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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST
local department.
City Council Meeting.
The City Council met at 3)a o clock yester
day afternoon.
The minutes were read and approved.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions and communications
were read, and acted upon, as follows :
A petition from J. M. Snellings, lamp-light
er, asking for an increase of salary. Referred
to the Lamp Committee, to report to Council.
A petition from Mrs. Mary Murphy, asking
Council to reduce the assessment on her real
estate. Laid on the table.
A petition from citizens in Canaan, asking
Council to have a pump and a lamp placed
at the intersection of Carle and Hopkins
streets, and a lamp at the corner of Cumming
and Hale streets. That portion relative to the
pnmp was laid on the table, and that relative to
lamps was referred to the Lamp Committee, to
report.
A communication from the Secretary of the
Fire Department, enclosing the vote of the De
partment for Chief Engineer and First and
Second Assistants. Received and adopted.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Levy, from the Magazine Committee, re
ported, verbally, that Col Flagler could not at
tend to the City Powder Magazine. He also
presented a communication from Mr. William
Phillips, civil engineer, showing the kind of
building requisite for a magazine, and recom
mending the corner of Carnes Road and Sum
merville Plftnk Road, or the Nelson lot, as pro
per localities, together with plans, specifica
tions and probable cost. The committee re
port a powder magazine as a necessity. Re
ceived and referred to the Magazine Commit
tee, with power to advertise for proposals, etc.,
and report to Council.
Mr. Levy, from the Hospital Committee, re
ported, verbally, only oue case in the hospital
during the month of March, 186 S; but that the
paucer freedmen in the U. S. Hospital will
have to be turned over to the city. Received.
Mr. Lynch, from the Lamp Committee, re
ported in favor of removing a street lamp from
the Pistol Factory to the corner of Telfair and
Marbury streets. Received.
Mr. Philpot, from the committee on W. E.
Jackson’s communication, and Mr. Lynch, for
the Work House Committee, asked further
time, which was, on motion, granted.
Mr. Levy, from the Engine Committee, re
ported, verbally, that Mr. Clapp, one of the
builders of the Fillmore Steam Fire Engine,
would be in the city to-morrow. Received.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
W. H. Stallings, Bridge Keeper, returns, SB9O
for tolls collected in March.
J. F. Turpin, Wharfinger, returns $298 15
for fees collected in March.
H. R. Philpot, Clerk of Lower Market, re
turns $lO6 55 for fees collected in March.
W. C. Dillon, Chief of Police, reports 98 ar
rests during March—4o whites, 58 colored, and
returns $467 25 for fines, fees, etc.
S. S. Pardue, Jailor, reports 76 prisoners on
the 31st of March—whites, 4 ; colored, 72.
Dr. Swinney, Hospital Physician, reports no
patients on 31st March ; discharged three du
ring the month. The three cases in the Small-
Pox Hospital at the date of his last report, and
one other, had been discharged ; none remain
ing.
P. B. Hall, City Sexton, reported 34 inter
ments for the month of March—lß whites ;16
colored: of these 29 (14 whites, 15 colored),
died in the city.
P. S. Holden, Engineer of Augusta Canal,
reported the following produce, etc., as having
passed through the lock during the month of
M arch:
From Georgia—'lSO bales cotton, 38 bales
yarn, 14 bales cloth, 10 sacks oats,*2o sacks
flour, 168 sacks peas, 25 sacks wheat, 170 bush
els corn, 3 beeves, 20 cords wood, 16 passen
gers. *
From South Carolina— 7s3 bales cotton, 13
bales hay, 28 bales fodder, 88 sacks peas, and 5
passengers.
The monthly reports of Wm. Phillips, Esq.,
Engineer Augusta Water-Works, and Isham
Thompson, Lot Inspector for First Division,
were read and received.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS AND ORDINANCES.
By Mr. Conley—A resolution approving of
the action of the Mayor and Finance Com
mittee relative to the loan of Wm. E. Jackson,
Req., to the city, and instructing the Cierk of
Council to affix the seal of the city to the notes,
etc.
Adopted.
By Mr. Conley—A resolution requiring the
Cierk of Council to write across the face of all
city checks the words “ not transferrable,” and
that the Collector and Treasurer be notified to
pay them only to the parties to whom they are
issued.
Adopted.
By Mr. Conley—A resolution to remove the
bodies from a certain section in the City Ceme
tary to some other free part of said Cemetery,
the section thus vacant to be sold.
Adopted.
By Mr. Conley—A resolution to have the
city hearses painted and repaired.
Adopted.
By Mr. Conley—A resolution to have a lamp
placed on E.'lis street, near Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Adopted.
By Mr. Conley—A resolution requiring the
owner of the property on Reynolds street, near
Metcalfs M arehouse, to have the side walks in
front of said property repaired within one week.
Adopted.
The accounts and salaries were referred to
the Finance Committee.
There being no further business, Council, on
motion, adjourned.
Clerk of Council’s Office, )
Augusta, Ga., April 23, 1868. (
To the Hon. the City Council:
Gentlemen : The “ Tax Digest” of the city
for the current year is now ready for the Col
lector and Treasurer.
For your information I append the follow
ing statistics:
Fours, respectfully, etc.,
James N. Ells, C. C.
STATEMENT.
Real E5tate56,430,825 00.
Bonds, all kmds 869 843 00.
Money at interest'. ”' 127'.523 57.
Capital Stock 52 001 00.
Water Works, lots front-
ing 0n1,084
Hydrants 574
Horses 260
Buggies 104
Carriages 31
Billiard Tables 6
The Tournament.—Yesterday was a gala
day for the belles and beaux of our city. The
threatening aspect of the sombre clouds, which
obscured the sun during the entire day, gave
rise to much doubt and uncertainty in the
minds of the gentlemen having the manage
ment of the affair, but about ten o’clock, it
having been decided by the weatherwise that
there would be no rain, it was announced that
the Tournament would come off according to
programme. By one o’clock, p. m., hundreds
of spectators were on the ground, and the
Knights soon made their appearance.
At the sound of the bugle the competitors
rode up in front of the umpires’ stand, in the
following order: Knight of the Lost Cause,
Major West ; Jockey, J. H. Dugas; Citizen,
John W. Clarke; Black Frince, A. C. Holt;
Red Cross, Kent Bisell; Blue-Eyed Lassie, W.
R. Walton ; Roanoke, W. M. Read ; Chevalier
Bayard, W. T. Martin; Ivanhoe, R. W. Heard ;
Richard Coeur de Leon, Randolph- Ridglej’;
Lochinvar, J. D. Creswell.
The “ Herald ’’—James C. C. Black, Esq.-
then made a very handsome little speech, when
the knights filed off by twos to the starting
point, from whence they first contended at the
Ring, Head and Bar, with the following result:
Ring. Head. Bar. Total.
Lost Cause... 2 16 9
Jockeyo 0 4 4
Citizen 2 3 4 9
Black Prince*....o 0 6 6
Red Cross 2 0 6 8
Blue-Eyed La55ie......2 0 4 6
Roanoke 2 1 2 5
Chevalier Bayard 4 0 6 10
Ivanhoe 2 0 6 8
Richard Coeur de Leon. 43 0 7
Lochnivaro 3 6 •
The Knights then contended at the target,
without changing the result. The Umpires
then announced that it had become necessary
for the Lost Cause, Citizen and Lochnivar to
contend again to decide the precedence.
This was done, giving the order thus:
Lochnivar, Citizen and Lost Cause.
The prizes were then awarded by Dr. W. E.
Dearing, one of the Umpires, after which the
coronation ceremonies took place, the Cheva
lier Bayard crowning the beautiful Miss Anna
C.; Lochinvar, Miss F W -; Citizen, Miss
Ruth D., and Lost Cause, Miss Lucy W.
We thought it a great oversight in not hav
ing a prize for the noble animal—Queen Mab—
on which the Chevalier Bayard was mount
ed. A finer specimen of horse fleck is sel
dom seen.
After the conclusion of these very pleasant
scenes an impromptu trotting match in harness
was gotten up, which afforded much amuse
ment to the ladies and gentlemen present. The
strictest order was preserved, and we con
gratulate the proprietors of the Race Course
and the officers in attendance upon this fact.—
The largest liberty was allowed, but the pres
ence of ladies x was sufficient to ensure the most
perfect decorum. The Umpires—Dr. Dearing,
Capt. Archer and Capt. J. Jeff. Thomas—were
untiring in their efforts, and deserve the thanks*
of all for the prompt and impartial conduct
of this very happy affair.
The festivities of the day concluded with an
elegant party, given by the Knights, at the resi
dence of Capt. J. Jeff. Thomas.
The pleasure of the occasion was enhanced
greatly by the performance of the Young Men’s
i Amateur Musical Club.
i The Twenty-Sixth of April.—We agree
fully, with the suggestions which we find in a
communication to the Columbus Enquirer.
Let us hear from the ladies on the subject:
It has been suggested by friends at a dis
tance, who, like ourselves, look forward to
celebrating our approaching anniversary, that
the 26th of April—a day consecrated by us to
' the memory of our dead soldiers—had better
I be changed this year because it comes upon
iSunday.
For our part, -we think Sunday the most
; suitable day on which we could pay this trib
i ute of respectful remembrance. The early
Christians devoted one day in every year for a
memorial to their martyrs and holy dead, and
' when the day fell on Sunday, that festival was
' celebrated in preference to all regular and stated
forms of worship. Among most nations, honor
rendered to their dead has taken precedence of
all other religious ceremonies.
Let us see, then, that all needful work be fully
completed at the graveyard before the 26th of
April, and on that holy day let us go in the
afternoon to the burial places of our soldiers
and lay upon their graves such flowers as earth
affords us.
The sacred memories connected with our
buried hopes and departed heroes should be
strengthened by the sacredness of the day, and
our mournful and beautiful festival endeared
by its hallowed associations.
Origin of the Watchman’s Star.— Extract
from Voyages en Angloi's et en Francois If A.
De La Motrave, contenant un Traite de Divers
Orders de Chevalerie, M.DCC.XXXII.
The Order of the Star in France was insti
tuted by the King Robert Anno 1022, under
the Patronage of the Virgin Mary, according
to some writers, and only Anno 1356 by King
John 1., according to others. However t’is
commonly said that the latter did only revived it '
' and this in memory of the Eastern Star, whereby ■
the Three Kings were directed to the Place I
where J. C. was born. Those who received
this Order was called Knights of the Star be
cause they wore one about their neck tied up
to a Gold chain (as No. 4 Pr.l) with these words,
Monstrant Regibus Astra, for the Device of the
Order. This Order at first so honourable that
the greatest Lords were proud thereof, became
so contemptible that Charles VII., observing
how it was undervalued by those of his Court
took of one Day from his neck the Star and put
it in their Presence about that of the Captain
of the night-watch, ordering at same time that
henceforth he alone should wear it, and his,
both Horse and Foot Watch-men, should have it
imbroidered on their great coat and Bandolew
'as it is practized to this Day.)
To the Afflicted.—The agent of Prof. H.
H. Kayton’s great Remedies is in our city,
stopping at Hewitt’s Hotel, where he will re
main a short time for the purpose of introduc
ing Prof. Kayton’s preparations—the “Oil of
Life” for the cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
pains in the back, breast, sides and joints,
Toothache, Earache, Sprains &c. The other
medicines are equally efficacious. Those of
our citizens who may be suffering with any of
the above complaints are advised to give the
preparation’s a trial which can be done without
cost, as the agent will apply them gratis
whenever opportunity affords to prove their
efficacy. These medicines are a home produc
tion and should be patronized before all others.
They are for sale by all Druggists. Dr. Wm.
11. Tutt, Augusta, Ga., is wholesale agent for
Prof. Kayton’s “ Oil of Life.”
apls-d2&cl
No Threats.—Gen. Meade, by positive or
orders, forbids threats being made to influence
any person to vote or to deter them from so
doing, under penalty of being tried by military
commission. He asserts that it is his deter
mination, so far as his authority and power ex
tends, to have a free expression of the voters of
the State. If these orders are issued in good faith
with aa honest determination to enforce them
impartially, then they should be as powerful to
prevent menaces of violence by loyal leaguers
against Conservative negroes as against the op
posers of Radical misrule and anarchy, and we
trust that the Democrats will bring every in
fringement of those orders by loyal leagues to
the attention of the General commanding this
district.
The Land We Love.—This admirable South
ern magazine for April comes to us greatly en
larged and, if possible, improved. Gen. Hill
issues a characteristic circular to his patrons
and promises to make the Land We Love an
institution of which our people may be proud.
It should have an abiding place in every South
ern home, and we strenuously advise all who
can do so to subscribe at once.
Scott’s Monthly.—The April number of
this popular magazine is full of interesting mat
ter. We note well written sketches of “ Sher
man’s March,” and a lively criticism of “ Edgar
Poe.” Every smoker should read a selection
from the Atlantic Monthly entitled “ Does it
Pay to Smoke *”
Db Bow’s Review.—De Bow is, as usual,
profound and practical. The most striking
essay of the number before us is that entitled
“ The Negro Problem.” It embodies a philoso
phical review of the present situation of the
South, and a solution of future contingencies
eminently wise and comprehensive.
A Precious Pair.—Bryant and Brown are
on the slate for the United States Senate. No.
wonder the heavens weep. A combination of
Skowhegan skunk and Southern renegade is
enough to hang the heavens in black.
Information Wanted.—My widowed
daughter, Eliza Ray, was sent North by Gen.
Sherman in his raid through Georgia, from her
home in Marietta, with her five children. In
formation of her whereabouts will be thankful
ly received. Address,
Rev. Elijah Roberts,
Summerville, Ala.
Aaron Alpeoria.—The notorious Aaron
Alpeoria Bradley has been stricken from the
list of registered voters, in consequence of
having been proved a convicted felon.
Headquarters Third Military District, )
(Department Georgia, Ala. and Florida,) C
Atlanta, Ga., April 15, 1868. )
General Orders, No. 61.
I, General Orders No. 52, issued from these
headquarters, on the subject of eligibility to
office, have reference only to the qualifications
for holding office under the new constitution
of this State, should it be ratified, and after the
State should be admitted to representation in
the Congress of the United States as provided
for in the Reconstruction acts.
11. The question having been submitted
whether the members of the General Assembly
of this State, to be elected next week, will be
required, before entering upon their duties, to
take what is commonly called “ the test oath,”
the Commanding General is of opinion that,
inasmuch as said General Assembly, should the
Constitution now submitted to the people of
this State be ratified by them, and be approved
by Congress, is required to convene and adopt
the proposed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States designated as “ Article
XIV,” before the State can be admitted to rep
resentation in Congress; it may be decided
that the members of said General Assembly
are, while taking this preliminary action, offi
cers of a provisional government, and as such,
required, under the 9th section of the act of
Congress of July 19, 1867, to take “the test
oath.” That oath is as follows :
“ 1, A. 8., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I have never voluntarily borne arms against
the United States since I have been a citizen
thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid,
contenauce, counsel, or encouragement, to per
sons engaged in armed hostility thereto ; that
I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor at
tempted to exercise the functions of any office
whatever, under any authority, or pretended
authority, in hostility to the United States;
that I have not yielded a voluntary sup
port to any pretended government, authori
ty, power or constitution, within the United
States, hostile or inimical thereto. And Ido
further swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my
knowledge and ability, I will support and de
fend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ;
that 1 take this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation, or purpose of evasion ; and
that I will well and faithfully discharge the
duties of the office on which I am about to
enter. So help me God.”
By order of Major General Meade.
R. C. Drum,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
Spot Him.—Spot the white man whom you
hear talking about getting back into the Union,
and restoring prosperity to Georgia by the suc
cess of Bullock and his banditti. He is either
knave or fool. He has cheated either the asy
lum or the penitentiary, and has no business to
be at large. He is dangerous. Bullock’s elec
tion means, at home, Four Millions of Dollars
to be wrung by non-tax-paying legislators from
the impoverished property owners of Georgia,
to support a hungry mob of loafers, beggars,
and miscellaneous vagabonds from the Lord
knows where. It means Tennessee reproduced
in Georgia, and the respectability, wisdom and
virtue of the State under the foul yoke of the
ignorant, the vicious and the worthless. It
means rogues in office, and honest men paying
to support them in their corruption and profli
gacy. It means a saturnalia of fraud, pecula
tion, and downright robbery. It means dis
grace and shame, and finally hopeless bank
ruptcy, both moral and financial. This is what
it means at home. At Washington City it
means seven pliant tools of Stevens and the
Beast; spaniels cringing to the Radical lash,
and only too happy, in obedience to its threat,
to vote and act still further to rob, and ruin,
and degrade the decent people of Georgia. It
means New England ideas, New England mo
rals, and New England malignity assuming to
represent Georgia, and, in the name of her
sovereignty, voting to destroy her liberties, and
ruin her people. Therefore we say, when you
hear a man advocating Bullock’s election on
any such grounds, spot him. He is your enemy.
[Macon Journal Messenger.
Negroes Ruled out of School in Con
necticut.—A meeting was lately called in the
city of Hartford to decide it negro children
should be allowed to attend free schools, and
mingle with white children. From Hartford
papers we learn that the call was signed by
leading Radicals as well as Democrats. The
meeting was held, and it was voted unani
mously that on and after the 2d day of May
next “it shall not be lawful” for colored chil
dren to attend any other schools than the des
ignated negro school; and an effort to vote
permission to colored children to attend white
schools in some of the districts in the outskirts
of the town was qualified so that such permis
sion can be only by the“ consent of such dis
tricts.” And this, not because they are 11 ignor
ant or degraded,” but solely because they are
black. And yet we find people from Connecti
cut, and other Northern States, in Georgia
seeking to fasten the negro equality doctrine
upon Southern children, ■women and men !
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
[From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Hon. B. H, Hill and Col. Carey W- Styles
Answer H. P. Farrow’s SI,OOO Card.
Albany, Ga., April 11, 1868.
Editors. Atlanta Intelligencer:
I hand you herewith a letter addressed
to me by Col. Carey W- Styles, which ex
plains itself. I did not see the communi
cation of H.P. Farrow until my attention
was called to it by Col. Styles. 1 can but
iegret that any man should be so badlj r
exposed as these facts expose 11. P. Far
row. I scarcely know the man, but do
Know a brother of his, and he is an excel
lent gentleman, and a white man !
1 suppose every man knew my authority
tor the quotation in my letter was Col.
and none knew the authority better
n . Fan ?'Y- n °w base that he should
ajject not to know the authority, and call
on me for it.
Was tlie testimony I quoted from Far
™ T7 ? , Even Farrow d °es not
kwn J l Ut - 0,1 den ‘ eS that ht> WrOte
down and signed his signature! Nobody
i SIgU it- You will Perceive
that Col. Styles says that the language I
O4f ot i ecl \ to writing by me,
(btyles), fresh from the lips of the speaker."
Nearly all testimony in criminal cases is
taken down by clerks, or others, from the
lips of the witness. Is it not the witness’
dor « C h Ce i• * One (,oes another lie
does by himself, is such a familiar legal
maxim that even Farrow ought to know
it. But read the letter which Farrow did
I( v ign ( at toast his name is to
it.) What a shame that such a man should
be now a public adviser of the poor, delu
ded black race!
I shall not receive the reward of SI,OOO.
Farrow having joined those “ whose only
object is to plunder,” as he himself testifies
this reward may be a part of the Blunder ;
and it is a penal offense, by the laws of
Georgia, to receive stolen money, especially
from a negro or his equal. * y
Os course it is not necessary for me to
notice anything else this man has said. He
and his„gang, “ whose only object is to
p under, cannot defame. When they inti
mate that I countenance or approve vio
exv-’„e\eu the ne » roes will laugh at them.
»VHI the papers which published the ad
vertisement of the reward publish Colonel
btyles letter and at least this much of
mine. No man in Georgia has a better
character than Colonel Styles.
. Now, Mr. Editor, a word on another sub
ject. lam delighted with the prospect in
this portion of the State. Thousands of
negroes will vote for Gordon, and many
against the constitution. Relief is despised
as a cheat down here. Governor Brown’s
effort to . mislead the whites of Cherokee
with the idea that negroes cannot hold of
fice under the constitution is re-acting
here. People (black and white) are only
made to believe that the whole constitution
is a cheat. Radicals complain here that
they are compelled to nominate negroes for
office, to prove that Governor Brown’s ver
sion of tlie constitution is not correct.
I am now fully satisfied that if the white
people of Upper Georgia will do their duty
we shall elect Gordon and defeat the con
stitution by a large majority. We shall
save our State from disgrace. A very large
torchlightprocession of Democratic negroes
are marching through the streets while I
write. I have addressed an immense audi
ence to-night in the Court House square—
the larger proportion being negroes. They
carried transparencies with most appropri
ate Democratic motoes. Proclaim it
throughout Upper Georgia that everything
is safe—honor saved, peace secured, De
mocracy triumphant, and the plunderers
badly disappointed, if only the white people
of Cherokee will do their duty. I addressed
one of the largest and best audiences I have
seen, at Americus, on Thursday. Snlendid
feeling prevailed. I never saw a canvass
doing better. The poor white Radicals
have lost character, and are now losing the
offices. They are alarmed and mad—driven
from white society and cursing the negroes!
Again, I say, all we ask is, that the white
people of Upper Georgia will show them
selves above being bribed by a cheat called
“ Relief;” above being entrapped by rogues,
and above the ignominy of using deluded
negroes to force a hated constitution upon
their white race in lower Georgia.
Office Tri- Weekly News, )
Albany, Ga., April 11th, 1868. j
llon.B. 11. JIUl:
Dear Sir: My attention having been
called to a communication in the Atlanta
New Era, over the signature of 11. P. Far
row, headed “ SI,OOO Reward for B. 11.
Hill,” it is probably my duty, as it is surely
my pleasure, to place in your possession
the facts relative thereto.
The following article appeared in the
Albany Tri- Weekly in March last:
THE ROBBER BAND.
. “ Let the prophet speak and others
I judge.”
Ly thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be con
demned.
“No greater calamity could be all the
people of Georgia, than the election of Bul
lock and his carpet-bag faction. Their ob
ject is plunder, and if the government fall
into their hands, they will bankrupt Geor
gia in less than twelve months.”
Joseph E. Brown, just twenty-minutes
before he sold himself for the 'promise of
United States Senatorship.
“ I am playing a heavy hand, and God
knows I am seeking my country's good
more than my own aggrandisement. 1 will
go to the verge of the precipice, but will
never take the damning leap—l will go to
the mouth of the yawning gulf, but will
not throw myself into it, to be swallowed
“1 he Treasury of Georgia, the present and
future hopes of a recuperating State, can
not, and shall not, if in my power to pre
vent it, be surrendered to those whose only
object is to PLUNDER a people with
whom they are in no way identified, and
zens ” e btate they are not bo,M f ldc citi "
Hem-y P. Farrow, 4th of March, 18G8, in
black and white.
I his constitution confers extraordinary
and dangerous powers upon the Executive
thJ hn e< i tS a ,W lom ~a despotism, and in
it r u° ba( lnien > can be wielded for
1 oppression and the utter ruin
elrn tT 01 e ' If U fall into the hands of i
negroes, with Bullock 1
ami h. l they v yill plunder the people
and bankrupt the State in one year. They
tb'h-’JJ ""F- fOr the S° o( ’ of th e people,
“ il tlK,r
neonm Fr e / atest S a ' aini ty that can befall the
These ..?>4 gia Will be the success of
these carbet-baggers and negroes.
o . J Wll SUffer inart yrdom before I will !
? f.eHJ conse ’J to the donation of such j
men »r r ° VCl ’ th e property and the white 1
their i ° rgia ' l , t llow Uieir schemes and
f-om Ji 2 P i S ’ an ? 1 will stu,l1 P th e State, !
ex- s< n S . eaboard to Hie mountains, and
'l wm? 1S and defeat Hieir aims,
ei-lf . !n f P 111 harmony with the Demo
n e<l‘ti r ty f °i r their dofeat - and, asking no
T -vh i°r place commensurate with mv
m ’ 11 inake a full hand bl Hue fight
i‘° e Y r V? 3 ’ be sele cted as the opposi
tion standard-bearer.”
■ Henry P. Farrow.
m divers conversations with divers Demo
crats Sunday and Monday, loth and 16th.
“ Fellow-citizens! 1 shall speak to you
with that frankness, candor, and honesty
of purpose that have characterized my life
thus far, and which I hope may distinguish
my conduct in future.
“I am here to endorse your constitution
and your nominee. It is the best constitu
tion ever presented to the people of Georgia,
and you have acted wisely in your selection
of a standard-bearer to carry it before them.
We will plant ourselves upon that consti
tution and rally to the standard of the noble
leader you have chosen.”
• Henry P. Farrow
before the convention, Wednesday 18th, after
a second “ high mountain” view of a Sena
torship ‘and golden prospects.
The rest, and the worst, we hold in reserve
for occasion. The seal of confidence is
broken, and moral ethics release us from
the obligation. If we speak with the “ can
dor, frankness and honesty of purpose that
have characterized our life thus far”
“Shake not they gory locks at me,
.Thou can’et not say I did it,”
You will perceive that but one paragraph
is quoted as being in “ black and white,” or
over Mr. Farrow’s signature. Some of my
exchanges, in publishing this “ testimony,”
dropped the notes, and the whole has ap
peared as being contained in Mr. Farrow’s
letter. In this way the mistake has oc
curred.
The following is Mr. Farrow’s letter of
the 4th of March, from which he. says
“ garbled extracts are published.” I ffive
it to you verbatim et literatim:
Atlanta, Ga., March 4th, 1868.
Dear Carey : I am playing a heavy
hand, and God knows I am seeking mv
country s good more than my own aggran
dizement. I will go to the verge of the
precipice, but will never take the damning
leap ; I will go the mouth of the yawning
gulf, but will not throw myself into it to
be swallowed up. You will barely have
read this untd the die will have been cast.
I tie Treasury of Georgia, the present and
future hopes of a recuperating State, can
not and shall not, if in my power to prevent
it, be surrendered to those whose only ob
jec is to plunder a people with whom they
are in no way identified, and of whose
state they are not bona fide citizens!!
Should the Augusta clique succeed, the
Opinion will suspend immediately. It can
be bought on reasonable terms, for if I fail
to v.hip the fight, it will not issue even
next week. Come here immediately, and
don t let it suspend for a single day. Let
it, in the event I fail, run straight on, but
m the new line. I will make a full hand in
J enter. I herewith send you a
slip which 1 have been sending out by the
thousand, and it is now germinating
throuhout the up-country. I will try to
prepare the Union for the swindle, and
make a general stampede. You may pre
dict Bullock s defeat. You are at liberty
to quote the first paragraph of this in your
Tuesday’s issue, if Bullock succeeds,’just
saying it is from a Radical, and not inti
mating or insinuating from whom, but say
ing they may look out for squalls.
Yours, in haste,
H. P. Farrow.
, S-—Quote the above paragraph as in a
etter to a gentleman of Albany, and not as
dnected to you—would it not have more
effect that way ?
Tlie paragraphs commencing “ This con
stitution, and ending with “standard-bear
er, were not by Mr. Farrow reduced to
out they are, in spirit, substance
and effect, his language, used on divers oc
casions, in the presence of mvself and a
number of other gentlemen; and the offiy
dinerence between the language quoted and
that used by Mr. F. is, that the former is
not strong enough. That quoted was re
duced. to writing by me first from the lips of the
speaker, and is substantially correct.
I observe that Mr. Farrow does not deny
the language, but rests his character
on the quibble that he did not put it in
writing I have no objection to the advan
tage he hopes to derive from this dodge. If
called upon, I am prepared to verify my
statement on oath, and other gentlemen
will endorse it.
A cry truly, your obedient servant,
Carey W. Styles,
Editor Albany Jfews.
f From the Savannah News & Herald.
[communicated.]
The Negro Constitution-
To adopt or reject this compound of vil
lainy and stupidity will be the business of
he people of Georgia at the approaching
I election. . Ihe true meaning of this negro
constitution, its ultimate analysis, is the
'dssolutiou of all the bonds of society, and
. o place m the hands of black barbarians
tne who e property of the State, private
ant public. It provides against the collec
tion of ad debts contracted before 1865,
; I and secures the whole property of the State
a » ain * t . aI l private claims in the future.—
Ine State taxes, however, were very cun
ningly excepted from this general exemp
tion 1 o exempt taxes from payment
' would deprive rogues of all the motives of
thieving. „ And so, taxes must be paid to
form a iiind for thieving. But private
debts need not be paid, for in that case no
could accrue to the rouges.
t hat the negro constitution has exeinpt
•Ji J e l’F?P ert y of the State from the
Oi P redstors is apparent from the
following statement:
The whole taxable property of the State
S dXK 00,000 ’ 000 (t ' vo huD^ ' “ lulor ‘
wrnm W11O ! e llll!nbtr of persons, black and
j , L ’> °" li! iig property, is about one hun
dred thousand.
n v J*"- g ' Ves $20)000 as the amount of each
prison s property.
J“ C P ro P° sc o constitution exempts
i r.-»™ J"?- usand dollars from attachment
| item debts due individuals. In the words
fii I ,‘ Ol ! lestcad la w, two thousand dollars
im-< ? e lea est: ite, and one thousand dollars
! ic personal property are not subject to
: attachment for private debts.
, It thus appears that there are to be, ac-
J’ J IIS constitution, three hundred
millions dollars of propertv in the State of
Georgm secure from all liability for debt;
z ' n ', all the taxable property of the State
, Comptroller’s books only amounts
i .'\°j n . lldl ’ed millions of dollars. This libe
jta legislation, like “vaulting ambition,”
■ leaps on the other side of the saddle. It is
i iue, there is not three hundred millions
dollars ot property in the State just now,
jut there may be, you know, and thus the
convention will have a claim on the grati
tude of future generations.
It may be objected that all individual
i property will not be exempt from actions
; tor debt, since most property holders own
I >nore than $3,000. Let us admit this, and
j take President Johnson's early proclama
tion, that no Southern man or woman
[ should own more than $20,000, and that, in
■ truth, the South should be “impoverished.”
In that ease, honest creditors may perceive
how easily $20,000 may be converted, in
any one family of persons, into homesteads
of $3,000 each.
There is a clause in the Constitution of
the United States which prohibits States
from passing laws “ impairing the obliga
tion of contracts.” If there still exist a
“ decent reverence for the forms of the Con
stitution,” which Gibbon says long preserv
ed the union of the provinces of Rome, it
may still be hoped that the negro constitu-
tion, if adopted by ignorant barbarians,
may be rejected by the Conscript fathers of
the Senate. Meanwhile the honest people
of Georgia should vote no on this vile com
pound. Agri cola.
[From the Atlanta Opink n.
Reconstruction, Politics and the Express
Company,
We believe that one of the parties in the
present political contest has underlying
its platform a significance and a purpose
which has never been avowed; a design so
carefully concealed from the public eye as
to have escaped the attention of the oppo
sition, and yet requiring for its ultimate
accomplishment certain advance move
ments that so clearly indicate the result
sought to be obtained, as to leave no room
to doubt its ulterior purpose.
“ Reconstruction, Relief, Homestead”—
the force of these terms is admitted ; they
affect the minds of the “ whole people of
our great State, and inspire hopes of build
ing up waste places, and of reviving our
prostrate commercial system.” They are
the special watch-words of this party, as
promulgated by their candidate for the
highest office in the State. There is no
special objection to this platform; but if
it expresses all that is desired to be accom
plished, whence the necessity for forcing
upon the party a candidate for Governor
against the wishes of a most respectable
minority in point of numbers, and an over
whelming majority in point of intellect ?
Was there no other man than an Express
Agent in favor of these desirable objects
capable of filling the office of Governor ?
Was there but one man in this great State
able to carry to victory the banner of the
party whereon was inscribed “ Reconstruc
tion,” “ Relief” and “Homestead ?” Surely
the party is not so poor as that. It will
scarcely be denied that candidates might
have been selected who were equally capa
ble and available as is Mr. Bullock. We
hazard nothing in saying that candidates
who were his superiors, both in talent and
popularity, might have been selected from
the ranks of the Republican party without
the slightest difficulty. We must then look
elsewhere for the reason why Mr. Bullock
was forced upon the party in the nomi
nating committee.
Suppose we retrospect a little, and then
perchance we may find the reason. In 1860
there was a monster corporation, whose
line of operations extended from the ex
treme North to the extreme South. Its in
fluence was felt everywhere. The founder
of this institution was the original “carpet
bagger,” and he desired to benefit the peo
ple of his great State and—himself. Start
ed for the laudable purpose of gaining a
livelihood for its founder, thriving and
growing into a profitable business, its am
bition increased with its success, until,
permeating throughout the whole country,
swallowing up weak opponents and form
ing treaties offensive and defensive with
strong ones, it became a power in the land.
Whenever necessary for its purpose to con
trol railroads, it bought up the capital
stock or subsidized its managers. It en
tered the halls of legislation and, unseen,
gave direction to the proceedings—procu
ring this law in its favor, and defeating,
or by some means nullifying the effect of
another which might be deemed inimical
to its interests. The press daily received
papers “in advance of themail,” and teemed
with notices of its “gentlemanly and enter
prising agents!” Its religion was “Poli
cy,” and its creed, “The end always justi
fies the means.” Thus, when the late war
commenced, this monster corporation di
vided. Wherever the Federal armies were,
it was “Adams” or “Union;” whilst with
the Confederate armies it was “Southern.”
One portion of it was aiding to prevent dis
ruption of tlie Union, while tlie other was
transporting guns free of charge to aid in
breaking it! It teas “loyal" everywhere!—
When the “Southern” retired with the Con
federate armies, the “Adams” advanced
with the Federal, and vice versa. Its offi
cers and employees were exempt from the
draft, North, and from conscription South.
If in some instances they did not ask ex
emption by law, they got it without and
in defiance of law.
The war ended, and the “ Southern” Ex
press survived. But peace did not bring it
prosperity. An impoverished country
could not fill its coffers. It soon began to
show signs of languishing. Its stocks,
heretofore only allowed to a favore ' few,
began to be thrown upon the open market;
' and shares, once purchased at seventy-five
per cent, premium when they could be ob
tained, were now sold at seventy-five per
cent, discount when they could find a pur
chaser ! The courts could not be managed,
and juries gave heavy verdicts against the
company. Judges made decisions against
it. In short, it needed “ reconstruction”
and “ relief.” and its prostrated system
needed reviving!
Have we not here found a reason why it
was material that one of its own agents, of
all other men, should be the Governor of the
reconstructed ? Is it a mere coinci
dence that no man could.be found so well
fitted for the duties of the’Chief of the. Re
gistration Bureau as another of the Super
intendents of this same company ? Is it
pure, unalloyed patriotism that prompts
this soulless corporation to yield the ser
vices of two of its chief officers for half a
; year, and still pay them large salaries ? Is
, ! it not rather a fair inference that the ap
i pointment of Hulbert as Registrar was the
first step to the nomination of Bullock?
That the election of Bullock will be suc
ceeded by the appointment of Hulbert as
Superintendent of the State Road ? That
the courts will be so organized as not to
interfere with the prosperity of this com
pany ? In short, does not “ Reconstruction,
relief and the revival of the industrial and
commercial system of the country” mean
that the Express Company shall be recon
structed ? That the Express Company
shall be relieved? and that its prostrated
system shall be revived ?
To the Colored Citizens.— A few days
ago, two white men came among us, who live
near the Camp Ground. They gave us tickets
to draw six bushels of corn and forty pounds
of bacon, if we voted the Republican ticket.
The ticket given us was headed “ Commissary
Deparment,” and signed Henry Smith. Seven
of us came to Columbia Tuesdaj-, to look after
our corn and bacon. We presented our tickets,
and they laughed at us. Thank God, we have
not voted yet. To-day, seven more votes will
iro in for the Democratic ticket. Our old
friends, the white people, told us we were de
ceived. We refused to believe them; we trust
ed the Yankee people, and believed in their
corn and bacon tickets. We . have tried
and they have not stuck up to their promises.
We are going to vote with our old friends, and
we advise you to do the same.
Seven Colored Men
From the Camp Ground.
\Cohinibia
■■ ■ - IM -♦ ■■ ■
Stanton, and the Radical junta at Washing
ton, have applied their “ spy ” system to Judge
Chase, in consequence of a suspicion that he is
disposed to do justice in the impeachment trial.
When the Judge goes out, where he goes, and
what he said, and to whom he talked when he
got there, who called to see him at his home,
and what took them there, as near as it can be
learned by spies that dog the heels and
“shadow” the Chief Justice, and even the
members of his family, is reported regularly
to the Radical cabal, who profess to believe the
Judge capable of the corruptions they them
selves so readily practice.