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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1869)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONAUST WEDNEHDAX MOUSING. BEFT. 15. IH#U Club Rate. for the Weekly Couelltutlou nllat. That every one may be enabled to sub- and receive the benefits of a live jour nal, we ofi'er the following liberal terms to Clubs: 1 Copy per year - • - - $8 00 3 Copies per year - * - - 750 5 Copies per year • • - - 13 =OO 10 Copies per year - - - - 20 00 We trust that every subscriber to the paper will aid us in adding to our list. CROPS AND OURREN T NEWS. Our subscribers and friends in the coun try will confer a hivor 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. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The following notice appears in the At lanta Constitution, of a recent date : vjfiJ “ Atlanta, September 4.—The members of the Central Executive Committee of the Democratic party of Georgia are requested to meat in the office of Dr. J. F. Alexander, in Atlanta, on Wednesday, the 15th Inst., at 9 o’clock, a. m., on business of import ance. E. G. Cahaniss, “ Chairman.” We are at a loss to understand the pur port of this meeting, and are by no means sure that Mr. E. G. Cabaniss, Chairman, has any authority to make the call as above published. We were under the im pression that the Central Executive Com mit toe of the Democratic party of Georgia hod ceased to exist, having fulfilled the function for which it was appointed. Why this committee should suddenly reappear upon the scone, when every thing is tran quil, when there are no Important elec tions Imminent, when no canvass Is on hand—we arc unable to say. Hut we still say, in advance, tiiat we will not be bound, of necessity, by any action it should think proper to recommend. There are men on that Committee who have always fought the principles of Democracy, who took charge of the Democratic party under cir cumstances such as do not now exist, and there are men on It who have forfeited the coutidence of the Democracy of Georgia. Besides this, the Convention which called this Committee was not a Democratic Convention, (ta Democracy was an after thought and a necessity. Wc and the great body of Democrats in Georgia look upon this Committee as defunct; we look upon it us having been appointed for a spe cial occasion, which lias passed. When the Party metis in convention again anew Com mittee will be selected, in spite of the quasi tenure of this old Committee. We call upon the leading men of the real Demo cratic party to emerge from their solitude and sec to this. The members of the ohl Committee may claim that the Macon Convention was si lent as to their term of office. If they base their claim of continuance to the meeting of another convention, upon this plea, we shall presently have another convention, If needs be, sooner than permit the present Committee to do as they please. It would have been a strange proceeding indeed for the Democratic party to have con tided Its general Interests and policy to a Central Committee, to last beyond a pending canvass or campaign. Wherefore we look upon this call of the so-called Committee as Inopportune, unauthorised and probably mischievous. Will the At lanta palters, or some member of the Com mittee, be pleased to inform ns what this movement means? Democratic Executive Committee.— The following gentlemen comprise the pres ent Democratic Executive Committee of Georgia; E. G. Cablness, of Monroe, Chairman. P. W. Alexander, of Muscogee. <4eorge S. Black, of Floyd. George N. Lester, of Cobb. Sumner J. Smith, of Banks. A. H. Wright, or Richmond. Kelson Tift, of Dougherty. James Jackson, of Bibb. William Ezzard, of Fulton, J. 1. Whitaker, of Fulton. J. F. Alexander, of Fulton. J. F. Cooper, of Fulton. D. P. Hill, or Fultou. L. J. Glenn, of Fulton. E. F. Hoge, of Fulton. A Weak Religion.—The editor of the New York Independent, who worships Wendell Piullivs as a god and Anna Dickinson as a goddess, protests against the Introduction of the Chinese. He says they “ will be too mnch for our Christiani ty—a shock It can’t stand,” If an Irruption of pig-tails could accom plish the destruction of sham Christianity, we would almost advocate their lustaut advent. We are not afraid for true Chris tianity; but the fall of the Independent's Daoon would be a blessing Indeed. A Coincidence.—Mr. Carlyle, in Eng land. says the United States Government is " rushing down to hell with de»|>eratc velocity." Menard, Uiu wonUt-be colored t'singressman from Louisiana, says: "To Kdiav God-forsaken country are we drift "*» T ANARUS” ’hall on RErth’ are we KiuuD Shade* of Washington, save id!" THE PRESENT STATUS OF VIRGINIA. If the people of Virginia are satisfied with the recently delivered opinion of At torney GcueraLHonst, it matter-' little per haps what maybe the feelings of outaMe communities. O ranting this In itsfrillness, wc may yet be permitted to speak of the opinion in the light of a political curiosity, which, in forcing th? jruUiicaUou of the XVth Amendment on the Old Dominion, has a peculiar bearing upon remote sa trapies or States. This paragraph the substance of Mr. Ho ae’s opinion : “The Attorney General decides that the Legislature must, as a pre-rcqulsitc; sub mit the constitution and their actiou thereon to Congress for approval. In this the test oath will not be required. If the constitution and the action of the Legisla ture l>e approved, the Legislature then bp comes the Legislature of Virginia, and the provisions of the constitution fixing the qualification of members of the Legislature necessarily prevail—the requirements of the reconstruction acts being thus super seded so far as Virginia is concerned. But before such approval by Congress, Virginia not being in all resects a State of the Union, the Legislature, as a provisional body, cannot pass laws without its mem bers taking the test oath. The reconstruc tion acts require a ratification of the Fif teen Hi Amendment before the State can be admitted to representation in Congress.” So, the old, old farce is to be re-enacted. Virginia is enough of a State to perform one of the most solemn duties devolving on a State, viz: the ratification of an Amendment to the Constitution; but not enongh of a State to perform other minor functions, until a partisan Congress shall endow lier with legislative life. Practical ly, it is admitted even by the Budicals themselves, there is little or no difference between Canby and lloar, after all. Can by wanted to impose the test oath, and so secure an undoubted Radical Legislature for the ratification of the Amendment. Hoar objected to violence, but procures the ratification of the Amendment by the mem bers of the Legislature elected by the peo ple. Os the two proceeses, Hoar’s is the most canning and the most dangerous. He gets all that Canby desires, and more than that. Had Canuy Insisted upon the test oath, and, thus insisting, forced the ratifi cation of the Amendment, such an ojicn act of violence must have recoiled upon the Radical party, while the fraudulent nature of the ratification would have been glaring and palpable. But Hoar’s method has the counterfeit semblance of authority and law, mid, in this way, becomes pernicious by reason of its assumption of fairness. Let us see. The members of the Assembly of Virginia ratify the Amendment and then adjourn. The deed is done. Congress takes hold of the State, the constitution and the Legislature. We all know what trust can be reposed In that perfidious Con gress. We hope Virginia may experience a better destiny than some of her sister States in their dealings with Congress; but she has little reason to anticipate it. If ahe can be ohoatod, «1»* will bflohwtled. No doubt of that; and the more she concedes the more the cheating process will be put In motion. We sincerely hope that this foreboding may prove delusive ; but we have a chronic belief that toying with a Radical in power is about the same as n personal inspection of an alligator’s throat. It is by no means Impossible, and the se quel may prove it true, that the Conserva tive members who help pass flic XVth Amendment will, at a subsequent meeting of the Legislature, be required to take the test-outh or walk the plank. Congress can compel them to take it and Hoar’s opinion does not stand In the way. So, white hoping for better things, we still believe that Virginia is in a first-rate way to be cheated more grossly than ever before. General Rawlings.—The testimony seems to be universal that, in the death Os General Rawlings, the South has lost a powerful Mend. He fought us In the day of battle; but, like a man of heroic soul, he rebuked the wantonness of those who continued the warfare In a state of peace. At the last Cabinet meeting he attended, lie denounced military and carpet-bag domina tion. On his death bed he’ earnestly hoped that the South would not be humiliated, intimating that her humiliation would cause regrets to many when they were so near eternity as he was at that time. His ardent desire to see Grant before fie died was no doubt in tills connection. The President could not, or would not, leave his revelry In time to see his expiring friend in this world. What will become of Grant now that Ids only merciful monitor is -one ? What new demouisin will,, be lauuchcU against the South now that the most re doubtable friend she had in the -camp of Her enemies is dumb and cold and dead ? There is something In the departure of tills man, euemy though he was once, that touches a pathetic chon! in our hearts; and. as he was a knightly opponent iu war and a geuerous adversary iu peace, and a so licitous Mend as he passed into the Valley of the Shadow, we would willingly place a garland upon his grave, remembering only what was divine In his nature and trusting that his last words had an echo iu Heaven when he besought the Invisible to “raise him up.” i Well Put.—The New York Sttn has these jiersonals on the metropolitan press : “ Mr. Bennett is the tallest editor, Mr. Dana the fattest, Mr. Greeley the slouohiest, Mr. Erastus Brooks the solemuest, Mr. Tilton the shauks-marest, Mr. DoNyse the shortest, Mr. Van Boren the reddest, Mr. Roosevelt the politest, Mr. Oakey Hall the wittiest, Mr. Winter the touchiest, Mrs. Stanton the prettiest, Miss Anthony the prettiest, Mrs. Sheppard the prettiest, Eleanor Kirk the prettiest, Nellie llutch lusou the prettiest." Another Commercial Convention.— There will be another Southern Commer cial Convention held at Louisville, Ky , on the Lilli of October next. We trust H w ill THE *• SKINNED NIGGER.* 7 , The caption of this article is* not ths most elegant of captions, to.be sure { but it :i>r«ib!y eximnses the Itojaling Radical bugaboo resorted to at the North on the eve of all lrui’ortant elections. The skin bf Ziska, when converted into parchment for a drum head, never had haif the resonance , ttfJLUc “ shinned uigger” as he .I* periodi -1 cally exhibited aud played upon by the l editor* of trooly loU journals. We have I dtttonkite 4Mmuatef, Sum j rarr. Even " Gov.” Bullock preferred the : mineral to the cuticle movement. Foknkv, i too, who has the auimal in his special keep ing, and who rubs him down with salt and crocodile tears to preserve the rawness of his mutilation—even Forney thrust him , aside, in The Patent Office perchance, and, through the sultry season, disported at the watering places with dove-like jubilee. So neglected was the “ skinned nigger ’ that wc imagined he was “ played out or that the baking weather and blazing suns of July aud August had clothed him with a new integument, even as coons or pos- sums, disrobed of their birth day suits, may, while hanging up to dry, take upon their bodies the whimsical counterfeit of a skin. But the “ nigger” is not dead, for we have tidings of him. And if preadventure the creative aud fertile luminary aud the dex trous atmospheres had aped the art of the enameler and made him, if not “ beautiful for ever,” at least presentable to decent society—the savage and implacable For ney, returned to his vomit, ha* undone the cunning artifice of flic elements aud, with deliberate asperity, stripped him of his second Skinny instalment, and, now exult ant, holds him up a festering and livid monstrosity. The Pennsylvania election is not iery far remote, and so the “skinned nigger,” twice skinned, is lugged out to perforin the same service for Packer that Asdrubal’s head did for Hannibal. Here is tiie way that John W. Forney, in his Philadelphia Press, gives notice that he has his “ skinned nigger ” prepared, and will soon toss him from one end of Pennsylva nia to the other: “Bands of Regulators and Ku Klux ruf fians, all Democrats, filled with the old en thusiasm of the party, are overrunning the Western part of South Carolina aud driv ing off the freedmen, whose wages for Hie year's labor, in money or shares of crops, are now due. These outrages appear now beyond doubt to lie part of a deep-laid plan to break the paid labor system of the South. In Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and now in South Carolina, the movement Is ill progress. These are the, estimable citizens who have proved their devotion to law and order, and who don't need recon structing!” Now you know what the “ skinned nig erat ” is and what lie is expected to do in a close canvass. In one county of South Carolina, there were rumors of such pro ceedings as are above censured; but, upon investigation, the charge was proven ffilse and unfoundad. JSoiiw «» ©eorgla is con cerned, we pronounce it a base calumny. During the season, the best of relations have been entertained between employers and their laborers. We have, in the agri cultural sections of the State, heard of few serious complaints. In a majority of In stances, considerable satisfaction was mu tually expressed. Local disputes there may have been, such as are incidental to Pennsylvania as well as to Georgia; but the assertion that a “ movement is iu pro gress ” here to “ break the paid laiior sys tem of the South," we pronounce utterly and unqualifiedly mendacious, as its In sinuation is mean and eoutcmptible. So far from this being the case, we have had occasion to congratulate the planters and the laborers upon a most wholesome state of affairs agriculturally. The negroes, as a general thing in Georgia, have abandoned the nuuluess of political strife, and gone to work with commendable industry and cheerfulness. This excellent change on their part lias met with a cordial response. Had it not been for the drought, employers and employed would have had a most com fortable provision laid aside for Christmas; and, even as times go, tliore will be many a planter whose purse will be well filled this Winter, and thousands of Georgia negroes who will be able, next season, to buy mules, laud, buggies and what ever cash can bring. And "yet, while we have profound agreement here in Geor gia; while,the planters are straiuiug every nerve to more enough of their crops to give the blacks their uttermost earn lugs; while the laborers Are not in the least apprehensive of losing their wages— this wretched Pennsylvania inouutebauk lugs out from his cabinet of curiosities the identical *• skinued nigger” with whose carcase—manufactured in Massachusetts— he “fired the Northern heart” a few months ago. If the Pennsylvania Republicans are still willing to be deluded by this stale trick—why let them be. But it would be a beneficial thing for them and for mankind If somebody would compel Mr. Forney, having made so much money out of the show, to swallow his “ skinned uigger” as j an appropriate conclusion to his frantic and dramatic display. The " Seven Senators.”—The seven Senators who voted against the impeach ment of Andrew Johnson have not been fortunate, as a general thing. Fessenden, of Maine, Is dead. Grimes, of lowa, is nearly dead. Henderson, of Missouri, and Van Winkle, of West Virginia, have been laid or the shelf. Fowler, of Tennessee, will probably give way to Johnson.— Trumbull, of Illinois, and Ross, of Kansas, still hold their own. A Learned Theban.—Senator Wh.son has written a history of the “ Bite and Fait of Slaoery.” Coming from a mau who thought Wellington fought the battle of Waterloo in Spain, this history will be about 'as valuable as “ Cnclt Tom's Cabin," Although rather small In several senses, Oraut l» a man of eouuiuullug prettnH. , A Good Resolution.— The citizens and j merchants of Blackville, S. C., §pd thej planters of the vicinity, held a mdfcing on Tuesday,3lst ult.,at whicjftt Wtm agPK-<ln»t Ito purchase cotton or other produce .be tween the hours of eight o'clock at night aud daylight iu the monflpg-.. This action has-been made necessary.from the great aud increasing evil to which planters and others are subjected by thieving negroes, who plunder their fields and gin houses of* 'cotton and other produce, and disposed their men between two lights. It is m the high est degree commendable that the mer chants and dealers in Blackville have so generally resolved to lend their as- sistance in the abatement of this glar ing evil, which is no more apparent in that section than in other communities we wot of, which might well assist to break up, to a considerable extent, this vile prac tice of midnight thieving by a similar con cert of action among honest merchants to adhere to similar regulations, and a fixed purpose to discover and expose all persons who make themselves parties to the con tinuation and encouragement of illicit traffic. We regard this as a most.import ant matter in the protection of the planter, aud one in which the merchants of cities, towns, villages and communities should combine to promote. The Blueberry Pickers of Skowhe g an. —A floating paragraph states that in Skowheaan. Maine, the rush lor the blue berry plains has begun. Large numbers Os teams passed through the North Village daily and nightly for the Dead River \ aliej. Georgia lias on hand a few Skowhegans, whose reputation as first class “ pickers” has been fully attested in other less reputa ble pursuits than blueberry gathering, whom it is hoped this paragraph may in duce to return to their native heath and former pursuits. The Difference.— The New York Ex press says: “ Georgia rejected the proposed fifteenth amendment, and directed Governor Bullock so to transmit to the Federal Government. Governor Bullock has dis obeyed the direction. The New York Le gislature ratified the amendment, aud ne glected to direct Governor Hoffman to transmit their action to the Federal Gov ernment. The Radicals, in perfect charac ter, abuse Hoffman aud applaud Bullock, the one for disobeying orders, aud the other for not doing what he was not asked or bound to do.” Gen. Longstreet. —General Long street “ claitns that whilst he is politically damn ed, Virginia is commended for adopting the very class of ideas and the very line of action which he two years ago saw and stated was iu the way of the inexorable logic of events.” . We df» not know that anybody particu larly “ commends Virginia but the dif ference between the Old Dominion after Gen. Longstreet is this: The one thought she was compelled to stoop, aud the other stooped of his own accord. Bio Noses.—A French traveler, M. de Villeneuve, speaks in this wise concern ing the enormous nasal protuberances of the Georgians of Europe: <* On your arrival at the very frontier of the country you cannot escape from the conviction that, at the sight of these Geor gian noses, alt noses, whether Greek, Ro man, Spanish, or even Neapolitan-or Ty rolese, should hide themselves with shame. The Georgian noses are of every shape and of everv color, but the red and the purple predominate. You have but to press them between your fingers, and from the smallest would flow a pint of the wine of Kafcctia.” And yet the owners of these noses are the fathers of the most beautiful women in the world! A Goon Point.—That is a good point made against Lady Byron by William llowrrT. Ibis thus stated: “ There is little doubt that the altered conduct of Lady Byron toward her hus band was the result of her father’s repre sentations, backed up by some odious story. He traces the conduct of the wife in buying up the husband’s memoir and destroying it, and asks if the evidence of a party des troying the evidence of an opponent can be accepted. The same act of depriving Byron of the opportunity for self-justification de prived the wife of the right to advance fresh charges.” A New Slogan.—The rallying cry of the Democratic party of Massachusetts is “ Adeems and liberty — to get drunk /” Mr. J. Q. A.’s performances fri the South, some time back, entitle him to lead the column. Aside, however, from badinage, this slogan is not a bud one, Since it is the reaction against Puritanical prohibition, which has done more to make New Eng landers hypocritical dram-drinkers than anything else. Despotism.—The Emperor Napoleon has pardoned all French political exiles, without reservation and without any iron clad oath. Imperialism is more maguami mous than Republicanism, in these days. California.—Gov. Haight telegraphs that California is overwhelmingly Domo ci-atic, and that the Democrats have three fourths of the Legislature. That settles the XVth Amendment, as far as California is concerned. John A. Logau recently made a speech at Carbondale, Illinois, in which he said the election of Lincoln “ caused the De mocracy to reel and stagger.” Logan op posed the election of Ltncolu bitterly.— The Quincy Herald , in this connection, says: •‘The only Democrat that we saw that “ reeled and staggered,’ was John A. Lo gan, who was beastly drunk arouud the streets of Springfield threatening to abbot Stephen A. Douglass because he had taken ground in support of the war." John A. Logau is Just as much a genuine patriot as the paste-breast-pin that tin* rascally fellow patted off on poor Mrs. Lincoln was a genuine diaumud. Public Meeting of Planters. BAiansTOijjf, September 10,1869. A number of the planters ol Greene and Oglethorpe conntlea held a meeting to-day, to take Into consideration the recent act of the commission merchants of Augusta in •increasing, their commissions for selling cotton. Rev. John R. Young was called to the Chair, and Dr. William Cheny was ap pointed Secretary. A committee of five was appointed ty prepare business for the meeting, Yhe committee consisting of the following named gentlemen : Win. O. Che ny, Esq., Capt. J. F. Geer, Capt. A. J. Wat son, Jasper K-inuebrew, Esq., and Rev. J no. 5. Young. The committee reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, A large majority of the com mission merchants of Augusta have com bined to raise the commissions on cotton to two and onc-half per cent., being double the former rates, which we consider an im position on the planters of the State; there fore, be it Resolved, Tiiat we, the farmers of this vicinity, will not aid or patronize any ot those commission merchants who have en tered into tins combination, but will use every legitimate means in our power against them, aud will favor those who still adhere to the old rates of one and one-quarter per cent., which is, in our opinion, sufficiently remunerative. Resolved , That we are not actuated m this matter by any motives of selfishness or prejudice; but from a sense of duty and self-defense, since among those who have raised their commissions are old friends with whom we have long dealt, aud with whom we regret to part in our business re lations. , Resolved, That we do pledge ourselves to adhere both to the letter and spirit of the above resolutions, and we do earnestly re quest ail the farmers through our section of the State to co-operate with us iu resist ing this imposition. Resolved, That, copies of these proceed ings be furnished the I)ady Cltronicle and Sentinel and Constitutionalist, by the Sec retary, with the request thit they be pub lished. On motion, the meeting adjourned, sub ject to the call of the Chairman. Rev John R. Young, Chairman. W.m. Cheney, M. D., Secretary. [communicated.] Augusta, September 10th, ISG9. Mr. Editor : Permit me through your columns to call the attention of the citi zens of Augusta and of St: Louis, Missouri, to the great importance of an air line rail road between the two cities as a compli ment to the Port Royal Road. A glance at the map shows that Port Royal is the nearest Atlantic port to St. Louis—nearer by several hundred miles than New York. An air line from Port Royal passes through Augusta, thence up the valley of the Sa vannah, through a fertile cotton region, now without railroad facilities, to Clarkes ville, thence through the copper and coal regions of North Georgia and East Ten nessee, through, the fertile valley of East Tennessee, then through the Cumberland mountains into the rich country of.MMdle Tennessee, West Kentucky and Southern .Illinois. Scarcely one foot of territory is passed through whose local business .will not pay handsomely, Even the, couutry around Clurkesville will draw travel enough in Summer to pay a good dividend on the only part, of the road tiiat will run tßraugh a' comparatively poor seetiou.— But that it will pay the stockholders is sufficiently obvious without elaborating the point." One thing I will add, however, the road will cross all the great lines of railway iu Tennessee, Kentucky and South ern Illinois, thus affording them their near est outlet to the ocean. In a word, the road will form a Grand Truuk, to which the whole railway system of the West, includ ing the Pacific Railway, will be tributary. Thus much to show that the road will pay as an investment. Will it be of suffi cient advantage to the two cities to induce their citizens, as such, to embark in the en terprise? I think so. Augusta becomes at once a grand distributing depot, and the only one for East Georgia aud West South Carolina, of the products of the West— which can then be obtained very much cheaper than is now the case. The cotton region passed through is healthy and much of the land now lying idle on the upper Savannah will be eagerly sought and brought under cultivation. Copper and coai from the mountains will seek your market also. The advantages to St. Louis are equally obvious. Port Royal becomes at once her eutre-pot. All her foreign Imports, from the fashions of France to the spices of-the Indies, must be poured Into her lap through this channel. Her exports of provisions must pass oat of the same door, to say nothing of her coming trade with the far W'est and the farther East. But Verb Sap. The Planters and their Factors. <- letter From a planter. Sparta, Ga., September 9,1889. Messrs. Editors Constitutionalist: The difficulty now existing between the planters and their factors we think easy of adjustment by men of liberal views of both side*. I always thought that unless two and one-half (2}£) per cent, commissions was an exorbitant charge, one and one quarter (1 b£) per cent, could not be a living rat?. Our commission merchants have tried both; and they state that onfc and one-quarter (1 }£) per cent, is not suffi cient ' remuneration. They now propose to charge two and one-half per cent, and'make no charge for weighing or re weighing and the city tax of one quarter (Mos one per cent. The advance then is not one hundred (100) per cent. ,as supposed, but only about sixty (60) per cent. For one I shall not leave- my old factors for so small an advance, and am perfectly willing to pay it after learning the above facts. One of Them. Aberdeen and Elyton Railroad.—A meeting in furtherance of this enterprise, was held at the Court House of Fayette county, Ala. The object of this road is to form a tew and nearer route from Aber deen to New York, by two routes—the one by Chattanooga, Knoxville and Lynch burg, by the road from Elyton to Chatta nooga ; the other, by the same road to junction of that road with the one now pro jected from Rome to Decatur, Alabama, and thence via Atlanta and the Georgia Air Line Road, to Charlotte, North Caro lina. This road will doubtless be built. It will be important as a feeder to the Savan nah and Memphis Road, as well in bring ing in the cotton of the country through which it passes to this city In search of au Eastern market, as au Inviter of freights from New York eta Savannah, destined for the country on the line of tlfht road and to Aberdeen, for the reasou of It* being much nearer than any route now existing or that sver can be built. This will give addition al value to the stock of the Savanuah ami MemphU Road, and at the same time add to the commerce of Columbus. LCWNihto Am. i [From the New York Day Book. Weak Theories and Little Faith. The Baltimore Statesman Says f “What the Democrat* of Virginia dhl last month, we are ready to do in 1672 fqr the Presidency.” ”, Well, we are mot. If any kind of a negro suffrage, or negro equality party is to suc ceed in 1872, it must be the party now in power. Should the Democratic party break like a bubble into the foul sea of Mongrelism, fhen the State governments will all be annihilated,-aud the very civili zation of onr race will be permanently the winning party in \ irglnia, as well as by the losing party, are to succesu again at the next Presidential election, it is best for our country and best for hu manity that the Grant party should go in again, leaving the Democratic party still in the field, with the ancient banners of self-government and white supremacy fly in" above the black and merciless despotism assented to in the policy of Virginia. We are not complaining of what the Deco crats of Virginia thought it best to dq in the late election as a temporary ex pediency—but to propose to switch the great Democratic party off on this by path of Mongrelism, and give np the con flict for self-government, liberty, and white supremacy, is madness, or something far more fatal and dishonoring than mad ness. The Baltimore Statesman denounces the Democrats who still adhere to the principle of Democratic liberty as “ im practical politicians, who presist in refus ing to adapt themselves to the changed circumstances produced by the war, and are resolved on fighting the inevitable.”— This, strange to shy, is a string which the Statesman plays upon every Week, as though it were thg only one left upon its fiddle— But the Baltimore Gazette takes an oppo site course entirely. It does not regard ne gro suffrage, State annihilation, and ail the other abominations of Congress, as “ in evitable.” Nor, so far as we know, does a single reliable Democratic paper in the country do so. The Baltimore Gazette cor rectly indicates the general toue of the Democratic press iu the following para graph : “ Nevertheless, it is onr duty as journal ists to vindicate principles, even if the mass of the people have apparently ceased to care about them, aud to denounce the wrong, even though some grow weary of the language of complaint. In the hope of the ultimate regeneration of the country, we shall continue to keep before the people the fallen and degraded condition of our once proud Republic.” A “ So-Called” Turned Out of the Georgia Railroad Passenger Train— The Atlauta Constitution, of yesterday, says: “■ Platt Madison, so-called representative from Lincoln county, on Monday evening last, was put off the Georgia train at De catur bv Conduct* Miller. It seems that Platt, at first, presented a pass to Augusta, signed by Col. Halbert, Superintendent of the State Road, which conductor Miller refused to recognize, as it was not counter signed bv General Anderson, agent at At lanta. Platt then offered a thousand mile ticket, which Mr. Miller declined to recog nize. as it was out of date; and accordingly, as Platt refused to pay his fare, he put him to the regret of the lady who was traveling under Platt’s charge. Conductor Miller is recognized as one of the best con ductors in the sendee of the Georgia Rail road, and we do not believe would exceed his duty, while he would come fully up to it. We learn that Mr. Platt Madison de signs sueing the Georgia Railroad Company for this act of their agent in putting him off, claiming heavy damages. The case will perhaps be brought in DeK-alb Supe rior Court, and when it is tried, it will be a a highly interesting case. It is a question whether the Railroad Company can limit the time of a thousand mile ticket.” A Female Cuban Sympathizer —The Macon Journal and Messenger-, of Tuesday, has the following: “ About six o’clock last evening we met the first detachment, of Cuban patriots that our eyes ever rested upon. They consisted of something like fourteen patriots, rang ing from 14 to 30 years of age, who had been captured at Eufaula, Ala., by Hon. J. Mi Hedge, U. S. District Attorney, Major Watson and U. S. Deputy Marshal Cox.— The party left on Saturday morning for the “ Queen of the Antilles,” and were found camped out at Franklin, Ala., where they surrendered without firing a gun.— The whole party are now carefully impris oned in the rooms over Hon. W. C. Mor rill’s office, and will be examined by that officer at 10 o’clock to-day. Among them is one of the fair sex, dressed in men s clothes, who' was as enthusiastic as her companions. The whole party will.be dealt with to-day in approved form. "Through the courtesy of Hon. John Milledge, we were fa vored with au inter view with the lady recruit, who stated to us that her age was 24 years. Her hus band was killed at the battle of Gettys burg, when she was left a widow with a little child, now seven years of age. She fell in love with a young man, who met her at her residence in Atlanta, and she agreed to go with liim on the Cuban expedition, with the intention of leaving the crowd in Florida, where her relatives reside. At the time Gen. Costa was beating up for re cruits in this city, she occupied rooms at Brown’s Hotel, Where she had her hair cut and assumed the habilimeuts of the oppo site sex. As soon as her sex was discover ed, Col. Milledge gave orders to have her placed in a room by herself, where she now remains under guard. The whole affair will be investigated this.morning.” A Settled Fact.—We are enabled to state, from the best information, that the cotton crop of this vicinity will not exceed one-half what .we had a right to expect, from the appearance of things five weeks ago. Never was there such a complete re versal of crop matters as since the eclipse. The early corn is generally pretty good, but the late corn is almost a total failure. Avery few of our best farmers, who got in their crop very early, and tended them ex traordinarily well, are but slight sufferers —thus showing the great importance of reducing farming operations to a. perfect science. But if "Spalding and vicinity is suffering, the counties North and East are in much worse fix. Some of them will make almost nothing. This great reaction has produced a most depressing effect upon many of bur people, but should cotton keep up to present prices, there will still be a large amount of money for general circula tion.—Griffin Star. Capt. Jas. A. Simpson has been appoint ed Assistant United States Deputy Marshal at Macon. Fort Pulaski has been made a separate post, and the posts of St. Augustine and Fort Brooks, Florida, discontinued. Mr. B. S. Lester, a merchant formerly of Georgetown, K. C., has opened a store In Rome. Rome Is u perfect plaster, drawing from all quarters,
