Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, February 26, 1869, Image 2
Tlie Greoraia Weekly Telosra-oh. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1869. The Balloek-Angicr Hatter Again. The proceedings of the Legislature yesterday places the Bullock-Angler matter in a different light. It will be seen by our special reportthat the report of the Minority Committee, charging that the money paid to the Kimballs was unau thorized by law, was adopted—yeas 86, nays 37. "We refer the reader to the dispatch for the full particulars. It seems that the investiga tion has, after all, gone against the Governor. The Split in the Republican Party of Georgia. The Republican party of Georgia is now hopelessly split in twain. One faction is head ed by Bullock, who wants the State again kick ed out of the Union, and the other is headed by the Atlanta Era. The Bullock wing had a meeting at Atlanta, on the night of the 15th, and adopted the following resolutions. It was pre sided over by H. P. Farrow: Resolved, That the .work of reconstruction is not complete in Georgia. .... . Resolved, That it is the wish of all loyal men of tbo State that Congress duly consider the facts pre sented in the memorial of bis Excellency, Ruins is. Bullock, Governor, and we ask Congress to confirm the pledgemAhotttheSUTe. Resolved, That wo do most respectfully ask Con gress to come to our aid in our oppressed condition: to restore the legally elected colored members to their seats in the Legislature, and to enforce the Reconstruction laws by such legislation as Congress in its wisdom may deem proper and wise. Resolved, Hurt tho Reconstruction laws have been violated, and that men are boldine office in tMa State who are ineligible under the Constitution and article fourteen, and who are known to be disloyal to the government of the United States. Resolved, That it is a well known fact that there are a number of persons occupying seats in the General Assembly now in session, who are disquali fied under the constitutional amendment known as article fonrteen; and we ask Congress to see to the enforcing of tho laws, that those members disquali fied may be required to vacate their seats. The New Era says the meeting did “not rep resent the sentiments of the Republican party in Georgia.” “ Against the proceedings of all snch meetings,” it says “ and those of this one in par ticular, we feel it incumbent as a Republiran journalist, to enter our solemn and unqualified protest” In its issue yesterday it advertised a meeting of its wing of the party to take place in the Hall of the House of Representatives last night promising able speakers, a “fairly jammed' bouse, etc. The Era and its friends are opposed to the reconstruction of the reconstructed State of Georgia, opposed to Bullock. It would be unnatural to suppose that the material composing the Radical party of Geor gia will hang together long. The cohesive power of public plunder was about all the ad hesiveness it had. Having sunk into a hopeless minority—being defeated at the last election by forty thousand majority—the leaders have gone to fighting one another. The whole concern had better apply for a decree in bankruptcy. Ordinary of Thomas county to settle with' minors under twenty years of age, which was lost .and re considered, was postponed indefinitely. The Governor was authorized to have printed three hundred copies of the Jury bill-one to be forwarded to the Ordinary of each county. A. bill to bring on a special‘election for municipal officers in the cities of Columbus and Milledgevflle - . was passed. During the reading of tho bills the The very men who urged doclunent waa circulated, signed “ by order of the Committee of Arrangements,” which Practical Reconstruction-.—Last year’s cot ton crop of Georgia is estimated in value at forty millions of dollars, and it was not a favor able season. No wonder the cotton lands of the State have run up in price some fifty, some one hundred and some two hundred, and even three hundred per cent At this rate, before the expiration of President Grant’s term of office, the wealth and prosperity of our South ern States will be the wonder of the world.— N. Y. Herald. It is wonderful how polite and respectful some people at the North have grown towards the people of Georgia recently. Since we ob tained plenty of money by our extraordinary luck in cotton during tbe last year, we are not half so bad as we used to be. Therein the whole question of reconstruction finds an easy and ready solution. Let us go forward with our industry, with an eye single to the main chance, and leave Butler and his Congress to rare and snort until they get tired. Let us quietly go along and make money—replenish onr household stock of silver-ware—and Butler himself will sa;, “Georgia is not so bad af ter all.” The Constitution op Tennessee.—An ex change calls attention to a “curious provision in the State Constitution of Tennessee, made by Browillow’s carpet-baggers and negroes, which declares that after an amendment has been made to it, no other amendment can be had for six years! Most of the whites are now disfranchised, and can neither vote nor hold of fice. In order to continue this, and to have a certain six-year lease of power, the negroes and caipct-baggers in Tennessee are trying to make some comparatively unimportant amendments to the Constitution, and thus cut off any chance of altering the suffrage clause.” Good Advice.—Mr. Stephens said in a recent conversation that “if the young of Georgia will stick to the State, and work as I did when I was a young man, they will be successful” This is veiy true. Many of them have an idea that there are cities, towns and lands elsewhere they can live in much easier than here; but they all have the same difficulties to encounter. Hard work is as essential there as here. General Breckinridge.—Our Kentucky ex changes say this distinguished gentleman is daily expected at Lexington, when he will at once re sume the practice of law. He can get any office in the gift of the people of Kentucky, but friends say he has no present intention of seek ing a public position or having anything to say upon public matters. It is said tbe pork packers of Cincinnati have made a clear profit of $3,000,000 this season, the greater part of which, of course, has been drained from the South. "When will the people of the S&nth learn wisdom and the principles of real economy ? Surely the war and subsequent events should have taught them tho importance of turning tho advantages of their unequaled soil and climate in tho right direction.—San. Newt. Not until the'most rigorous laws are passed and enforced against killing our stock of hogs. The planters are utterly powerless now. They are anxious to raise their own meat, but all their hogs are killed before they are half grown. The jail at Gainesville, Ga. was burned on the night of the 1 Cth. It was set on fire by the solitary prisoner confined in it He was res cued, and confessed this. New Paper at Ameeicus. — From an an nouncement mode to-day it will be seen that £. & J. R. Christian will commence the publi cation of the Americas Tri-Weekly Courier about the first day of March. Wa wish the pa per much success. TI*e Coming Change—The New Ail ’J ministration, r >. President Johnson's term of office will expire twelve days from date. He will retire to a farm in Tennessee, and, like other ex-Presidents, his name seldom mentioned. His policy will look better in history than it does now to a majority of the people. Assuming the rein of govern ment at a time when the spirit of revenge ran kled in the .breasts of thousands of the party which elected him, he incurred their displeasure by counselling forgiveness and moderation. Posterity will side with him in this, as it does against James U. and his Judge Jeffreys, who put the followers of the bastard son of Lucy Walters to death, and shocked the world with their inhuman barbarity. We do not live in such an age as that. President Johnson to bring all the leading reb els to the scaffold, condemned President Juares for killing Maximilian and Miramon. The fu. tore will applaud the Presidents pardoning and seeking by mild and conciliatory means to make good citizens out of the leaders and followers of the late war, instead of listening to the clamors of bloodthirsty Radicals to bring them to a fel on’s death. Well aware of this, he no doubt enjoys a serene peace of mind, in spite of a condemnation nigh universal. With his exit Gen. Grant, who has literally evened his wayjo confront him will be a Radical and a Conserva tive element to please. There is a faction still at the North, with all its hatred and fanaticism against everything Southern still burning as brightly as in the days of Robert Rantoul and Owen Love joy. They claim to have elected Gen. Grant, and, throngh the New York Tri bune, will vehemently demand that his adminis tration shall bo shaped according to their ideas. But we are sure he will quarrel with them before his term of office is one month old. The very nature of the office of President of the United States is Conservative—in antagonism to parti- zan fanaticism. When a man is sworn into that office he will take a comprehensive look over the whole country, and become at once seized with an ambition to make all of it great and glorious. He will frown against any effort to build up one portion by pulling down another. And hence we believe that the dream of New England, that she will find in Gen. Grant a President who will bend the whole power and patronage of his office to subserve her interests, will not be realized. Nor do we believe he will allow his Congress to hamper and cripple tho industry and progress of the Southern States by adverse legislation.— Such has been the case for four years. He may not essentially change the reconstruction meas ures of that body, but he will permit the people now oppressed by them to change their Consti tutions and make laws to suit themselves if they desire to do so. We ask nothing more than a withdrawal of the coercion of Congress, and the privilege of making our own laws, like the peo ple of Pennsylvania and Illinois. We believe that all parties are agreed that a leading characteristic of the new administration will be economy. It is expected that the ten thousand dishonest rogues now in office and be queathed to the country by tbe tenure of office law, will be dismissed instantly, and a new set of men appointed to fill their places. But whether these will only prove “a hungrier swarm of flies” is a grave question. In a word the country expects General Grant to be tbe President of the whole land an£ not of the radical wing of the Republican party. by telegbaph. FROM ATLANTA. Tbe B ullocJt-Angier Matter. Special to the Macon Daily Telegraph.) Atlanta, Februrary 18—Night. . v;ii authorize the Senators .b'entoaana Bcnurz visitea urani io-mty. Senate—In tho Se mInors It la stated that '01 the assassination conspirators reads a8 follows: “ Great Republican Moeting. Those who are in favor of sustaining the reconstruction work of Con gress. aro earnestly requested to meet at the Repre sentatives’ Hail, Thursday evening. Able speakers have been selected. Let every true lover of Geor gia and the Union be present Let all come who desire restoration and peace. Let tho House be packed.” A bill ceding back a certain parcel of land, known as the railroad park, to the heirs of Samuel Mitch ell, was made the special order for to-morrow. •.... . , . * — .l -—— fin. *5,1,0 of the meet ing of the General Assembly to the first Wednesday in July of each year; This will undoubtedly be re considered. House—The bill to give State aid to the Memphis Branch Railroad, was reconsidered. The bill referred to the Building Committee to erect a new State House, was reconsidered and re ferred to a special committee. A resolution that no new matter should be intro duced after the 21th, was lost. The minority report of the Committee on Finance was read. It says: “ Messrs. Kimball had brought in bills amounting to $57,000 against the State, which the Governor should have reported to the General Assembly, and that tho funds were unlaw fully drawn. Further, the State was not bound to pay for painting and gas fixtures; old furniture was sufficient to afaswer their purposes. Neither the city of Atlanta nor the Legislature ever contem plated such extravagance. The conduct of the Gov ernor was wholly unauthorized by law or precedent. The payment of the warrant was refused by the Treasurer in accordance with Ins duty, and he de serves the thanks of the people.” It recommends that no payment of these bills be made until all matters are investigated fully. One bill for painting calls for $15,000; for gas fixtures $6,000; chairs, including desks, $10,000; carpets $6.000; shelves 36,000. The previous question was called upon the adop tion of the minority report. The report w® adopted—yeas 86, nays 37. ■( Mr. McCombs offered a resolution that, being too poor to pay such rents, having good buildings our own, we return to Mill edge ville. It reqi three-fourths, was not taken up. A bill preventing lotteries was lost A resolution accepting the surrender of the ter of the Planters’ Bank, was adopted. W. From Washington. Washington, February 13.—Whilst discussing the amendment last night, Mr. Saulsbnry said that if God had been is wise as the Radical party, and had had their experience, he would have made all men alike, and this trouble would have been avoided. •The Senate Conunittee on Foreign Relations have unanimously directed Sumner to--report against the ratification of the Uabama treaty. Senators Fenton&nd Schurz visited Grant to-day. will soon be relesed under the President’s am nesty. ' ! l The President ivs nominated Wm. F. Smith. Consul General atHvana. Th#President noainated, and the Senate con firmed to-day, Horato Fox, Consul to Trinidad de Cuba. i The Senate did noting else in executive session. Customs from the th to the 18th, inclusive, are $4,286,000: r r.;: T' .. .... The Reconstruction Committee are erasing many names from the.disa^lity bill as it passed the Sen ate, including Judge Parker, whom Sumner pro nounced atrocious. Atlanta, Wednesday night. Senate.—The Senate met as usual. x)> ^ HOUSE BILLS Were taken np for second reading, as follows: To amend the charter of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company. To change the line between Stewart and Quit- man counties,. ■ • m „ .. r To change the county fines between Henry and Butts. To prohibit the sale of agricultural products 'H certain cases. >. ;• { T9 amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, Pr Toameura t nart e i^ring-°the'°R^orter of and rider, though both were jaded, caught new Conservative Republicans Attempt to Hold a Meeting. Radicals Get Possession. Riotous Proceedings. The Texas Convention—A General Row. In Illinois, according to the State Auditor’s report, there were, in 1867, 2,083,189. acres in wheat against 4,725,386 acres of corn. Of this two million of acres probably about one-half was winter wheat, and the other half spring wheat. The winter wheat was mostly raised south, and the spring wheat north, although there were instances of thirty bushels having been raised as far as Alton. Fobnet is engaged reading Seward out of the Republican party. Seward’s republicanism dates from the flood—Fomey'sfrom the last shower of rain. The people of Columbus mourn the loss of a faithful dog named “Skip.” Both papers pro nounce eulogies upon hnn. He seems to have been a personal friend of everybody and a par- ticular. friend of Peter Anderson, his owner. There is a genuine touch of our better natures in this. For months and months past, a motley as semblage has been in session at Austin, Texas, trying to fix up a new Constitution in accordance with the reconstruction measures of Congress. But, instead of patching up a peace between that “ lately rebellious State” and the United States, it seems the Convention itself has got into a war. From the Galveston Civilian, of the 9th, we copy: ‘First one and then the other parties in the Texas Convention have bad it up and down, hip and thigh. The end is about now, and tho Ab Initio men and Divisionists, appear to have gone to tbe wait Colossal Jack baa wielded his jaw-bone with such effect that the Ab Initoes are knocked out of timo. and as the hard-shell preacher said when he declared that the horse racer had gone to heaven, there are some other people there yon would not expect to see—among them, our old conservative friend, Hon. L. D. Evans, who was implicated in the scheme to divide the State. We left the Con vention yesterday rallied under two Presidents, Davis and Armstrong, both claiming to be tho right body, and appealing to Gen. Canby for recognition. The dispatches say that the General recognized the Armstrong organization, and told them to go and complete the Constitution. A dispatch to the Bul letin says that on “Saturday night, Davis, with three of his disciples met, and after having read the communication from Gen. Canity, directed that the papers be turned over to the Adjutant General. Davis announced that there was no quorum present and the Convention adjourned without day. Gen. Canby has ordered the Constitution to be published.” Tbo correspondent of the News (or its types) says that “yesterday morning tho adjournment” [Adju tant General] “had possession of the Capitol, and would not allow the Armstrong Convention to meet Canby will print tho Constitution in compliance with the resolution of the Armstrong Convention. It is evident, from tbo whole transaction, that Gen. Canby recognizes the Armstrong Convention, and not the Davis faction. The end has come at tho point of the bayonet” Which is nothing but the story told over of the disgraceful scenes in the Florida and other Conventions. We leave Congress to muse upon its offspring. Among other measures adopted by the Texas Convention, was a resolution to divide the State. Time has, indeed, proven that the whole the ory of Congressional reconstruction is wrong, and has a direct tendency to lead to conflicts of authority. While nominally leaving the States free to make their own Constitutions, the Gen. Canby are posted in the galleries of the Con ventions, with their sword buckled around them, and their soldiers posted outside, instructed to see that all enactments are in accordance with the Chicago Platform. “Tho General recog nised the Armstrong organization, and told them go and complete the Constitution.” “Gen. Canby directed that the papers be turned over to the Adjutant.” “Gen. Canby has ordered the Constitution to be published.” Is this the way to make a republican govern ment ? In the language of the above extract, “the end has come at the point of the bayonet.” Such violence may for a moment subserve the interests of a political party, but a people pos sessing that instinct of freedom planted in the breast of every American citizen will quickly sweep it away. It is the constant effort of the living generation to perfect a system of laws which will'need no alteration by posterity. Such the ambition of every good man. And in making these laws he is not actuated by petty spite, or with a spirit to wreak revenge upon his fellow, but, rising above such ignoble malice, he seeks only to subserve the good of all. In framing these Southern Constitutions, the Rad icals of Congsess have sought only to subserve the behests of one of the political parties of the day. The peace, happiness and glory of the country are forgotten in a blind partisan zeal. Special to the Telegraph.1 Atlanta, February 18, 91£ P. 51—The Radical meeting assembled at an early hour. • Tho hall of the House of Representatives was taken possession of by Dunning and his crowd, nine-tentli9 of which on the floor were negroes. One side of the gallery was filled with whites; abont 30 whites on the floor —balance negroes; Dunning in the chair. Bryant and Bard protested against the House being taken possession of by extremists, as the meeting was called by and the use of the hall granted for the Conservatives. Bard brought in a band of music. Bryant was hooted down by the negroes and retired. The hand went outside of tbe Hall and commenced playing at the front entrance. Bard's friends retired with him. Farrow attempted to read a series of resolutions similar to the resolutions passed on Monday night. The music outside interrupting him, Fitzpatrick attempted to stop it. Tim Murphy took charge of him. When the band retired, Bard went into the Hall and protested against the out rage committed by Donning and his party, interrupt ing the meeting. Dunning insisting that Bard was out of order, Bard again retired, cheered as he went by tho side of the gallery. Farrow being called for addressed the meeting. The resolutions Monday night were adopted. White men left the gallery. As this dispatch leaves, the meeting is still going Much excitement prevails on the sidewalks and in the bar-rooms. The conservative Republicans were completely sold out, and Democrats say Bard is entitled to showing and shall have it. W. Onr “Fitz” Arrested. Special to the Telegraph.] Atlaxta, February 18,10 p. si.—The Republican meeting was held in the House of Representatives to-night, Dnnning in the Chair. There was great confusion. Bard, of the New Era, was hooted out. There was almost a row. Fitzpatrick has been ar- rrested. Will send particulars by mail. Mao. LaGeaxge and Columbus Railroad. “ Many Citizens of Harris" County send a communica tion to the Columbus Enquirer upon tho subject of constructing this long contemplated railroad. “ Harris can and will build it through her terri tory. We will dig it throngh. We aro deter mined to be isolated no longer—wo ku< >-,v whereof we speak. And it must pass throngh the centre of the county. -Every man of Harris, favorable to the above project, is requested to meet at Hamilton, on the first Tuesday in March, for the purpose of concert action on rtiia subject,” The people of Muscogee, Harris and Troup need this road. They can easily build it if they are a mind to. Conservatism vs. HadicalisnCv Atlanta, Februaiy 18.—At an adjourned meeting of the Republicans of Geoigia, held here on the 15tbinst, to take into consideration the political condition of tho State and the advancement of loy alty in Georgia, the following set of resolutions were adopted: “ That the work of reconstruction is not complete in Georgia. “That Congress is requested to consider the facts presented in the memorial of GoveAr Bullock to Congress. . “That Congress restore the legally elected colored members to their scats in the Legislatures to enforce tbe reconstruction laws by such legis lation as is deemed wise and proper. “That the reconstruction laws be not violated; and men bolding office who are ineligible under the Constitution,' 14th article, and disloyal to the United States.be removed; and ask Congress to enforce the laws and force disqualified members to vacate seats; and earnestly desire that no petton be appoint ed to any civil offioe in the State except he can take the test oath, and appeal to Congress to enact such laws as are necessary to give ail classes of citi zens ample protection to life, liberty, property, and the full enjoyment of all political privileges.” Certified copies of these resolutions have been for warded to Grant, Colfax, Wade, Trumbull and Bout- well. y 1 t The Conservative Republicans of Georgia hold a mass meeting to-night to enter a solemn and un qualified protest against the' above resolutions. They deny that it was a meeting of the Republican party, but only a small portion of disaffected ex tremists, only supported by a small number of Re publicans, and claim that some of tbe committee on resolutions are wholly opposed to tbe doctrines and policy set forth; that the whole thing is a misrepre sentation of tho position and sentiments of the party; that the resolntions take issue with General Meade and his decisions as sustained by General Grant A very large portion of tho Republican party of Geoigia deny that the resolntions represent the wishes of all loyal men, wherein they state that all loyal men ore favorable to Bullock’s memorial to Congress. They deny that loyal men are oppressed in Georgia; that Congress has not kept its pledge to the Union men of tbe South, and that reconstruc tion must be undone and done over again before peace and order can be had in this State. : They claim these assumptions to bo .without the least evidence to snstain them, and that the resolu tions a lopted are a movement on the part of ex treme men, hostile to the settled policy of faongress and. tho incoming Administration. , A largo mass of the Republicans, headed by their acknowledged leadere, claim that they stand by tfie Reconstruction policy of CongresC and Gen. Grant, and recognizing Congress as the legitimate repre sentative of the nation’s will, and look to Grant and Congress and the intelligent Republicans North, to save tho country from further unsettloment on this and similar pretexts. 1 Cogressional. Washington. Februry 18.—Senate.—The Senate has finally adopted te Fifteenth Amendment to tbe Constitution as polished in the Herald. The Amendment a originally reported by the Senate Judiciary Conmttee, simply declaring the right of citizera $f thiUnited States to vote and hold office, tfizllvftfy denied or abridged by any State hr tne United States cu account of race, color, or previous condition, and gives Congress the en- forcingpower. i-.f. The Senate is discussing the payment of Southern Senators for the full term The Judiciary Comm^eo reported adversely to Sawyer’s Jill extending me time of bringing suit in the Court of Claims £>r captured and abandoned property; also to the Virginia election bill, with an amendmeit providing for the submission at the same timawith the Constitution, whether the fourth sub-divisim of the ffcwt section of the third article, and seventh sectio/ of tho third article of said Con stitution shall corstitute a part thereof, and the vote on add quesfon shall be ‘ ‘for’’ or “against” dis qualification. If the Constitution is carried, tbe Assembly shall neet tbe'first Tuesday in July; if defeated; there&all be no Assembly. If a majority of the votes d&t are against the disqualification parts quoted move, they shall not be a part of the Con6titutioni 7 if a majority are for disqualification, the quoted j/rta shall stand as a part of the Consti tution. j. A bill for printing Capt. Green's Essay on Fi nance was tabled for consideration. The paynient of Southern Senators was post poned. . - The Indiaa Appropriation bill was considered till executive session. i The Naval Committee reported favoratn House bill, regarding captures made by Farragut' fleet in Mississippi. I Kellogg reported a bill for making bridges on the New Orleans, Mobil? and Chattanooga Road, here after to be extended Westward from New Orleans post roads. Recess. House.—The House is confined to speeches on the reduction of the anqy. The motion tabling the Banking and Currency bill was reconsidered, aa! voting is now being done on additional amendments. The Election Coijmittee reported against Hamil ton claiming a seai a3 representative at large for Tennessee. Banks’ Currency bill was passed. The 1st section relates to the deposition of public money. Tire 2d provides for the sale of liquidating banks, unless notes equal to its circulation are paid into the Treasury. The prescribes the fees and duties of receivers. Tip 4th equalizes the circulation among the States and Territories, according to the assessed value o{ property, after a hundred millon have been distributed in proportion to the represen tation pa Congress. Banks having an excess must be equaled within a year, otherwise a part of their bonds will be sold. The circulation hereby author ized shall issue only as withdrawn, keeping the ag gregate circulatwn within three hundred million. Ben. Ewell, frtm the Reconstruction Committee’s stand, had abandoned the bill reorganizing the State of Mississijpi, at this time, for more pressing bnsinees, but wiilpresent the bill immediately after the 4th of Mach. House took recss. " General Assembly of- Georgia, REPORTED SPECIALLY FOR THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH. the Supreme Court to publish the decisions of said Court in pamphlet form. ' To repeal an act authorizing road commis sioners in-Glynn, county to appropriate money for working certain roads. To relieve tax-payers of double taxes. To amend the charter of Macon. ., ‘ To incorporate the Rome Manufacturing Com- P f •nTT.T.g ON TTrmn BEADIN3—(SENATE.) The following Senate bills were read the third time and passed: • • . , v To repeal section 397 of Irwin a Code. To incorporate tH* Columbus and West Point Railroad Company. \ .From Cuba. Havana, Febnary 18.—The Americans at Cien- fuegos have appded for a war vessel to protect them. It is impossible to send one now. Havana is pr&ctcally in a state of eeige. Admiral Hoff his consented to take American cit izens to Key West The engineer employed in the San Antonio Dis trict reports that the Insurgents have appeared there. Plantationhands have fled, and work on the estates has ceased Plantation engineers from Neuvitas, Abaya Dis trict, and other Hstricts, are coming here, fearing impressment. A Trinidad lettO' of the 13th says the Cubans have raised the standard of rebellion everywhere, cut the telegraph and stopped the mails. A Neuvitas letter of the 11th reports that banditti are pillaging the estates of that District. A detach ment of troops inarched from Neuvitas to Nuguel Bugo and burned the town, losing, twenty in killed, wounded and missing in the expedition. Many Spaniards are in the Insurgent ranks. Famine threatens Puerto Principe. Late a.—Transports have arrived with reinforce ments from Spain. Political arrests are daily increasing. Several of ficials suspected of revolutionary proclivities have been imprisoned. Engagements are reported near Cienfuegos. The Trinidad Esperato Santa Diarco states that the Insurgents are near Soquala Grande, surround ed, and will be compelled to surrender. Southern Press Convention. Mobile, February 18.—The Southern Press Asso ciation appointed a committee to-day, looking into the propriety of an independent news service. Fonrteen papers taking the telegraph reports are represented. No delegates are present from Loui siana or Virginia. They are chiefly from. Georgia and Alabama. ' - A Startling Instance of tire Justice of Ilcnven. From the Bucyrue (Ohio) Forum, February 12.] , The retributive justice of heaven has never been more clearly shown or exemplified than in the fate of the judge and jury who acquitted the murderer of the lamented Bolmeyer. The circumstances surrounding the case are too well known to justify a rehearsal at this time. Briefly, a brutal beast bearing the name of Brown, in cold blood and without the slight est provocation, assassinated Bolmeyer on a pub lic street in Dayton, in broad daylight, in the presence of numerous witnesses, for the only reason that Bolmeyer was the editor-in-chief of the Dayton Empire, a Democratic paper. Brown, being fearful of the just indignation of the peo ple of Montgomery county, prayed for a change of venue, had his case transferred to the loyal county of Miami, after a mock trial was acquit ted by a jury organized for that purpose by n loyal court and sheriff, notwithstanding the iroof of guilt was incontestable and overwhelm ing. • This was the judgment of man. Now witness the judgment of Almighty God ! Every jury man on that pannel that acquitted Brown of the murder of Bolmeyer has since been bereft; of reason, met unnatural death, or committed sui cide, and as a fitttng cap stone to this arch of re tributive justice, Judge Parsons, who presided over the mock trial, died a few days since a horrible death iu the Lunatic Asylum at Ley- ton. . - Verily those who “sow the wind sh all reap the whirlwind." ■ . .v . ’ . r ' :t , Montreal, February 18.— Snow in: the VtreetB here is eight feet deep, and some streets are almost impassable. The roof, of the drill shed fell ini this morning owing to the weight df, snow, Trains from trie east'and west were very mneh delayed.' 'A statement published shows that the fall of snow this winter, so far,'is about' 118 inches, which exceeds by 38 inches the total fall in every year for twenty years.- Several'ex tensive lumber merchants in Ottawa District have closed their operations for the winter, owing to the difficulty in getting provisions into the woods fox the men. To incorporate the Georgia Independent Tel egraph Company. The following bills were lost on the third reading *'*. . . • ; . ' . To authorize county officers of this State to publish notices in papers having the largest cir culation within sixty miles of the county-site. To amend the 708th section of the Code of Geoigia. b v i To change the streets and alleys in the town of Dawsonville. Laid on the table. To authorize the ordinaries in Spalding, Jas per and Putnam to assess and'levy a tax for the payment of criminal cases. To authorize S. J. Everett to settle with his wara,^C. E. Platt. .. U t na The following-resolution was offered by Mr, ^odtan:".' i: Resolved, That a commiltee of two from the Senate and tqree from ehe House be appointed to examine into the'business of the General As sembly, with the view of an early adjournment. After some brief discussion tho resolution was adopted. ■ -a ii/’t Several bills were read and the Senate ad journed at the nsualhour. House.—The House met. ■: . Mr. Flournoy offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Legislature adjourn sine die on the first day of March next. On the motion to suspend the rules the vote stood, yeas GO, nays 36. Rules not suspended. Mr. Osgood offered the following: , Resolved, That the use of the Representa tive Hall be tendered to the Republicans who are opposed to military rule, for the purpose of holding a public meeting to-morrow night. The resolution was almost unanimously adopt ed. Mr. Carpenter offered a resolution requesting the return of a bill from the Senate, changing the line between the counties of Taliaferro and Hancock. • 1: ri The resolution was adopted. Mr. Hall, of Merriwether, offered the follow- ing: . Resolved, That the publication which ap peared in the New Era of this morning, inti mating that the Hon. Mr. O’Neal was intoxi cated on yesterday, is false; and that it is due to the country and this House that the facts should be made known. Several members spoke for and against the resolution, and a rather amusing one was of fered as a Substitute, by Mr. Phillips,. but Mr. Hall withdrew his resolution and the affair ter minated. 1 '• • • Mr. Paulk offered a resolution to the effect that the House consider bills on third reading during the afternoon sessions, and that the House hold a night session from S to 10 o’clock. Mr. Crawford offered a substitute prohibiting the introduction of new matter after Wednesday, 24thinstant: - 1 m • nO The substitute of Mr. Crawford was offered in the shape of an original resolution by Mr. Flournoy, with a change of time from the 24th to to the 20th. The resolution was not adopted. The greater portion of the day-was spent by both Houses in reading bills. The Senate adjourned. No interesting debate in-either House to-day. still standing despite .thMsiorm that had through and over them," was yet absent; uo that the whole force left under Major Harrison did not exceed three hundred men. He had just wheeled from column of fours into lino-qf battle, stretching across the road, and exhorted his men to check their puisuers and give the little army placed in their keeping time to bndeg through -the mire that impeded their wearied limbs, or opportunity to form it necessary, when Forrest 'with forty men rode np and lengthened the line to the right. The ememy halted. A level “space of- some' six hundred yards lay between, clear and open except, a a dead tree here and there on tee opposite side. Behind these trees sharp-shooters took post and began to poor in damaging shots just as the command “Reserve fire for close quarters, forward!” passed from right to left re-echoed by subalterns. Horse barter the Ueantital Ittaon. life, and swept onward, straight onward at top most speed. The horse, noble everywhere, no where bears himself so proudly as in battle. He seems conscious of the, danger into which he plunges, but emulous to bear hl3 rider the fore most and bravest of them all; and mortal must be the wound if either forsake his trust. The well known Texas yell is raised now, and swells louder and louder, and even above the roar of musketry. Horse and rider, one, the- other, now in heaps, fall, bnt the line knits together where gaps have been made, and moves, thun ders on into the deadliest sheet of flame. Anon, they waver. The horses falter. A miry bog has impeded the way, but tbev clear it. At fifty yards the double-barrels, loaded with buck and ball, are brought into play, each volley making wide openings in the enemy’s line. Still shouting and “ slinging” their guns on the pummels of their saddles, the rangers draw revolvers and make short fire and finishing work just as the rattling of artillery coming to the enemy’s relief is heard in the distance. One- third of the enems’s infantry are rode and shot down. The remainder break and flee through the ranks of their cavalry. These are bowed further and farther back, and despite the ap peals of their gallant colonel to stand firm, they yield or flee—one, two, and squads at a time— until their leader falls, and the Gray are victo rious to the . last on Shiloh’s bloody ground. Terry’s Texas Rangers— The Mame- lnkes of the IVar. From the Zouitville Courier-Journal.] It is well known that the late Confederate States cavalry, so-called,- were in the main, strictly speaking, simply mounted infantry, do ing splendid service, it is trne, bnt always dis mounting, and preferring to dismount andfight, unless the want of time and circumstances pre vented. Terry’s Rangers were, however, an exception. They 'were organized, armed and equipped, and in action specially reserved for regular cavalry charging. Circumstances and the nature of the ground may have sometimes prevented, but this was tbeir forte? . Each was armed with a double-barrel shot gun, two re volvers and a ponderous bowie, and adding to courage confidence, and being most excellent horsemen, they may in truth be said to have been the Mamelukes of tho war. They were, in many respects, a remarkable body of men— remarkable for the esprit du corps, their un wavering confidence in the final success of the cause, their lofty bearing in camp and in field, and the general intelligence of the rank and file. No bills of lading, or chimney comer receipts for the cure of whooping cough and measles, or other false or fabricated papers, written or printed, ever passed spy or bummers throngh lines guarded by ranger pickets, while their re ports of the strength, position and movements of the enemy were always timely, valuable, and wonderfully correct. At Murfreesboro Friday night, when Bragg was secretly and silently preparing for one of his famous movements to the rear, a ranger gal loped up. and exclaimed, “ General, the enemy himself is in full retreat.' 1 He was reprimanded and headquarters passed on. Afterward Hardee was heard to remark, “ not a devil of those ran gers but would make at least a brigader." Their excellent material is accounted for by the fact that they were picked men and the flower of the Texas youth. It had been charged by Union men pending the vote on the proposition for the State to secede, that secession was war, and that, having brought it on, rich men’s sons would seek place and power, and poor men would have to do the fighting. This aspersion it was important to refute, once for all, and at the first bugle’s blast Accordingly, Terry, the Bayard of the State, issued a call which inspired the wildest enthusiasm, and the son3 of the most eminent, most influential and most wealthy vied with each other in a zeal ous and prompt response. La less than ten days the regiment was filled beyond the maximum. Numbers went away disappointed,. some dejec ted, like the Spartans of old, because not chosen to die for their country. At their own request they were sworn in “for the war,” absolutely and without condition, and this months anterior to the call for troops for three years. Each man furnished his own horse, arms and equip ments, and in a large measure paid his own way to the seat of conflict. .They left Houston, Texas, 11C0 strong"; 500 recruits were received from time to time, making a total muster-roll of 1660 names. They were in over,one hundred distinct engagements from first to last, from Woodsonvflle, Ky., to Graham Station, North Carolina, near which place they fought the last fight of the war, and surrendered, 244 all told, with, bnt one deserter. ''./[• General Albert Sidney Johnson, at Shiloh, witnessing, their charge in column upon a strong position, yrhile Hardee moved in the rear, and which resulted in tho capture of Gen eral Prentiss and his entire command, enthusi astically exclaimed, “with ai little more disci pline they would be the equals , of .the . Old .Guard.” Tuesday evening at Shiloh, the ene- l-v had passed to within one mile of Brecken- ridge, who was covering the retreat with the remains of his shattered and wearied division. Midway between, the rangers were contesting the ground almost truly inch by inch. . The fresh troops of Buell, impatient at delay, and flushed with the hope of overtaking and capturing the gallant Kentuckian and his entire force, which they believed exhausted and a sure prey from hard marching and two days’ desper ate fighting, now threw forward two regiments of inf antry, supported by one of Ohio cavalry, who, in fine array, coma rapidly on. as bounds and hunters when their game is at bay. The rangers had suffered-a loss of over one hundred, more than ten per cent., in the two davaprevious conflicts. Wharton, their third Colonel since the mournful fall of Terry at Woodson ville, had lost several horses, was twice wounded and borne to the rear late the preceding day. XiCtter from “Mad?.’’ Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquircri] ■ Washington; February-12, 1869. ' THE EOW THAT HERALDS “PEACE.” The scene in the chamber of the House of Representatives .on Wednesday last, during the counting of the electoral vote will be a memora ble one to the minds of those who witnessed it. Considering thatthe Administration itushes into official existence is one from which the country has been taught to expect peace, it is a great pity the whole nation could not have looked on atthe conduct of their representatives and judged for themselve how mnch of “peace” there is in store for them under the lead of such men. The telegraph has already supplied the de tails of the day’s proceedings, and any attempt ed portraiture of them would appear stale by the time this letter sees the light of print. Since the' days of the French Assembly there has been no snch tumult and disorder In a body pretending to have met for a grave and consti tutional purpose. The figure of Ben Butler standing up amid mingled shouts of contempt and approval to denounce the Senate, while old Ben Wade tried his best to rap him down and couldn’t, cannot be matched this side of 1789. At one time it seemed os if a general scuffle was inevitable. The presiding officer was powerless to preserve order. A majority of the joint convention were against Butler, but his adhering minority was uproariously enthu siastic. What they wanted was a chief, who would go a step further, and invoke an acr tual disturbance. It looked for all the world like a crowd of sporting men quarrelling over an umpire’s decision at a horse race, or perhaps more like a crowd of roughs in disputation over a “foul” at a prize fight. I will not dissemble the fondly cherished hope that one of the many clenched fists raised in denunciation of Butler on the one side, and Wade on the other, would be put to better purposes than assaulting the innocent air, or blacking the eye of unoffend ing space. Such demonstrations, however, must have leadership, or they end in noise only. Butler played leader till he reached that point where, bluster must end and blows begin, and then he turned back, and retreated faster than he had advanced. WHAT THE EOW WAS ABOUT. The disturbance originated in a motion of Mr. Butler's to exclude the electoral vote of Geor gia. The House and Senate had previously passed a concurrent resolution which practically did this,andatany rate it was wellknown that the result would not be changed whether Georgia was counted or not It is worth while, however, to consider how much material there is for a revolution in the rules adopted for the govern ment of the Houses when counting the electoral vote. One of these declares that if any mem ber of the joint convention shall object to re ceiving the vote of any State, each House shall, in its own chamber, consider the objection and determine whether such vote shall lie received. The right of objection is unconditional and un limited. Suppose that on Wednesday last the vote of the State of New York would have deter mined the result one way or the other. Under the rules, any Republican member of either House might have risen and said, “I object to the vote of New York.” Each House must tfien determine without debate whether the electoral vote of New York would be received If the election of Grant depended upon the exclusion of New York, does anybody donbt what the ver dict would have been. Fortunately for the peace of the country, the dangerous issue which it is possible to bring out of this rule was not pre sented There is not on the statute book a more flagrant violation of the Constitution, which declares in express terms that the joint committee shall meet, and shall count the vote, etc. It will be seen at a glance that while this rule lasts, the Republican party, so long as they hold a majority in Congress, can force a Repub lican President upon the country in spite of the electoral votes against him. It does not require the gift of prophecy to foretell a revolution as the result of such outrage and wrong against the rights of the people. FORNEY AS V CARPET-BAGGER. John W. Forney has gone to North Carolina and purchased a farm there pretendedly to. raise com and potatoes, bnt really to raise the devil in a small way among the reconstructed by run ning as a Senatorial candidate against one of the carpet-baggers whose “term of office” soon expires. _ He will be a sort of ubiquitous per son—living really in Philadelphia, and owning tho Press there and the Chronicle here—bnt claiming to be for electoral purposes a citizen of Norm Carolina. I have never had a great deal of admiration for John W., but he is a man of talent and ability, and as a carpet-bag ger would be a success, and a great improve ment on tbe average of that class of miscreants. It is worth while to mention, in thia connec tion, that the carpet-baggers from all the Southern States are becoming alarmed for the safety of their seats in Congress. The field seems an inviting one to a great many, and I hear of several contemplated emigrations with, an eye to Congressional honors. “In a nation of blind men a one-eyed, may bo long," says Rosseau when he tells how he, with very slight musical attainments, found a community where he could figure as a teacher of the deviae art. So in a community of carpet-baggers, a' man who elsewhere could not be elected to a City Council, may make great pretentions to states manship and official fitness. Mack. 1 Under the beautiful moon to-night Silently creeps the crowded town, Tendertv, dreamily floats the light, O’er the wanderers np uni? down; Echoing faintly along the street, Ever are. heard the restless feet Plodding go wearily, Sadly and drearily. Onward, the last of a hope to meet. Under the beautiful moon there sleeps Many and many a fair young face, Many and many a mother weeps ~ Bitterly o’er her child's disgrace • Smiles; be they false, till the enn is set, Under the moon may the cheeka be wet. Sighing tearfully, , Sad and fearfully. Many a heart world fain to get l J : }H Under the beautiful moon there go, Flaunting their shame in the holy light Straying from purity, far by night. ’ Goodness and truth for the light of day. Under the moon may the baidnave sway; O, could, the beautiful Ever be dutiful; i " o- .r Love might gladden their hearts alway. Under the beautiful moon there rest Vicious and pore and the hours go on, Souls that in love and life are blest— Faces of wretchedness pale and wan; Happiness under the moon may sleep, . Misery under the moon may weep 1 Grieving, soboingly, Painfully, throbbingly. Hearts may moan over sorrows deep. , Under the beautiful moon to-night Many will dream of the loved and lost; Many five over, with sad delight, The hours they suffered and sorrowed most. Tears for the lost when the day is fled, ; Under the mdoti may their names be said: Fondly, endearingly, Never so cheeringly, Memory breathes of the loved and dead. Counsel and Client. From the Few York Commercial Adcertitcr.} The late James T. Brady was accustomed to maintain that, no matter what he might himself think of his guilt or innocence, a lawyer was perfectly justified in employing every agency to secure Ins client’^, acquittal. He acted on this supposition, and . during his long criminal prac tice many times convinced juries, almost in spite of their own judgment This was strikingly illustrated in tho case of Huntington, the forger. A smile rested on tho countenance of the juron when, to their surprise, Mr. Brady admitted all the charges in the indictment, and then pro- ceeded to state his line t o£ defence, viz: that the prisoner had forged to ‘the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars, that he had an uncontrollable mania for forging, and could not be held morl ally responsible for his acts. And, though they had smiled at first, he made them believe it be fore the trial was over. How. far a counsel should go in defending his client, or what influence his own views of it should have upon him, in accepting or refusing a ease, will doubtless, however, always con tinue open questions. Lord Erskine affirmed “If the advocate refuses to defend from whst he may think of the charge or the defence, he assumes the character of a judge—nay, he as sumes it before the hour of judgment, and h proportion to his rank, and reputation, puts the leavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion, into the scale against the accused, in whose fa- vor the benevolent principles of' tbe English law makes all presumptions, and which com- mand the very Judge to be his counsel.” Lord Brougham says: “An advocate, by the sacred duty he owes his client, knows, in the discharge of that office, but one person in the world—his client, and none others. To save his client, by all expedient means, to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others aart amongst others to himself, is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties: and he ram: not regard the alarm, the suffering, the torment; the destruction which he may bring upon an; other. . Nay; separating even the duties of a patriot from those of an advocate, and casting them, if need be, to the winds, he must go cn reckless of the consequences, if his fate it should unhappily be, to involve his country in confusion for his client’s protection.” “These extreme principles," David Paul Brown well observes, “ can never be approved by just or reasonable men. They would, if car- ried out to the extent suggested, make the advo cate worse than a highwayman, and render him under cover of the law a violent outlaw.” The same writer observes: “ The best system of forensic ethics of moral philosophy as tp. plied to the legal duties of men, is of Dime authority—‘Do unto others as yon would be done by ’—which means do the same justice to your clients, that in their condition you would be rightly entitled to expect—you are not to do more for them than yon would rightly expect; nor to love them better than yourself; not to sacrifice your conscience or your heavenly how to them. A lawyer is not bound to take even case that is tendered to him. He is no mas man. He is the adviser, but not the slave 0: serf of his client. He is not only not bound » take a case which he clearly • perceives to be tr- conscientious, but he is bound not to take it" Rochefort’s disclosures relative to the fact of Napoleon m having given orders to remove the master-piece from the Museum of the Louta re to the Imperial mansion, has created a first- class sensation in Paris. In Brussels a cartoon has been published on the subject.,, It, is night, scene. Napoleon and Eugenie, armed with burglars’ tools, are trying to break into the Louvre. Napoleon. says'; . “I must have, to night, three Raphaels and one Titiari. ” Eugenie replies;; ‘*I.want only the two best Murifios.” F.ochefuit appears in the back-ground. He holds in his hands a large lantern, which sheds its rays overithe,burglarious.couple r Lieutenant Colonel Ferrell, detached with wifi bear transportation two companies to bum the white-tented cities, 1 Rural New Yorker. The hair of tha£aprian peasant women is dark, lustrous and heavy, massively rfppled in thick furrows over low classic brows, as seen in antique Grecian and Roman statues. They wear it plaited in two large plaits, and these hang half-way to. their heels when letdown. They generally wear the plaits coiled up and shot through with a long, carved silver bodkin. The bodkin, about as large as a small dagger, ter minates at the hilt in an open hand, if the wear er be unmarried; and if a married woman, you may know it by the hand at the hilt being dosed. At the South the white variety of Indian com is the favorite because of the whiteness and' sweetness of the flour or meal, while at the North the yellow is preferred for Its superior richness. Tho" white is the richer in albumen and starch ;! the yellow in oil and gluten, and is consequent ly possessed of superior keeping properties, and better without injury.— Rev. Ricliard Fuller, of Bn!fimor?-| and the Religions Herald. This eminent minister makes his first appez l ance as one of the Editors in the Herald ofthl 4th inst., in a style characteristic, combita;| with serious and eloquent words some pass of humor that are calculated to provoke a s from the dullest reader. We would like to pit-, sent the whole address, says the Greenville jil 0.) Enterprise, but lor want of room, i-.ta f ourselves to a brief extract. After saying th I he was “glad to find the Herald entering nposf new year with freshened zeal and liberality | etc., he concludes with some fine thoughts. the lapse of time: “A whole year gone’. We are spending c-i days as a tale that is told;” but wh.u '\ Let us not be poring-over the past in a spirit morbid sentimentalism. Spring, summer. “ tumn have passed; but have they not left * us the harvest for which they were given ? just so with advancing life. Youth, early; hood have been succeeded by advancing y but youth and manhood have bequeathed 1 sons to enrich us with true wisdom. The F em fable tells of an ointment which, if apj to only one eye, produced the most captin illusions, pressing all the landscape in the g est and most gorgeous hues, causing < ject to glitter with the brilliancy of d__ ., the flame of sapphires, the illumination gems. As soon, however, as both ej touched, the charm was dispelled andev resrhned its proper form and us bless God that .added years life safer and truer, by showing us the' and the things of the world in theii V aspects. And, instead of whining, and pa and croaking about the flight of time, 1« n the changes around us, and in the econ®I1 onr own existence—in the dissolution of Wf ties—in affections which have cooled to^ us—let us learn how transitory is our £ . let U3 be reminded that we are what we do:* while all else i9 going—youth, health, B»*t? tags—one thing remains, and this is, for God. And let ns enter upon tbe year conscious of the difference between! and acting; mind, heart, sonl living for y and. to every plea for indolence and rena let us return the answer of bid., Arnold, 1 when urged, at the age of eighty-five, W from his labors, looked up and exclaims, * I not have all eternity to rest ini” ft I Competing Freight Lines.—That pers and merchants of Columbus intend t against a monopoly, and sustain a line to the Central Railroad, the ship^fl the past few days by the Fernandinaron^ w prove. The steamer Barnett left Snnd-’f..' 450 bales; the Shamrock yesterday with* 800 bales in two shipments by the route. In addition, large amounts of engaged for the same route. Merehp’J also ordering their goods to be sect by ^ 1 interests of the city demand that we I least two lines. We have every reason W-J that in a short time, the former 'J Bainbridgp, will be re-established, tral Railroad is discriminating large!? Columbus. While it is taking cot&y Montgomery to New York at $b 40 _P er * pounds, that from Columbus, a ppint dred miles nearer Savannah, is charged v The Fernandtaa route is $2 chef per P*,| (including insurance) than the Central, time is not more than two days longer- to see Columbus advance in prosperity. -^ can never be done as long as her c.irrytfV, is controlled by a monopoly. No compe l can be kept up without patronage Thita I ajid unmistakable. Henco. if ou * i cheap freights and higher prices for must give the Fernandtaa route, or at)., competing one, liberal encouragement— bus 6ui 1. Dorr 0* Plate*© Oamcs.—_ ied a duty of $1 42 upon every. na°k°‘ »v1 nriTvlfi. (rATitlamen liAviusr **o!u rust. *>. U: of lai de wc ate sea poi 1 Hi] Brc Th, Ha Cir, ao& Coo art; S< ago B cards. Gentlemen having had better take carb of them, since cannot be purchased for less than -* j dollars. 81 • in u”