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Hbadq’s, District of Georgia, )
Macon, Ga., May 1, 1867 j
General Orders No. 6.
I. The use of the ‘‘Chain Gang”
as a mode of legal punishment in this
State, h iving been abused by the au
thorities empowered to inflict such
punishment, is hereby discontinued,
except in cases connected with prison*
ers sentenced to the Penitentiary.
All Post Commanders within the
limits of this State arp hereby directed
to enforce this order, and report any
action on the part of the civil authori
ties who refuse to obey the same.
By command of Col. Caleb S. Sibley,
U. S. A.
(Signed) Jno. E. llosmer.
Ist Lt 16th U. S. I. & A. A. A. G.
Official:
(Signed) . Jno. E. Hosmer,
Ist Lt. 16th U. S. I. & A. A. A. G.
State Convention of the Teachers at
Tallahassee The Teachers of all
public schools in the State, and of the
neighboring counties of Georgia, and
all others who as teachers, feel an in
terest in the cause of elucation tho’h
not now actually engagud in teaching,
are earnestly requested to attend a
Convention to be held in Tallahassee,
on Monday the 20th of May.
All persons expec ting to attend the
convention, will notify the Rev. Chas.
Kenmore, of Tallahasse, the chairman
of the comittee of arrangements of
such intention, on or before the Jslh
of May, and report themselves imme
diately upon their arrival at TulleLas
lee to this committee, who will be in
waiting at the Capitol.
Our Great National Reproach—
The Indian War.
The statement recently published
by Mr. Bogy, late Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, sub#tantiates»the view
which we have all along taken of < ur
difficulties with the Indian tribeß, and
of the management rs our Indian af
fairs generally. According to this
showing the impending war is due,
not to the unreasonable demands of
Xhe chiefs, nor yet to the rapacity of
the Government agents or traders,
upon whoso shoulders the blame bus
been so freely laid, management in
Washington. With the exception of a
band of Sioux, headed by a chief
named Red Cloud, there are in reality
none of the tribes liostilely disposed
towards us. Even this chief, irritated
as he is by bad could easily
have beep kept quiet if a disposition
had been shown to conciliate them.—
He is represented to be manly and
honest, and he has taken to arms simp'y
because, after repeated remonstrance
with the agents of the Government,
he has been suffered to acquire the
conviction that nothing remains for
him and his followers but the alterna
tive of fighting or starving. He now
serves as the leaders around whom all
the malcontent spirits of the other
tribes rally.
Mr. Bogy thinks it would be easy to
Satisfy the requirements of this chief
and his tribe, and that it would be a
much more humane and 'economical
policy for the Government to spend a
few hundred hundred thousand dollars
in providing them with reservations
and cattle for stock raising, than to al
low itself to be involved in a general
Indian war, which, if once started,
will extend from the .Missouri River to
the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and
from the month of the Yel.owstonc to
acd including Arizona and New Mexi
co, costing, as he b iieves, many tril
lions of dollars, thousands of lives, and
the entire suspending, and perhaps
destruction, ot the railroads now being
built upon the plains.
The expedition sent out under Gen.
Hancock is, Mr. Bogy thinks, a grent
mistake. All that was wanted was the
sending of a sumll number of men to
the Yellowstone to chastise the chief.
Red Cloud, and his adherents. The
effect of the appearance of an army of
the magnitude of that under General
Hancock’s orders will be to alarm nil
the Well disposed tribes, and render a
general war inevitable. These views,
he says, he tried months ago to im
press upon the Governm- nt, but no
atten.ion was paid to them. This he
attribi tea to the influence of the Indi
an Bureau at VY’ashington, where, he
contends, have originate 1 the numer
ous frauds that have permeated our
Indian affairs, and thut have created
all the present difficulties. The head
offices there, he asserts, is surnuiudcd
by a set of heartless cormorants, who
Care but little for the consequences,
provided their rapacity is satisfied.
In all this there is but too much
truth, and it is a melancholy reflection
thut repeatedly as it has been urged,
it has tailed in producing any iuiprcs
extermination against the tribes—and
we do not see what elso is to result
from Hancocks’s expedition— the
world will, in tiew of these statements,
hold us responsible for blood unnecos
aarily shed, while the addition to our
public dept of the millions of dollars
which the war will cost will render
such of us as are insensible to the
morai guilt ultimately convinced of its'
impolicy, lt is not, as yet, too late to
retract the steps that have conducted
os it,to such a criminal and danger us
t error. In the name of humanity and
jjustiee let tbefe be no delay in back
ing out of it.—- Reic York Tribune.
*§rlt ia said by those who have
conversed with Gen. Pope on the sub
ject, that he intends to appoint tr/o
white men and one negro on the Reg'
istratiou Board in every county of bis
district,
t&T The Registration of Voters in
Georgia, will commence on June 12th.
E Huibert, of Atlanta, has been ap
pointed by Gen. John B, Pope, Gen
era! Registry Agent for the entire
£tate ol Georgia.
»«igent Enterprise
TsEMLWEEKLYT)
la. C. BRYAN, t : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.:
FRIDAY, MA Y 17, 1867.
U. S. DISTRICT COURT-
During our recent visit to Savannah,
we had the pleasure of accepting the
invitation of Hon. John Erskine, to
witness the last day’s proceedings of
the late term of his Court in Sevani
nah. Accordingly, we repaired to the
Court room, and found that able jurist
already in his seat, and dispatching
business with that dignity, courtesy
and ease, which always distinguishes
the noble mind, the true gentleman,
and the man of business. Every thing
was in keeping with the charac'er of
the man—periect order, under tho
rough discipline, reigned throughout
the large and splendidly fitted up
Court room, and in no case is that noisy
bustle, so common at the bar of our
Superior Courts permitted Notwith
standing this, Judge Ersxine has never
been charged with want of courtesy to
the bar. Even those olio do not agree
with him in sentiment, and disposed
to find fault with a man, who (being a
Georgian ) was plac- and in his position
as a reward for loyalty to the U. 8
Government, aro heard patiently with
attention, ana treated with the utmost
courtesy. He h U B no axe to grind, has
been placed above the influence ot
party, and having the interests of t'>e
whole country at heart, we believe he
will do as much for our people as any
other man eould do under the laws of
the United States. Effort- have been
made, we notice, to force him to the
decision of questions militating against
the interests of those who were enga
ged in rebellion against the Govern,
ment, with a view perhaps, of injuring
his rcDtitaticn among the Somhern
people, but these questions have, in a
spirit of conciliation and forbearance,
invariably been avoided, or staved off
lor time to heal, or for an evil day to
devefope, which will be time enough
for our people to have such decisions.
Whatever may be the prejudices
against Judge Erskine, on account of
his ‘-loyalty” to the North, we think
the time will couic, when none of out
people will regret his administration.
Indeed, we consider ita matter of con.
gfatulatinn, that amid the troubles of
the South, and the animosity and ha
tro*d of the North, a uiun (a Georgian)
wm found and chosen, who would prc.
side in that high position, without pre>
judice over Ins fellow citizens.
MASONIC INSURANCE COM
PANY.
Our old friend and fellow citizen,
F. H. Remington, so well known to
the fraternity hereabouts, as well at
to the meicuntile trade, has placed in
our hands a Circular, issued by ■ Hoard
of Directors from the Masonic Frater
nity of Macon, Ga., and directed to
the Bielhren. Its purport is, that they
have organized themselves into a Ma
sonic Insurance Company cal lad the
Georgia Masonic Mu -rtf at. Life In
surance QoMPAnV, upon the follow
ing basis: Each Brother in good
standing, in tolerable health and able
to work for a living, tnav, upon the
payment of six dollars, become a mem
ber or stockholder in the Couptny.
At the death ot any and every mem
ber ol the Company, each surviving
member will be required to pay one
dollar and fen cents ft r the family of
each Mason who dies a member of the
ohi pony. No room is left lor specu
lation, and llio plan is so simple, that
the most unlearned can understand it
The Directors do not urge the Bre
thren to invest in the institution, but
they submit it for careful considera
tion, believing it presents the easiest,
least expensive, and surest method ol
lilc insurance now before the public
Masonic luith is pledged to its support,
and it, mtist therefore accomplish tne
object proposed, while the annual pay
men's will doubtless be less than those
of any other Life Imurance Company.
Let the Brethren look into its opera
tions and judge whether it be worthy
of their patronage.
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
The ladies ol Spottsylvania County,
Virginia, have organized a Men (trial
Association, for the purposo of rescu
ing from oblivion and desecration, the
Confederate dead ol Spottgylvuiiia C.
H., 0hano“lloi8\illo, the YY'ilderncss.
and all the dead in tho vicinity, em
bracing a large area of teiritory. In
this area every Southern State is re
presented and interested, and the la
dies appeal, hi their.circular before us,
to every State for help. They have
already done much toward their ob
ject but their funds arc now exhausted
and they look to tho South lor aid.
Mr. S. M. Oolding, of Savannah, a
gentleman of high character, will re
ceive und forward such sums as may
be contributed by our people.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING-
Wo have uc room to-day for tho
proceedings of tho Atlantic & Gull'
Railroad Stockholders meeting, held
in Savannah, on Wednesday, but will
publish them in our next issue. An
address was rend from the citizens of
Decatur, resolutions passed, looking to
tho extension of the road, and a stir
ring appeal made by the President in
an address to the citizens of Savannah,
urging the fulfillment of tho pledge
made to the people of Decatur county,
WfTyranuy, however oppressive, i
always has a limit, Cheer up!
MRS. MARY E. BRYAN.
It will be interesting to the many
friends and acquaintances of this tal.
ented and accomplished lady, to learn
that she is connected with the preisof
Louisans, and is at this time editing
the Natchitoches Semi- Weekly Times.
A friend has h ude J us a slip from
the Times embracing i:s terms motto
&c, and we take great pleasure in re
ferring to the matter. The Times
is offered to subscribers at $3 per uni
nutn or six months for $4, while
Agents are all- Wed twenty per cent on
the above rat- s. Those who are ac
quainted with the writing ability of
Mrs. Bryan, will accord to her j nirnal
spice, wit, humor and u fund of lue ary
know edge that few journals in the
country may approach. We judge her
by the promise of so mer years, for,
though we have seen but very few ur
tides from her pen since the beginning
of her residence m Louisiana, yet, we
havi no legitimate grounds lur suppos
ing the light ot her geniou# has paled,
or that a single spark of that prome
thean fire has been extinguished. Wo
rather ii cl ; ne to its iuorouse - the pow
er to gather strength toward the years
of maturity, and, like gold from the
crucible, shine with a brighter lustre
from having passed the ordeal. We
congratulate the members of the press
in Louisiana upon this valuable access,
ion to tho fraternity, and venture to
predict a commensurate popuj iffy and
hucqis" for the Natchitoches Semi-
Weekly Times.
RADICALS DEFEATED.
The Democrats have made a clean
sweep in Kentucky, and defeated the
Radicals in every district by increased
majorities. Kentucky takes her stand
for the Constitution, by tho side of
brave little Connecticut.
PROM RICHMOND. V
Mr. Davis Released on SIOO,OOO
Bail-His Proposed M vements.
Richmond, May 13. As Mr. Davis
came out of the Court House and en
tered the carriage after his release,
there w; s a loud cheer from the ciowO
of negroes outside. About fifty of
them gathered around the coach and
shook hands with him. He remained
quietly in his hotel all the evening. ~
He will visit Canada in a day or two
to see his children. The first name
signed t ) the bail bond alter that of
Jefferson Davis, is Horace Gneley,
then Schell, of New Y- rk, and J ck
man, gs Philadelphia. A little lower
down is John Minor Botts. The Vir
ginia residents who signed, were pro
minent citizens of Richmond, me r
chunts and lawyers.
There seems to be a general feeling
of relief among the citizens and autho
rities that Davis is at last at liberty.
It is stated that the grand jury has
indicted Vice-President J. 0- Breck
inridge, Judge 11. W, Thomas, of
Fairfax, aud four others, for treason.
Richmond. May 13.—The Unite 1
States Court was opened this morning
A military guard was stationed around
it and a strong police force inside.—
About twenty ladies were among the
si curators, also filly negroes At 11
o’clock Mr Davis was brought in and
took his seat in the prisoner’s box with
General Burton and tho Marshal A
servant accompanied him. Mr. Davis,
sitting by an open window, remarked,
•‘lt is a little Cold, isn’t it V' and he
was then removed to a seat near Ins
counsel, in front of tho .Judge. Bur
ton's return to the writ was read, and
the Judgo complimented Burton in
obeying the laws, and relieved hint of
the custody of Mr. Davis, The Mar
shal immediut ly served on him a
bench warrant to answer at Norfdlt to
the indictnenf. O’Conor spoke of
Davis’ long imprisonment and feeble
health, and asked that, he bailed.—
There being no opposition on the part
of the prosecution, who fixed tho boil
at $100,060, the Judge announced his
rea-linos# to aooept it, stating, at tin
same time, the delay in bringing Da
vis’ case into Court rested u'<on the
Government., not upon the D’stric? At
torney. He aiso said that half tin
bail should be given by persons resid
ffig >n the State of Virginia. The
sureties then oamo forwarl, lloraoe
GJeeloy being among the first, follow
ed by Schell, of New York, Jackman,
ot Philadelphia, and others. A num
ber of gentlemen residing hi Virginia,
offered their names as bail Davis
was congratulated by several friends,
but there was no dumonstration or
noise of any kind. Alter giving hail
to appear at the November term of the
Court, ho wm takon in a couoh tQ the
Spottswood Hotel
Washington, May 13.—Mr. Davip
was bailea in §<oo,otk'.
The Do Hura oaso from California
has lieon doubled adversely to De
Hara's interest. •
Virginia v*. West Virginia, involv
ing jurisdiction over certain counties,
! was continued.
Georgia and Mississippi injunction
cases were d'Snnssod want of jur a
d otion. Argument ot court to be do>
livired hereafter
Richmond, May 13.—1 t was dcci
dod to-day by those having Jefferson
Davis in their immediate charge, that
he should be conveyed to tho court
room as privately as possible. In the
beak with him*» ere General llurtm.
Dr. Cooper and Major McKlrath, and
in the other hack were Captain Mill
wood, who was a Union officer during
the war, and is now one of the ooui te
ous propriett ra of the Spotswood Ho
tel. Also, Dr.’ Macgill and the Rev,
Dr. Minnegerode On the return to
the Spottswood Hotel, Rev. Dr. Min
negerode; in company with Mr: Davis’
family, and a few personal friend*,,
rendered up a prayer in thankfulness
for the release of their fraud, and his
restoration to tho bosom ot his friends
and family, and for his future protec.
tion. A large number of visitors were
afterwards reeeired by him.
Tho following dispatch was received
by Judge Underwood in the Court
room toiduy, a short tirno before he
admitted Davis to bail:
'Washington. May 13.—Judge
Unde wood: Beware of Greely.—
Remember Libby Prison, Anderson
ville and Belle Die, Fifty millions
are lo< king on, and are expecting you
to do your duty, while 800,600 patriot
graves cry aloud soy revenge. Your
friend. •
Mr. Pavig, on his release, telegraph
ed his brother, Joseph C. Davis, in
Mississippi, the fact and inlormed him
that, he would write him.
Mr. Davis and wife visited the
grave of their son lute this eveuing at
Hollywood Cemetery. .
Important Decision.
New OiDans, M.y 14 —Two im
portant decisions were render* and in the
Sup eme C urt of Louisiana yesterday
The duse of YVijinwright vs. Bridges,
in which the Court hul ls that no re
covery can be had on notes given for
the purchase of slaves, and the case ol
Brewes vs. Shackleford, in which the
Court holds, as previously, that no
recovery can be had on notes based on
Confederate money—in other words,
that such money was illegal and of no
consideration ; and further, that notes
signed before the passage of the stamp
tuw, don't requtre to be stamped to be
used as evidence,
' The ILst National Bank is in the
hands of an examiner ; payment sus
pended
Uoii. Henry Wilson arrived to-day.
Ex Confederates Forbidden by Or
der of Gni..Griffin to serve on Juries
in Texas.- The Houston Telegraph
publish s a very important order of
General Charles Griffin, commanding
in Texas Its object and effect is, to
deprive all the citizens of the .State,
who ever gave any support to the Con ■
federate cause from serving on juries,
and at the same time to limit jurors to
tho black--, and the few white men
who can take the test oath This or
der, taken in connection with the man
ner in which registration is carried out
in New Orleans, confirms the lears en
tertained by imtny, that in Texas and
Louisiana, we are destined to have the
reconstruction law interpret id and ad
ministered in the most severe and hu
miliating man nor.
The Injunction Cases Dismissed.
The long agony is over. 'The Su
preme Court has at la.it washed in
hand# of a troublesome question, by
deciding that it has no right to enter
tain it. On the ground of want of
jurisdic*ion, it has rejected th s peti
tions of Southern States for protection
ogaimt congressional laws that over
throw their governments, erect tempo
rurv military despotisms in their stend,
and provide for permanent institutions
organized under the biyonet and in
acoordanco with the views and wishes
not ■ f the people to be governed, but
of a domipunt party at the North
Wl on finished this will, ho called a
' Republican ynvernment *”
This decision, wo may bo permitted
to say, is a sad thing for the whole
American people. It shows thut they
have not thy government that t'-oy
h ive thought and been taught to be
lieve they had —th t the Supreme
Court is no linger to be looked to as
tho final interpreter of flic Constitu
tion where the liberties of the people
are in peril — that the will of u iu .jori
ty is the -uprente law of the land and
over and above all constitution#, and
the minuet y a ewh->l’y at its marey—
thut revolution is the only remedy
against oppression In this decision
the South stands vindicated before
the world. It has seen her oont nu -d
reproach that she resorted to arm-* and
not to the eo uis though now it ap
pears shq ad >ptcd the only remedy
left her. If tho Nrtrth can gefaVmg
with tins decis'on it is likely we at the
South shall be aide to do .so too. Le:
her beware, though lest it 'eturii,, to
haunt her before many day* 1 —Macon
Telcyrajds
Aahburn in Trouble.
The Columbus S-tn of Sunday, re
lates the following incident in the ex
perience of a somewhat t otod charac
ter It is probable tn.it Ashburu get
just what he deserved :
On Sfiturilay afternoon tho notorious
G. YY ; . Ajhburn, who le't Col mu bun
immediately alt r the abrogation of
military law, and has returned *iuce
its r»<-establishment, without warrant
or invitation, walked ill’o the law office
of our yfcung feloyotown#mao, YVm.
11. Denson, Esq. Mr. Pennon not
nowing.and suppo-ing h in.to bes-me
one oil professional busine-w. invi ofi
him to tuko a seat, wht*h lie did, and
pr iceoded to open hi# bud-cot. He
informed Mr. D. that. Gen. Grant wa
a man of genius, und General Loe a
mere creature ot detail ; that the first
would lie - in glory whilst the l.it'- r
would die in meiited infamy Upon
being inlorim-d by Mr. I). that tlte
latter statement was a lie, he changed
the eonvormtiort to polities, staling thut
lie was hero for the pu p-woof organ
izing a Radical Party, that in a tew
days he would 1 ty Ins pla is before the
citizens ut t Multibus, and that all who
did not come to the high p-Miuou oc
cupied by hiutself, would le persecu
ted, At this point Mi. I>. very pro
perly knocked him down, and proceed, ;
e.d to kick him out of h s office down
the stairway into the stro t.
W« mention these facts, merely to
put before the public a correct repm
senuliou ot t^is‘affair, w inch will no
doubt bo reported to Northern Radical
printj, by. Aahburu. as.au unprovoked
oud diabolical assault npon e loyal man
for prioorpM* sake, T*' *
• » .«**— * - • *
Gov English’s Inaugural.
The inaugural message of Guv. En
glish of Connecticut, was delivered on
tho Ist instant. We make a brief ex.
tract, as follow#: >*. •L. ~
Tho right of a State voluntarily to
withdraw from the Union lias been
abandoned by those who attempted to
carry it into effect. Four years of
sanguinary warfare brought ibio result
to the country ; and yet the great ob
jeet of that War has. thus fur. been
defeated. The Union is not restored.
Ten States are, by the action es Con
cress, denied all participation in the
national government, the laws of which
they are required to obey. Measures
suen as these tend to empire—not to
union. If persisted in, they must in
evitably destroy the fe Jerativ* charac
ter of our government, and transform
the republic into a desp-tisin The
course of legislation pursued by Con
gress towards the ten States of tue
South is, in my judgment, wholly un
warrants I by our fundamental law, and
as fatal to the Union and the Consti
tution, as the principle of secession
which has been suppressed.
Tho legislation of the Thirty-ninth
Con ress, was to a large extent a se
ries of usurpations and infractions of
the Const tution, commencing with
propositions to ens re; amendments of
thut iu trument, in the inception of
which nearly one-third of the States
and fuliy one-third of the people had
no voice, and eventuating in placing
that people, in a time of profound
peace, und r military domination.
. The bill to establish miiitay govern
ments over tl e fen Southern States,
and which assumes to annul the State
and municipal governments and the
legal tribunals of that portiou of t.:e
country, has justly alarmed the appre
hensions of considerate and reflecting
citizens. It is, in effect, establish in -
martial law over those States. But
whence does Congress derive the power
ro .subject any portion of the ci.izens
of the United States to maitial law 7
! Martial law is hot military law. 1< em
I braces the eitizeas us well as tho sol
i dier. It is the substitution of the #nll
ol the commanding officer in an cne
j rny’s country to the time of war for the
mini eipal law-whieh previously pre
i vailed, lt is a creature- of necessity,
j an J exists pnly where no municipal
| law.is in force, or where the success
| of military Operations renders its su~
j pension for the time being necessary
1 The deliberate enactment of martial
j law by a legislate e is a solec sm. For
| a legislature has time and opportunity
to enact municipal laws to be adminis
i tered by civil tribunals io conformity
I to the Constitution or orga:.ie iaws.—
I Congress has no power not grained t >
j it by the Constitution, and martial law
j is something wholly withiut the Con-
I sf'tmion, existing only by the absmiee
iof law. It lias no more power under
j the Constition to establish military
governments in the Southern States
than to institute an order of nobility
iu New England.
But the evil consequences of this
lcois'nt on do not stop with the estab
lishment of in irtial law. Congress ha j
assumed that power only for the pair
pose of more thoroughly accomplish
ing the subversion gs authority
But the military ann has not only
j stricken down nil focal civil govern
| lit ort in those States, but, by its aid,
Lt determines Who shal' and who shall
not participate in forming the govern
ment# that may be allow and to them
for the regulation of their local Con
cerns It. 4M»mu«s the power to ds
j franchise the white inhabivn ts oi
j there States and to enfranchise the
black—thu- ooridi-mmir, without con
viction or trial, a large portion of their
ntejligen* population, and placing the
pel tical power in the hands of thus
who have never participated in the af
fairs of gov rniuerir, and a largo mnj ir.
iry of whom cmnot read the ba 1 its
they are authorized to cast/ This is
not reconstruction. It i# not a T.eras
tyre of war. Local s If.government is
the very em-nsi -stone of our republican
I fit-rio AH stab e govern neti's rocog.
| nine it# p»v»< r a# a mere principal of
governmental p d*ey. For a govern,
j ment to discard it is suicidal.
! If Congress Can thus legislate for
I 'hose States, it is not difficult to fora
see, in the not dVta- t future, like in.
| torlerenoa in other States. If these
powers, llim exercised, have been
I rtglitiully sxoi cis and. then the CoUsti-
I tudott o*' Connecticut ml ill-' ancient.
| righ) of the people, (o often asm rte-l
1 when a c dotty of Qreal Britain, to
‘■regulate their internal affairs iu their
• own way,” are henceforth suhj -et to
the will or eapriee of a Congressional
j majority.
The 1 'onslitution requires that the
' President ahull take care tint the laws
!he faithfully executed ; but Congress
| ha# seen fit to change the prescribed
- time of i's tu'eeting. so as to secure a
! c-*nti mous ‘s-weiun for the purpose of
enforcing laws by it# owil decrees, and
i to hoi I tho eoi-s'itQtionil authority of
the K#«euttva -objeafi to -ts will For
lit » change, uncalled for and one*-
pepted, ihe c-mutry was unproparod.
In o-msi-queitcu of th s, (Jonnecticit
was unrepresonfe 1 in the popular body
during the late session, convened at an
extraor dumry time, daring which law
of m imontou# intei ;St Were hurriedly
passed, m thu absence of the repre#*n
tatrve.s of seventeen of tho thirty-seven
States ol the Union* So broken and
depleted wa# thfo ffagoi ntary U n
<re»s, that it did pot venture to -ap.
point the rngitl.ir standing committees,
though adopting without hoaitatfou
laws of vital C -nsequence to a large
section of our common country, and in
conflict with the fcottiod policy rs vur
republican system. — Exchange.
The Axe.At Work
Mobile, May 14 - -The Msvor and
Council of Selma. Ala., were removed
to-day by order of Gen Swsync, and
new offiew- appoint’d brhim were in
stalled.
Opinion of Judge Underwood's
Charge. \
The principal topic ot conversation
in political circles here, *ays the cor.
respondent of the Baltimore Sun, is
the extraor inary nnd remarkable com.
postion which Judge Underwood de
livered as a charge on Monday to the
Grand Jury of the Uni ed States Dis
trict Court, which convened in Rich
mond on that day. It excites general
di*g»“t. and meets with disfavor among
even those whose political views aoc nrd
with those of Judge Underwood; and
it e icted in a publ c saloon, and in the
hearing of at*least a dozen people, the
remark, from a somewhat prominent
Virginia R- publican, that the senti
ments expressed in the charge would
do incalculable injury to the embryo
Republican party ol that State, and
that, it they had been uttered from
the stump, the man uttering them
would have been withdrawn irom par
ticipation in any canvass, as one whose
intemperance of expression could not
be tolerated.
The whole charge stands alone and
without a paral el in the history of ju
dicial proceedings. It cmveys no in
struction to the minds of the jurors as
vto their duties, but. is, from begining
to end, a political harangue, evidently
conceived in the - most malignant and
abusive spirit. Instead of instructing
the colored people, who now tor the
first time occupy tire high and respon
sible position of grand jurors, the
Judge attempts to inflatue and excite
their minds by vilification of tbe-peo
pie of Richmond, and devi tes bo little
ip Joe to a fulsome eulogy of Mr. Thad
deus Stevens. What; Thad. Stevens’s
opinions, ad policy Inve to ifo with
the grand jurors ol a United States
district court, acting in their official
capacity, is a question that no i?rain
but'that of Judge Underwood could
possibly solve. -.
Important Discovery—Chloride
of Lime for Vermin.
A correspondent of the London
Builder remarks :
tl Some years hgo I read in a French
scientific | eriodleal, that chloride of
line would rid a house of all vermin.
I treasured up the information until
ari opporttin ty offered for testing its
value. 1 took an old country house,
infested with rats, mice and, flies. I
stuffed every rat hole and mouse hole
with the chloride. I thenw'it on the
stono-flo r o. the dairy and cellars. -I
kept i-auetrs of it under the chest of
drawers, or some other piece of furni
ture ; in every nnrsefy, bed or dress,
ing room. Ah ornamental glass held
a quantity at the foot of each stair
ease. Cow sheds, stables and pigstyes,
all had their dose, and the result was
glorious. I thoroughly routed my eti
etnhs, and if the rats, more impudent
than all the rest, did make renewed
attacks upon tho dairy, in about ten
mon hs, when, prohub y, from repeat
ed cleansing, flushing, all traces of the
chloride had and sappeared, a handful of
fresh chloride again routed them, and
left me master of my own premises —-
Last season was a great one f>r wasps.
They could not face the chloride ;
though in the dining-room, in which
We had none, (as its smell, to tue most
wliobs.iuio anil refreshing, is not ap
proved of by a! 1 , persons,) wc had a
perpetual warfare. And all this com
fort f reialn pence ! Only let house
wives beware that they | l.icft not Lie
chloride i.i their cljinu pantries, or in
too close nr ximir.y to bright steel
wires, or tVe result will be that their
g 1 foil thin a will be rcdqced to plain,
and their steel fenders to rusty iron,
in a short time.
“We advise a trial of the chloride
of lime for the vermin that infe-t tho
grape vinos ; thos- pests, the rose bugs,
a’ao the squash bues, and the cucnui
bet bugs, and, indeed, for all the bug
lamily, so well k nowu to farmers.”
Important from Richmond
Richmond, May 12 —'lr. Dav •<
remained at the Soots wood Hotel ajl
, day, and was called on by a large num
ber of citizens. There is no guard
over his movements Several bouquets
were sent to him.
The following is generally under
stood to be the programme in Court
to-morrow : The prisoner will be pro.
! dneed by Gen. Burtodi, and the Judge
will discharge bi n. lie will then be
’ immediately arrested iw a bench war.
rant to answ r tho indictment found
against, him by tho Grand Jury at
i Norfolk Mr. o’Coner,.his counsel,
has stated to friends that he will in.
sist oh an immediate trial. Another
of his ctiuisel states thut, if a trial ia
‘ not grtintc), a motion for bail will be
insisted on. The general opinion is
that no trial w II lake placu now, and
not perhaps until June.
Horace Oreelley and Augustus
Schell, of New York, and A. Welch
aud Gen Jackman, of Philadelphia
are here tor the purpose of going bail
for }ir Davis.
Uhas. O’Uonor, of New York, and
Wm. B. Reed, * T Philadelphia, c mn
s*l for Mr Davis are here
Wm. Ev-*rt-«, of New Yofk, whops
si#ts in the prosecution, und L. II
Chandler, Pro ecuting Attorney, arri
ved this aftern-nyi from Washington.
lt is generally* battered that Mr
Davis w.ll he held in custody uutil his
trial.
l»ajfThe Democratic victory in Ken
tueky ie spoken of by tho Uoumfille
Jourual, as tho greatest and most srg.
naJ ever won by any party in flat
Ht ito. We send, says the Journal, a
glad greeting to the Northern Demo
’ oraev. We have fuliy redeemed *ll
‘our promises to them. We stan£
proudly beside them. W* behold
them struggling in a minority, but, it
is no hopfeless struggle. W e aee them
gaining u|>oi» their opponents, making
great headway against them, and a
confident belief takes possession of oar
m'nds that their triumph s not far off
Preceedliig* of Council.
(. ouuoil convened at a regular meet
ing, on th* night of the l?,h instant.
Present his Honor Rob’t H. Harri*.
Mayor; Atdermcu Bower, Taylor, Reid
and Hamel!.
Coi. P. McGlasban und G. A. Jef
fep, E#q., a Committee appointed on
behalf of the Fire Company, appeared
before Council, and proposed to abol
ish the Fire Company for the time be
ing, and until an engine eould be pro
cured, and establish a Hook and Lad
der Company ; asking pecuniary and
other aid from Council, and excmp’ioo
from street tax for th* members of
Fire Company.
The change was ogrecd to, but ow
ing to the embarrassed #ta'c ol the
Treasury, it was out of the power of
Council to afford any pecuniary aid for
the present, arid owing to a Seetiou
of the State Constitution prohibitin''
'• class, legislation,” exemption from
street taxation could not be allowed.
Aid. Reid made a verbal report tint
the work on the cut at the Railroad
wus finished ; and the bill for the same
$185.00 was ordered to be paid. '
Aid. Bower made a similar report
on the fencing ot Laurel Hill Ceme
tery, and the bill, $69.75, was ordered
to be paid.
McCallister Davis, collector from
the people of color, appeared before
Council, stated the extreme poveity
of most of the colored population, there
inability to pay the whole of the street
tax at once and petitioned lor relief..
Council assured him that while they
could not now reduce the tax, every
relief in their power should be afforded
to them.
A bill ofE. 0. Thompson, for
was ordered to be paid.
’ WM. CLINE, Clerk.
A Scrap from the Record of “ Mo
ses ” Brounlow. - In 1857, in a public
discourse at Knoxville to the delegates
of the Southern Commercial Conven
tion, W G. Brownlow uttered the fol
lowing as his deliberate opinion. We
give it in capitals, that it may be read
of all tnen as proof of his insinereity,
and his infidelity to Democratic Re
publicanism :
“ We endorse , without reserve, that
much-abused sentiment of a distin
guished South Carolina statesman,
now no more, that ‘SLAVERY IS
THE CORNER STONE OF OUR
REPUBLICAN EDIFICE ; while we
repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that
mii'di lauded, but nowhere accredited
and gma of Mr- Jefferson , THAT ALL
Mj.N ARE BORN EQUAL.”
If any white Republican who think#
that slavery was ‘Mhe sum of ah villa*
nil s,’’ or any negro who has been de
luded into the support of Brownlow
because he thought lie waj bis “Mo
ses,’’ can still have faith in-hiin, it cer*
taitily is of that sort that can remove
mountains. — Chattanooga, Union.
Slay'Tte New York Times gives the
following mysterious and fearful an
nouncement: “ YVe have received, di
rectly, from the police authorities ot
the city, information of recent organi
zations which nro now in progress for
ti e purpose of resisting, by violence
and bloodshed, it necessary, the exe
cution and enforcement of the excise
and o'her laws which are obnoxious tc
a large class of bur citizens.”
Fiiekdom of 1 the Pit ESS (in a
lliihn ) —The Liuiisville Courier snys:
Murk Jaooein Tyranny.—Advi.
ees from New Orleans state that the
T-.ines, Crescent and Picayune have
received official warning that they must
not publish articles reflecting upon th*
Reconstruction Act, although, tho di*r
patch goes on further to inform us,
they are to be graciously accorded tho
priv lege of attackimr the Radical par
ty or the Administration.
Collection of Direct Taxes Suspen
d'd.—An order from the Secretary of
the Treasury, dated Ist instant, sus
pends the collection of direct taxes in
the Southern Suites. The law sus
pendin'; all collection, of direct taxes
until January sot, 1868, was pnssed by
Cong'ess in July, lHOf}, and the clos
iii2 of the Uo mmi dinners’ ol floes natu
rally followed, though no act closing
them was passed until recently. •
IF YOU WAITT
\OOOt> Two flora* Doubt* Soiiletl Biiviyy
cheap, on lonic time, rati on
May 17-*t I-N VICKERS
JAS. J McGOWAN,
DKAI.ER IN
I O ES!
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
AT THK
Otll KIRERO ICE noi’SE,
rm|rm Hirer! I.nne—ftriwrrn
Bull nnd WMinker.
OAVANNAII, i t CKORUII.
{"p*Orilcr» from the country accompanied
by romittnnen#, promptly ntramled to, and par
tfeiitur attention vi v «* to paehin*.
Mny If ‘Jm*
tiroitt.lt Th-ini.it County.
C»uv: of Oriliunr) , May 13th, 1887
write rent. W u fonder aud H Wolf.
AdiniU4»tnit<>™ on the r«iue of P.mil Klnseh.
dt-ta-jtsi-d, niiikei- appltmtion by p tition to wid
Court for lauter* of Diantienioti front snid Ad
titimetrutrtta: —Alt pcr»m> intere»lcd »re there
fore notified to lie ttu-iy objection* in laid
Court, otherwise euid letters will be (rattled
in term* of the law
H. H TOOKE,
‘ M«y 17-hm OrdittM-v
«;>:«KI<M Tbem*< County•
• Court ot Ordinary, Slay 13th, iMr
Wherru. K A. Atdernuut make* applies
thou to thi* Ciutrt, for lyttm us (iunrdinn*htf»
for ths pt-mma, property sod effects at the
minor he'* of W ill turn Alderman, aesessed
All person* interested srv therefore notified
to tile their objection* m mid Court, otherwier
•nid l*tter* will be granted in term* ot the law
H. H TOOKE.
JUjFjTWd Oeditmry.
UCORIHt Tkrat*. C*miy.
ttu-mhi nfter date May M. ISS7 the
naden-iyued will epplv to ths honors'll* Com#
of Otonunw. o< sst-l County, for letter* of
Dndnlranui front the Adtnimslnmoa of the
Ksutr Ol EoUotn. late nt said Cousty ,
deeesssd
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