksonville. Picilata was well fortified by the Federals during the war, and came hear falling in the hands, at one time, of Capt. Dickerson, who won many bright laurels for his dashing courage. At Federal Point, fifty-five miles distant from Jacksonville, I' saw the first bananas growing. There was a fine field of sugar cane and a large grove of young orange trees in the vicinity. Occasional. LATEST FROII TUB OGEECHEE COUNTRY. THE negroes still engaged in lawless acts— OTHER WHITE FAMILIES DRIVEN AWAY—THE IN SURGENTS WANT A COLORED DEPUTATION SENT TO TREAT WITH THEM—NO WHITE MAN TO BE AL LOWED TO LIVE BETWEEN THE TWO OGEECHEES. From the Savannah Morning News of the ffh.] Reliable news from the Ogeechee country is hard to obtain, and what the insurgent negroes are doing is not exactly known. Tho city is full of rumors of every kind, all of which find plenty of believers. Very many of them, however, ap pear to have little or no foundation in fact. They serve to keep np tho excitement, however, and increase the determination of the people to com pel an observance of and obedience to the laws of the land. Breaking out, as this trouble has, just at the moment when the Radical Congress hold Georgia in the balance, with her fate still undecided, there is a growing belief that the whole affair was preconcerted and prearranged by Bullock and his scalawag myrmidons, work ing through the infamous Bradley, who is thought not to be far distant, in order to pro duce an effect upon Congress, for whom the facts and truth of the matter will be distorted to suit the purposes for which it was intended. "Whether this be the real state of the case or not, remains to be seen. The civil authorities are doing all tint they can to vindicate the laws, but with but sc*nt means to work with, the progress has necessarily been slow, and no movement will be made until it is certain to be effective. The following report from Mr. Snider, Master of Roadway, A. & G. R. R., may be taken as reliable, and contains information of interest to the public. Savannah, January 2, 1869, Mr. If. A llaines, Gen'l Supert A. ifi G. R. 12. Sir : Mr. Hinton, overseer on section No. 1, reported to me yesterday, that on December 31st, 1808, an armed band of negroes, number ing from two to three hundred, came to where he was at work on the track, near Station No. 1, and threatened to kill him, and said that no white man should live been the two Ogeechees. The hands that were at work with Mr. Hinton, interfered in his favor, and told the party that if they killed Mr. Hinton they must kill them also. The armed force then left after making all kinds of threats to Mr. Hinton. After they left, Mr. Hinton went to Station l£, and stayed there until yesterday about 1 p. m. As we passed by Section 1, there was a picket of negroes—one this side of No. 1, and one on the other side. They were quiet and ’made no re marks that we heard. From the information we could obtain from the hands on the track the armed force of negroes nave no ill feeling against the roads, nor wish to do any injury to the road. Very respectfully, John Snider. David Corker, with his family, came into tho city on Saturday. He kept a country store on the Ogeechee road, about twolve miles from this city. He reports that on Saturday morning a large body of armed negroes came to his store, and ordered him to take himself and family off, and not to come back there again, or his life should pay the penalty. They then proceeded to sack tho place, carrying off the goods and fixtures, and destroying what they did not steal Families residing near the canal, not far from LaRoche’s mill, were also compelled to leave home and flee to the city for protection. Tho negroes were also reported to bo killing, all the cattle and hogs, and collecting the pro visions in the country in readiness to convey to their strongholds and fastnesses, where they hope to defy the officers of the law. On Saturday morning an Ogeechee negro came into town, ana stated to a prominent gentleman that he had been sent by the insurgents to this city to make the proposition that ten or twelve colored men be sent out there by the citizens to treat with them, and arrange the difficulty in a manner satisfactory to all parties. He was promptly taken into custody, being recognized as one of the fomentors of the trouble. Unquestionably, there are peaceful, quiet col ored people in the Ogeecbe country, who are anxiously looking for protection from the dis turbers of the peace, who are forcing all the hands on the plantations to join them, under penalty of deathin case of refusal All respect able colored people in this city condemn the out break, andean see nothing but evil consequences for their own race to follow it. Numbers of them have offered their services to form a com pany and go with the officers and enforce the aws, and are anxious to do all in their power to prove themselves good citizens. On the other hand, the vagabonds are rejoiced and hope for the success of the lawless blacks. There are also white men in this city who are rendering them aid and encouragement, who have attended the public meetings to learn the intentions of the citizens, and who keep their black scalawag brethren informed on all points. Provisions have been sent to the Ogeechee negroes by par ties here, and they are kept regularly posted with regard to all operations against them. The negroes did not visit Messrs. Tucker & Middleton’s prairie plantation until Saturday, when an armed body of them made their ap pearance at that place, with wagons and carts, by means of which they carried off all the rice. Mr. William Gook, who was in charge of this plantation, made a hasty escape into Bryan coun ty. N. J. Arnold, who has a plantation in Bryan, came up with his family, on Saturday. The col ored people in that section remained quiet, at that time, and expressed a determination to stand by the whites. Numbers of bad negroes, however, had crossed the river, and joined the insurgents on Ogeechee neck. Every day the trouble increases, and there is urgent necessity for speedy action. We are informed by a gentleman who visited the Savannah river plantations on Saturday, that the coloredpeople there are perfectly quiet, and want to have nothing to do with these law less organizations; and that he found them per fectly willing and anxious to make favorable contracts for this year. We understand that the hands on one planta tion in Bryan county left there and came to the city, to avoid being forced to join the disorderly parties. The Military Commander of this port paid a visit to the Ogeechee country on Saturday. Of course everything was quiet when he reached there, and the negroes were peaceable, quiet citizens. They offered to surrender to the mili tary authorities, but objected to being placed in custody of the civil officers. In obedience to a command from Washington, ns we learn, two companies of United States In fantry—-D and F, of the 16th Regiment, Major Trowbridge commanding, arrived from Atlanta last evening. Two other companies are expect ed this morning. General Sibley is in command of the whole expedition. Until a late hour last evening the .civil and militaiy authorities were in consultation, and, we understand, that meas ures will at once be taken to suppress the disor der. Various rumors were afloat last night re garding what would be'done ; ana one thing,is certain, either the negroes will give themselves up at once, and order will bo restored, or they will bo forced to.- The whole matter may be' settled to-day, and as nothing can bo stated pos itively now, it is best to await further develop ments. But whatever is done, we believe the civil law will be vindicated. Some of the radical negro apostles in this city, we understand, went down to tho Ogeechee on Saturday to advise the negroes to give up quietly. They have not yet returned. History with a Vengeance.—Edward Pollard has just unbottled his malignity in a fiction which ho terms an “account of Jeff. Davis’ flight fronLRichmond." The misstatements are positively disgraceful, and no attempt is made to disguise the bitterness of the writer toward Mr. Davis personally. The fellow does not even comprehend the geography of Mr. Davis’ line of retreat. He refers to Griswoldville as the homo of Mr. Stephens, where he said Mr. Davis remained for several days, and was insulted by the ex-Vice President, and thence sends the fu gitive President north of the Chattahoochee, from which section the Fedcralarmy hadretired. Heaven help the South if such men are io be her historians.—Sacannah, ltepnlliiari. BY TELEGRAPH, From Washington. 'Washington, January 4.—Tha Supreme Court- has re-assembled. The members of Congress aro arriving rapidly, There will be a quorum to-morrow. The weather continues thick. The telegraph works slow. ■ The bill authorizing militia in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana passed before recess will signed by the presiding offi cers and sent to the President to-morrow. Claim Agent, L. F. Bolfe, was arrested to-day. charged with defrauding the Government of $6,700,- OOO of Bonds ’issued to Pacific Railroads in Decem ber. t ;■ • Gen. Spinner is quite ill. Mr. Wade lias received all the electoral votes by mail, though but half the messengers have ar rived. Messengers failing to deliver the vote by tho first Wednesday in January, will be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars. The weather continues tiiick, and the telegraph works slow. Washington, January 5.—In * view of the ques tioned authority of Mr. Johnson’s amnesty procla mation, the following extract from Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation, dated December 8th, 1863, is impor tant: “Whereas, in and by the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that the President shall have power to grant reprieves and,pardona for offen ces against the United States, except in cases of im peachment, etc.; and whereas, the Congressional de claration of Congress fora limited and conditional pardon accords with the established judicial exposi tion of the pardoning, power, etc.” The declara tion of Congress to which Mr. Lincoln alludes, in cidentally, has been repealed; but it is claims Mr. Lincoln basod his amnesty prerogative on the Con stitution. The Eloction Committee are absent investigating tho New York election frauds. It ia stated that the Freedmen’s Bureau furnished the negro Menard, who claims a seat in Congress as the successor to Col Mann, transportation to his home in Louisiana. The militia bill was signed: to-day by Wade and Colfax. A full Cabinet to-day except Evarts, who was in the Supreme Court. Two negro men were found dead this mnmin g GEN. MEADE ON THE OGEECHEE TROUBLES. Washington, January 6.—Gen. Meado reports to Gen. Grant as follows: I transmit the latest dis patches from Gen. Sibley regarding tbe Ogeechee difficulty. Gen.Sibleywasinstructedtoforbidarmed organizations, whether white or black, and to pre serve the peace at all hazards; to co-operate with the civil authorities in case he finds tho civil author ities acting in good faith, and that their action is necessary to preserve peace; and not, as at Camilla when law was made the pretext for an outrage upon negroes; and at the same time, Gen. Sibley is in structed to disarm and disperse all assemblies of ne groes and require their submission to the civil au thorities. The balance of the report embraces an account of the Ogeechee affair, which has been already pub lished. The Treasury Department’s statement for Janua ry shows an increase over the December statement of ,£1,700,000. Tho total debt is £2,652,533,662; amount of coin in the Treasury, $98,763,000; amount of currency, $13,000,000; gold certificates, $27,000,000. The grand jury ignored the new indictment against Surratt. Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, is here. which latter can* be canceled by tbe special tax al ready levied and a surplus of $500,000 he left. He believes that aid will bo extended by the General Government towards the rebuilding of the levees, and has no doubt that the United States mint in this city could be obtained from the General Gov ernment, as a contribution, for use as State Capitol, He luges the Legislature to adopt a school sys tem, without distinction of color, and recommends a revision of the charter of New Orleans, and closes with an appeal for forgetfulness and forgiveness of the past, and in the latter spirit recommends tbe abrogation of the 99th article of the Constitution, tbo disfranchising article. Tho Peruvian monitors and convoy, the Havana and Monterey, are ready, and will sail for the Pacific the moment the weather permits. The Monterey is drawing too much water to cross tho bar and has been lying outside since her arrival. As soon as the fleet departs, the Peruvian Legation will return to Washington. New Orleans, January 4.—A dispatch' from Jcf. tenon, Texas, reports that Capt. William Pern-, an old and prominent citizen, was shot and killed last night It is supposed to have been done bv soldiers through mistake. • ■> The Legislature met to-day. There was a quorum in both houses present. From Virginia. Richmond, January 5—Gen. Stoneman issued an order disbanding the public guard, a company of about one hundred State soldiers which has been doing guard duty at the State prison and public buildings. The ‘fcommimding General is silently clearing the Courts or officers disqualified under the fourteenth amendment. The removals not being furnished the press, Richmond, January 6.—The State Treasurer hav- ing written to Gen. Stoneman, recommending the payment to members of the late Constitutional Convention of the balance due them. Stoneman replies that having consulted Secretary Schofield, who commanded the district at the time the'Conven tion was in session, he declines to issue an order for the payment of said balance. Revenue collections in this district last year were seven hundred thousand dollars—being nearly two hundred thousand dollars more than in 1867. The State press, as far as heard from, stands as follows on the new movement for universal suf frage, with the hope of universal amnesty: in favor, 11 democratic papers, and against it, 8 democratic and two republican papers. • From North Carolina. Raleigh, January 4.—There was no quorum in either house of tho Legislature to-day. The mu nicipal election is progressing quietly. There aro no regular nominees, except Radical, in the field. The Supreme Codrt assembled here to-day. They refuse to tako the rooms assigned them in place of perintendent of Instruction and Auditor. The Court was organized in the old room, and will attach the officers named for contempt if they do not vacate. In tho injunction case against the Public Treas urer and the Chatham Railroad, a dissolution of in junction was agreed upon—performed with a view to bringing the case by appeal before tho Supreme Court. Newbern, N. C., January 4.—After an exciting canvass between two Republican candidates for the mayoralty, Beny, a native, was elected. Raleigh, January 6.—There is a quorum in both Houses of the Legislature and at work. In the House the Public Treasurer submitted a report, stating his failure to pay the interest on the State debt. This was caused by his inability to borrow m" ir’-.- ’ ! ' , i the necessary $305,000, without pledging the stocks The cost of printing fractional currency to date is tllB ° ** St0PKS ’ $1,250,000. Congressional. Washington, J anuary 5.—House—The diplomatic and consular appropriation hill reported is one hun dred thousand dollars less than that of lasfcyear. A resolution directing the Postmaster General to withhold payment from Wells, Fargo & Co., for failure in the Pacific mail service until a full investi gation, meeting with objection, went over. ; , ; • Several bills were introduced, among them one by Butler providing for the transit of citizens through the States. It forbids the arrest of a person passing through a State of which he is not a citizen, unless he tanies over forty-eight hours, on any civil pro cess, and provides penalties for serving such writs on such citizens. General business unimportant. House adjourned. .;. . Senate.—The Secretary of War reported that, in cluding one thousand volunteers, twenty-six thou sand troops are engaged in defending the frontiers and guarding tho Pacific Railroads and fighting In dians. The Secretary of tho Interior reoommends that a Surveyor General be appointed for Louisiana. Ten thousand copies of Commissioner Welles’rev enue report, were ordered to be printed. The University of Virginia petitioned for a re mis- J siou of duty on certain imported apparatus; also, petitions of certain citizens of Georgia, setting forth the condition of affairs, and asking Congres sional interference. Morton introduced a bill forbidding tho landing of submarine cables without tho consent of the Gov ernment. It was referred to tho Judiciary Commit- A resolution referring tho amnesty proclamation to the Judiciary Committee was adopted. Stewart introduced a bill reconstructing Georgia, repealing tho act of January 25th, 1868, so far as it applies to Georgia. It retains all officers of the State, except those disqualified by the fourteenth amend ment and members of the Legislature. It provides for the reassembling of the Convention in March to amend tha Constitution, which shall be submitted to the people and then to Congress. In tho mean time, Georgia’s government shall be provisional The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The claim of Miss Sue Murphy, for property used for a military purpose, was discussed to adjourn ment—Erelinghuysen and Howard opposing the pay ment of any claims. Washington, January 6—House—The Secretary of War was asked for the number of troops unem ployed in Texas and Virginia, and how many citizens, and how many troops were required in those States during the rebellion. The political disabilities of j. G. Stokes, of-Ala bama, have been remoYed. '• >.. ; The House went into committee on the appropria tion and pensions. A bill appropriating $13,600,000 was passed. . ' The diplomatic appropriation bill, after the voting down of an amendment restoring the mission to Rome, was postponed. .nttb ritfl House adjourned. . - .’f .i. . . .. Senate—Tbe Executive Committee reports re garding Indians, etc., were presented. ’* Tlie Judiciary Committee reported a bill forbid ding the holding of two offices, civil or military, at tho same time. The Committee on Agriculture re ported a bill re-organizing the Bureau of Agriculture, and securing on appointment from each State famil iar with local wants. ;,••> ; s> /,; t-. -r Sue Murphey’s case was resumed. It was dis cussed until adjournment. • : . v i •-From Louisiana. 4q New Orleans, January 4—There was no business’ in the Legislature to-day, except the reading of the Governor’s message, a large portion of which is de voted to tho lato election, its issues'and effects at large, as well as in Louisiana. The following para graphs from the political portion of his message are samples of its tone: . In many parishes- the late election was tho occa sion of most disgraceful acta of intimidation, cul minating, in several instances, in; scenes of .tnaaaa- cre, shocking to the sense of civilized men, and only finding parallels in the, annals of savage warfare. These instances of savage cruelty, tmprovokod, but willful and premeditated, seem to hare been insti gated by tlie hostility of certain classes to the laws of Congress, by which tho Government has embod ied the colored population into tha body politic and vouchsafed to them equal civil and political rights. He states that in reply to applications for troops, orders were issued which might bo construed to mean something in Georgia;. but which, in Louis iana, might be said to consist only of words; that these orders were made public and served only to inform tho lawless that they have no need,of fear from that quarter, and could prosecute their anarch ical schemes to limit their purposes. He takes an encouraging view of the financial con dition of thc State: the entire tended debt, exdu- e vo of bon Is owned and hold by tbe State, being v6,7Cll,6Q9q tho floating debt nearly $2,000,000; etc., of the State, ob collaterals. The Legislature will reinstate the Supreme Court in their proper rooms. Hw @gewl»ee liininettiea. Front tA« So north, a I. Seme of i/esierdayj ’ * The main body of Bullock’s insmisMW , continue to hold their “prayer moltmg" S? °?r^\?‘“ 0nS ’ “totnrbed byinvMion etthex by blue coats or sheriff’s pb*m Xhe arrival of tbe military has put an end latter, and those who had enrolled themw’vet for service in that body were yesterday S® that their services would not be needed th* having taken the matter in hand. The onb^twi 4 an ‘? Vq cjtizens appears to be dyine OTtt^ thegenera 1 unpression being that the ne- ti^also galD0d “ P<>iut ' and ^ civU authori- The idea that this armed insurrection against the laws was preconcerted and arranged bv par ties whose interests would be furthered, should the State be put of the Union again, is also gen erally believed. The so-called Governor, whose duty it should have been to put down the trou ble at once, instead of being where he should have been, was away, endeavoring to further his own selfish interests, at tho expense, quiet and prosperity of the country, and nothing in the world could nave furthered his purpose bet ter than a disturbance of this kind. Nothing easier than to charge it to the whites. The Be! groes, with their “rude sense of justice,” could not see why those rich plantations, and the crop the result of a whole year's labor, should not be long to them. It was a piece of presumption in white men to invest thc-ir capital in planting, to place watchmen in the fields; and, finally, in th8 Sheriff to think it his duty to arrest a thief or murderer who happened to have a black skin. We who are here, who are sufferers by the dis turbed state of the country, cannot view things exactly in that light—but we do not see with rad ical eyes, nor hear with, radical ears. In the course of time we may become civilized, but the radical millenirun has not arrived. Fourteen deacons of the Ogeechee “prayer meeting” arrived in. the oity about three o’clock yesterday morning. They gained their point— they surrendered to the military authorities at the Oglethorpe Barracks, and did not give up to the rebels—rather bad expression that, for a “prayer-meeting,” butin accordance with the “rode sense of justice” of these people. Thanks to General Sibley, however, a point was made by the civil authorities, as the prisoners were at once turned over, to the civil officers of the law. Commitments were issued against them .by Justice Phillip M. Russell, Jr., and they were escorted to jail by Sheriff Dooner, Deputy Sheriff Mendell, Special Deputy Sheriff Russell, and Officer Kauffman. These are-the parties against whom warrants were first issued. Their names are as follows: Paul Banks, Silas Green, Ben Murry, Caro line Early, Abraham Minis, Thomas Benedict, Richard Jones,’Dandy McXeal, January Ham ilton, Harry Blake, Caasar Malone, Cuffy Wil liams, Jerry Jones and York Hamilton. Dandy HcNeal is one of the drill masters, and has been a prime mover in the insurrection. Harry Blake was captain of one of the compa- 1st—Insurrection against the.lawful authori- From Florida. Tallahasssee, January 5.—The adjourned meet ing of the extra session of the Legislature of last November, attempted an organization yesterday, but there was no quorum in either House. .At the regular session to-day, no quorum in tho Senate. The Lower House organized and reported to Gov. Reed as bein^ ready to receive any communication from him. An attempt was made to displace Speak er Moore, but proved a failure. Lieutenant Gover nor Gleason occnpied the Speaker's Chair in the Sen ate. Tallahassee, January 6.—By a resolution, a committee of five was appointed by the Speaker of tho House to-day, to investigate the conduct of Gov. Reed. . ...... A quorum of the Senate was present, Lieut. Gov. Gleason presiding. Georgia Affairs. Atlanta, January 4.—It is generally understood that when the Legislature of Georgia meets in this city on the 13th inst. it will pass resolutions declar ing that in its former action it was governed by an unbiased construction of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress and the new Constitution of this State, and that it was not its purpose to deprive tho negro Of any political right he had justly acquired by either: declaring further a willingness to abide by tho de cision of the Supreme Court of the State, or tho United States upon the point at issno. General. Mews. New York, January 4.—An Injunction was is sued to-day restraining the Shoe and Leather Bank from paying the coupons on the mortgage bonds of tho Atlantic and South Pacific Railroad Company duo January first. Motrins, January 4.—Tlie militia of Marion coun ty, Arkansas, drum-head, court martialed five citizens and shot them. Among the victims were Dr. Mc Kenzie and John Thorpe, well known citizens. New York, January 4.—Tho prematura explosion and wreck of the steamer Scotland, off Sandy Hook. Capt. Wm. L. Churchill, late of tho United States Navy, and three others wore blown to atoms. Seve ral were injured. Fortress Monroe; January 4.—The dense fog of tlie last tlireo days still prevails. Columbia, January 4.—The extensive waterpower known os the Columbia Canal was sold this morning for $200 to Major G. A. Pearce, business agent of Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island. It is believed a few months will witness the erection of largo manu factories on tho land bordering op the canal. Savannah, January 5.—Tlie Ogoecliee troubles re main unchanged. The military, with tho Sheriff, goes down to-morrow morning. Two more negroes came into tho city and surrendered to the military. Augusta, January 5.—Unofficial returns from Florida show tho election of Col. Hamilton, thc reg ular republican candidate, by a majority of 2000. The Vote was light. Tho people took very little in terest in the election. ... t> , Washington,; January 5.—Commodore Wm. D. Slater is dead, aged 74 years. Albany, N. Y., January 5.—Tho Legislature or ganized to-day, with Republican officers. ThO Govt ernor’s message opposes tho division of tho State. Ho thinks the fact that both branches aro politically Opposed to him, should bo no obstacle to good gov ernment. ■> .. •:;» -p}. -<r . i f |. The State debt is thirty-nine millions. ! “ Philadelphia, January 5 Mrs. Twitchell's trial commences next Monday week. | “Columbia, January 6.—There was a quorum of l»£h branches of the Legislature to^day. No busi ness of importance was transacted. ' .Tho Supremo Court will deliver an opinion on the Charleston mayoralty mandamus case to-morrow. Plymouth, January 6.—The British ship, Southern Empire has foundored at sea. All on board were lost. The Southern Empire sailed last. from Now Orleans with cotton for Liverpool on Nov. 13th. New Yoke, January 6.—The Rising Star has ar rived from AspenwaU with $500,000. ». Foreign News. Paris, January 5.-—The Chinese Ambassadors will meet the French Foreign Minister on Wednes day. London, January 6.—A writer in the Times says the year ends with a more precarious peace than tho world ever saw. Noticing the growth of Democracy in France ha says the Emperor must check the press or abandon liis personal government. London, January 5.—There are telegraphic reports of a severe earthquake at Tobeese, Persia. No loss of life reported. London, January 6.—Tho dullness of tlie Paris Bourse aud tlie material decline in rentes yesterday is said to be attributable to Russia’s demands in Tor key. Paris, January 6.—Later South American advices jSr.y Lopez guarantees to MacMahon full salilactiOD fos thalate alleged ourrages. War news e r. import- ty of the State of Georgia. 2— Assault with intent to murder certain watchmen on Southfield and Prairie plantations. 3— Robbery from J. M. Middleton. 4— Robbery from J. F. Tucker. 5— Highway robbery from special officer Kauffman. 6— Highway robbery from Deputy Sheriff E. Meudel. 7— Rescuing prisoners from arresting officers and resisting the sheriff of the county while in discharge of his duty. 8— Assault with intent to murder Redding Baxley. 9— Assault with intent to murder Richard "Winn. * ' ' - The evidence against these parties, on the above charges, is very strong, we understand. Others of tho original seventeen, against whom the original warrants were issued, are also ex pected in. Two additional companies of the 1 Cth infantry arrived here yesterday morning. One of them (Major St. Onge’s) was formerly stationed at this post , No movement against tho negroes who are still on the Ogeechee plantations, and who were engaged in the insurrection against tho lawful authorities has yet taken place. The military officers think that the matter has been much exaggerated. Perhaps Winn and Baxley, when their heads were being beaten with clubbed muskets, thought that an exaggerated style of treatment, and a peculiar mode of holding “prayer meeting,” but they forgot to ascribe it to a “rude sense of justice,” as the Tribune says, on the part of the negro. It is not proba ble that any expedition wm be undertaken to day, we learn from .a reliable source, the bad weather preventing a movement to the front. The city has quieted down, and the affair is left to the niilitaiy, co-operating with tho civil au thorities. No trouble is anticipated when an attempt is made to arrest the guilty parties. Over thirteen hundred warrants have been is sued by Justice P. M. Russell for the arrest of parties conoemed in the trouble on thc Ogee chee plantations. In addition to those above named, there are one hundred and thirty-four others against whom the same charges enumera ted abovo have been mode. It is expected that these persons will be arrested by tho military and turned over to tho civil authorities for trial It would also have been well had warrants been issued against several well known Radical apostles belonging in this city, who hastened to the Ogeechee when the trouble occurred, and who have been there ever since, engaged in in citing the Ogeechee negroes to furtherbad deeds. Memorial Concert in Savannah. Tho Savannah News of Thursday says that.tho Memorial Concert, the first of a series to be given at different points in the State for the purpose of raising funds to gather the Confed erate dead from the battle-fields of Georgia, for interment in the Marietta Cemetery, came off at the Theatre last evening. The house was crowded by a splendid audience, and one that appeared thoroughly to’ appreciate excellent musio, and the worthy purpose for which the concert was given. The storm interfered some what with the brilliancy of the assemblage, and in point of dress it did not sparkle with the usual lustre of a fashionable audience in Savannah. ! ’The concert was really superb—better music could not have been asked for, and it gained increased effect when the hearers thought for what object the sweet strains were ringing through the hall—to do honor to the memory of the sacred dead. The concert opened with the overture to Semiramide, :i duet on the piano, by Miss Levy and Mr. Lessing, brilliantly executed, in point of composition. It was followed by a song, “Beware,” by Miss Howard, of Columbus, sung very sweetly, but with a little trepidation, con sequent uponi a first appearance. Mr. Maas, of Macon, next gave “AvaRegina.” a magnificent tenor solo, composed by Schmidt, pf Macon, which was received with much ap plause. Mrs. Ogden next appeared, and sang “HCorsaro.” Her voice, a powerful soprano displayed to great advantage, and the manner in which she sang so touched the audience that the applause wastremcnittu-; at the conclusion of the air. A vocal duo, “Lucia,” by Mrs. Og den and j Mis. Bacon followed next upon the programme, and ,was one of the finest gems of the evening,'in v hich th 1 soprano and contralto voices of the ladies blended' melodiously aud in few«ef; harmony. ‘L’Estasi,” by Miss Bachu*. of Savannah,.concluded_the firstpart of. the en- tertaiinhent, whicii she rendered in a very beau tiful manner. ’ - We cannot- close without mention of our well- known Savannah professionals, Lessing* andv Maas, who cam a put in all their strength y nur will “The He art Bowed Down, ” a3*sun.g by Mrs. Hines, 1 bo soon forgotten by thbseftnTo heard it. The vocal and instrumental music was such ns one could not listen to without wishing to hear it again, and we are glad that an opportunity will bo afforded, ojuj citizens to'do so. .We cannot, at tins Tate hour, particularize further with reference to the performance, but it waa well worthy all the praise that could be bestowed upon it. Tho concert will be repeated on Wednesday next, with an entire change of programme, when, if the weather is favorable, we hope to see a brilliant and crowded house. . The Sewi-Weekly Ibleosaph exhibits the phenomenal aspect of a twenty-eight column newspaper without a single advertisement. It is mailed on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and if any reader wishes tp see the paper, a copy shall be sent him oh application. We think it worth all the patronage that can bo conferred upon if- Atlanta Matters.—We see by the Now Bra that the receipts of the*. Atlanta city treatary last year were $499,325, and expenses about the same. Tbe mortuary report is as follows ; I860. 18tu- TfiGi. Whites, .311 -R* bib Black*,....; 379 ’-’52 -’65
