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nv THE LATE COL. X. O. 3IUSROE.
The following havo been found among tho pa-
jiers of tho lato Col. N. C. Monroe, and aro believed
never to have boon published—Editor.]
a mother’s love.
t)h, is there aught on earth mere dear.
Its snnwre to beguile,'
Our onward path with love to cheer,
Thai) infant's hallowed smile,
When on its mother's gentlo form u '
So trustingly it lies,
Encircled by her loving arm,
Soothed with sweet lullabies 1
Oh. is there aught on earth more true
Than gentlewoman’s breast.
When infant smiles recall to view
Tho image there imprest!
She lingers o’er the tender flower
To catch each pleasing wile,
And gratoful owns 'tis Heaven’s power
Impressed tho lovely smile.
Oh, can there anglit so faithful guard
The lisping infant's voice—
So fondly grant tho dear roward.
That bids its heart rejoice !
So nr ccs of love, 'tis tlieso combined
That form a father's joy;
In these alono liis son! can find
Pleasures without alloy.
WIFE AND CHILD.
The balmy cvo. tho silent hour.
liccail my absent love ;
In vain I list around my bower.
To hear her footsteps move:
For far away her gentle form
Reclines in hainiy rest.
Vet in my dreams her precious head
Reposes on my breast.
Yes. loved one, still that gentle smile
That yields such fond delight.
Bethinks I see its hallowed wile
Arrayed in dimples bright;
The unerring index of a heart
That lives for me alone.
Whose only joy is to impart
That smile it yields to one.
For there’s another claims a share.
Fend pledge of earthly bliss,
A mother's fondest earthly care.
jlay other thoughts dismiss;
Vos. when my Jove shall bid the smile
hi infant beauty play,
To know 'twill oft my heart beguile.
Sbo thinks of one away.
TO MY ABSENT WIFE.
As day's bright beams in West decline.
Homeward hies the dove
To seek within the clustering vine
Its own fond absent love.
In vain the search, alas! no note
Of greeting cheers its bower,
The chilling moan of sorrow floats
O'er evening's balmy hour.
Tho cold, unfeeling, treacherous aim
Hath sped tho leaden ball.
And ’mid the hunter's dire acclaim
Fate bids love’s emblem fall!
Not thus, my love, tliy own fond bower
Tho’ lonely now and drear,
There’s not a hud, or leaf, or flower
But bids my bosom cheer.
The mirror that so oft has traced
The form by love imprest,
In tablets ne’er to bo effaced
From ono so oft caressed—
Still is it there, and as I gaze,
Methinka it still thy form betrays.
Yet thou, fond object of my love
Tho’ fate has placed thee far.
There's yet an eye beams from above
No love so true will mar.
Each loving thought, each happy dream,
Recalls the fleeting day,
As guides the gentlo placid stream.
There still, shall pleasures play.
Thns shall it be with kindred hearts.
The holy tie of love,
Its halm no other joy imparts,
Its rays beam from above.
And thus, my love, its Heavenly ray
Shall beam on you and me,
'Till angels point our onward way,
The joye of Heaven to see.
THE LATE CONVENTION—REJOICINGS OP THE RADI
CALS—WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO TOR THEM, ETC.
From our Special Correspondent j
Atlanta, Monday, March 8th.
The month of March has come in this season
with its wonted bluster. For two weeks we have
had nothing lmt wind and frost, nor have they
abated yet; and already people begin to dread
their effect on the fruit crop.
THE CONVENTION.
Tho great millennium has come at last, and on
Friday the Radicals inaugurated their reign of
terror over the white people of tho State of
Georgia. This has been long promised and
threatened, and now, with Grant for President
and the whole North at their back, they are go-
: iugto heap upon onr hapless heads a multiplicity
of woes. That is to say, they are going to re
construct us by the lash and the bayonet. That
Convention was one of those bodies for which
; it is almost impossible to find a parallel, and
which no other number of men could imitate.
There were, according to the roll, one hundred
and four counties represented by two hundred
: and thirty-eight delegates, black and white, but
| for this I am not going to vouch, as it would of
course be impossible for me to say how many
“bogus” names were attached to the list,
: It was in good truth a goodly mingling of
; shades, but the most important feature in con-
: nection with it was the speeches made by O’Neal,
the Representative from Lowndes, and Farrow,
the Attorney General. Both these individuals
denounced the present Legislature as an “ille
gal body,” and the “gentleman from Lowndes”
used the very modest expression that it was
“ covered all over with tho slime of deceit.”
Just think of this. A man sitting as a mem
ber in that Hall every day and acting in harmo
ny—voting and speaking and having his per
: diem and mileage with the other members of
the Legislature, and then going abroad and
abasing and foully slandering them after this
; maimer. Don’t you think the Representatives
of the State of Georgia should visit upon his
head a just chastisement and indignantly kick
him from their midst as an unworthy fellow for
daring to speak of them in such disrespectful
terms ?
Scott, of Floyd, took him to task on the fol
lowing day in the House, and the creature re
coiled and shrunk under the bold language of
that gentleman.
Look at Farrow, whose appointment to his
present important office was confirmed by this
same body, branding it as “illegal,” yet not
hesitating to receive appropriations made for him
by that body. If they be the illegal body he
represents them to be, the appropriation is sto
len money, and he as a good, loyal, honest gen
tleman should not receive stolen money. The
Legislature owes it to its own self-respect, to
; the respect due to their constituents who sent
them here, believing them to be gentlemen, and
to tho dignity of tho State of Georgia to vindi
cate themselves and to take suitable action for
that purpose.
CONGRESS.
prudent, because they ought to know from his
past career that Bryant cannot bo relied on, and
that his only object is to get them to help him
revenge himself upon those with whom he is
warring. Fits, is badly wrong himself, but then
I can’t see for the life of me any difference,
farther than that which is natural in a man who
is “nursing his wrath to keep it warm.”
THE BLIND ACADEMY.
The Honorable Mr. Sparks, of your city, has
worked hard to secure an appropriation for the
Blind Academy of Macon. He was untiring in
his labors and did not rest until he succeeded in
seeming an appropriation of §11,000, together
with §2500 for repairs. I understand that the
Institution stands badly in need of repairs, and
I have no doubt your citizens will be glad to
hear this news. Mr. Sparks was also very zeal
ous in securing an appropriation to the Lunatic
Asylum.
A RECENT CONVERT.
I noticed, with regret, that Hon. George P.
Burnett, of Rome, who was one of the most faith
ful Democrats in the late “ Kcconstitntional
Convention,’"has gone over head,neck and heels,
and took his position at the Convention called
by Foster Blodgett, on FridajPlast. How will
he support the Constitution now that he voted
against when it was put on its final passage in
the Convention.
FATHER RYAN.
This talented divine, who arrived in town on
Saturday, preached yesterday morning and lec
tured last night in the Roman Catholic Church
of this city. There was a very large attend
ance, and I am inclined to think that members
of other denominations were in the majority.
The poet-priest is still very popular among all
classes of this community, and as he lectures
to-night again, I have no doubt the church will
again be thronged.
SAINT PATRICK S DAY.
IVaslibiiruc, Stewart, Cox and Cress-
well.
From the Louinille Courier-Journal,j
"Washington, March 5.—I give you a few has
ty notes concerning the personality of the new
Cabinet. There is hardly one of the advisers
appointed by Grant who can be called a favorite
with the Republican party, and all of them are
more or less obnoxious to tho Radical leaders.
Gen. Grant himself declares that he has select
ed them without regard to partisan considera
tions, and that he has consulted the wishes of
Congress less than his own inclinations. I be
gin with
ET.TTTTT R. WASHBURNE, SECRETARY OF STATE.
The subject of this sketch was bom in Liver
more, Oxford county, Maine, September 23,
181G; served an apprenticeship in the printing
office of the Kennebec Journal; studied law at
Harvard University, and,, removing to the West
(practised law at Galena, Illinois. He was elect
ed a Represent^vnAo Idw^jiity-thiri and re-,
elected to the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, and
thirty-sixth Congresses, serving on two occa
sions as Chairman of the Committee on Com
merce. He was also elected to the thirty-sev
enth Congress, again serving as Chairman of
the Committee on Commerce, and re-elected to
the thirty-eighth Congress, serving again as
Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and
as a member of the joint Committee on the Li
brary. He w r as a member of the fortieth Con
gress, and, from having served so many terms,
was known as the “Father of the House.”
Mr. Washbume is a plain, shrewd, practical
man, with strong prejudices aud a clear head.
He is to the Republican party what George W.
Jones, of Tennessee, was to the Democratic
party, the “Watch Dog of the Treasury.” He
is eminently a self-made man, and the best of
his name. Grant said of him: “Washbume
was my friend when I was poor and needed
friends,” aud his reward is the appointment to
The Hibernian Society, numbering about one I the best position in his friend’s cabinet Mr.
Washbume is by no means a violent or extreme
politician, and his sound common sense and
sturdy love of fair play will carry him through
almost any diplomatic affair, and will meet all
the questions which may come before him in our
foreign affairs without tergiversation or brav
ado. He is a decided improvement upon Mr.
; hundred and fifty members, and all the citizens
1 of Irish birth living in Atlanta, are making act
ive preparations for a grand procession on the
seventeenth of the month. They have pur
chased from New York some very neat green
scarfs, appropriately decorated for the occasion.
This is a great day—this seventeenth of March.
For over seven centuries the .Saxon tyrant has | Seward.
! heard going up in every quarter of the globe l
| the cry of “ long live Ireland,’' and has witness- | Alexander “ stewart, secretary of the treas-
| ed the inauguration of a reanimated hatred for I tKY * _
! everything pertaining to him and his oppression, j More than any one else in America, probably,
| Hon. Judge Loehrano will address them, and I j Alexander T. Stewart is the embodiment of
' have no doubt, will treat them to a “ feast of j business. He is emphatically a man of money
; —thinks money, makes money, lives money.
Stewart has never been communicative about
reason and flow of souL"
GENERAL MEADE.
_ . . lxis early life, and those curious in respect to it
Gen. Meade, it is iinderstood, \vill leave in a i !lre generally rebuffed in their inquiries. It is
’ few days for Philadelphia, and Gen. Ruger, the
; late Provisional Governor of this State, will act
. until his successor nrrives. Gen. linger did not
> make any enemies while Provisional Governor,
: nnd I am satisfied he will do his duty faithfully
j and impartially in his new office.
■ I understand that Gen. Terry is coming here
soon, but I don't think that there has been any
I official notification received yet to that effect.
! Persons who know Gen. Terry, and officers
! who have been in service with him, represent
i him as a brave and honorable man and one who
j would not wilfully do a wrong to any person,
j It is said that Governor Bullock is very mneh
t pleased with the removal of General Meade, for
known that he is a native of Ireland, having
been bom near Belfast, though he claims to be
descended from a Scotch family. He is of the
Scotch-Irish extraction, with the determination,
perseverance and energy that marks such stock,
and must of necessity have sprang from the he
roic defenders of Londonderry, as all the Scotch-
Irish, risen to any eminence, have done before
and since his time.
In his eighth year Stewart lost his parents,
and was reared by his maternal grandfather,
who intended to educate him for the Methodist
Church, of which ho himself was a devout mem
ber. The boy is reported to have shown very
early a resolution to be first in whatever ho un-
The Radicals are quite bouyant in spirit and
look with high hope for a new regime—all of
which is to be inflicted by Congress at their
dictation.
General Grant and Congress aro entirely at
the disposal of the “black wing” under the lead
of Bullock and Blodgett, and the roapppoint-
ment of the latter as Postmaster at Augusta is
hailed as a happy augury for the accomplish
ment of their full designs. They say that re
construction will now be perfected to their sat
isfaction -after their notions of reconstruction.
What does that word mean now ? Webster
didn’t know, nor Walker, nor Johnson. Inter
preted according to the Southern, and I regret
to say the Northern radicals views, it simply
. means—you rebels have not yet realized tho
fact that you are slaves and that slaves you
must continue to be, for you are now in our
power and we have determined to grind yon
even to the very marrow of your bones.
Slaves he down and kiss your chairs.
To the Union yield in quiet.
Were it hemlock in your veins.
Stand it, must you—profit by it.
* There is more truth than poetry in the above
lines, if I might use a common expression.
OFFICE HUNTERS.
• he sees in it a better prospect of a permanency dertook, and to bave been foremost in his class
. of his sway, and the accomplishment of the de- I at Trinity College, Dublin, where, like every
' signs for which he labored so energetically , SO n of Brin, he graduated with honor. He
! while in Washington. lie has now no fears on j then in big eightheenth year, and his grand-
] the matter of impeachment, and as a breath can | {ather being d ea ^ he was p i ace d under the
; scatter tho Legislature to the four winds of j guardianship of a quaker. Not liking Ireland,
| heaven, or a dignified nod of his majestic head , be concluded to seek his fortune in tho New
send them to prison for life, he feels very com- I v/orkl, an d came here in fS23 with letters of
' fortable. It is only fair to suppose that the re- j recommendation to some of the best families of
! port is true. It would bo a good thing if the i Friends in New York. He was a teacher at first,
people would only fix it so that his Excellency j an q persons now living remember when they sat
i would be made Governor for life, with the right nn der his instruction.
; of sending it down to his heirs and assigns for- j } r,j either did not succeed in his calling or did
i ever and ever. This act would set his mind at ; relish it, for after ten or twelve months of
i r»«t ns bn wn’il.l then see that there wnnltl bn teaching he entered a mercantile establishment,
rest, as he would then see that there would be
no farther necessity for him to beg Congress to
territorialize us, and then we would have pence.
£ ' Mac.
, Disgraceful Scene at tl;e Inaugura
tion Ball.
1 All agree that tho Inauguration ball given in
j the Treasury building at Washington was a vul
gar jam. We copy the following from the In-
! telligencer:
{ At eleven o'clock the supper rooms were
I thrown open,but so great was the rush for some-
I thing to eat that it is not possible that more
than two-thirds of those who attended the ball
caught even a glimpse of the edibles. By 12
| o’clock the crowd down stairs began to thin out,
| and when the guests repaired to the dressing-
• rooms, thinking to obtain their wrappings aud
! go home, there occurred a scene of confusion
' such a was L-ve; b witnessed at any ball
• or reception given in Washington; and wc doubt
i if it could be possible to have worse manage-
i ment in the arrangement of cloak-rooms than
j was last night displayed at the inauguration ball
j The coat-rooms for gentlemen (two in number)
J were in the attic story; colored ul‘."'.di;ni
j ceived the wrappings through a small opening
though without any natural bias for trade, his
friends say—a statement to be received with
liberal allowance. He had an interest of some
kind in the house, and accident, it is said, made
him a merchant; for his partner died suddenly
and left the entire responsibility of the business
upon the young man of two-and-twenty. He
then determined to devote himself to trade, and,
returning to Ireland, sold the little property he
had there, bought a lot of laces with the money,
and came to New York.
During the famine in Ireland he purchased a
ship, loaded it with provisions, and sent them
there. On the return voyage ho filled it with
young men and women, and obtained situations
for them before they reached this shore.
During the war he gave at ono time to the
Sanitary Commission a check for §100,000,
which was obtained in this way: Some one hav
ing asked him to contribute, he said he would
give as much as Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, onbe-
ing approached, agreed to give as much as Stew
art. Stewart then sent the applicant back to
Vanderbilt, who, in a fit of annoyance, drew on
his banker for § 100,000. Stewart kept his word,
nnd tho Commission was §200,000 richer by the
iho operation.
Respecting his wealth, it is difficult to esti-
Calf arc of Sagar-t'ane in Dooly,
Vienna, Ga., March 8th, 1SC9.
Editor» 3faeon Telegraph :—I herewith send
Ton the details of an experiment of mine last
season in the cultivation of the West India Su-
prCane. I selected one-half acre of land
(aejAured,) which had been partially cow-penn-
ei Iroke it up as deeply as I could with long-
Etiaight shovel plows,—rows laid off five feet
rile with a long-shovel plow, commencing at an
°Pposito end with a similar plow and opening out
•he same furrows as deeply as possible, then drop
ped seed cane in the bottom of said furrows. After
applying seventy bushels of partially killed cot
ton seed to the half acre in the drills, I covered
the cane nnd manure by running deeply two
furrows to each row. Just before the cane com
menced to come up, I took a common weeding
toe and cut tho dirt off the cane to within about
ln inch of it os it lay in the farrows. The ob-
ject of this was to get rid of a thick coat of grass,
•md to secure an early good stand of the cane,
first plowing was done deep and close with
same plows with which the crop was planted
After culture, entirely with sweeps as shallow
Possible, merely scraping off the grass and
from this half acre of land, I boiled two
hundred and seventy-two gallons of good thick
s ymp. I also made an excellent brown sugar.
The sugar and syrup will both compare favora
bly with the best New Orleans.
1 send you the result of this experiment in or-
uer fhat yon may know what we can do in rais
es premium crops of sugar and syrup in Mid-
ole and Southern Georgia on our common pine
“••d, by proper fertilizers and cultivation.
I will send yon a sample of the sugar and syrup
•he first opportunity.
Yours, Ac., John H. Woodward.
Quinn, a resident of Brooklyn, has in-
‘■'Rted an ingenious improvement in the veloci-
'v'i - ’i T uaeans of which tho nder can tom his
r^ C , *° P r ® c ^cal use. Tho wheels are so ar-
„ ^ at mdingis unattended with the jolting
oyance now inevitable except on a smooth
i.r ace. The elasticity given to the wheels is
sot to impede, but rather help, the mo-
Teloci P ede . in its progress on the
’ "dmo the rider is enabled to make cross
ing. S "“i ovor cobble stone pavements with
P'lRity aud without jarring.
There is quite a rash of stragglers to Washing
ton from this State. Those who have been left
out l>y the State Government either because they
were not radical enough, or because they were
unworthy of notice, are now harrying “ in hot
haste,” londed with petitions and memorials to
lay at the feet of the idol of whom they have
been dreaming for lo! these many months.
Won't onr good friend, President Grant, havo
a fine time when he is surrounded by this swarm
of locusts. Verily, he will find out when, per
haps, it is too late, that it would be much easier
work summoning liis Generals around him and
ordering the drum and the bugle to peal out his
commands.
Among those gone from Georgia, I understand,
is J. E. Bryant, whoso object is to try and oust
Blodgett from his new appointment. I have
been told that he says that that little perjnry
matter lias not yet been cleared up, and that
there are some other small things which will not,
when reconsidered at Washington, sound so well
in Blodgett’s behalf. It is a mighty hard thing
to see two such faithful pests at dagger’s ends,
but let them “ fight it out on that line,” say L
Bryant did not ask leave of absence, yet I pre
sume his per diem will go on. That worthy
S Mrson, J. H. Caldwell, is also at Washington.
e went some days ago with the resolutions
drawn np by himself, Sam Bard and Bryant,and
read at their meeting a few weeks since. It
may be, however, that Caldwell will endeavor
to “kill two birds with one stone” and look out
for himself while his crowd is paying the ex
penses.
FITZPATRICK AND BRYANT.
These Honorable gentlemen had quite a “set
to” in the House a few days ago. They are,
under all and every circumstance, enemies for
life, and though Bryant is a little more glib of
tongue he, nevertheless, finds a persistent an
tagonist in Fitz. In their row the other day,
Bryant denounced Fitz. in very scathing lan-
K , but Fitz. brought some back scenes to
Hregroundandbytho “dots” rather worsted
his adversary. Bryant tried a flank movement
which bothered Fitz. some, but he being good
game, soon recovered his equilibrium and dealt
his man some heavy knocks. The flank move
ment referred to is this; Bryant knowing how
obnoxious his opponent was to the Democrats,
and knowing, also, that ho (Bryant) had lately
been pursuing a sort of liberal course, threw
himself upon the sympathy of the Democratic
members of the House, and which move was a
success. The Democrats clapped their newly ac
quired acquaintance, hut for their propriety in so
doing I am not going to applaud them. Here isin
man who has got up a quarrel with his fnends
over the spoils of office, and because he, who is
still as inveterate as any of them, denounces
them to forward his own motives, ho is cheered
by the Democracy whom he hates now as hearti
ly as he did when he was in his palmiest pride,
and was in full grace with his party. I would
have wished to see the Democrats a little more
m the door, gave checks, and laid coats and j maio £ It s is sot dowa at &j0,000,000, and
hats away, without regard to numerical an-ange- ’ even as u„ hos $go,000,000. His income varies
ment, under tables, on window-sills behind , tl It has been less than §1,000,000 and
viIau + .><• 4 hvnn font hlrrh J - _ . - 7 7 .
doors, and in piles two or three feet high, scat
tered all over the floor. Instead of placing the
coats and hats according to the numbers on
them, and arranging them by hundreds, as
checks were given out, they were thrown togeth
er promiscuously, and piled here and there,
without the least regard to the possibilities of
finding them when called fof. About eleven
o’clock gentlemen began to form into line, in
order to give in their checks and receive their
wrappings, and then the stupidity of the man
agement became at once apparent. The num
bers on the checks ranged from a unit to two
tbonsond, and the first man who presented him
self until all the coats conld be looked over, as
as much as §1,000,000 a year, the amount de
pending upon the activity of the trade and the
fluctuations of the market. Every once in a
while it is reported in the country that Stewart
has failed, bnt in New York his fa'ilure is known
to be impossible, as he has always made it a
rule to buy for cash.
the attendants did not knaw where any particu-
JACOB D. COX, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Mr. Cox is a native of Ohio. He was bom in
the northern part of the State on the 15th of
March, 182(5. He is consequently in his forty-
third year. He entered Oberlin College when a
lad of sixteen, was distiguished there as a good
scholar, and graduated with highest honors in
!ar number could be found. By twelve o’clock
there was a long line of gentlemen waiting in
the vain hope of getting their coats, and os the
number increased the confusion inside grew
worse. Piles of clothing were knocked about,
right and left; checks were lost, and affairs as
sumed a hopeless aspect. The impatient crowd
at last broke through the lines and filled the
narrow hall to suffocation. Matters had by this
time become serious, and police were stationed
to prevent any more coming in. Two men
fainted, and were dragged out, and the din and
uproar of angry, excited voices was deafening.
CnTses loud and deep were heard on every side,
and at one time a row was threatened. Mem
bers of the committee were sent for, and the
mode of giving out the garments was changed.
his class. Thereafter he studied law, and at the
outbreak of the civil war was engaged in the
successful practice of that profession. In poli
tics ho was known as an original old-line aboli
tionist. He arrayed himself actively with the
State govenment in support of the Union cause;
was Adjutant General under Governor Densi-
son; was successively a Colonel, a Brigadier
General, and a Major General in the Union
army, serving through most of the greater cam
paigns. "When the war was over ho was nom
inated by the Republicans as their candidate for
Governor of Ohio. In this oapacity, he wrote a
letter, which was published, giving it as the re
sult of his experience that the whites aud the
blacks of the South could not live harmoniously
together, and advocating an apportionment of
were not in the least improved. Hundreds became
discouraged,andleft with handkerchiefs tied over
their heads, and many of the ladies were ol>-
liged to go out into tho sharp, frosty air, with
no protection from tho cold but their thin dress
skirts thrown over their shoulders. In the la
dies’ cloak-rooms persons were allowed to select
their own garments. In consequence of this
arrangement, very common wrappings were ex
changed for elegant opera cloaks, und several
years, making
an efficient and acceptable executive to all par
ties. Hois a man of_ability, of integrity, of
experience, of moderation, and his appointment
as Secretary of the Interior may be regarded as
in every way auspicious.
JOHN A. J. CRESS WELL, POSTMASTER GENERAL.
ladies lost everything they had placed in charge 1
This gentleman was bom in Port Deposit,
Cecil county, Maryland, November 18, 1828;
graduated at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania,
of the attendants. Hundreds of ladies waited
hours for their escorts, and as they were not in
formed of the reason of the delay, their anxiety
was truly pitiable. Several, overcome by fa
tigue and fright, fainted away. Many persons
waited from eleven o’clock until five in the morn
ing, hoping to find their clothing, aud daylight
found anxious crowds stationed at the doors of
the dressing-rooms, -vi ■ ■■ -
Ages of the Presidents.—The youngest man
elected President of the Unitod States is Gen
eral Grant, who will be 47 years old on the 22d
of April next Washington was 57, John Ad
ams Cl, ‘Thomas Jefferson 57, Madison 58,
Monroe 58, John Quinoy Adams 58, Andrew
Jackson over CO, Martin Van Buren 57, William
Henry Harrison G7, James K. Polk 49, Zachary
Taylor G3, Franklin Pierce 48, James Buchan
an G5, and Abraham Lincoln nearly 51, when,
they were elected.
in 1848; studied law and came to the bar of
Maryland in 1850. He was a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates in 18G1 and 18G2.
From 18C2 to April, 18G3, he was an Assistant
Adjutant General of Maryland; and was elected
a Representative from Maryland to the Thirty-
eighth Congress, serving on the Committees on
Commerce and Invalid Pensions. Ho was also
a delegate to the Baltimore Convention in 1SG4.
Mr. Creswell is justly regarded as a man of
signal ability, administrative talent, nnd great
personal integrity of character. He rose to
eminence at the Maryland bar, and was gen
erally admitted to be one of the leading men in
his State. His appointment will be received
with favpr by all parties.
There is authority for saying that the pre
carious condition of the health of Mr. George
H. Stuart alone prevented his nomination to the
Senate by General Grant for a place in his Cab
inet.—National Intelligencer.
General Assembly ot Georgia.
REPORTED SPECIALLY FOR THE MACON
DAILY TELEGRAPH.
Atlanta, March 8, 18G9.
Senate.—Mr. Merrell moved to reconsider
the action of the Senate in relation to a bill in
corporating the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama Railroad Company. He gave a short
history of the road and the interests involved
therein..
A motion by Mr. Nunnally to lay on the table-
was lost, and the motion to reconsider concurred
in.
Mr. Merrell offered the following amendment:
“Provided such railroad shall be constructed
via Newnan in Coweta county, and Carrollton
in Carroll county.” He also offered an amend
ment adding, “Unless it shall be declared by a
competent surveyor to be impracticable,” both of
which were lost.
Mr. Candler offered an amendment to the ef
fect that the road be ran by the most practica
ble route from Griffin to the Alabama line.
The amendment was lost and the bill passed
without amendment, and transmitted, on mo
tion, to the House.
The special order of the day being a bill for
leasing out the penitentiary and convicts there
of, and securing for them humane treatment, it
was taken up and discussed at considerable
length by Messrs. Wellborn, Hinton, Lester and
Winn, who opposed it, and by Messrs. Candler,
Bums, Brock and Holcombe, who favored it.
The bill was taken up and passed, and some
other bills relating to the same matter were laid
on the table.
A veto message was received from the Gov
ernor, in which he refused to approve of the
bill to incorporate the town of Parkersville (now
known as the Isle of Hope) in Chatham county,
for the reason that no persons were allowed to
vote but those owning lots and those were con
verted into managers of elections and ex officio
Justices of the Peace.
Mr. Higbee expressed his astonishment at the
the Judiciary Committee recommending a bill
which was, to all intents and purposes, uncon
stitutional.
Sir. Candler thought the bill should be passed
over tho veto of the Governor andjexpressde sur
prise that no persons but the Governor and
those who were his friends viewed the bill
as unconstitutional. The Governor could not
see constitutionality in any bnt a franchise bill.
Mr. Hungerford said that when the senator
made such an assertion he asserted what he
knew to be untrue.
Here a scene of great confusion ensued.
Mr. Candler running to the place where Mr,
Hungerford stood, who all tho time held his
position and appeared perfectly undismayed.
The President’s hammer was falling with full
force upon his desk, and all eyes were turned
upon the spot where it was expected the war of
eloquence would give way to that of fists, knives
or pistols. The affair, however, terminated
through the intervention of friends, and the
President stated that Mr. Hnngerford’s language
was entirely unparliamentary.
The motion was then taken upon the motion
to pass the bill over the Governor’s veto, when
the vote stood as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Bums, Can
dler, Collier, Fain, Gignilliatt, Graham, Hinton,
Jordon, Lester, McArthur, Merrell, McCutchen,
Nunnally, Smith (7th,) Wellborn and Winn—18.
Nays—Messrs. Adkins, Bowers, Brook, Col-
man, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin (Gth,) Harris, Hig
bee, Hungerford, Jones, McWhorter, Sherman,
Smith (3Gth,) Stringer, and Welch—15.
Mr. McWhorter moved that seats on the floor
be tendered to Rev. Father Ryan, of Augusta,
Hon. B. A. Thornton, of Muscogee and Hon.
W. F. Wright, of Coweta.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Hungerford offered a resolution calling
on the Committee on the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad to report, and that the report be made
the special order for 3 o’clock this afternoon.
The resolution was adopted, and the Senate
adjourned to 3 p. m.
There was much discussion on various topics,
but on nothing of a general public interest.
House.—The Qonse met as usual.
A bill by Mr. Hudson was read the first time
incorporating the Savannah and Tybee Tele
graph Company.
The same gentleman offered a resolution to
the effect that the use of the Hall be given on
Tuesday night next, to Mr. Travelick, for tho
purpose of delivering a lecture. The resolution
was adopted.
A resolution by Mr, Grimes tendering a seat
on the floor to B. A. Thornton, of Columbus,
was abopted.
The special order of the day being tho bill on
education it was taken up.
A motion by Mr. Rawles, referring the whole
matter to the School Teachers’ Convention,
was laid on the table.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved an indefinite post
ponement. The motion was lost by a vote of,
yeas 37, nays 87.
Mr. Tweedy moved that tho Senate bill be
adopted, upon which motion the yeas and nays
were taken, when they stood yeas 33, nays 89.
A substitute, by Mr. Parks, was adopted in
lieu ol tho original bilL The bill was read a
third time and passed.
A message was received from the Governor,
in which he stated that he had signed the act in
corporating the Desoto Manufacturing Company
of Floyd county.
The resolution authorizing an advance of pay
ment to the State Printer, and an act author
izing the Ordinary of Fulton county to issne
bonds for the purpose of raising money to meet
oatstanding bonds issued by the Superior Court
of said county in 1SG5-G.
A message was also read vetoing the bill ex
tending Stato aid to the Memphis Branch Rail
road, was on motion of Mr. Scott, made the spe
cial order tor to-morrow afternoon.
Mr. Darnell moved to take up the message of
the Governor, sent to the House on Saturday
last, vetoing the bill incorporating the town of
Jonesboro.
The message was taken up and the bill laid
on the table. I
The House wentinto Committee of the Whole
on a bill for tho relief of the Union Branch
Railroad Company.
After some discussion, the Committee re
ported the bill back to the House without amend
ments.
A majority report was read from the Judiciary
Committee in opposition to tho appropriation;
also a minority report in favor of it.
Mr. Flournoy spoke against a motion to adopt
the minority report.
The previous question was called on the pas
sage of the bill, when it was lost.
Mr. Sparks offered a resolution tendering a
seat on the floor to the Rev. Father Ryan, of
Augusta, which was adopted.
Also, one by Mr. McWhorter, tendering a seat
to Rev. Father Cullinan.
Mr. Hudson offered a resolution to the effect
that the House hold three sessions a day, com
mencing to-morrow.
Tho resolution was adopted and the House
adjourned.
The following is the veto message of the Gov
ernor on the act extending State aid to the
Memphis Branch Railroad :
Executive Department,!
Atlanta, Ga., March 8, 18G9. >
To the House of Bcprescntatives :
“An Act to bo entitled an Act to extend
aid and lend the credit of tho State of Georgia
to the Memphis Branch Railroad Company, and
to amend the charter of the same,” is herewith
respectfully returned without the approval of
the Executive.
The Act in qufttion contemplates the con
struction of a railroad from Rome, in this State,
to some point on the line of road now running
from Chattanooga to Memphis, thereby making
a more direct connection between Memphis, At
lanta and the seacoast, and proposes, in behalf
of the State to endorse the bonds of that road to
the extend of twelve thousand dollars per mile,
for that portion thereof which may be within
the limits of this State.
The construction of such a road as that pro
posed would very disastrously affect the inter
ests of the State in its valuable property, known
as the Western & Atlantic Railroad, now ex
tending direct from Atlanta to Chattanooga;
and there making a connection with the Mem
phis road, and receiving from that direction all
the western freights and travel over the whole
length of the State Road; whereas, tho construc
tion of this proposed “cut off” would reduce the
length of transportation to bo had over tho
State’s road by more than one-half the distance,
and would, therefore, be very injurious to the
State’s interests.
I am unable, therefore, to give my consent
to tho Stato extending its aid to a measure
which will tend so directly to its injnry.
In thin connection, however, it may not be
improper for me to call tho attention of the
General Assembly to tho necessity which may
at any time bo more fully developed, and is,
even at this time, becoming quite apparent, for
the State to protect its railroad property by the
extension of proper branches from tho main
stem, either by construction or purchase ; and,
with this view, I would respectfully recommend,
if proper arrangements and negotiations can be
effected for that purpose, that the State should
become the owner of what is known as the
“Rome Railroad”—a line running from King
ston, on the State Road, to Rome.
By our becoming owner of that property, we
could very properly extend it to the State fine,
or such further point as may be deemed desir
able, and, at the same time, prevent its ultimate
extension to a connection with the Memphis
road, in a manner to be injurious to the main
line of State Road. Or, in the event of a road
being constructed, or its cons traction seriously
contemplated, from Atlanta direct to Memphis,
it would be within the power of the State to ex
tend its own line, and thus make a junction
with the Memphis road, and thereby still retain
a largo portion of its trade and travel.
I also feel constrained to invite the attention
of the General Assembly to a careful considera
tion of the many measures which are now
pressed upon its attention,, asking the endorse
ment of the State, to a largo amount, for the
benefit of roads which, in some cases, propose
to connect points already in almost direct com
munication by rail, and are, therefore, not at all
essential to toe development of our resources,
nor profitable as an investment to toe stock
holders; and are likely to result in leaving an
onerous burden of liability for such endorse
ments, upon the tax-payers of the State.
R. B. Bullock, Governor.
Executive Department, )_
Atlanta, March G, 1869. j'
To the House of Beprcsentatices :
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate toe
town of Jonesboro, county of Clayton; and an
Act amendatory thereof, isherewith respectfully
returned without toe approval of toe Executive.
By the 7to section of this Act, it is provided
as follows; “All persons who, under the laws
of this State, are entitled to vote for members
of toe General Assembly, and who have resided
for three consecutive months immediately pre
ceding said election in the corporate limits of
said town shall vote, and none others.”
The Constitution of the State guarantees the
elective franchise to all citizens who have rest
ded within toe State six months, and within toe
county in which they propose to vote thirty days
preceding toe election. This section of toe Act
is therefore in conflict with toe Constitution.
The aforesaid seventh secion further pro
vides : “And no person shall tbe deemed eligi
ble to hold office in said town, who is not eligi
ble to a seat in toe State Legislature.” As
there is no distinction made by toe Constitution
on account of race or color as to the eligibility
of citizens to hold office, and as toe Legislature
has assumed to decide the question of eligibility
as to its own members in an opposite direction,
toe enactment of a law prescribing eligibilty to
office in a municipal government, based upon
toe decision of toe Legislature as to the mem
bership, would seem to be inconsistent with toe
guarantees of toe Constitution.
Rufus B. Bullock, Governor.
Atlanta, March 9, 1SG9.
Senate.—The Senate met.
Mr. Smith, of toe 7th, moved a. reconsidera
tion of toe action of the Senate in relation to the
bill extending aid to toe Albany and Brunswick
railroad. He supported his motion in some
lengthened remarks, going into toe merits of
the bill and pointing out the danger which was
likely to grow out of thus extending State aid to
every person who might ask it.
Mr. Bums spoke at some length in favor of
toe motion.
Mr. Adkins opposed tho motion.
Mr. Column moved that toe motion be laid
on toe table, which motion prevailed by yeas
22, nays 15.
Mr. Smith, of toe 36th District, moved to re
consider toe bill relating to toe farming out of
convicts and penitentiary, on the ground that
toe bill had a tendency to lessen the penalty
for crime.
On motion of Mr. Harris toe motion was laid
on toe table.
Mr. Merrell moved a reconsideration of toe
bill allowing E. S. Mann, of Gordon county, to
peddle without license,
Mr. Fain spoke against toe motion, and it was
lost.
The regular order was suspended to take up a
bill incorporating toe Boinbridge, Cuthbert, and
Columbus Railroad Company, (capital §25,-
000,000.) Tho bill was taken up and passed by a
vote of years 19—nays 11, and on motion trans
mitted to the House.
Mr. Nunnally moved a suspension to take up a
House bill relating to the bringing on of toe elec
tions for members of Congress, which motion
did not prevail.
A bill preventing monopolies and taxing cer
tain railroad stock being too special order was
taken up for too purpose of reconsideration and
laid on toe table.
The next special order of too day being toe
bill amending toe loan of set off and regulating
contracts, it was taken up . ' .
Mr. Nunnally moved.to strike out the third
section and supported his motion briefly.
Mr. Lester offered too passage of toe bill, it
being in his opinion nothing but a repudiating
measure..: .•••.
Mr. Hinton opposed too passage of too bill
A motion was made, after alengthened dis
cussion, to lay toe bill on the table and too mo
tion prevailed.
The principal feature of toe bill was, that it
allowed persons who had lost daring the war to
plead such loss as a set off.
The next special order being toe bill in rela-
lation to toe statute of limitations, it was taken
up.
Mr. Wooten moved to strike out toe follow
ing from tho preamble:
“And it is toe true interest of tho State that
there be a general amnesty for the past, and
harmony and repose for too future, that tho peo
ple of toe State may be able to go peaceably to
work to repair their shattered fortunes and re
store general prosperity and happiness.”
The amendment was accepted.
The following substitute for the first section
was also accepted by Mr. Nunnnlly:
“That all acts of toe Legislature of this State,
and all ordinances of the Conventions of 18G5
and 18G8, which have too force and effect of
law, nnd are retroactive in their character, rela
tive to toe Statute of Limitations, shall be held
by toe courts of this State to be repealed and
null and void, in all cases in which toe statute
had fully run before the passage of such retro-
activo legislation.”
A substitute by Mr. Candler to strike out toe
word “six months,’ 1 wherever it occurred in too
bill limiting the period for the commencement
of actions, and inserting in lien thereof, “Janu
ary 1st, 1870,* was accepted by Mr. Nunnally.
The Senate adjourned,' the hour of 1 p. si.
haring arrived, to meat again at 3 p. m.
House.—Tho House met.
Mr. Rico moved a reconsideration of so muoh
of toe journal as related to the adoption of Mr.
Parks’ substitute in lieu of toe original educa
tion bill. Tho motion did nqt prevaiL
Mr. Hudson moved to reconsider toe action of
of toe House in relation to toe bill for too relief
of J. Rosenfleld & Bros., which prevailed.
Mr. Harper moved a reconsideration of toe ac
tion of the House in relation to the bill for the
relief of toe Union Branch Railroad, The mo
tion prevailed. v ■ f
I'M- •
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Mr. Hall, of Glynn, moved to reconsider toe
action, of the House on the-bill to authorize the
Ordinary of Greeno to commute with the road
hands. The motion prevailed, and the bill was
withdrawn. 111 IP
Mr. Price asked leave to withdraw a bill of
fered by Mr. Sparks-compensating Dr. A. L. C.
McGruder, of Macon, for medical services ren
dered. Leave was granted.
The bill relieving the Union Branch Railroad
Company was amended and passed by a vote of
yaes 71; najs &3! -•» m ■ ■ ■
* By the amendment the State is relieved from
toe payment of toe interest'on; the amount due
toe company;since 184S> •
Mr. Sisson offered a resolution authorizing
tho Governor to draw his warrant on toe Treasu
ry for the sum of §5000 : in favor .of Dr. Bard,
Stato Printer. The resolution was adopted, and
on motion transmitted to the Senate.
The following bill was passed: ' / •,
A hill authorizing Bartly J. MeCauts to ad
minister on the estate of' Andrew McCfiuts.
Mr. McWhorten moved that the time of ad
journment be postponed, one week longer as it
was impossible to finish, toe business remaining
unfinished.
t Mr. Saussey agreed fully with the motion of
toe gentleman. He did not think that because
newspaper men, who knew everybody's busi
ness bnt their own. were bleating about adjourn
ment, they - should leave toe business, of toe
State .unfinished. He could.not. be frightened
by any such talk, and he was in favor of . staying
here until they had done'the business of" the
State regularly. ; ' : . ■ ‘
Mr. Anderson opposed toe. motion.' . ,*u
Mr. McDougald offered an amendment,, to the
effect that no money be drawn by members for
the extra time. Ho said that ho had always vo
ted for nine dollars a day, and he thought that
if any mejnber on the floor was not.worth that
mnch, he would not be there at all. He did not
make toe motion for buncombe, but ho-was sat
isfied that toe business of toe State should be
done, and that they ought to be willing to sac
rifice something-for the good of: tho State.
Mr. Rawls rose to a point of order.. The mat
ter had already been acted on by toe House and
it was open to members who had. any conscien
tious scruples to leave toe money in the Treas-.
my. .* 11
The Chair decided the point well taken, and
toe amendment out of order, t-.-p! .-Ji nt>;t
Mr. Phillips, of Echols, favored toe motion to
suspend the rules. Ho was villihg to remain
here and make a sacrifice as far as pay was con
cerned. He called the previous question.’
Mr. Harper, of Terrell—Had been in favor of
adjournment all the time, but ho thought they
ought to remain a few days longer in order to
finish too business before them. He did not
think two or -three days longer would make a
material difference to the State... He hoped toe
rules would be suspended.
Mr. McDougal appealed from ‘the decision of
toe Chair. The understanding had gone out to
the world that they were toad j ourn on Friday,
and if they could not do so then he held that
they owed it to toe State to remain & f&w days
longer. - ' J b ,: “" '
The appeal from toe decision, of the 1 Chair
was put but not sustained by toe House.
Mr. Shumate offered an amendment,.adjourn
ing on Wednesday, 17th, at 12 M. The amend
ment was accepted and toe previous question
called, when toe vote stood,. yeas. 75, nays 62.
Lpst. - ' . - . • o'
Mr. McWhorter moved, as it was impossible
to get through with toe business, to at too House
bills be laid on too table.
Mr. Kellogg offered a resolution appointing a
committee of five to investigate and determine
which bills were most important. . Tho rules
were not suspended. . , ...
Mr. McWhorter withdrew his resolution.
Mr. Fitzpatrick offered a resolution adjourn
ing at 12 xr., to-day.
The rules were not suspended.
Mr. Sparks, of Bibb,-asked leave; to withdraw
a bill enlarging toe powers of toe Mayor and
City Council of the city of Macon. Leave was
granted.
Mr. Fitzpatrick; asked a suspension of toe
rales for toe purpose of taking up toe following
resolutions.: , .
Whereas, There is a largo portion of the time
of this House wasted in toe different proposi
tions to adjourn, economy and retrenchment
haring taken a-fast hold oii some of the mem
bers of this General Assembly,, J
And whereas, some of toe most .earnest advo
cates of retrenchment were employed during toe
recess of the Legislature, and received nine
dollars per day as members of different com
mittees ; therefore be it •. " Q'ytfwjfr
Resolved, That all; committees appointed by
this House during the recess of this General
Assembly, shall receive no compensation for
their services...
The rules were not suspended.
Whereas, the Rev. J. Hi Caldwell, who is toe
professed embodiment of all toe intelligence of
the Republican party; and whereas, he it
deeply concerned and impressed with the idea
that representations have been made to the
Congress of toe United States by the 'ignorant
masses of toe Republican party; and whereas,
he believes that Congress is not able to arrive
at a correct conclusion without his aid and
counsel ;, aud whereas, this business and other
duties has kept him from his seat .in this House
at least three-quarters of toe time during this
session; be it,• therefore.■ > >‘<i *
Resolved, That he be granted a leave of ab
sence for the balance of this sessipn, and that
his per diem be discontinued from too date of;
his departure for Washington,- and that he be
required to make a statement, upon .life honor,,
as to toe amount of lost time from toe business-
of this session, and toe Treasurer be . instruct-,
ed to deduct from his per diem accordingly.
The rales were not suspended.-'
A bill authorizing toe county of Bibb to issne
county bonds to toe amount of §50;000 was laid
on the table.
A bill for the relief of certain blind and dis
abled citizens was passed.
A bill amending too charter of the town, of
Thomasville was passed. ■ 'ui v >
The following bills were also passed:
A bill authorizing the City Council of Rome
to subscribe stock to toe Memphis Branch Rail
road Company.
A bill incorporating tho Georgia Water Mills
Company of the city of Columbus.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, moved to. take up toe
general tax bill together with accompanying
amendments by toe Senate.
. Tho bill was"taken np and all thejynendments
concurred in, except one taxing dogs oae dollar
each. :
A bill incorporating toe Georgia State Mining
Company.
A bill amending tho State. Conrtitation by
providing for femalesuffrage,. were indefinitely
postponed.
A bill amending tho charter of Bainhridge.
A bill repealing toe act amending the charter
of the town of Marietta. '...vrtSjTil
A bill incorporating too charter, of tbe town of
Social Circle. —
• The House, on-motion,, adjourned to meet at
3p. xr. tritrirYI
The Glasgow (Ky.) Times has the following
specimen obituary: HagginMoss, an old citi
zen of African descent, ami minister of toe gos
pel, of toe colored persuasion, well known and
highly honored for his many good qualities,
went to his final account last Sunday, followed
to his last resting, place by a long, dark cloud
of mourners. He had, earned a reputation for
fidelity, and had’experienced at' least his own
avoirdupois weight of spiritual comfort, when
he closed his. eyes on this telluric-scene, where
it takes WLvek to get duds and. grub, without
flickering. . -
Romv>'wg ADVEjnrcaE.—In* September last a
Jersey grocer, named Stijwefi, mysteriously
disappeared, and nothing was heard of him un
til last night, when he arrived home. He states
that at the rime of hu, disappearance he was
knocked and robbed in West street,
and when eapm to-ids’ senses he found him
self on boatd a shin going out toe harbor. The
ship exgfetSeitaed *• medvy weather and was aban-
donad, and* aftafrix month* StiUjweU reached,
his home, '
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