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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1870)
the weekly ooHßTrnrnojTALi§f WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAT 25,1870. 0«r Mew York Correspondence. " New Tohk, May 15,1870. Cotton has developed a stronger tone daring the past week than I have noticed in more than a year. 1 mentioned the cause of it some three weeks ago, bat it did not then attract mach attention, and the sub seqnent free receipts at the ports caused it to be lost sight of, or regarded as valueless as'against the effect of those receipts. Now, however, we have seen Liverpool advanc ing when that market was expected to de cline. The shipments from Bombay show a large falling off as compared with last year; the East India cotton is not so de sirable In quality as last year, and therefore requires a much larger admixture of American cotton to work it; and the con- sumption of all descriptions of cotton has inaterially Increased. Accounts from Man chester show that so far from, increased estimates of the current crop of American cotton producing any depression, they ex cited much enthusiasm among spinners, as a guarantee of an ample supply of cotton for the future, which would permit them to enter upon a full production of goods. This is not the first time that an increased supply of a leading staple has led to an advance in the price of it. General business has become fltfol in its and the upward tendency which prevailed in April seems now to be want ing. Indian corn, which has been very scarce, is now arriving more freely, and all apprehensions of a serious scarcity are dissipated. The McFarland trial terminated on Tues day, with a verdict of “Not Guilty.” Every body anticipated this. And yet the degree of public interest which was excited dur ing the last few days of the trial has never been exceeded in any of the celebrated cases which have marked the- history of our criminal courts in the past quarter of a century. Mr. John Graham, the counsel for the defense, In his address to the jury on Monday, went over the testimony in the case, and in doing so, spared not Mrs. Mc- Farland nor “ her paramour,” Richardson, nor the witnesses for the prosecution, nor the whole school of “ Tribune free-lovers,” and has drawn upon himself many exhibi tions of the.r malice and resentment. The termination of the case in the courts has been followed by the publication of a long statement of Mrs. McFarland’s, detailing her courtship and marriage with McFar land ; the quarrels between them; the man ner of her acquaintance with Richardson, and the inception of her intrigue with him. She reveals in this statement the character of a weak, impulsive, ambitious and reck less woman, t The news boys made a great success of it, by crying “ Ere’s the Hextra Iribune —got Mrs. McFarland’s Confusion," and perhaps this Is the best criticism upon it Accompanying this statement, or confes sion, were memoranda from Richardson; one purporting to be written nearly two years before he was killed, In which is set forth the manner and extent of his intrigue with Mrs; McFarland. He chivalrously endeav ors to exculpate her, and takes all the blame of their premature intimacies upon himself. He expresses the opinion that McFarland was insane, and would un doubtedly attempt his lite. He leaves no donbt that if he had seen McFarland sooner on the fatal night, in the Tribune office, it would have been the quickest trigger and the steadiest aim which would have decided the question of life and death between them. I learn, also, that Mrs. McFarland says she is quite wluitfg to be lieve that her husband was insane when he took Richardson’s life, for he (McFarland) had been a madman for years. McFar latad is blustering a good deal since his ac quittal, and may so conduct himself that' it may be necessary to take some steps to prevent him doing farther mischief. It is reported that his counsel have not been paid, the otlher expenses of his defense hav ing swallowed up all that his friends could contribute or raise. It is notable, in con nection witlj this trial, that the Herald has never once printed. John Graham’s name, and has published but a meagre sketch of his address to the jury. £nd “thereby hangs a tall.” Twenty years ago John Graham was counsel In a libel suit against the Herald, and bore down pretty hard upon its publisher. He was soon afterward a candidate for an important office, when the Herald abused him ferociously, where upon Mr. Graham cowhided Bennett.— Hence the feud. Intelligence by mail leaves no doubt that a formidable attempt has been made re cently upon the life of Napoleon 111. Preparatory to the judicial election whlGh is to take place on Tuesday, 2,870 colored voters were registered on Friday and Saturday in this city, and nearly as many more will vote In Brooklyn. It is expected that they will “ fight nobly.” We have at length some fine Spring weather, and vegetation is coming forward. We have, however, a large supply of early Spring vegetables from Charleston. We are to have a “ tournament" at the Brooklyn Prospect Park, after the manner in which such entertainments have been gotten up Id the Southern States. It has been undertaken at the suggestion of Mr. Gallaher, late editor of one of the Rich mond dallies, and, if successfnl, will prob ably give anew direction to onr Summer enjoyments. Some young ladies of Brook lyn recently had a trial at archery, under the patronage of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association. Prizes were awarded to the most skillful. This week was a “ week of weeks " to the strong-minded of the feminine persua sion. Not only one, bat two conventions having been simultaneously held, each de voted to the cause of Woman’s Rights, though divided one against the other. One presided over by Tilton, of the Independent, conjointly with Mrs. Stanton, has occupied Apollo Hail while the other, under the especial patronage of Beecher and Lucy Stowe, have made Steinway Hall re-echo to their outcries against the men. The assemblage first named style themselves the “Union Woman’s Suffrage Society," and the latter the “ American Women’s Suffrage Association.” Which of these being the preferable title we do not feel ourselvea competent to decide. The rival assemblies, however, though harboring against each other a sufficient share of the animosity usually engendered by a “ quar rel in the family, yet think it necessary to preserve an outward show of becoming affection, and, consequent on this, have In terchanged little notes most touchingly affectionate In their tone. The attendance at.their meetings has been sparse, nor has It made np In quality that which has In quantity been wanting, both audience and performers being in theee particulars much alike. The number of women wae not great, hut the propor tion of Nfly women hae been such that no wan poeeeeslng anything of manhood amid have remsimn Inside, and. to consequence, the few men who have warn there huv< I been rather deplorable »i<eelme«» of ih»lr j see, who set sod teiru nit the storms of, It-mmlH* rage, which were suMoUint to j have overwhelmed su entire army, Among > ili> orators hae been an old Mgro woman, I ope httlidredah'l ifirm > cm* »t igu, if Is* Bojotnuer Truth, the practical, disposed of photographs of herself among the audience at 60 cents apiece. * The division in the ranks of the strong minded took place about a year ago In the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, when Mrs. Stowe, with a numerous body of adherents, seceded from the jurisdiction of Mrs. Stanton and her prime minister Snsan, and organized a company of their own. This division, however, so far from being accounted an evidence of weak ness, is more property to be considered a symptom of growing strength, for It is only when an association feel a degree of strength within themselves that they can afford to dispute upon or think seriously In regard to minor matters; when very weak, they are only too glad at ail hazards to cling together. Both conventions are now at an end, nor has anything very new or of special Interest been enunciated. A proposition that “ women should have the right to choose their own husbands” was received with much approval. This is indeed the season of anniversaries of all sorts, and now that the McFarland trial is over, people amuse themselves by going to these. “ Gin and milk,” too, is one of the popu lar sensations, and bids fair to rival “ Shoo Fly,” which has so long held its own.— The Presbyterians are ranging themselves into opposite parties on tiie question, the friends of Mr. bmythe affirming that in gin and milk there is no sin, while his enemies maintain that to drink the same is an un pardonable offense. Jnst now we have at the Academy the Parepa Rosa Troupe, who are performing English operas, and next week two or three nights of Italian opera wiil be ventured upon. At the Fifth Avenue Theatre Frou Frou, after a very successful run, will be withdrawn. Lydia Thompson’s Troupe is still at Niblo’s.Fechteratthe Theatre Fran cois, and John 8. Clark at Booth’s. At Fisk’s are the Twelve Temptations, which proved a success. It is said that in the Fall the Black Crook will be revived at Niblo’s Willoughby. Our Washington Letter. Washington, May 12,1870. The statement of Mrs. McFarland-Rich ardson, published In the New York Tri bune of yesterday, was the great topic of interest here last evening. The paper was In great demand. The supplies of the newsdealers were soon exhausted, and copies of the free-love organ passed from hand to hand until quite worn out with fre quent fingering and folding. A few found the statement of this woman “ splendid,” and declared that it completely exonerated her, Richardson, and the rest of the free lovers. It is needless to say that these were persons reared in the same school as the party to the late tragedy—men and women who sit under Henry Ward Beecher, and find sweet consolation and guidance in the teachings of the New York Independent and Tribune. But the great majority of the people in Washington who read, last eve ning, this story of a woman’s life, as told by the woman herself, were both shocked and disgusted. No one pretended to de fend McFarland or to extenuate his con duct. He may have been as bad a man as his wife declares—he may have been even more. That does not justify her conduct nor sanction a publication characterized by bad taste and loose morals. The attacks upon thie free-love clique, of which the Iri bune office is the nucleus, are fully justified by the statement made public over the sig nature of Abby Sage Richardson. A wife, while living with her husband, receives notes or love and Nccepts t» proposal or notes or love and » ccepts n proposal or marriage from another. Her defense is that, having made up her mind to separate from her husband, she considered herself morally divorced from him, and free to ac cept the love and proposals of others. This is the free-love theory in a nut shell. Mrs. McFarland may not have been a bad wo man at heart. She was what associations and teaching made her. She became per meated through and through with the doubtful morality of free-loving New Eng land ; she was surrounded by evil counsel lors, and she fell. One man lost his life in consequence, another has narrowly escaped the gallows, and all through the pernicious teachings of the disciples of free-love. Hon. W. C. Sherrod, member of Congress from Alabama, has just returned from a brief visit to his home, occasioned by the illness of his wife. Mr. Sherrod enjoys the very rare distinction of being Southern “ born, raised and bred,” and of being in reality as well as in name, o representative of the people of his district. Being un fortunately a Democrat as well as a South ern man, Mr. Sherrod’s field of usefulness has been somewhat circumscribed ; but he has not been idle. If a bill for a Southern Pacific Railway passes the present session it will be largely due to Mr. Sherrod’s un tiring exertions. It is so seldom one has an opportunity for saying anything in praise of the so-called Southern Senators and in the Forty-first Con gress that I trust I shall be excused now for bestowing praise where praise is due. Mr. Sherrod has positively refused the nomination for re-election, his business re quiring him at home. He will, however, take an active part ih the canvass ; aud Will exert himself as heretofore to restore his State to Democratic rule. There is, it appears, a positive pecuniary benefit resulting from unremitting and vio lent personal abuse. John Russell Young has found It so. His Standard has floated into a paying circulation under the (s)can dle-ous rays of Dana's Sun. J. R. Y. has had more gratuitous advertising than any man who ever embarked in journalism.— And advertising always pays. One news dealer here sells 125 copies of the Standard daily—more than all the other New York papers combined. At Willard’s Hotel it is only led by the Herald and Sun. Mr. Young owes his success to Mr. Dana’s abuse and persecutions and should feel grateful ac cordingly. Thffieuate Judiciary Committee is evi dently very much in earnest in its investi gations of Bullock's operations here. They were not altogether satisfied with .Mr. D. C. Forney’s statement (the publisher of the Chronide), and thought SI,BOO rather a large sum for printing Senator Morton’s blood and thunder Ku Klux speech. Yes terday they had the publisher of the Na tional Republican before them, and took his evidence aa to the rates of advertising In Washington, etc. Bullock Is to be the next witness, and then the investigation will close. Nothing authentic In relation to the anticipated disclosures of the inves tigation Is obtainable at present. The evidence Is alt to be printed, however, when the committee have concluded tbelr labors. " Hhoo-Kly ” Cox got off two very good things to-day during the debate on the tariff. Us criticised the spelling of a cer tain word In the bill, and said if Webster was correct It wss mis-spelled. Msynsrd, of Tenimseee, who hae tariff on th« brain, asked Hr. Cog If he had to go to ths tile i tiopsry (o find out how Inc word wss | spoiled, “ Mo," promptly repllatl Cox 1 1 "(h 1 dictionary ram# to gt<*" The hunk i bad beeu brought to him ! >y a peg*. (Ho pun Is Intended reader I Mter sir, * os VrtU* Ised fl set IlHlhre MpllUOSlgtiOb Os U j wold ThsJt< e»t eiMinirsd If ih»wswl»er now until eternity. (General and continued laughter.) I know the answer 1s not a very proper one, but It is the way In which the gentleman answers me. It is his style.” (More laughter.) The Speaker now rapped vigorously with his hammer. Butler made a motion as If he was about to say some thing, but finally joined in the laugh against himself and sat down. . . The Senate is discussing Wilson’s bill for the reduction of the army; and the House has up the tariff bill. It is very dull in and around the Capitol. The House Reconstruction Committee did not have a quorum this morning and consequently did nothing with Georgia It is hardly probable now that they will report before next week. The members of the Bullock lobby have not yet arrived, though daily expected. Am. BULLOCK’S PROGRAMME— THE STATE HOAD GEN. JORDAN AND CUBA —FASHIONABLE MULATTO WEDDING—SOFT CRABS. „ Washington, May 16,1870. An agent of Bullock’s has arrived here to reopen the crusade against the people of Georgia. Bullock’s present programme, of which you have had intimation by tele graph, Is to secure the adoption of a bill drawn by Beast Butler and identical with the Virginia bill, save that it will contain a clause permitting the organization of a negro militia. This, on the face, Is so much of a concession from the Bullockites, that it is thought the bill can be got through both Houses without delay. There is a trick in it, however; and,if adopted, Bullock thinks there will be no difficulty in perpetuating the Legislature. Indeed, he is confident of it; and hence the Bullock lobby will write for the Butler bill. If Congress does permit itself to be made the tool of Bullock & Cos., it will not be through ignorance; for this latest carpet-bag plot will be promptly and fully exposed. Thus the fight over Georgia will commence anew at its first starting point, when Mr. Bingham triumphed over Beast Butler, as it is to be hoped he may triumph again. Bullock’s name appears in a bill which has passed the Senate for incor porating the Southern Express Company, which is to carry on the express business south of Washington. It is rumored here that the State Road will be disposed of to this company, which will not only be a good investment of itself, for the corpora tors, but will enable the Southern Express Company to maintain exclusive control over a large amount of express business.— This project is believed to have given rise to the report that Bullock had sold the State Road to the Adams Express Com- pany. S. M. Shoemaker, Superintendent of the Adams Express Company at Baltimore, is one of the corporators of the Southern Express Company. Bullock has evidently given up all hopes of being perpetuated In office, and Is looking elsewhere than to the State Treasury of Georgia for the means wherewith to purchase purple and fine linen, Havana cigars and wine baths. Bollock has been an expensive luxury to the people of Georgia, and ts he suc ceeds in making away with the State Road before the expiration of his official term he will make himself very dear indeed. Gen. Jordan is daily expected in Wash ington. He has no intention of abandon ing the Cuban cause as has been so exten sively reported. On tbecontrary, when he has completed his mission in this country, he will return to Cuba and enter the field again. The friends of Cuba are anxious that vyhile he is in Washington he shall appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Commft ‘«“m Foreign Affairs, both nf wbieh ho.ro resolutions in relation to the recognition of Cuba pending before them. If he cannot be summoned in due form, it is desired that he should be permitted to appear and make an informal statement as to the condition of affairs in the Ever Faithful Isle,— This will probably be done. His views have, however, been given to the publfc very fvlly through the exertions of the interviewing reporters of the New York press. Apparently very little interest is taken in the affairs of Cuba in official cir cles here; and Secretary Fish, it is well known, looks through the gold-rlmmed Spanish spectacles of his son-in-law, Mr. Webster, of New York, who is the counsel for the Spanish Government in this coun try. A great deal has been said in the news- papers about the approaching marriage of a daughter of Downing, the colored Con gressional caterer. It has been assumed, because of the prefixes “De La ” to the name of the groom, (that is to be), that he is white, and a Frenchman. This is a mis take. Mr. De La Reintre is a Boston darky, who has adopted a distingue name. Nothing can be easier; and the traditional Pomps, Sambos, George Washingtons, etc., etc., will soon give way to names from the ranks of the French nobility and the Eng lish peerage. But to the Downing wed ding. It has already, “made a stir in fashionable circles,” and in this way: The ceremony Is announced to take place at one of our most fashionable churches, and will be performed by the daintiest of Rev. Creafficheeses. This fact fires with fury the feminine fashionables, who look upon the proceedings as anything but coleur de rose. Downing will not be put down, how ever, and the local Jenkinses will do full justice to the coming event. Colfax will be present with his smile and the President with his cigar, and rude and untutored Africans will throng the aisles and infest the pews. “ Niggers has riz." A Bohemian strolling np the avenue the other day—everybody calls Pennsylvania avenue the avenue—was attracted by an announcement of “softcrabs” In the win- dow of a restaurant. Dinner time was several hours distant, and the Bohemian thought he would indulge In a lunch. He was told the crabs were the “first of the season,” and rather small. He thought he could manage a dozen nroiied. He ordered them. They were brought, aud with them a check, which was turned down by his plate. Tire crabs proved small indeed, and not particularly good either. They were disposer! of, however, under protest. In reply to complaints as to the size and quality of the crabs, the waiter responded that they were “ very dear.” 80 the par taker found them, on turning over his eheck, which called for flee dollars. The Bohemlun departed a fuller but a wiser man, and with a considerable hole In his pockctbook. It only remains to be said that the writer did not lunch on crabs that day. Am- THE AUOUSTA POST OFFICR-PBIIICR AIM* iUUIIKIi—TIfK OKOIWJIA QUESTION— ItOK NELSON TIFT BEFORK THE EEOONOTRUO TIOR COMMITTEE—AAKOR ALFROUIA JtIB UMtW A FA Mi'll l-RT AOAIMST NULLOCS. Washington, May IN, INTO. Doubtless a curtain amount ut Intern* 1 Crtuiua to the inovsipoiiU of the 1 *r|wt uui ts who misrepresent (ImruUi In I Washington, Prlnisi, tin osl* n»lbT« Post master of your eltf, still Huger* hern, ff*--1 i ita* t* mh confirmed i why 'foes be not /«•»• , I fur Augusta, amt uuiiuim the -inin »ut i ln ! U/ «ahi* b fin wss appointed l'*r : lisps I mm glr« a solution ni ths*l I problem Tbi i«o#t#n«*t*r»liip la a #ur< j I thing i and widl* the port tfilhui I# run J SssSrßEfcS'iSS ft? W 5& toa»ues F aw U i°i' t Coo ®' ress * h « his col »re striving for admission into the SSKSSS-T* Thls would seem to wdXt pcraoM a hopeless struggle, especially as the House early in the pre* ent session adopted a resolution declaring that these “ e “ aot be admitted. Still they arc Halil 1 h ? pc ’ and haun t the Cap litohaa~™Jrg,nS ‘heir absurd claims Is l in “?* worthy o{ R better cause. effo^ ts 10 secure back pay and mileage .or positions to which they were not ,n some measure Georgia question, and more wk y u play lnt °the hands of Bul h’th» . T ght rcgard tbelr movements with the utmost concern. But when their C J,r^ flCt w ‘ th the bite rests of Gror fno!e to hl her adraisslon . “ml lend assist ance to her enemies, it becomes liecessarv to take notice of them. Prince, it is under n^H d wi P h ofeS ? es t 0 conservatism sub rosa, though bpi lt . to h® “nderstood thatal- B h nnwk h h^i oUtW n rdly 0n ROod 16,1113 with 1 y ° PP ° sed t 0 his bovine ,’fbness., and does not approve of the Bul lock-Blodgett plots against Georgia. This eo”? e . r J atls,n is merely assumed, however, fldence ofr m ' l,gle , with and the com RnUock I?p n if r ? tives ’ the better to serve Prfn»Vp ßuUock succ eeds in Ids schemes, i!«?„ X?™ 3 ? Se l that back pay and I , f , Bullock does not succeed, it is impossible that they can succeed. Hence all are embarked in the same boat, and must sink or swim together. is on foot for reorganizing the National Republican Executive Coni f?'“ e m e ," nd , the Congressional Campaign pOmmiUee for the Fall elections and the Presidential campaign of 1872. There is IvioriH .he ser ' ous contention between the “Vr“ d8 of f present Administration and others of the Republican party. Many Bepubllcftns denounce Grant’s Ad on as a failure ' and declare that with the exception of Boutwell, there is no "?^h er Cabiuet who represents any ™'nS- They want anew deal all round. Grant a friends claim that he is the only candidate available. Boutwell meanwhile }?2f yln S hfe wires with a view to flanking Grant, while the friends of Chase are urging his claims and thus still farther compltcat log the matter. Get). Sherman has not a ghost of a chance. If it had been decided to select a military candidate, Gen. Thomas, nad he lived, would have been the man. It need hardly be added that Grant expects a renomination. Indeed, he thinks, and has so expressed himself, that the Republican cannot get along witliouthlm and his Cabinet. . The House Reconstruction Committee decided yesterday upon just such a bill as I indicated in my telegram of the 14th inst., It reopens the Georgia question at the very initial point from whence It started at the beginning of the session, and leaves the whole battle to be fought over again. If this bill is adopted the present Legislature of Georgia will be perpetuated, Butler having every thing cut and dried to early out his schemes. The Senate has been engaged since Mon day last in discussing Stewart’s bill to en force the provisions of the Fifteenth Amend ment. It has met with the opposition of Republicans as well as Democrats, but will probably pass. Very conservative speeches have been made by Senators Ferry, Sawyer andiWarner. Messrs. Davis, Stewart and Morton have, as usual, done the Ku Klux, raw bead and bloody bones part of the business. Forney’s Chronicle this morning formally reads Mr., Ferry out of the Repub lican party for his speech yesterday; but I tion. Hon. J. Nelson Tift was before the House Reconstruction Committee yesterday and allowed ten minutes in which to explain the condition of affairs in Georgia. But ler’s bill was agreed upon by a majority of one only. At a special meeting of the committee held to-day it was decided that the bill should be put through without amendment, under the previous question. The intention is to make short work of Georgia, if possible. Your distinguished fellow-citizen, A. A. Bradley, has in press a pamphlet attacking Governor Bullock. It will be issued to morrow. Ami. The New Georgia Bill. The following is the bill ns reported; An Act to admit the State of Georgia to representation in the Congress of the United States. Whereas the people es Georgia have fram ed and adopted a constitution of State gov ernment which is Republican: and whereas the Legislature of Georgia, elected under said constitution, has ratified the Four teenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and whereas the performance of these several acts in good faith is a condition precedent to the representation of the State In Con gress ; therefore Be it enacted, &e., That the said State of Georgia is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States : Provided, That before any member of the Legislature of said State shall take or resume his seat, or any officer of said State shall enter upon the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe, and file in the office oftbe Secre tary of State of Georgia, for permanent pre servation, an oath or affirmation in the form following: “I, ■ —, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never taken an.oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support to Constitution of the United States, and afterward engaged in insurrection or re bellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. So help me God.” Or under the pains and penalties of perjury (as the case mar be.) Or such person shall, In like manner, take, sub scribe, and file the- following oath or affir mation: “I, ,do solemnly swear (or ufflrrn) that I have by act of Congress of the United States been relieved from the disabilities Imposed upon me by the Four teenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. So help me God.” Or under the pains and penalties of perjury, (aa the case may be); which oaths or affir mations shall be taken liefore and certified by any officer lawfully authorized to ad minister oath*. And any person who aball knowingly swear or affirm falsely lu taking either of such oaths or affirmations, shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be punished therefor by Imprisonment not lea* than one year and not more than ten years, and shall be fined not less than one thous and dollars and not more than ten thous and dollars. Aud In nil trials for any vio lation of this aet, the certificate of the tak ing of either of said oath* or affirmations, with proof of tits slgnaturs of ths party oe* cuaed, shall b* taken and buhl ns cone lu slvs evidence that such oath or affirmation was regularly and lawfully administered by aompeUmt authorityi Amt presided fur lh»r. That every saali person who slisll neglect I'd a purge) o ) thirty day* next af ter the pa-nags ‘it uil* get lo take, sub sort be nod fils send oaik or affirots'iou gs aforosel, shall li* deemed god taken l-o nil Intent* sod purpose* so have yg<j*<cd Ills I tion in Congress as one of the States of the Union, upon the following fundamental conditions: First. That the constitution of Georgia shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens or the United States of the right to vote who are entitled to vote by the constitution herein recognized, except as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common Jaw, whereof they shall have been duly convicted under lawsequally applicable to all the inhabitants of said State; Provided, That any alteration of said constitution, prospective In its effects, may be made in regard to the time and place of residence of voters. Second. That it shall never be lawful for the said State to deprive any citizen of the United States, on account of his race, color or previous condition of servitude, of the right to hold office under the constitution and laws of said State, or upon any such ground to re quire of him qualifications for office than such as are required of all other citizens. Third. That the constitution of Georgia shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive anv citizen or class of citizens of the United States of the school rights and privileges secured by the constitution of said State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act eutitled “ An act making appropriation for the support of the armv for the year ending June 30,1868, and for other purposes,” approved March. 2, 1867, as prohibits the organization, arming or calling into service of the militia forces In the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia, be and the same is hereby re pealed. [ Washington Correfportcnce of the N. Y. Herald. Bitter Encounter Between Radical Lead* ers—The Connecticut and Indiana Senators at Logerheads. A little skirmish between Senators Mor ton and Ferry, which began in the Senate yesterday afternoon, ended to-day in a regu lar set-to, wherein the combatants mauled each other for abont an hour and a half to the amusement if not the Instruction of the Senate. Both parties are in HI health and consequently a little excitable and easily irritated. The ostensible bone of conten tion was the bill to enforce the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment, but, as usual, the subject immediately under discussion was entirety ignored, neither party paying it the cold respect of a passing glance. Georgia, the rebellion, reconstruction, the Repnblican party, the future of the conn try. everything came in for a share of the debate except the provisions of the bill be fore the Senate. Ferry, who is a fluent speaker and a good decialmer, opened upon Morton, evidently smarting under the speech of the latter delivered yesterday. He sneered at the speech of Morton on the Georgia bill, and Intimated that it was gotten up for effect as a political campaign document. For fear that he might be mis understood he announced in advance that he was as good a Repnbltean as the Senator from Indiana. That Senator had made an assault upon him, and had accused him of aiding the rebels. He took strong ground in favor of universal amnesty and against the test act, or iron-clad oath, which he said ought to be repeated. Quoting from the speeches of Southern Senators and the platforms of Southern Repnblican Conven tions, he showed that the Repnblican lead ers of that section were largely In favor of removing the political disabilities of the late rebels. He denouncad the Idea of en acting ex post facto laws for the punishment of the rebels. Test oaths and disability laws had been shown through all history j loyal to governments. In nroof oft 3 instanced the cases of the Hungarians with 1 regard to Austria, and the Irish with rc -1 gard to England. The Senator closed with • warning the Republican party to cease fol ' lowing the lead of men like Morton, and ' an appeal for general articesty. 1 Senator Morton, who delivered his speech 1 sitting In his seat, commenced by express : ing astonishment at the ground taken by Ferry. He denied having begun the fight, or having made any assault upon the Sen ator from Connecticut. That Benator would find, however, that there would be blows to take in this controversy as well as blows to give, aud he shook his fist sig nificantly toward where Ferry sat. In a tone mingled with bitterness and sarcasm, Morton said: “ The Senator told us he was a Republican two or three times. It was well, sir, that he put that in, or a stranger listening to him might have thought it was a Democrat making the speech, and a very hitter one, too. It would please the rebels of the South and it would suit the Democ racy ol the North well.” Tha. Senator from Indiana then read the Senator from Connecticut out of the Republican party, without mercy or benefit of clergy. He advised him to take his seat on the Dem ocratic side of the Senate, or, better still, to link his fortunes with the disfranchised rebels. The Senator from Connecticut had gone farther than the moderate Democrats and Justified the rebellion. It was no crime, in his eyes, and If his doctrine was carried oat lie (Morton) looked to see the Senator welcoming Jeff Davis back to the Senate and leadiugJUm by the hand to the Clerk’s desk to take the oath. This pro duced a decided sensation, to break the effect of which Warner, of Alabama, asked if the Senator from Indiana regarded the perpetual disfranchisement of Jeff Davis as essential to the success of the Republi can party in Mississippi. Turning npon Warner, Morton gave It as his opinion that if the policy advocated by Ferry was adopt ed, the ex-rebels, after getting into power, would pitch the present Senators from the South out of the windows of the Capitol and instal the former leaders of the rebel- lion in their places. This was a settler for Warner, who, like the other carpet-bag Senators, stands no show of being re-elected. Whether Davis Is relieved or not. Wheeling around his chair In the direction of Garrett Davis’ seat, Morton said that much as the people of Kentucky loved and revered his venerable friend from that State (here Gar rett adjusted his spectacles, straightened himself up in his seat, aud, with his hand up to his car, listened eagerly to what was coming) they would gladly turn him out and put John C. Breckinridge In his seat if Ferry’s Ideas prevailed. Garrett, It is said, felt uncomfortable over this prophecy for the remainder of the day. The debate on the bill now before the Senate li likely to be quite protracted and very bitter between the rival factions of the Republican party. While the debate was in progress Senator Revels wrote a note to Senator Morton en dorsing all that he hod said with regard to the dangerous policy of relieving the ex rebels of their political disabilities. Pro bubly lie woe prompted to do this by the horrible picture which Morton drew of Jeff Davis returning to the Senate from Mis sissippi and marching arm In arm with Perry hi ths Clerk’s desk to take tlm oath aud uftarwards pushing Revels out of the window, Senator Sawyer, of South Carolina, who took part with Parry In III* tight and advonatad general nmuMy, an laialed hi lUvel* toauataln him The sable Senator, having already committed IMNlssif I U; Morton, wmldn’t m It in the light of (he South Carolina Sena'of, aud barb lie I N'/orhliuw if to bs< k up his leader ) BiU to Enter* the XVth Amendment. The following is the bill for the enforce* ment of the Fifteenth Amendment, which passed the House of Representatives on Monday: * Section 1. That any officer of the United States, or of any State, Territory or dis trict, and every officer of any city, county, township, borough, parish or hnndred in any State, Territory or district, who shall, by any official act whatever, or by the omission, neglect or refusal to perform any official act or duty whatever, whether under color or pretext of any provision of any State constitution or any law of any State, Territory or district whatsoever, or of any local, municipal or other law, rule or ordinance, deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote, on account of race, color or previous condi tion of servitude, at any Federal, State, county, municipal or other election, shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shad be punished by imprisonment of not less than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, or both such flue and im prisonment, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 2. That all colored citizens of the United States, resident in the several States of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at all elections In the State, county, parish, town, township, ward or hundred, of their residence, subject only to the same conditions which now are or may here after be required to qualify white citizens to vote therein. And any person who shall by force, fraud, intimidation or other un lawful means whatsoever, prevent any col ored citizen from voting at any such elec tion, who possesses the qualifications, ex cept in respect of color, requisite to enable a white citizen to vote thereat, shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned not less than six months and not exceeding one year, or be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dol lars, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, In the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. That in case the constitution or law of any State shall require the assess ment or payment of a tax as a qualifica tion of an elector, if any assessor or other officer elected or appointed under the laws of such State, arid authorized or required by the laws thereof to make any assess ment of persons or property for the pur pose of such taxation, shall refuse or wllr fully neglect to assess the person or prop erty of any colored citizen of the United States qualified as aforesaid, and residing in the town, hnndred, borough, township, parish, county, ward or district, for which said assessor or other officer shall have been elected or appointed as aforesaid, he shall for every such offense forfeit and pay the sum of SSOO to any person who will sue for the same, and shall for every such of fense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than SSOO, and be impris oned not less than one month. Sections four, five, atx, seven and eight impose like penalties in cases of officers and members of levy courts, registers or clerks, to record assessments, collections of taxes, and officers of election and of registration, who, In their several capaci ties, may prevent the exercise of the right of suffrage. Sec. 9. That if any person shall, by threats, violence or intimidation, prevent, or attempt to prevent, any citizen of the United States frdm the free exercise of his right to vote in any election at which mem bers of Congress or electors for President or Vice-President of the United States may b* voted for, such person so offending shall I be liable to Indictment, and on conviction 'tfW i prisonment not less than one year nor more than three years, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 10. That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of the sub's for forfeitures imposed and causes of action created by this aCT, and the Circuit and District Courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of the misdemean ors created by this act. Th» Author of the Southern Pacific Railroad.—The Albany Netes, In Com menting upon the probable passage by Congress of the Southern Pacific Railroad bill, pays a deserved tribute to the memory of one of Georgia’s most enterprising and far-seeing statesmen. It says: Thus is about to be consummated the pro ject of a uoble Georgian, who lived thirty years In advance of his time. The late Hon. Thomas Butler King, as early as 1887,' projected a trans-continental railway via Albany, Vicksburg, El Paso to San Diego, I and while yet this portion, of the line was in the virgin forest and inhabited by the red man, at great personal risk and pecu niary loss, he surveyed and located the line from Brunswick to the Chattahoochee river. We learn from Charles L. Schlatter, Chief Engineer of the Brunswick find Albany Railroad, that there Is now In the posses sion of the ffcmlly a portrait of Mr. King, representing him as thoughtfully and ear nestly making oat the route upon a globe. His index finger rests noon San Diego, and his eye is fixed upon the same fqx>t with the unerring exactness of destiny. His plans were scouted as vlsiooary and impossible, and Georgia rejected them as the theories of a dreaming euthnslast.— What his prophetic soul and «nperior genius then saw is now about to be realized. All honor to the memory and great thoughts of Thomas Butler King—the pro jector of a railroad across the continent on the line of the 82d parallel. State Road Investigation —The bur lesque commenced In Atlanta on Thursday. Only one bucket of whitewash was stirred by the committee —A. L. Harris—the pon derous Master of Transportation, End Super visor, who deposed, according to the Era : The entire earnings of the road from January Ist, 1870, until the Ist of April, 1870, umounted to $487,450 00, aud the necessary working expenses during the same period $200,015 04; the actual ex penses were $889,188 88, os follows: Actual expenses, $200,015 94; prior administration $89,012 88; extraordinary expenses, SBB,- 550 57, which extraordinary expenses were actually necessary. Aa to the disposition of the profits, $45,000 had been paid Into the Treasury ; $8,202 80 was in the hands of the Treasurer, and $89,012 88 had been paid on account of the prior administra tion. The extraordinary expenaea were in January for new cara, depot buildings, grading. liridglng, Iron chairs and splkee, new track and Umber, $29,289 4»; February, ditto, except cara and depot buildings, $41,015 4N; lu March, $20J54 54 Whenever tha Emperor of Russia has tils ilsltrium tremens, aud llmt hsp|a>n», uu fortuusivly, rather often, In* hullo ns h* st-es the ghost of hi* father, Nlnholae, and labors under tha terrible delusion that ns polsoii«d his Imperial father His gn-ai * hii d shriek* on *u* n ooeaslon* arc laid in i*l horrible hvyeud description.
