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—-=TTT THE WEEKLY COSaTITUTIOKALIST WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 30, 1860 Club Katci for the Watkljr Constitution alist. That every ope may be enabled to sub scribe, and receive the benefits of a live jour nal, we offer the following liberal terms to ctfnbs ; 1 Copy per year - - - - $3 00 3 Copies per year - - - - 750 6 Copies per year - . - - • 12 : 00 10 Copies per year - - - - 20 00 We trust every subscriber to the paper will aid ns in adding to our list. CHOPS AND OURBEN ? NEWS. Our subscribers and Mends In the coun try will confer a favor on us and our nu merous readers by sending us items as to crop prospects and general news in their different sections. We trust that each subscriber will consider himself a special correspondent for the Constitu tionalist, and thereby add to the interest of the paper. • NEGRO ELIGIBILITY AGAIN. We had occasion, a few days since, to an ticipate the decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia on the subject of negro eligibil ity to office. When rendered, the decision was not substantially different from our ad vanced views of It. We held then, as we hold now, that the opinion of the Court would be based, as it is, upon the Code ; that It had no bearing upon the present Legislature; and that the Legislature had the right to so alter or amend the statutes of the Code as practically to render harmless the decision Itself. We have again care fully and calmly Investigated the matter, and sec no reason why these views should suffer material alteration. Meanwhile, however, several of our contemporaries have Jumped, as \vc think, at different con clusions, and thus caused, of course unwitt ingly, a division of sentiment which may prove productive of mischief. As against these dissenting brethren, we still hold, and shall continue to hold, that the late decis ion has no virtue to affect the restoration of the negroes to tlielr scats In the Legisla ture, and, If the whites who hold these seats abandon t Reyi on such grounds, they do so solely on their personal responsibility and without the concurrence of nine-tenths of tlielr proper constituents. That they have the right to hold the seats vacated by the negroes wc believe, because this decision Just rendered is not retroactive and can not touch tlielr claims. If they hurriedly choose, to abandon their rights to the ne groes, for the sake of what is called policy, that is a different matter, and when it shall have conic up for discussion, wc may treat of It as It deserves. At present, however, we are convince*! that it would lie a great mistake for any journal to advise such a remedy, aud, worst of all, to prepare the public mind for a surrender that may be politic, which wo doubt, but certainly is not obligatory. As to the de cision Itself, it may be, ami probably Is, a right one, under the laws, Constitution, etc., under which tho court administers.- We believe all those still-born acts were utterly null and void, and, If we hail a court of the Uulted States sufficiently in dependent, It would so pronounce them.— We do not yet despair that such a-Otnirt will one day be (bund, provided our people be patient aud true to themselves. Admit' log, then, that, as the law stands, the de cision may lie right; we still hold that the decision rests on the Code alone. This Code can be changed by.tlie Legislature, unless, as Judge Brown says, the Su- preme Court of the Uulted States hold “ privileges and immunities ” to carry with them the right to hold office ns an in cident to citizenship. Now there arc' just as many reasons to suppose that the Su preme Court of the United States will make no such decision. Indeed, from-,the later decisions of Chief Justice On ark we Are Impelled to believe exactly the reverse of Judge Brown’s opinion in the premises. Mr. Justice Swaynk, one of the Supreme Judges, has already decided in the Circuit Court, so we are reliably informed, that the Tight to hold ofilcc is not one of the privi leges and immunities which may • necessa rily follow citizenship. Prof. Jameson, a very bright Radical authority, lu a recent book, states distinctly that the right to hold office is not an incident of citizenship, .but belongs to the general privileges of citizens. These are simply the cirii rights usually set forth In Bills of Rights. But to vote and hold office are political rights which require positive law. We quote from Jameson’s Constitution-!! Contention, page 340: M § 801. From the reasonings above gi von, “ it is plain, that mere cltizcushipofarSlate “ docs not carry with it a right to enjoy all “ the privileges and imntuuitics conferred " upon any cltizeu, but only certain civil " rights, restingYm natural law, but neod “ ing for their practical enjoyment the '•guaranty of government. It would, per -44 haps, express the whole truth to say. that ■“ the rights to which oue is entitled from s* the naked fact of citizenship, are those " usually guaranteed by our Bills of Rights. " It is equally apparent that there are pri -41 s Urge* anti immunities enjoy- -I by tome citi “ sens, by reason of sped-d qualifications, 41 that are uot conferred ujion -ill citizens, 41 though none but citizens can enjoy them, “ privileges and Immunities that N|>riiig 44 from positive law, such as to rote and to 4 ‘ hold office. Tlic former are denominated 44 <M, the latter, ftoUtie-U rights.” If the members of Assembly who hoitl seats vacated by negroes think of surren dering them, let them rest their action upon so-called policy and not upon a decision of the Supreme Court that does not touch them. Above all, let them aVoid a foolish panic and not. go headlong Into blunders which their leisure moments may compel them to repent. A FIRST CLASS CRAWFISH. Mr. Justice McCay thinks that the negro is entitled to hold office in Georgia because —this ts the Judge’s argument, be it under stood, ami not ours, for we deny it all—lie cause the negro Is a citizen of Georgia, and, under the reconstru*cted constitution, nil citizens are equally eligible to office Now, while this is Mr. Justice McCay’h opinion on the reconstructed constitution as framed, such was not Ills opinion when that elegant document was framing. Ip the journal of proceedings in the late ad journed piebald unconstitutional conven tion as officially published we read that, on the 14th eif January, 1868, the Uommittee on the Franchise submitted a report In ten sections, and that the tenth section read thus: “ Sec. 10. All qualified electors, and none others, shall be eligible to any office In this State, unless disqualified by the constitu tion of this State, or by the Constitution of the United States.” On the 14tli of February following the presentation of this report, just one month thereafter be it noted, showing that there had been abundant opjiortunity for n full consideration of the matter, a t'ote was taken in the piebald convention on a iqotion to strike out the whole of the hereinbefore recited tenth section and said section was stricken out by 126 to 12. Among those who voted to strike out was the present Mr. Justice McGay, as the curious observer of seallawagcry may perceive by referring to page 812 of the official journal. But this Is not the only ground and lofty tumbling of our worthy Judge. 'Not only does he vote point-blank against the propo sition that all citizens of Georgia under the reconstructed constitution shall be eligible to office; but even proffers an educational qualification. • The journal (page 310) says that: “ Mr. McCay offered to amend the same’—the lOtli section, as’ above given—“by Inserting after the word ‘electors’, In the first line thereof, the following: “ Citizens of the United States, who can reiul and subscribe the oath of office, except disqualified by physical disability.” 1 So that we see this Mr. Justice McCay, who has just pronounced for illimitable negro office holding, was, when simply lio gus delegate McCay, anxious to make reading and writing a condition precedent to office, and, on not being able to secure that limitation, voted to strike out the de claration that all electors were eligible to % office, and In that way to secure some kind of a limitation any way. And yet this man, this twice convicted wriggling worm of politics, who first turns against his people and then against hlm seir, rises up, God help us, with his rags of ermine about him, to declare that the regula tion of this great State Is, and of right ought to be, Commlttable to that mass of igno rance, superstition, weakness and gullibili ty, from which he and men like him come out Into prominence. Judge McCay, Justice McCay, Mr. As sociate Justice McCay, His Honor! O Justice, how art thou crawttshitled! THE LAST SENSATION. The Atlanta papers have caused a .new sensation to follow the eligibility decision of the Supreme Court. Wc are told that Bullock Is probably on the eve of calling tho Legislature together in extraordinary session. That, this will be. done in order to force the negroes into the two Houses of Assembly. That he cannot thus avoid the opportunity t» send among his enemies a patent bomb-shell in the way of a taunting and insulting' message. That, like the Irishman at Doniiybrook, he is fairly itch ing to get somebody to tread on the tail of his coat. That lie rather courts agitation and will be delighted with Impeachment. T|[iat he has a first-class chance to make up a case fdr Congress out of the Legislature, and does not intend letting it elude him. Now, all of these surmises may be true or they may lie false. SupiKise they arc true, we can aflbrd to watt until the official proclamation proves their veracity. Sup pose they are false, arc we not ridiculously disquieting ourselves without other cause than may be found by children in shadows on the wall ? . The Columbus Enquirer sees several ob stacles to such a call of the Legislature. It thinks that Bullock, as a Provisional Governor, a? he thinks himself, has no right to issue a proclamation convening the General Assembly. Beside this, grant-, ing him enough of assurance to be. inso lently inconsistent, whom will he call to gether* Will he call the Legislature to gether as first or last formed!* If as first formed, there will lie trouble, for certain of •the whites who took the places of the oust ed negroes would claim their seats, and so make mischief. The Enquirer says: “ It is more than likely that the majority of each branch would associate with the members declared, by the Governor to tie disqualified by tlic 14th amendment, and with the whites who, at the last session, took the vacated seats of the negroes.— And then what would the Governor do about it? llis Legislature, it is plain, could not do any business, because It would lack a quorum of each House. Would he appeal to Congress, and ask that military force be employed to disperse the represent atives of the people of Georgia, and to Im pose on the* |H.Hiple a set of representatives not of their choosing or recognition?" Under the supposition that Buluk'k will cerUluly do all of thine terrible things, there are many meu, good aud true, who think he should be by a graceful surrender in advance of ail seats held by those white persona who took the places of the negroes. This, it is claimed, will draw the enemy’s fangs and leave him hurtle*. We give due credit to the sug gestion, but see much risk in its applica tion. On the same principle of concession, we have gone on from one humiliation to another. Did such abasements extract any poison from Radicalism ? Have we gained anything by lick-spittling men who grow more and more tyrannical the more their vassals, so-called, crouch and humble themselves before them ? For our part, wc still hold that the late decision does not affect the membership of the present Legis lature. If white members choose to aban don their seats to their negro predecessors, they may do so on their own responsibility. .But they' need not do so before they are called upon, and they need not get unduly frightened before Bullock lias even sound ed his portentous gong. THE TRADES UNIONS. President-General Grant has done wliat he could to compel negro equality. He has Invested some of the blacks with the honors of the Government and endeavored to force the Trades Uniofis to a fraterniza tion without distinction of race or color. In the last named effort bis success has been the reverse of promising. Reviewing this matter, the National Intelligencer says: “ The attempt to enforce asocial equality between negroes and white men is one of the Radical schemes. In the opinion of most sagacious observers, this scheme was quietly and completely defeated by the ac tion of the Printers’ National Convention at Albany last week. That liody, perhaps more completely than any that is in the habit of holding annual conventions, rep resents the intelligence and the real public opinion of the country. Composed of in telligent men, accustomed to feel, to watch, and to form public opinion—men of all shades and varieties In politics, from ‘ sooty black to snowy"—it cannot be charged with partisanship ; nor can there be enter tained even the faintest suspicion of sectionalism, at least in favor of the South, in its action, for the majority of its Southern delegates were Northern men, anil there was an immense prepon derance of Northern delegates, because the sad results of the war have so greatly crippled the South that she can now sup port few printing offices. The question of admitting the negro to an equality in their trade •associations and their professional unions jvas brought up fairly and squarely for tiie action of this assembly. It was .met manfully. There was no dodging. The issue was decided without any equivocation or evasion. After several days afforded for deliberation and an unchecked debate, this negro equality was refused by a decided vote. This states the question. This is the verdict not only of the Printers.’ Na tional Convention, but of the people, whose opinions the convention unquestionably represented. This action will lie followed up in all tlic trades’ unions and mcetiugs of the people. It is not simply because the negro is concerned, but because great prin ciples are involved that the masses are beginning to be agitated. They have given their Congressional tyrants ample scope and room for the exercise of the most Vil lainous despotism outside of the private business office and the social circle ; but the crazy demagogues, in the effort to per petuate their hold upon power, have in invndcd even these sacred precincts, and the victims are arousod. The movement has begun. _ W hat Does It Mean? —We are in formed by telegraph that Glendy Burke, of New Orleans, has been made a member of the Executive Committee of the Swe denborgian Conference In place of ller bchkl V. Johnson, “to whom objection was made on account of reticllion.” Docs this mean that Gov. Johnson has “ rebel -ed” against the “best government the world ever saw,” or does it mean that he lias rebelled against the Swedenborgian Conference? If the latter, we have nothing to say. If the former, It seems disgraceful conduct for a church which claims so much for 'charity, spirituality and antl-worldli ness. We are afraid Swcdenborgianism at the North is pretty badly tarred with the Radical stick, and therefore degenerate.— From what we have learned, we should judge that Gov. Johnson’s successor, Glendy Burke, is much more of a Spir itualist than a Swedenborgian. Bottled Ur.—The President-General es sayed speech-making at the Boston Peace Jubilee, but the attempt was a dismal fail ure. The New York Tribune thus pictures the fizzle of the “ sashed and girded ■sphynx:” “What the Governor said, and what Grant said the telegraph has told you. but not how Grant looked as he said it. You could have knocked him down with a feather. Every'word was spoken as though, like a swollen cork, it had been drawn with great difficulty; and the speech was deliv ered In so low a voice as to lie unintelligi ble except to the illuminated. Finally, the President faltered and struck! It was no use. He could not make a siieech.” Having thanked Boston for the support given him in the past, how could he go on without more support of the same sort. The Heathen Mythology.— The Secre tary of the Navy has changed the Indian | names of the United States war vessels to I such as he could find in heathen my thology. Many of the Indian names were jaw-breakers, but then they were Ameri can. Many of the classical names are just as hard to articulate, aud we' had rather hear of the exploits of the Modoc than the | career of the Ash-heels, as thousands of the I unwashed will call the Achilles. This is a | bad move on the part of Bouie, and ought | to be recalled. I Bellicose. —The high and mighty Bcm j nku was not present at the “Jubilee." He ! is a war man now and disdains even a ( peace humbug at Bostou, though gotten up on a strictly commercial basis. Tnu Filibusters —The New York D<iy j 11-ok will lie- glad if the Cuban filibusters never come back. It say*: “White men I who voluutarily enlist to murder their own race to turn negroes loose, are belter dead ‘ than alive." Jubilee* Poetry. —The Boston Journal \ publishes this “jubilee”, poetry which j Horace Greeley' does not like : Let tbe great bells ring And tbe loud cannon roar Sound the glad tidings From “ shore to shore.” Join in the chorus, Let it reach o’er the Sha, “ Our country is saved And the nigqers are free.” .Miss Surratt.— Miss Annie Surratt, daughter of the murdered Mary Surratt, was married, at Washington, the other day. The Herald says the bridegroom’s name was Tonrey, the Baltimore Gazette says it is Young, and the Sun says it is Tancy. All agree that he is a chemist employed in the Surgeon General’s office. The Parnell-Harland-Johnson Ring. [From our Special Correspondent. Washington, D. C., June 18,1869. Editcrr Constitutionalist: Since the appointment of the negro Belcher as Assessor of Internal Revenue fc the 3*l Georgia District a great deal of in quiry has been made as to how this ap pointment was obtained and much unne cessary obloquy thrown upon President Grant in reference to it. Permit me to give you some of the inside wire pulling and a brief sketch of at least one of the wire pul lers, reserving for another day sketches of some others of the same class. Having had business in Washington for several months,more or less, connected with the various departments, I have gained some knowlege not generally possessed as to how aud by whom appointments are made as well as the causes which govern many of said appointments. Take the case of Belcher as an illustration. When Bel cher’s application was made, although backed by howling Radicals, his chance was not worth a dime until the inside wires of the Commissioner’s office were properly pulled. To explain : under Rollifts, George Parnell was a Deputy Commissioner, Thomas Harland was also a Deputy Com missioner, and A. B. Johnson was Chief Clerk. Harland, Parnell and Johnson really run the office. Under this regime the most henloqs frauds were perpetrated and the violators of the law' had only to go to Washington, see Parnell and the others and convince Parnell and his confreres that “ it was all right,” and no prosecutions took place. So with those wanting an office— “ see, Parnell” and it was fixed. If, however, Parnell was not seen the luckless applicant would have his labor for his pains. Belcher and his clow’d very early found that to “see Parnell” now was quite as efficacious a? when Rollins held the seat. The new Commissioner did not have the strength to rid himself of the entire crew, and the results are before the country in the appointment of such things as Belcher to offices of responsibility, requiring men of brains and business qualifications to discharge their duties. Also in the way in which great frauds upon the revenue have been allowed to go unpunished, the perpe trators being too closely’ associated with this Parnell-Harland-Johnson ring to be molested. When, during the Fail of 1868, Rollins, Harland and others were on trial En New York City for defrauding the reve nue, or for conspiring to defraud, tiiis man Parnell was busy with all the whisky rings in the nation, and while the public and the press were in the habit of saying that Andrew Johnson owed his escape from impeachment to the “ Whisky Ring,” it could, with more truth, have "been af firmod that Rollins, Harland and others owed their escape from conviction to the whisky rings aforesaid. Parnell then made or marred au appoint ment as to him seemed most fit— i. e., most profitable—an*l his status to-day is the same. I wish every Georgian, and espe cially those in the Third District, could have read the scathing expose of this Par nell in the New York World recently.— They would no longer wonder why and iiow Belcher, et id omne genus, get office over the heads of good and honest’gentlemen. But Time is bringing about changes, and from certain indications we may hope that this will not last lorever. In a little time more facts will be furnished you by * Observer. [Correspondence of the Constitutionalist. Steel-Capped Rails. Messrs. Editors: I noticed in your issue of the 13th inst. an article setting forth the importance of “ steel-capped rails.” It has been known long since m Europe, if not in America, that steel could be made from iron, with a very small quantity of rutile or titanium. It is known that the most extensive de posit of rutile, or titanium, that has as yet | ever been discovered on tlieglooe, is at Lit tle Mountain, in Lincoln county, “in. this State. The mountain is more generally known as Graves’ Mountain. There are large quantities of iron, heavily impregnated with rutile, which, if manu factured into railroad bars, would do away with the necessity’ of the “ steel-capped rails.” This mountain also contains the largest vein of tlic laqualite known this side of Brazil, and but one other has as yet ever been discovered in North America, and that is in Lincoln county, N. C. Gold is also found iu the mountains in small quantities, uot sufficient (as far as yet discovered) to pay for working; at the same, time there are evidences positive that this same vein, upon which the great Dorn Mine is located, passes directly through the mountain. This opinion is derived from the peculiar slate, such as accompa nies no other vein. It is the opinion ol Professors Shepard and Blake that dia monds may yet be added to that already interesting place. Manganese occurs in small quantities in a vein near the summit of the mountain. Pyrophylite is in great abundance, aud may lie found valuable as a mineral paint. The tint of its powder is a peculiar delicate buff, a good substitute for plumbago (along with oil), as a material for diminishing friction in machinery, surpassing, in this respect, any of the varieties of soap stone. It also presents an uncommonly rich flora f*>r botanic stud}'. Our former townsman, Dr. Cleveland, has, in days past, spent much time in search of flowers, many of which are seldom found elsewhere. The summit of the mountain can be reached by carriage, from which, iu all di rections, are far-reaching aud beautiful views, over a country comparatively level. And those who can live on pure air aud good water can there be gorged to their heart’s content, for purer water gushes not from the earth than the springs at the loot of Little Mountain affords. Scenery—l will here use the language of Professor Shepard, on his first visit to the mountain: “ The mountain Itself combine* unusual picturesqueness in its surface, giv ing rise to finely wooded slojies and dingles, not to overlook a lengthened vertical wall, composed of sharp and rocky spires or needles, by which the mountain crest at ,one extremity is cnfwned. ThtsW fea ture is perfectly uulque iu the rocky scene ry of the country, and though ou a very diminutive scale, remind* the traveled who threads his way among their jagged peaks, of the famous Saxon Alps on the banks of the Elbe, above the city of Dresden.” This is the opinion of one who has traveled ex tensively. * , ~ . With all of the various interests which are upon aud surround this mountain, not one-half of which has beenjUluded to, it has, with our people, one serious objection —it is 100 near home —forty-one miles from Augusta, twenty-two from Thomson, and fifteen miles from Washington. D. Butler as a Lawyer—An Illustration of His Practice. The Washington correspondent of the Rochester Chronicle closes a recent letter with the following story: “ The intricacies of law are freshly illus trated by anew story of General Butler, which I have just heard. The directors of a Boston bank, having their suspicions aroused, notified tlielr cashier that an ex amination of the books and cash in his possession must be had. The cashier went to Butler and stated his case. He had misappropriated funds of the bank to the amount of 150,000. Part of this had been lost in stock speculations, and part was still invested in various speculative securi ties. He asked whether he hall not better own up, restore what he could, and let his bondsmen make up the deficit. Butler, af ter some consideration, directed him to at tend the meeting of the directors, deny that there was anything wrong, and, if they de sired, to surrender the keys and go home, leaving them in possession. He did as di rected, gave up the keys, and the directors, upon examining the books and casli in the vaults, found a deficit, as they anticipated, of $50,000. They notified the cashier and his bondsmen, who in due time appeared, accompanied by Butler, who, acting as spokesman, inquired what the matter was. The directors informed him of the facts, and added that they did not wish to make scandal, and if the cashier’s bondsmen would make good the missing cash, no further proceedings would be had. Gen. Butler coolly replied that there must be some mistake. His client had surrendered the bank and funds as required by his bond. If there-was any deficit it must have oc curred after the directors took possession. He would assure them that they could not take possession of the bank and its con tents and come upon the bondsmen also.— If they would accept the cashier’s resigna tion and give him the usual certificate of good character, they would call‘it square and let the matter drop. The directors now began to see the dilemma in which they were placed, and sent for a lawyer, only to find that they had made a false step ; that they had no proper evidence of the amount of cash in the bank when sur rendered by the cashier, and that in taking possession they had lost their only remedy. As it would not do to let the stockholders know how they had been overreached, the directors had to go to work and make up the loss out of their own pockets. They gave their defaulting cashier the certificate of character which he demanded, and he went to work in another bank, in the same city, a few weeks afterward. What part of the stolen $50,000 Butler got for ills fee I did not hear. The truth of this anecdote I can vouch for; but I will not tell how it came to first crop out in Washington.” Particulars of the Death of the Hon. Henry J. Raymond. — The New York Evening Post, of Friday, gives the following account of the circumstances at tending the death of Mr. Raymond: “Mr. Raymond, accompanied by his daughter, went to Greenwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon-for the purpose of se lecting a family plot. He intended to have the body of one of his children who died a few weeks ago removed from the vault aud reinterred. He returned to the Times of fice about 5 o’clock, and remarked to the associate editors that he never felt better in his life, except a slight feeling of fatigue consequent upon his long walk through the cemetery’. He left the office about 6 o’clock and proceeded to his residence in West Ninth street, where be remained un til about 9 o’clock, to recover from the fa tigue of the afternoon. Mr. RajTpond left the house about 9 o’clock, remarking to members of his family that he had an ap pointment to attend a political meeting, and left home for that purpose. Tie was seen shortly afterwards walking up Broad way, and one or two friends who stood in front of Wallack’s Theatre noticed, his elastic step .and general appearance of ro bust health. After attending the meeting, Mr. Raymond returned*to his residence about 11 o’clock, and as boon as he had closed the door.after him he fell heavily upon the floor. None of the inmates of the house heard the fall, however, having retired for the night, mid not being aware of his return. About 3 o’clock this morn ing, one of Mr. Raymond’s Aildrcn be came restless, and upon becoming fnlly aroused, remarked that she heard some person breathing heayily. The persons in the house were immediately awakened, and on descending to the hallway Mr. Raymond was found extended on the floor, entirely unconscious, but breathing heavily and ap parently with great difficulty. He was carried to his room and placed upon a bed aud physicians sent for with all haste.— Four physicians arrived soon afterw’ards, who examiued him aud pronounced him beyond all medical aid. They'also declared the cause of liis death to lie apoplexy Mr. Raymo'nd fingered in au unconscious state until 5 o'clock, when he died, sur rounded by’ the members of his family.— He passed away apparently with but little pain. “ The news of his death caused much ex citement and very general regret through out the city. All the down-town hotels and newspaper offices displayed their flags at half-mast as a mark of respect.” Division in tiie Republican Ranks in Pennsylvania —The’ Washington corres-’ poudent of the New York Tribune, writing on the 17th inst., says: A number of Pennsylvania politicians, including several members of Congress, ar rived here to-day in tiie interest of the Re publican party of the State. They repre sent that there is an unfortunate and a very serious division among the leaders of the party in their State, with no prospect of a union before the approaching Gubernato rial campaign. One faction goes so far as to threaten to nominate aud support a can didate independent of the regular nomina tion of die party. Some of the most promi nent of these ' disorganizes, ’ as thev are termed, are Federal office holders. This is especially tiie case among the Government | officials of Philadelphia. It seems to be a ! fight of the city politicians against those from the country districts. An effort is j making to living about several removals i among the Philadelphia officials, or have I them stop their interference in the organi zation oi the party for the coming cam paign. The Gubernatorial Nominating Convention will be held in Philadelphia i next weqk, and those Government officials * au exercise great luflueuee if they are so [ disposed." • i The Greenville and Columbia Rail road.—We are gratified to be able to state, (says the Columbia Phcenix ) upon authori ty, that the suit in the Court of Equity, 1 which has been pending for more than two years past against the Greenville and Co lumbia Railroad Company, by certain hold ers of their first mortgage bonds, has been settled, and that the suit will be Withdrawn at the present term of the court. The parties who have come forward and settled with the company, and consented to the withdrawal of the suit, are, as we are informed, Thomas J. Robertson, John Caldwell, Robert N. Lewis, Thomas C. Perrin, executor, and Charles Smith, of the original complainants in the bill, besides others who entered the suit as parties com plainant after the suit had been com menced. This will be gratifying intelligence to both the stockholders and bondholders of this corporation. It has certainly strug gled manfully, and with a success almost unparalleled in tiie history of railroads, since the war, to place its finances in a sat isfactory condition. The last cloud that has cast a shadow upon its prosperity has now been dispersed, and its future must be marked by’ eminent success, and the road itself a general blessing to the whole State. We understand, also, that the July inter est upon their first mortgage and guaran teed bonds will be pronaply paid at maturi ty. This will also contribute to increase the confidence of their creditors, and in a very short time we expect to see their bonds quoted in the market as commanding as high a price as the best securities in the State, which position they should, in our opinion, iustly occupy. The Board, with great and acu men, arranged the terms of settlement, one which was at once advantageous and satis factory to all parties concerned. The road is fortunate in possessing a President so eminently fitted for the complicated duties and position of his office. To this fact and acute solution of difficulties the compromise is mainly’ attributable. * # The Greenville Railroad, under its pre sent able President, supported by his active aud efficient Superintendent, Mr. Meredith, and tried and competent employees, has every prospect of success. It is one of the arteries supplying Columbia with trade and business, and we are pleased to believe that, now that the present troubles are re moved, will attain the success to which, by able management and location, it certainly deserves. Atlanta Cotton Factory Company.— At a meeting of the stockholders of the Atlanta Cotton Factory Company, at the Georgia National Bank, Friday, the follow ing Board of Directors were chosen : John Rice, Atlanta; Richard Peters, Atlanta; Edward E. Rawson, Atlanta; John C. Peck, Atlanta; Dr. J. F. Bozeman, Co lumbus ; Win. F. Herring, Augusta. At a subsequent meeting the Board made choice of John Rice, President; Dr. J, F. Boze man, Secretary and Treasurer; J. Rhodes Brown, Columbus, Superintendent. From the commencement of the agitation of this question of cotton manufacturing in our city, we have taken a great interest, and have never doubted its success, if under the management of the right men. We with pleasure announce the Board of Di rectors and its principal officers. Os our own citizens no stronger names can be found. Os those abroad we understand the stockholders, in their selection, have been equally fortunate. In the name of J. Rhodes Brown, of Columbus, being con nected with tlic successful Eagle and Phoe nix Mills, of that city, as superintendent and general manager, there is a power for giving confidence to the success of the en terprise that no other name in the State possesses. With the favorable charter granted to this company by the Legisla ture, and an exemption of all State "taxes by an act of the Legislature on all future manufactories erected in this State, aud the exemption by our City Council of city taxes for ten years, investments in the At lanta Cotton Factory Company stock must be the very best that can be found South or North. We predict fo.r the company an unexampled success. —Atlanta Era. Death in a Railroad Car. —The Gulf Railroad train that arrived here on Satur day morning, brought xlie body of a man who had died in a.car a short time before reaching Savannah. The circumstances, as we have been able to learn them, are as follows: Mr. Millen, a citizen of Valdosta, who had for some time been a sufferer from dropsy on the heart, and latterly con fined to his bed, started, on Friday eve ning, in company with his wife, for his former home in Connecticut. Being un able to sit up, lie was taken to the train < and placed in one of the baggage cavs on * a bed. The journey was taken in opposi tion to the wishes of his physicians, who warned him that he was unable to accom plish it. The excitement of travel and the joyous anticipation of being once more at his old home and among his old friends, gave him unwonted strength and vigor, so that, soon after passing Station No. 6, he want ed to sit up in his bed. His wife assisted him to raise himself to a sitting position, and supported him in her qrms, filled with joy and gratitude for the apparent benefit lie" had already received by the change and travel. But her ill-foun'ded joy was of short duration, and ended in unutterable woe and grief. Before the train reached No. 5 she held in her arms the corpse of the only relative, almost the only friend, she had in the world—her husband was dead. Upon -arriving at Savannah, the body was taken in charge by Messrs. Ferguson & Dixon, w’ho had it interred temporarily in Laurel Grove Cemetery. [Savannah News'. Horrible.—A Yankee mulatto school marm ttas brought up before B. D. Smith, Notary Public, yesterday, charged with being a procuress for a Yankee doctor, named Blackwell. Her name is Deilman. She is* charged by a negro man, who sent his daughter to her, at her house, near the race track, with having induced him to let her take care of his daughter, during the absence of his wife, and aiding ami abet ing this Yankee doctor iu outraging the person of his daughter, only about eleven years of age. ’ She denies the allegation and denounces it as a. conspiracy to injure her. She waived an examination and gave bond in the sum of SSOO for her appearance at the next Superior Court, when sh° will demand a trial. Blackwell lias not been arrested. Another Ku Klux outrage for Bullock’s Slander Mill. [Atlanta Constitution, 20th. *A Lovely Collector. —The Sumter Re publican gives us an Item which should go far to reconcile the people of that district to paying their taxes : Miss Sallle R. Bank?, of this city, has re ceived the appointment of Deputy Collect or of lnterual Revenue for this Collection District, comprising the counties of Macon, Schley, Sumter and Webster. Miss Banks, we learn, is Intelligent and well Informed. .Slip lms been engaged for some time in this city in teaching the young ideas of African Juveniles how to shoot, being originally from the village of starry Griffin. *
