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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST-
LOCAL DEPARTMENT,
Southern Press Association.
Chronicle <fc Sentinel Office, 7
Avgusta, Ga , May 6th, 1868, )
The annual meeting of the Southern Press
Association, which was postponed trom its
regular day, the 20th of April, to the 6th inst.,
on account of the election in this State, was
held at this office on this day.
Upon motion of Mr. Stockton, of the Con
stifutionalist, Mr. Lamar, of the Columbus
Sun A Times, in the absence of the President,
Mr. Clark, of Mobile, was called to the Chair,
and Mr. Reese, of the Macon Journal Sj Mes
senger, in the absence of the Secretary, Mr-
Burr, of Macon, was requested to act as Sec
retary.
The Chairman announced the meeting ready
for business ; and, first in order, Mr. Moore, of
the Chronicle A Sentinel, moved that the Sec
retary find out what papers were represented
personally or by proxy.
The following were found to be present:
Columbus Sun <sr Times, and Columbus En
quirer, by Mr. A. R. Lamar.
Savannah News A Herald, by Major W. T.
Thompson.
The Montgomery .Idrertt'ser, by Mr. W. W.
Screws.
The Macon Journal A Messenger, and the
Macon Telegraph, by Mr. A. W. Reese, of the
Journal A Mewenyer.
The Augusta Constitutionalist, by Mr. Stock
ton and Mr. Randall.
The Angusta Chronicle A SenftneZ, by Mr.
Moore and Mr. Walsh.
The Charleston News, by Mr. Walsh.
The tri-weekly Madison Auditor, Mr. Shecut.
A letter from Mr. Barr, Agent of the Asso
ciated Press at Washington, was received and
read, and ordered to be spread upon the min
utes.
In the absence of the Secretary, with the
books and papers, it was resolved to adjourn
till to-morrow morning, to await his arrival;
and a committee, consisting of Mr. Stockton,
of the Constitutionalist, Major Thompson, of
the News A Herald, and Mr. Screws, of the
Montgomery Advertiser, having been appoint
ed to prepare business for the meeting at that
time, a motion to adjourn was carried.
A. R. LAMAR, President.
A. W. Reese, Secretary.
SECOND DAY.
Constitutionalist Office, )
Augusta, Ga., May 7th, 1868. 5
The convention met at 11, a. m., at the office
of the Constitutionalist.
The proceedings of the first day’s meeting
were read and approved.
In addition to the papers represented on the
first day, there were reported, this morning,
the Savannah Republican, represented by Mr.
J. E. Hayes; the Chattanooga Union and the
Knoxville Press A Herald, by Mr. W. J. Ram
age; the Atlanta Intelligencer, by Major John
H. Steele and Judge J. I. Whitaker, and the
Savannah Advertiser, by Mr. J. L. Ells.
Pending the reception of the report of the
Committee on Business, appointed on yester
day, the letters of resignation of Mr. W. G.
Clark, late of ‘the Mobile Register, as President
of the Association, and of Mr. S. G. Burr, late
of the Macon Journal A Messenger, as Secreta
ry, were read and received.
The Committee on Business then reported
as follows:
REPORT.
The Business Committee respectfully report:
Mr. Clarke, the President, and Mr. Burr, the
Secretary of the Association, having severed
their connection with the press the first busi
ness in order is the election of officers for the
ensuing year.
The Committee have few suggestions to make
which are not already well known to the mem
bers of the Association.
They would respectfully suggest to the
President and Board of Directors that it is
highly important to receive at as early an hour
as possible the telegraphic news from Wash
ington.
To accomplish this, they think that the pro
per agents should be instructed to send the
various market reports together and separate
from the miscellaneous and political news.—
The markets close by 5 o’clock, and the various
quotations and changes, if sent immediately,
could be in type long before the hour at which
they now leave their offices. We would recom
mend that the Washington agent make arrange
ments to file his Congressional and other news
as soon as it can be done. The use of the
period and capitals in the proper place is
especially urged, as the labors of editors could
be greatly abridged if the messages were pro
perly transmitted and transcribed. Messages
ifleftinthe hands of compositors are fre
quently made ridiculous, which, in our judg
ment, the Agent and the operators, with very
little trouble to themselves, could in a measure
prevent if not entirely avoid. .
A proper space between each date is also re
quested of the receiving operators, in order that
the proper heading may be placed over each
item of news, instead of as now running every
thing together. Ifany arrangement is made in
the way of head lines, the editor has to take the
trouble to make copies, thus delaying compos
itors and extending labor far into the night. A
proper space on the manifold paper would give
ample room for headings and interlineations.
They, therefore, offer the following resolu
tions :
Resolved, Ist, That the President of this Asso
ciation be requested to correspond with the
Agent at Washington in relation to furnishing
his telegraphic news at an earlier hour, and
particularly in reference to severing commer
cial and political matter.
Resolved, 2d, That the use of the period and
of capitals is urgently requested of all operators
at transmitting and receiving offices.
Resolved, 3d, That operators receiving dis
patches be requested to allow between each date
and place as much as one inch of space, to in
sert headings, and that they write out the
names of places from which dispatches are re
ceived and the date of the same ; and that the
hours of each New York market dispatch be
designated.
Resolved, 4th, That the thanks of the Southern
Press Association are hereby extended to Mr.
W. G. Clark, late President, for his faithful and
efficient performance of duty, and that the Sec
retary be instructed to furnish him a copy of
this resolution.
. Resolved, !>th, That the thanks of the Associa
tion are likewise tendered to Mr. 8. B. Burr
for his services as Secretary during the past
year and that the Srcretary be instructed to
furnish him a copy of this resolution
Resolved, Gth, That this Association has con
fidence in the ability of its Washington Agent
Mr. M. W. Bair, and that his series during
the past year are satisfactory.
Resolved, 7th, That the maintenance of a sep
arate and independent organization of the
Southern Press Association is considered of
vital importance, and that we proceed forthwith
to the election of a President, Secretary and
Treasurer, and Board of Directors, for the en
suing year.
Resolved, 3th, That this Association should
receive the active support of every journal with
in its territory, and to secure this end the Pres
ident be requested to address all publishers on
the subject.
Resolved, 9th, That the President and Direc
tors of the Southern Press Association are
hereby instructed to apply for incorporation,
under the Code of Georgia, to the proper au
thority.
Resolved, 19th, That the matter of telegraphic
service being one of vital importance, involving
details and negotiations, it is hereby referred to
the Ptesident of the Association, who is re
quested to proceed immediately to take the ne
cessary steps for the continuance of existing
arrangements, or if advisable, to make other
arrangements to secure telegraphic news on the
most advantageous terms for this Association,
we pledging ourselves to abide by and ratify
any system that he may adopt, with the appro
val of the Board of Directors.
Resolved, UM, That an annual assessment
be levied upon each daily journal connected
with this Association of 810 ; each tri-weekly,
87 ; each weekly, $5.
J. L. Stockton,
W. T. Thompson,
W. W. Screws.
Committee.
An election for President, Secretary and
Treasurer, and six Directors, was then held,
under the sixth resolution, and resulted as fol
lows : •
President—A. R. Lamar, of the Columbus
Sun h Times.
Secretary and Treasurer— A. W. Reese, of the
Macon Messenger.
Directors — A. R. Wright, of the Augusta
Chronicle A Sentinel; J. I. Whitaker, of the
Atlanta Intelligencer; R. B. Rhett, Jr., of the
Charleston Mercury; W. J. Ramage, of the
Chattanooga Union and Knoxville Press A
Herald; J. E. Hayes, of the Savannah Republi
can, and W. W. Screws, of the Montgomery
Advertiser.
The report of the Committee on Business
was then taken up as a whole, and on motion,
was received and adopted.
The Secretary and Treasurer was directed to
have the proceedings of this meeting published,
using his own discretion as to the form in
which the publication shall be made, and the
number of copies necessary, and that a copy be
furnished each member of the Association.
The following resolution, offered by Major J.
H. Steele, of the Atlanta Intelligencer, was
offered and adopted : That Article V of the
Constitution shall be altered and amended by
the insertion after the word “ President ” of
the wqrds “ Vice-President,” and that Article
VI shall be altered and amended by striking out
the words “ the Directors shall elect a Chap
man of that body who shall act as President
until the next regular meeting of the Associa
tion,” and substituting in lieu thereof, the
words “ the Vice-President shall perform all
the duties of the President.”
The resolution was adopted, M jor Steele
then offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That the thanks of the members of.
this Association who have visited this city on
the occasion of this annual meeting are hereby’
tendered to their brethren of the Chronicle A
Sentinel and Augusta Constitutionalist for very
many acts of courtesy, and for the generous
hospitality extended to them during their stay
in it. Memory will ever recur to the reunion
of the press connected with the Association in
this beautiful city by the Savannah, at which
but one sentiment prevailed, that of mutual re
gard for and confidence in each other, and but
one feeling predominant, that of their deter
mination to stand by, as one man, the rights of
the South in which they are domiciled, and by
the just and natural claims of the race from
whence they have sprung.
With much heartiness, this resolution was
unanimously adopted.
Major Thompson, of the Savannah News A
Herald, offered the following :
Resolved, That the President of this Associa
tion be requested to communicate with the pro
prietors of the several journals included in its
membership, with a view to ascertain the expe
diency of establishing in Augusta, or at some
other central place, a Paper Depot. That for
this purpose, each paper be requested to report
to the President the amount of its annual con
sumption of paper, size of sheet, &e., and that
the President, by inquiry, ascertain from paper
manufacturers, the lowest rates and most favor
able terms upon which a regular supply of
paper will be furnished.
Resolved, That the President be requested to
take such other steps as may, in his judgment,
promote the object contemplated, and report
the same to the members of the Association at
an early day.
Mr. Screws, of the Montgomery Advertiser,
then moved the adoption of the following :
Resolved, ls,t That our thanks are hereby
tendered to Mr. Craig, of the Bath Paper Mills ;
Superintendent Hatch, of the Summerville
Railroad ; and to the citizens of Augusta gen
erally, and especially to the editors and propri
etors of the Chronicle and Sentinel and Consti
tutionalist, for the manner in which they have
treated us during our stay.
Resolved, 2d, That our thanks are due and are
hereby tendered to the President and Secretary
for the satisfactory manner in which they have
discharged their duties.
Upon motion, the Convention adjourned to
meet at o’clock this evening. •
BX, P- m., May 7, 1868.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment. It was then resolved to adjourn till the
second Wednesday in February, and then to
meet in the city of Mobile.
A. R. LAMAR, President.
A. W. Reese, Secretary.
The Old Guard.—This staunch Democratic
magazine for May contains the following arti
cles :
1. “ The Nature of the Rump Revolution,”
by the editor. 2. “ Astorre Manfredi ” (con
tinued). 3. “ Bead Under the Roses ’’—chap
ters XI and XII. 4. “Thine Eyes ” (p.oetry) ;
“ The Ivy and the Oak ” (poetry); “ Epigram”
(poetry); *• Those Eyes ” (poetry). 5. “ Types
of Mankind ” (by Dr. Van Evrie); “ The Es
quimaux.” 6. “ Sub Roga,” a maiden’s love
story. 7. “Moral and Intellectual Characteris
tics of Savage Races.” 8. “ Horrible Persecu
tion in the South.” 9. “ Pendleton’s Plan.”
10. “Is the Democratic Party United?” 11.
“ History of the Tenure-of-Offlce Bill.” 12.
“ Our Book Table,” which is very well done,
and the “ Editor’s Table,” which is pungent
and piquant, as usual, complete one of the
most readable numbers of The Old Guard that
we have yet seen.
Masonic Polytechnic College.—This in
stitution, located in Bainbridge, Georgia, and
under the patronage of the Masonic Fraternity
of this State and Florida, is progressing toward
completion and, we hope, will shortly be thrown
open to hundreds of young men who should
avail themselves of the peculiar advantages
which such an establishment must offer. Rev.
Dr. Hooker, who has been in our city for the
past week, in attendance upon the meeting of
the Grand Chapter, is traveling through the
State seeking to interest our citizens, and Ma
sons more particularly, In the success of this
college. He will address our citizens on this
subject some time during the present week, at
Masonic Hal), of which due notice will be given.
The Southern Cultivator.—The May num
ber of the Cultivator is one of the best we have
had under the new arrangement. We were
much impressed with an article from the pen
of Mr. Geo. W. Gift who is striking valiant
blows for the resurrection of Southern indus
try and its application to a new system of labor.
The Maryland Farmer.—The Maryland
Farmer for May is, as usual, richly freighted
with intellectual stores for the benefit of the
agricultural community.
The Press Banquet.
On Thursday afternoon, in accordance with
previous arrangement, the members of the
Southern Press Convention repaired to the
Planters’ Hotel, where they were joined by a
number of prominent citizens and- proceeded
to the Banquet Hall.
Henry Moore, Esq., presided over the festivi
ties; on his right was seated Col. Jared I.
Whitaker Editor of the Atlanta Intelligencer,
and on his left Col. A. R. Lamar, of the Colum
bus Sun.
At the request of the presiding officer, Hon.
and Rev. II- W. Hilliard offered up grace.
In a few pleasant words Mr. Moore directed
the attention of the guests to “ the subject be
fore us.” When it is remembered that the
steward ofthe Planters’ had prepared the fol
lowing “ business for the meeting,” it will be
readily conceived that the discussion thereof
was a pleasant duty :
BILL OF FARE.
Thursday, May 7, 1868.
Soup—Mock Turtle.
Fish.
Baked Shad, Madeira Sauce.
Boiled.
Leg of Mutton, Caper Sauce; Ham, Chicken,
Egg Sauce; Bacon with Greens.
Relishes.
Gherkins, Lettuce, Radishes, French Mustard,
Walnut Ketchup, Tomato Ketchup.
Entrees.
Boiled Shad Roe, a la Maitre d’Hotel ; Kidney
Santa, Maderia Sauce; Boiled Maca
roni, Cream Sauce ; Lamb Chops,
Breaded, with Juiee; Calf
Brain, Fried in Batter, Rice
Cake Glazee with Rum.
Roast.
Beef, Chicken, Stuffed, Giblet Sauce; Pork,
Apple Sauce ; Leg of Yea], Tomato
Sauce; Mutton, Baked Ham, Port
Port Wine Sauce ; Roust Beef.
Vegetables.
Baked and Mashed Irish Potatoes, Sweet Pota
toes, Rice,-Beets, Green Peas, Spinach,
Carrots, Turnips, Onions.
Pastry.
Farina Pudding, Peach Pies, Sweet Potato !»ies,
Cocoanut Pies, Vanilla lee Cream,
Strawberries, Cream Puffs.
Desert.
Oranges, Almonds, Raisins, Pecan Nuts, Crack
ers, Cheese.
Coffee.
Having given the solids due consideration,
the guests were called to order by ice President,
who proceeded to read the
REGULAR TOASTS:
Ist. Our Country : No North, no South, no
East, no West: The Country of Forefathers—
distinct like the billows—one like the sea.
Respondent— Hon. H. W. Hilliard.
2d. The Union : The prayer of every patriot:
Esto perpetua: Not a Union of force, but a
Union of Fraternity—May the Sword be turned
into the Sickle and the Bayonet into the Plow
share. May the winds of November bear South
ward, and from the East and from the West,
that the memory of Washington and of Adams
still lives and breathes in the hearts of our
countrymen.
Respondent— John E. Hayes, Esq., Savannah
Republican.
3d. The President of the United States :
In the hour of misfortune be stands more no
ble, more trulj’ great, than in the day of pros
perity.
Respondent— Judge Whitaker, of Atlanta.
4tb. Our State : Although her precious
guarantees as a member of the Old Thirteen
have been almost annulled, may her true sons
treasure the relics, which, like the Svbilline
leaves, are all the more precious for the'partial
loss.
Respondent— Major J. B. Cumming.
sth. The Press : The oracle of the many sides
of thought—the medium of communion among
the civilized. Its mission is to instruct, im
prove. enlighten and reform. Tyrants and evil
doers may fear it, but the faithful and true are
sustained, when its mission is honestly and
honorably fulfilled.
Respondent— Col. A. R. Lamar.
6th. The Judiciary: May the day be
hastened when Justice, clad in her robes of
State, shall reign supreme and bid the fife and
drum be still; and the martial court be d«mb
in the presence of civil law.
Respondent— Hon. Geo. T. Barnes.
7th. The Medical Fraternity : Quacks in
health; in illness ministers and friends; the
priests of the body, as ministers of the Gospel
are priests of the soul.
Respondent—J. Ganahl, Esq.
Bth. Commerce : When commerce fails the
world stagnates. May Southern agriculture
support and sustain her.
Respondent— Wm. Stevenson, Esq.
9th. Manufactures : The guardian of agri
culture and commerce. May the next decade
inaugurate the South as a worker as well as a
producer. Hitherto we have supplied raw
meat to those who malign us; let us cook it at
home.
Respondent—lP. E. Jackson.
The Telegraph : It transcends the dreams
of fairy land. It has captured the lightning of
Heaven and harnessed it to the car of thought.
Respondent—J. A. Brenner.
11th. The Craft : The champions of the
art preservative of all arts; the sturdy co
workers with the members of the press.
Respondent— L. P. Ashby.
12th. The South : Always true to the Con
stitution of our Fathers. If destined to perish
she will exclaim in the language ol the gladia
tors—
Dying, we salute thee.
Respondent— A. W. Resse, of the Macon
Journal Sj Messenger.
13th. The New York Associated Press :
The great connecting link between the sections.
May it be in future, as in the past, a Prime
affair. May our interests be always identical.
Respondent— P. Walsh.
14th. The Ladies : God bless them.
The earth was blank.
Creation was a wild,
And man, the HerrrTt sighed,
’Till woman smiled.
Respondent— Col. Thompson, of the Savannah
News § Herald.
The response to the sentiments were happily
conceived and eloquently delivered, and we re
gret our inability to report them all, but must
content ourself with giving the substance of
the very appropriate remarks of the newly
elected President of the Southern Press con
vention—Col. A. R. Lamar:
Mr. President and Gentlemen :
The history of the world is filled with monu
ments commemorative of the services and
triumphs of the great leformer just toasted by
you. Every niche in the long corridors of time,
running back to the day when the brave barons
of old won at the dagger’s point the precious
boon of personal liberty, free speech, and a free
press, contains garlands twined in honor of
the Press. While I feel that some gentleman
more competent than myself should have been
selected to respond in behalf of the profession
to which many of us are attached, yet 1 should
be the veriest craven that crawls amid the
crowd of cowards who desecrate this fair land,
if I should fail to say something in reply to a
compliment so handsome and so just.
I should be unworthy of the position your
kindness and partiality have assigned me, if
now I should fail to speak for the men who
have spoken for us all, not in hours of peatie
and security, but in the perilous moments when
it took stern hearts and strong arms to stand
and strike for the right.
But how shall I speak of the glories, the hon
ors and the triumphs of the Press? Where shall
I find words to tell of its labors and services?.
Shall I tell of its honors when before me sit
Steele and Whitaker, veterans of the “old
guard,” who have come from an hundred fields
of intellectual combat “covered with wounds
and with glory ?”
Shall I refer to its record of wit and humor
when Thompson fronts me, who has made the
wit of the American Press familiar to the
people of two continents ?
Shall I gather the laurels it has culled in the
gardens of poetry when I look upon Randall,
whose grand and matchless war hytnns enthused
thousands of hearts that now’lie cold and
pulseless under the sod from Marvland to the
Mexican border ?
Shall I tell of its fearless honor and integri
ty, when Hayes is here to show bow a man
born on. Northern soil, reared with sentiments
antagonistic lo those held by many of us, may
conquer passion and prejudice, and in the face
of threats, violence and persecution, rally to
the standard of justice ?
Sir, when under my eye sits Hilliard, who
has honored the press and been honored by an
association with it, when to the right and to the
left of me on either side of this festive board
are ranged gentlemen who have given assur
ance to the world of the truth of the noble lines
of one of the brightest lights of literature :
“ Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.”
When th? brave, the virtuous and honest peo
ple of our country are filled with apprehension,
lest the last palladium of liberty shall bestruck
down by its natural and mortal foe—the sword—
mj' heart swells under the impulses waichrush
to its very core, and yet I cannot find language
to do justice to the high calling which com
manded the labors of my earliest manhood, and
to which the most arduous intellectual labors of
my life have been devoted.
As the gentle Cordelia replied to the petulant
Lear, I can only say,
“ My love is richer than my tongue.”
Mr. President, the swift falling shades of
evening remind me that you have yet to hear
from lips more eloquent than my own, but I
cannot close without a word to those whose
guests we are to-day, the true men of this beau
tiful city of Augusta. Within bow-shot of
where I now stand I was born. Near by are
scenes hallowed by the happiest reminiscences
of my boyhood. Though like others, I have
turned my back upon my birthplace to seek
fame and fortune among strangers, I remember
with pride and pleasure that I have not stepped
beyond the borders of this proud old Common
wealth. I beg to assure you, gentlemen, that I
have not forgotten Augusta in the days of her
prosperity and happines®, and that in the hour
of her disgrace, at the hands of ignorance and
vice, ray heartstrings have reached out to share
in a desolation that came without dishonor. In
conclusion, permit me to offer you :
The Beautiful Women and the Brave
Men of Augusta : The first will see to it that
the race of renegades dies out with the present
generation; may the latter be found willing
and able to assist them in the interesting and
patriotic duty.
From among the volunteer toasts weremem
ber the following, not only on account of the
sentiments themselves but for the eloquent re
sponses which they called forth :
By.Mr. Walsh—
The man who through evil and good report
has upheld and defended the true principles of
constitutional government—Major Steele, of the
Southern Press.
This brought the Major out in one of his
characteristic neat little speeches, which was
loudly applauded.
By Mr. Reese—
The unity of the Southern Press upon the
only safe line—Conservatism, as opposed to
the Radicalism of-rule and ruin; Radical, as
opposed to the Bourbon Conservatism, which
neither learns nor forgets.
Responded lo by J. R. Randall.
By Gen. A. R. Wright—
To the Memory of the Hero Dead:
Those who fell on either side defending their
conscientious views of right.
Drank standing and in silence.
By Mr. Ells—
The Rightful Governor of Georgia—
Exiled yet honored—Charles J. Jenkins.
Major J. B. Cumming responded with an
eloquence worthy the sentiment.
The concluding sentiment was proposed by
Judge Whitaker, who prefaced it with a pleas
ant review of some memorable facts in the his
tory of our city. The sentiment was :
The City of Augusta : May the memories
of her great men and past glories cause her not
to despair of the future.
The hour having arrived for the evening ses
sion of the Press Convention, the party separa
ted in the best of humor with all the world and
the rest of mankind.
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The White Sulphur Springs.—This water
ing place, which was re-open ed last season for
the reception of invalids and other visitors,
has during the past winter undergone thorough
repairs. The proprietors have largely added
to their accommodation, and are now prepared
to entertain fifteen hundred guests.
The White Sulphur Springs are situated on
Howard’s Creek, in Greenbrier Co., W. Vir
ginia, and upon the Western slope of the great
Apalachian chain of mountains which separate
the waters that flow into Chesapeake Bay from
those that run into the Gulf of Mexico.
The situation of the Spring is elevated, and
beautifully picturesque, surrounded by moun
tains on every side. Kates Mountain is in full
view, and about two miles to the south ; to the
west, and distant about two miles, are the
Greenbrier Mountains, while the towering Alle
ghany, in its magnificent proportions, is found
five miles to the north and east.
The Spring is surrounded by mountain
scenery of great beauty, and blessed with a
most delightful summer and fall climate.
Independently of the benefit to be derived
from the waters, a better situation for the resi
dence of invalids and delicate persons, during
the summer and fall months, can scarcely be
imagined. They have here the advantage of a
most salubrious and invigorating air, and the
most agreeable temperature—cool at morning
and evening, and at no*time oppressively
warm. The thermometer ranges here, during
the summer, between 55 deg. and 65 deg., and
rarely attains a greater height than 80 deg. at
any time of the day, while the atmosphere is
so elastic and invigorating as to enable
invalids to take exercise in the open air with
out inconvenience or fatigue.
Warm and hot bathing, especially in highly
medicated waters, is a remedy of leading im
portance, in a large number of the eases that
resort to mineral waters for relief.
The water used for bathing at the White Sul
phur flows from the Sulphur Spring of which
the visitors drink. When we look at the
analysis of this water and find it to contain
about one hundred and fifty grains of active
medicinal salt to the gallon, we cannot fail to
see that, so far as the medication of waters can
favorably affect the bath for which they are
used, that the White Sulphur baths have the
strongest claim to confidence, inasmuch as no
other waters in America that are used for bath
ing, except the Washita Springs, in Arkansas,
are so highly impregnated with mineral salts.
Os Kansas hotels, General Sherman says:
“ The price is three dollars a day—board and
lodging extra.”
[ the Baltimore Sun.
Church and State—lreland and England.
The adoption in the British House o.'
Commons of the first of Mr. Gladstone’s
resolutions on the Irish Church question,
by a majority of sixty-five, was announced
in our cable dispatches of Saturday. The
remaining resolutions, it is stated, were to
have been called up yesterday. The whole
series is epitomized as follows:
First. That in the opinion of the House
the Irish Church should cease to exist as an
establishment, due regard being had, how
ever, for personal interests and the rights
of property. Second. That no new personal
rights should be created, and the commis
sion on the Irish Church should limit its
operations to matters of immediate neces
sity pending the final action of Parliament
upon the whole question. Third. That a
petition should be presented to the Queen,
praying that the church patronage of Ire
land be placed at the disposal of Parlia
ment.
It was mentioned in the cable dispatches
publishes yesterday that Disrieli tendered
his resignation on Saturday, but that it was
not accepted. Perhaps, if the Premier made
such an offer, it was not without an idea
that it would be declined. This second de
feat, by five more majority than his first,
may have inclined sie minister to resigna
tion, though that is said to be one of the
virtues he has never been given to. It is
the custom when prime ministers accept
the office to stipulate that; if beaten in the
Commons, they should be empowered to
appeal to the country in a general election.
The present House of Commons was elected
about two years and a half ago, under
Whig auspices, which would seem to justify
an appeal to the country if Mr. Disraeii
chose to-take it. The defeat of the Govern
ment party on this question is no matter of
wonder, as it entered into office (in June,
I 860,) with a majority against it. If Par
liament should be dissolved, the great con
test for power will have to be decided by
the new House of Commons, which will be
elected by the reform bill of 1867. It is
probable that in a body elected by the en
larged constituency provided by that bill,
the majority for the disestablishment of the
Irish Church will be even larger than at
present. Whether such a measure will’pass
the House of Lords is more than doubtful.
The Irish establishment receives $700,000
a year from members of all religious per
suasions in Ireland. It is true that the
Presbyterian Church is in like manner es
tablished in Scotland, but Presbyterianism,
though not the religion of the majority of
the landholders in Scotland, is the religion
of the majority of the people, whilst in Ire
land the Protestants constitute only about
one-tenth of the whole population. It is
not complained of by the Irish that they
have to support a church, though no tithes
had ever been paid in Ireland to the clergy
when Henry 11. conquered that country.
But though England compelled them after
that period to support the clergy by ths
English system of taxation, it was their
own clergy that they supported, and no
great complaint was made. The grievance
is that England compels Ireland to support
an English church. So manifest has the
progress of liberal principles made this in
justice to all men, that it is doubtful
whether any serious opposition would
be made in England to its removal,
but that the disestablishment of the
Irish church is looked upon by many
Englishmen as preliminary to an assault
upon the union of church and state in their
own island. Such is evidently the convic
tion of Mr. Disraeli, as expressed in a late
letter to a clergyman in Buckinghamshire,
in which he adds his belief that the disso
lution of church and state in England would
cause a greater revolution in that country
than foreign conquest, and charges that a
certain faction in the Church of England
(supposed to be the Ritualists) does not con
ceal its ambition to destroy that union.
This would seem to confirm what has been
before alleged, that some of the most intel
ligent members of the Church of England,
believing that it would be more prosperous
if separated from the state, are willing to
see the establishment at an end. Desirable
as such a result might seem, it is more than
doubtful whether the disestablishment of
the Irish Church would have any percepti
ble effect for a long time upon the union of
church and state in England. However
that may be, the question of the disestab
lishment of the Irish Church is one of jus
tice and of right, not of expediency, though
justice and right are themselves the highest
expediency. It is curious to observe that
both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli have
changed places upon this question, the for
mer having been in favor of the very church
policy which he now opposes, while Mr.
Disraeli, about twenty years ago, lamented
that the Catholic majority of Ireland had
to support the Protestant Church as well
as their own.
The Morale of Radical Representatives.
The Radicals, says the Macon Telegraph,
have elected a number of negroes to repre
sent them in the Georgia Legislature, and,
from all indications, repugnant as it may
appear, they are likely to be the most re
spectable and intelligent portion of their
representation. From all we can learn—
—we have no acquaintance with them per
sonally—the negro delegate from this coun
ty is, in all moral and intellectual points, a
head and shoulders taller than either of his
White colleagues.
The following description of the white
delegates from the good old county of
Troup—represented in the past by such
men as Hill, Ridley, Ferrell and Bingham—
will afford a pretty just idea of the class of
whom the Radicals have converted into
representatives and elevated to posts of
honor. It shows the moral status of the
party:
Representatives from Troup : By
reference to the returns of the election it
will be seen that Caldwell and McCormick
are elected to the Legislature. The first is
said to be a minister of the gospel ; but he
has been repeatedly charged in this paper
as being anything but a pious man. He
formerly belonged to the M. E. Church,
South, but since the war has joined the
Northern Methodists, and has resided in
LaGrange, preaching to the negroes and
teaching them to “ read and write,” osten
sibly, but, in fact, teaching them radicalism
principally. We have published sworn
testimony to the effect that he is not only a
preacher, but a very lecherous man, guilty
of repeated acts of adultery during his min
isterial career.
The other, a poor, crazy, half witted
creature, J. T. McCormick, is guilty of
having burned the house of one of our citi
zens not quite two years ago, but owing to
the mental condition of the miserable crea
ture, and the fact that he had three small
children dependent upon him—he having
been divorced from his wife as charged by
him (McCormick) with adultery—Mr. Burke
did not prosecute him. A stranger seeiii"
him would be astonished that even the
negroes would vote for such a man—dirty
and filthy in appearance, and, perhaps,
lousy in fact.
Heaven defend us !
Daring Attempt to Destroy Thomasville by
Fire.
On Thursday night last, near midnight, the
alarm of fire aroused our citizens, who rushed
forth to find the old stable building near the
residence of Mr. T. J. Mcßain, at the east end of
Broad street, completely enveloped in flames.
Neptune Fire Company soon arrived upon the
spot, and, with the valuable .aid of other citi
zens, succeeded in confining the flames to the
old stable, which was entirely consumed.
Scarcely had they saved the dwelling house of
Mr. Mcßain, when another alarm was given up
town, and immediately the flames burst through
the roof of a barn connected with the livery
stables kept by Major Wm. Stegall, consuming
the barn with a large quantity of corn, but
again prevented from spreading by the vigilance
and activity of the fire company, ably seconded
by soldiers and citizens. An alarm was now
sounded towards the centre of the chief busi
ness block on Broad street, and fire was dis
covered in rear of the old wood warehouse of
Messrs. E. Remington & Son, but as this tire
had only commenced to burn, it was extin
guished without damage. Still another alarm
was given about daylight, and the fire found to
be an attempt to burn a stable on 'he premises
of Mr. J. 8. Merrill, northwest from the Pres
byterian Church. This was likewise extin
guished before any damage resulted.
During the excitement of the fires men
tioned, strenuous efforts were being made by
the Mayor, marshal, police and military under
Lient. Johnson, commanding post, to overtake
and arrest the incendiaries, and one was fired
at by a soldier in making his escape from the
scene of the burning of Mr. Stegall’s barn. Two
others were hotly pursued from a stable in the
rear of Messrs. Schiff & Brother’s store, which
they were preparing to fire, and bold attempts
to fire other portions of the town were pre
vented by the timely arrival of police forces,
rapidly distributed by Lieut. Johnson.
None of the perpetrators, however, were ar
rested during the night; but a numerous body
of colored men, estimated at from one to three
hundred persons, armed and very much ex
cited, had assembled at the place of residence
of Jacob Wade, a colored preacher, one of the
managers of the election, which had just closed,
and who held the charge of the ballot4>ox each
night during the election. This assembly was
in the immediate vicinity of the first fire near
the residence of Mr. Mcßain, and though called
upon by members of the fire company, in pass
ing, they positively refused to aid in extin
guishing the flames.
Lieut. Johnson promptly dispersed with
the soldiers under his command, and trans
ferred the ballot-box, which they declared they
assembled to defend e gainst the Ku-Klux-Klan,
to safer hands. White men were among them
at different times, and who are supposed to have
counseled them in the course they pursued.—
The object of this assembly, we are informed,
was to repel a contemplated raid on Wade’s
premises by “sixty cf the Ku-Klux-Klan,
mounted on white horses,” with the view of
capturing that eminent Divine and carrying off
in triumph the precious four days’ deposit of
“ free suffrages,” which that individual shielded
under the strong arm of colored patriotism.
[Enterprise, 27th ult.
The “Conditions Precedent.” —The. fol
lowing, says the Journal $ Messenger, arc the
conditions found in the bill introduced in the
House of Representatives by Mr Paine, ol Wis
consin, (Rad.) to admit Arkansas to represen
tation in Congress. We suppose the same test
will be applied to all the “rebel ” States. We
hope now to hear no more of the “ liberality ”
of the Atlanta convention in the matter of dis
franchisements. They knew very well that
Congress would not endorse that part of their
Constitution. It has served its purpose, how
ever, with “relief,” and various other hum
bugs, that helped to carry the constitution
through:
The bill introduced in the House to-day by
Representative Paine, admitting Arkansas to
representation in Congress, is similar to that
reported in March last by Mr. Farnsworth. It
declares that Arkansas, having formed and
adopted a State government which is republi
can in form, shall be entitled to representation
when the Legislature of the State shall have
duly ratified the fourteenth article proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and on the condition that the State
constitution shall never be amended or chang
ed so as to deprive any citizen or class of citi
zens of the right to vote who are entitled to
vote by the constitution herein recognized, nor
so amended or changed as to allow any person
to vote who is excluded trom office tv the
third section of the fourteenth article of the
amendment to the Constitution until the disa
bilities proposed by the said section shall
have been removed in the manner therein pro
vided.
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The Ship Island Mystery Explained.—
From an article which appeared in the New
Orleans Commercial Bulletin, of the 30th
ultimo, headed as above, we extract the follow
ing card, which gives flat contradiction to the
article which we published on yesterday :
A CARD.
New Orleans, -April 28, 1868.
Editors Bulletin: It is with feelings of deep
regret—not unmixed with contempt—that I
find in your paper of this morning an article
under the title of “The Ship Island Mystery ”
in which the family of Gen. Mower are made
to figure in a most painful light. The whole
story of the alleged outrage upon Gen. Mower’s
daughter is false from beginning to end, and
has no better foundation than the following-
One night, after the family had retired, one
of the men belonging to the command entered
the room where three of the children were
asleep, with the object, no doubt, of stealing
some of the valuable trinkets belonging to the
girls. One of the children, aged eight years
was awakened by the noise and screamed out’
thus giving the alarm. The man was at once
secured, and ordered to undergo some light
punishment. At the time I left Ship Island it
was reported that he had deserted.
As a relative of Gen. Mower, I feel it a duty
to give the above plain statement of facts
which have been so shamefully exaggerated as
to call for this reply to your article.
I’. B. Perkins.
Marriage of Gen. Hood.—We find the
following pleasant announcement in the New
Orleans Picayune of Friday :
We have a pleasant surprise to give out
readers. The gallant, brave and universally
beloved Gen. Hood was married vesterday
evening to Miss Anna Hennen, daughter of the
late Duncan N. Hennen, Esq.
The hero of this, as well as of a great many
other, but very different engagements, was sur
rounded by a number of his comrades in arms,
among whom we noticed Gens. Buckner, Bragg,
Hays, Wheeler, Maury and Scott. Also such
friends of his In peace as Messrs. M. Musson,
T. A. Adams, Pike, etc.
General Hood may rest assured that from
every Southern household will go up, upon
reading this announcement, most hearty pray
ers tor the continued happiness of himself and
of her who has linked her destiny with his, and
surrendered her name to one whose own is
witten on the tablets of fame indelibly.
Arrest of Citizens for Discharging
Negroes.—lt was reported on the street
yesterday afternoon that Col. Crofton, com
manding this post, had received orders to ar
rest ten or a dozen prominent citizens for the
alledged offense of discharging Radical ne
groes, and that they are to be taken to Atlanta
to be tried by military commission.
[Macon Journal % Messenger, st/i.
Chicago thieves cover their canes with glue,
and marching into drinking saloons plunder
the till by reaching over the counter into the
piles of currency while the attention of the
bar-keeper is engaged in compounding bev
erages.
T. Tilton recently said that Michigan was
“ sitting with her finger on her forehead, pon
dering the question, ‘ Is the negro a man ?’ ”
She now sits with her thumb on her nose,
gyrating the aforesaid finger at T. Tin on.
[ Boston. Post.