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Newspaper Page Text1 THE WEEKLY NEW T ERA VOLUME III. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1870. NUMBER 50 ffittkfy pew <te TEIIMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. l>*.ly, twelve month* $10 00 D&iljr, *ix month* 6 00 I>*Uy, three months - 3 09 DMIy, per month 100 Weekly, *lx month* 100 Woekly .one year 3 00 RATES OK LEGAL ADVERTISING i inifiT Sales, prrlevy of tenUues, orle** $3 50 .H j•)riff**Mortgage 8.fa. Sale*, pcraooare.* 5 00 i! dana^persqpme. Tax eolloctora’ Sale*,per H<inare 8 00 Orations for I«ettera of Administration 3 00 UiUUon*for letter* of Guardianship 3 00 Letcoraof Applicationfor Dismission from Admin* i Stratton - 4 50 Litter* of Application for Dismission from Guar dianship 3 00 Application for leave to Sell Land 000 Mottoes to Debtors and Creditor* 3 00 Salas of Land, Jfce., per square 600 Sales of Perishable Property, 10 days, per square. 1 50 EstrayNotices,30days.. 3 00 Mira; aoners, juaajB,.«,.....w ( ............. juu Foreclosure of Mortage, per square, each timo.. 1 00 Sales of land, Ac., by administrators, executors of nM;‘ gaardians, arc required by law to be beld on the first Tuesday In the month, between tbe hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 In the afternoon, at the court bonne on the ooonty in which the property is situated. Notices of these sales mnst be given in a public ga- zatte 40 days previous to the day ot sale. Notices for the sale of personal property mnst be given in like manner, 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtois and creditors of an estate mnst be published 40 day*. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, Ac., must be published for two months. As., mnst oe published no days ministration, monthly C month*; f< guardianship, 40 days. ' dismission from Rules for foreclosure of mortgage mnst be published monthly for four months; for establishing lost papers, for the full space ot 3 months; for compelling titles f»jm executor* or administrators, where bond has bean give* by the deceased, tbe full spaee of 3 mouths. A limited number of advertisement* will be inserted on tbe weekly. Special contracts for sorb made at our counter. The XVlli Amendment and the Dtmor- racy. Under the amended Constitution of the United States, every man who is not an alien, or who is not nnder the ban of the law as a criminal, or deprived of reason, tony eland erect and unchallenged at the ballot. The provisions of tbo Amendment arc not open to legal quibbles. No nrnonnl of technical luutti- ficatlon can deprive a man of the ballot who does not fall within tbe limit of the exceptions [abovo named. It provides plainly that, '• The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be domed or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of Mr. nice and the Ku Kiux Press—The! minded Democratic editors—and there are Senafarisi vcicction. some-who have republished the false state- race, color,or previous condition of servitude. Tennessee is the first State, through its sboit sighted Democratic politician*, to attempt re strictive legislation. Tilt-so Dontlton Demo. <• rats propose to put a poll tux ltpou the voters sufficient to deprive all poor men, of both races, of tUo ballot 1 For, while it may die- lr.inclii.ft twcuty thousand Mitel: men, it will I iketv.se deprive thousands of worthy, bnt un fortunate ahite men of a franchise which they have onppyed ■ nun time immemorial. WlJftlie white laborers of Tennts-co ap preciate this action of their Democratic mas ters? It is certainly, without exception, one of tint most stupid things the Democracy of that State has been guilty of sineo 1 838, nn- less we except its action in running Andy Johnson for United State* Senator! It will eifectnally prevent the Democracy from get ting not only the negro vote, bnt the vote nl all poor white men as they become able to purchase their right to vote by the payment of a prohibitory poll tax. This precedent in not likely to be followed up very promptly iu Georgia. It is a fatal misstep; and ero long—mark the prediction !— the very parly which now seeks to establish a prohibitory poll tax, will be tbe find to pro pose tbe abolition of all poll taxes 1 Indeed, a Democratic Club in Ibis city was shrewd enough to semt the brer zetwo years ngo by recommending, iu addition to tire abolition of such taxes, tire establishment of a public domain for tho benefit of the newly enfran chised ! Hen Hill & Co. did not have suffi- cient shrewdness to comprehend tho move, and it was therefore abandoned; otherwise, might net lire now rotten Demeersoy of Geor gia have been the great champion of the new ly enfranchised in the Sonlh ?" The XYtb Amendment being, however, a Re publican measure, and ratified over the com bined opposition of all the odds anti ends ol the Democratic faction. Democratic lenders are to day very much in lire condition of the deg in-the manger. Uunhle in command tho vot< s of the newly enfranchised citizens, they will endeavor to deprive them of the immediate exercise of the right by local legislation. There will be laws proposed to annul and destroy tbe Amendment; but these, although intended to stifle Vested rights, will prove nothing more than an uunoyanco—anything more will be impossible. There will bo tests of naturaliza tion, nml tests of education ml infinitum; and tbe proposed test of education will certainly coiue gracefully from tho only political party in tile United States opposed to pnblic schools! The Mormon Question. The Pacific Railroad adds daily to tho nu. mrrical force of thwGentilcsin Utah, and has therefore done more to widen the schism in tile Mormon church than all tbo ortbordox sermons and missionary labors of the Chris tina church combined. When civilization comes into contact with superstition, tho contest is noither long nor donbtfnl; and; under existing circumstances, Iho solntion of of the Mormon problem can not hSVbfayed a great while longer. Brighham will either hnvo to go back to the ortbordox creed of Joe Smith, and renounce his "hew rev. lation,” whereby he justifies the practice ol polygamyhvor else move bis quarters beyond tho reach of the steam en gine ond tho magnetic, telegraph. So long as tho Mormous were excluded from communication with the civilizod world, there was some apology (though a poor one) for the non-intervention of Congress in the interests of civilization f bat now that Utah and its in habitants arc bronght into direct contact with X the world, aud claims the protection of the Government, Brigham and his fanatical crew of adulterers will have to yield to the exeen- tiou of a law which is common to all the States and Territories of llie Union. And the sooner this is effected, the less tho Government will l>e responsible for the reproach or impoteney. People very naturally ask. Why should Polyg amy be tolerable in Utah and suppressed iu Illinois, where it once sought a foothold ? Why should tbe •• rights of conscience” jnstify one felony and punish another ? -So Polities In Iln.lnv--.” The recent disclosures in the lower House of Congress, tonching the sale of Cadetships, are sufficiently humiliating. Democrats aud Republicans seem equally implicated; and Hie investigation which has resulted in tbe rxpnl Sion of Wbittemore, brings np several simon pare representatives of “all tbe virtue and respectability,” among whom is one Golladay, of Kentucky. Brooks, of New York, is not in the ring. He is too sharp for that; and Fer nando Wood can plead on alaii! Every Amer ican citizen is interested in this investiga tion, and it stands Congressmen in hand to make a clean ihaeking of this corrupt affair. Thia is one of tha esses where there should be “no pojitioe in business!" Senatorial Election. One of our “courteous" Democratic ex changes, speaks of John Rice as a “ disap pointed aspirant to Senatorial honors,” aud characterizes him as “a carpet-bagger, having more money than brains,” etc. Here is a clear case of gross misrepresenta tion, a misrepresentation made in tbe face of well known facts ; a representation os false in fact as it is coarse and undignified in terms ; an insinuated falsehood, emanating from a rep resentative of “all tbe virtae and respectabili ty” whereof the public have been dosed ad nauseam. Mr. Rice, os this intelligent critic might know, bos been a bona fitie citizen of Georgia for five years—a period of probation just five years longer than that served in Missis sippi by “Judge” Dent, whom the Democracy of that State thought proper to nominate to the highest office within the gift of the peo ple! Mr. Rice came to Georgia at a time when the State needed everything ; and when it needed nothing so much as capital, energy and business talent. Ha came not as a politi cian, not aa a pensioner on the Government for office; bnt came with his money, with which he nided the basiness enterprises of the State, and with which be aided in establish ing schools for tbe poor of both races. He has never sought notoriety or position in the local polities of the State; has never made politics a trade, nor office-seeking a business. His nomination to the United States Senate, was neither pro eared nor expected by him. It was the result of a spontaneous choice of tbe party with which he, aa a private citi zen, bad always voted; and was enooanged by the anbstantiel and progressive men of all parties-men wbo ; appreciated the necessity of an early settlement, and who recognized his worth and talents as a print# gentleman, and his great influence at Washington as a patriotic citizen. The fact of his beiug no politician, in the technical sense, mads his election all the more desirable; and many among tbs’ best and wealthiest Democrats of Atlanta, who differed with him in political faith, favored hie election because they knew him fo be an able and a safe man. His nomination by the Republican caucus, was regarded therefore aa a forgone conclu sion. No one, at one time, doubted the result; bnt tbe sequel proved that there were others prepared to press their claims upon the party; and it was simply because Mr. Rice was.Mf a politician or an office seeker, that he volnn- tarily withdrew from tbe contest in order to proenre the almost harmony and unanimity. Seeking the interests of tha State rather than bis osn promotion, he rose above the tempta tion and allurements of one of the highest offices within the gift of tbe people, in or der, os he tboogbt, to facilitate the great work of reconstruction. And, after tho nomina tions were bad, he made a speech, iu sapport of the nominees, which for sound sense and practical statesmanship, wo* as rare os the impression it created was profound. Nor did he stop here; bnt after the election, proceeded to Washington to ezert his influence in bring- lo;about the early admission of tbe State. Ilis whole action and bearing in this mat ter, has bronght him into sympathy with the ablest and best men of the State, independent of mere parly. He has manifested a self-deni al, and an interest in the welfkre of his adop- the gang of noisy politicians and bankrupt leaders who have oil along sought to ob- strnct reconstruction; who persist in their ef forts to destroy all respect for authority, and, who now seek to traduce and misrepresent men whose patriotic motives and unselfish acts are incomprehensible to mere political monlebanks and reckless adventurers. Facts vs. Fiction. Tbe Democratic journals generally, are copying the statement that Mr. Penland, of Union county, was prevented from taking the legislative oath'by threats, persuasions, Ac. We have taken some trouble to ascertain the facts in Ibis case, and find on record at the Executive office, the following correspon dence which effectually disposes of the in timation that tbe Governor or the officials of |thc Executixo Department, indulged either in threats or persuasions to influence Mr. Pen- land. I Exzcsnvz Dxpaxtuest,) Atlanta, February 13, 1870. J [Cot II P. heeler, Bescutive Decretory,—Dear Votanek Mr. J. H. Pcndland, of Union conn- Ey, stated to me this morning, in presence ot Col. Uillyer and Fain, that a young man met [him in the ball of tha Capitol, took him by tho atiu and said: “Now yon don’t want to be prosecuted for taking that oath, and if you do take it yon certainly will be prosecuted; bat if yon will make application for relief from disabilities, yon con get it done within.fire or ten days, sure.” Upon my asking who the young man was, Mr. P. said it was Mr. Hester who, be believed.' was my Secretary. $B| Yon will oblige by giving me, without de- lay, an explanation of this remarkable a title-.' mint. Very respeotfnlly, Rests B. Bollock. ment, will now publish this correction. We shall see! Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 22d. 187ft Mk. Editor : I seldom devote any portion of my time to tbe pernsal of any article em- inating from the democracy, or their present acknowledged leader, in (he Georgia Legisla ture. But as a certain set of resolutions, fonnd in on Augusta paper, (and fathered by J. E. Bryant) have been repeatedly thrown in my face, I have concluded to try end set the gen tleman right, before those whom he would deceive aa to his motives in opposing the Re publican party. I will start ont by asking who are the parties oomposing the honorable gentleman's “No tional Republican Club of Georgia?” Is thora in it one genuine Republican ? I ven ture the assertion, withont fear of successful contradiction, that there is not; and that bis ontlre “elnb” is oomposed of less than one dozen “conservatives ”—“ political hermaph rodites and a small number of extreme Democrats; men who for the time being, consent to bo led by Mr. Bry ant, he doing all their dirty work. When lhat is performed, they having no. farther ase for him, will drop him! Already many hon orable Democrats have done this. They are already ashamed of the farce of his “Protests;' his assertions, and his redicnlonz littitndes generally, whilst endeavoring to appear do- and patriotic daring the organization of the House of Representatives. Hit resolutions are composed of a series of antratbs. He, a supporter of the principles of the “Union Republican Potty,” indeed!— If a supporter of tbe United States Congress, why does he so bitterly oppoas the enforcing of its laws? He understands the late law to go no farther than to reseat the negroes; to enforce the 14th, and ratify tbe 15th Amend ments; this ie all tee desire, but we wish those sets faitbfally executed, end then lived np to. Bed experience has taught ns, that Democrats, as a body, ore prone to go back on their records 1 He sees proper to accuse Governor Bollock with “frond.” “intimidation," and other crimes, in the organization of the two Houses. He claims lhat a large Republican majority coaid have been bad. that the amendments ooold have been passed, os also any other Re publican measure, had Ms policy been panned, or in other words hod those indigiUs persons been allowed to take their seats as before ; ell of whieh is known by every trae Republican to be not only false, bnt impossible. Bryant ie well aware of tbe fact, that each of those-in eligible persons qualified under-the XIVlb Amendment, and that under the sting of the party loab, as applied by the anscrnpnloas Democratic press, they woald again nullify the law of December 22d, 1809. The provis ions of tbe one set ere more binding then those of the other, and gentlemen who knew they were ineligible and then qualified to the contrary, would not hesitate long to do so again when an opportunity offered with no restriction intervening; far, as the sequel ■hows, after all had bean done lhat could, to prevent a repetition of illegal qualifying, sev eral persons still saw proper to do. Were those ineligible men in the House of Repre sentatives, the Democracy coaid and woald nnite with the “ Bryant oeceders ” and defeat tcdSlate, which might well be cmnlated by BTfry R cpn i,i ic(u , room, in answer, asked me if I remembered when I was employed as an Attorney against him some time back, and gained the case? And when 1 responded in the neg ative, he said he did; “and now,” said he, "I have my revenge,” with which remark he left me abruptly, giving me to understand, "your character and liberty were at stake, and I was tho arbiter, with twenty-three others, and I cast my dio against yon to satiate my re venge.” This latter gentlrmon had marched with me to hear eulogies, and give andier.ee to those who were advocating the principles that we emnlate in tbe baildeis of King 8olo-_ mon’s Temple. Farther, gentlemen, the introducer of these indictments, as it is claimed, has tbe repnta- tion o! having been a spy in the Federal arm;- Exrconw Detastkent, I Atlanta, February 14,1870. f Goeernor: In reply to your communication ot this day, asking an explanation ot a con versation said to have occurred between J. H. Pcndland, of tbe county of Union, and my self. I will beg to say: Your Excellency well styles what Mr. Fendland said os a "remark able statement” It is false in spirit and letter, and I am personally responsible for what I say. The facts are simply as follows: Col J. S. Fain and Mr. Penland came to me and (tbe one or the other) asked me, if those men who tern ineligible really would be prosecuted provided they took the oath of' eligibility. I said, “they will, in my opinion.” Mr. Pen land then asked me “how shall I have my disabilities removed?" My reply was, by an application to Congress, and that if bs woald walk into tbe room, I woald show him a form, which, in my judgment, woald insare what lie wisbi d. Mr. Penland and bis friend CoL Fain took the form of application, road it carefully, and after both approving, signed it. Tbe statement, that I said, I would have bis disabilities removed within five or ten days, is to my mind too ridiculous to deny; it is simply false. Very respectfully ft P. Lesteb, See'y. Executive Department. Wc understand that Mr. Penland was" on office-holder before tbe war, and aided in organizing a military company daring tbe war; to use his own words, be “mustered with 'cm a timo or two," and is therefore dearly aaabla to take the roqnired oath, and such was lib- own opinion. The case is being worked npby the Opposi tion now only to give color to the shameless statements of CapL Bryant and “Parson” Caldwell—tbs Captain and high private Of Company E1 We presume, of coarse, that all fair The true reasons why Bryant continues to pursue his present coarse ore palpable. He happened to be a prominent member of tbe famous purging commute* at tbe 1st session of the illegal Legislature, held in 1808. It then became his interest to find that oi the score and more persons who have since ad mitted their ineligibily, only three were really sol This committee coaid not con sistently decide that there were no ineligible persons in (he body, they got over this knotty subject as smoothly as they knew how, to havo the semblance ot performing their dnty; bat at the soma time producing each s report and reecommendations os prevented the ex pulsion of any ot these Ineligible persons (and financially considered no party coaid be blamed for holding bis seat after having qualified, and tha Hoooe deciding that he was eligible.) Mr. Bryant being the prominent man of tha Committee, and at that time the leader of tha House, (be also being the tool of the Hon. Joshua Hill,) fonnd it to their mutual interests, to not only Jhid contrary to the evidence in many cases, bat to also pre vent the legitimate action of the body on tbe which were decided ineligible in Com mittee Room. Had these gentlemen been prevented qualifying, and those persons who received the next highest number of votes (the legally elected members) been allowed their seats, the negroes would not have been expelled, the Hons. Joseph E. Brown and Footer Blodgett woald havo been onr United States Senators, the State woald long ago have been admitted, withontjtbe necessity of father legislation, and h£day we would have had peace and prosperity. Bat Mr. Bryant, after saoceeding in elect ing bis friends as Senators by an illegally or ganized Legislature, has again sought to pre vent the legal organization of the present Leg islature by resorting to every conceivable mode of action—at all times in unison with his Democratic,allies; at times refusing to take part, aUUKer tunes acting nnder protest, and generally, the major part’of his legislative har- nagues were in keeping with the set of reso lutions referred to. Fall of villifietion of tbe Governor, of wholesale charge* of corruption and dishonesty of his administration, why had not he and his allies the manliness to allow an investigation of those charges? When a resolution w.is offered asking the appointment of a committee for that purpose, the Democ racy prevented it by refusing to allow the rules suspended. The simple troth is, the Democracy themselves do not believe tbe charges; bnt so long os they can prevent an investigation, they can tue them for political capital They, in that manner, wished to prevent a proper organization of the House of Representatives, bnt having failed in this, they now, for once, ore calling lnstily on Con gress for more legislation 1 They are well aware that those silly har- rangoes, those falsa resolutions, and those vile charges against Gov. Bollock, are all “wind, * 1 and find no believers in the Republican parly of Georgia, and very few among the Democ racy. Yet they continne to publish and send forth to the world with tbe vain hope that Republi cans iu Congress may possibly be induced to give credence to their sayings—that they may join in the cry of corruption and dishonesty. Time alone will demonstrate whether or not any considerable number of that honorable body will be deceived by the cry of “wolf, wolf,” where there is no wolf; with the cry of corroption, dishonesty, and desertion, while he (Bryant) alone, is the corrupt deserter from tho Republican party. W. L. Goodwin, Representative of Bartow County, A PERSONAL bx J0£L n. ammy. Foet Valler, Houston Co., Ga., 1 December 21, 18G9. J To Messrs. U. L. D. Rice, Thomas Cuter, I). IL Botuer, W. H. Harris. Larkin Stexcart, Peter Reluin, and eighteen others. Members of the Gt and Jury for Houston County, al the No vember Tam of the Superior Court, Judge C. B. Cole, presiding: Gentlemen; I have tbongbt it not out of place, or discourteous to address you a letter, os an hnmble citizen of yoar connly, and act ing in the capacity of a Notary 1’ablic, an ex- ifiicio Justice .of the Peace, nnder a commis sion from his Excellency the Governor, the ■abject matter which iB vital to myself, and every citizen, wbo. like me, may entertain any respect fur tbo General Government, bear Lt-r allegiance, and be republi can in bis principles. As you all well know, on Tuesday^ November 23d, 1869, 1 appeared before your body with the books and papers of my office os a Magistrate; and, ns I tbongbt, in a respectful manner, asked per mission to be heard concerning several fix grant outrages, Ac., committed in this vicin ity upon persons and properly, (be breaking np of my Coart, assaulting me in my < Dice, criminals having me arrested for acting us a Magistrate, and being instrumental in order ing their punishment for crime. Understand ing yoar foreman to give bis assent to my wishes, I commenced to make n statement of these'facts, when one of yoar number, seem ingly macb excited, arose and mode a motion that I be immediately silenced and excluded from tbe Grand Jury room, remarking at the same time that he had too much private baai- to attend to to be sitting and listi'ung to this kind of tslk; that if I bad any grievances to be corrected, to appeal to the Courts. This motion having a second, it was pat and promptly carried. I appealed to yon, saying, os an officer aggrieved, I had a right to be heard; that men were then withoat yoar room who Boaght to get true bi Is against me, if they had not already done so—men who had no character. Yonr clerk denied that any in dictment hod been found against me. I in formed yonr body I would bo near by da ring the term, with my books and papers, to meet any charges, and then I left yoar room. At tbe close of tbe Superior Court, tbe Solid tor General informed me that three trne bills, one for robbery, one for oppression and one lor barratry. Now, gentlemen, I know, and yon in part do too, that there was political prejudice enough against me in yooT Grand Jury room, at tbe time of my pressenee there, to have destroyed me, had it been consistent with prudence. One of yonr number knows he was prejudiced against me, because he so wrote some time back, above bis own signature, specifying that my polities caused him to write tho letter. Another of yonr number, knows that he bos been Tery bitter in denouncing mo for being a Republican, and at the same time for simply doing my sworn dnty, in suing him for another, as a Magistrate; he declaring he woald have revenge; his esse pending at tbe time of tho Snperior Court, and to be tried soon after. Another of yonr number, told itnesses at the door of the Grand Jar? room: AU yon in favor of Griffin, go to yoar homes, all against him mast stay here.” Another of yonr number, whom I met in onr town, and whom I thought it my dnty to ask tho eanso lice of tbe Peace of things done before him judicially iu the exeention of his office, shall be of such credit that it shall not bo gainsaid; one man may affirm n thing and another man deny it, but if a record once say the word, no uian shall be received to aver or speak against it; for if men should be admitted to deDv the same, there would never bo on end to controversy. And, ther efore, to avoid all contentious, while one saithone thing and an other saith another thing, the l.i-.v o p -Vi: it self wholly and solely in the report of the Judge: and hereof it cometh that bo cannot make a substitute or deputy in his office, see ing that he may not put over tho confidence that is put in him; great cause, therefore, have the Justices to take heed that they abase not thi9 credit.—Lamb. 63, GC; Cloy, Jus. 231. ‘ The general dnty of the conservators of the peace by tho common law is, to employ their own, aud to command tho help of others, to arrest and pacify all such, who, in their presence, and within their jurisdiction and limits, by word or deed, shall go about to b’ -akth= peace.—Dolt. c. 1; Clay. Jus. 232. "If a conservator of the peace, being re quired to soe tho peace kept, shall be negli gent therein, he may bo indicted and fined.— ■ : y. ,/2:12. 1 “And if the conservators of the pence have committed or boand over any offenders, they are then to send to, or bo present at the next -deliver/, or Superior Court, there to object against them. -rOay. Jus. 2S2.” -Justices of theFeaoe havo a double pow er in relation to tbe arrest of wrong-doers, the first lAoaeh of which authority may be per sonally exercised on the commission of a felony cr breach of the peace in their pres ence ; the second by issuing a warrant on tho evidence and complaint of another. And if a Justice of the Peace seo a felony or breach of the peace committed, ho may either himself arrest the parties offending, or verbally com mand any person to take them into custody. And it seems, that in order to prevent the riotous consequences ot a tumultuous assem bly, he may command his servants or others to arrest the affrayers, thongb, in general if an offense be committed in his absence, he utart grant his warrant in writing to appre hend the offender. It is laid down, that any justice or the Sheriff may take oat of the county any number that be shell think meet, to pursue, trust, and imprison traitors and felons, or such as break, or go about to break cr disturb tbe king’s peace, and that every man being required, ongbt to assist and aid them on pain of fine and imprisonment.—1 GUI. Critu. haw, 25.” As it seems that this whole war is waged against me because of my politics, I propose to show that I am at least oonsistent, and to that end I trust I may be pardonod for intro ducing tbe preamble and resolations intro duced by ms at a mass meeting at Feny, Oc tober 12th, 1867, and whieh were unanimously received and adopted. The meeting was pre sided over by Jndge John H. Hose, of Ferry, rad CapL James \V. Love, of Fort Valley, was Secretory: Whereas, A portion ot a Southern commu nity which Iiob borne its part of tbe losses in curred in tbe late foar years war, to snstain a principle peculiarly sectional, but exceedingly dear to many, and who hav: have been forced to succumb by superior numbers, and accept of such terms os on enemy might allow. Be it Benefeed, 1st. That we accept of, and will of my being treated so diseoarteourslj in youi-sapport the Beronstrnetion measures of the Congress of the United States passed for oar adoption. Resolved, 2d. That as we approve of Recon struction in its most comprehensive sense, we favor a universal nmuesty and a universal suf frage. Resolved, 3d. That as taxation, in its mani fold ways, is peculiarly oppressive to ns as a Southern people, we wonld bail with pleasure the catting down of oar standing army, be lieving snch to be prejudicial to a Republican form of government. Resolved 4th. That as the United States cur rency is Ihe legal tender of the country, and we of the South have none other, the sus taining of the same becomes with ns a dnty. Resolved 5th. That knowing the destitution of onr best citizens, and that they have our np tor-the close of the war as a Southern sympathies, we wonld ask the anticipated then, to i.ii.i-: coyotlr prejndtoe* afnoe UMjOoovietiooittocttseunmrsu jacti- war, pretemie to tle|>f yonr political faith; he ’ “ * * ’ ’ will gamble here and there, and wallow in the gatter, rob end murder; the latter act, it ia charged, he committed in a distant State, on tbe person of a prominent General of tha late Confederate array; and be is gnilty of forging and cheating and swindling iu onr own county, and lately is reported to have had the monkeys after him. This man is bolstered np by the evidence of a robber of tbo United States mails, and a regular thief and black leg. Yon can then well comprehend, gentle men, why I understand tbe situation. I am only surprised that, instead of three true bills, yon did not find a dozen against" me; for a man of my conceived political sina, might ex pect at any moment, a worse fate. Since yoar adjournment, and about ball- post eleven o’clock on the night of December 29cb, while trying to close np the basiness of an expiring year, in my law office, which is, as yon are aware, within three-fomths of n mile of the town of Fort Valley proper, aa I think, one of my political opponents, stealthi ly slipped np to my office window, when no person was aboat, and with his victim fairly exposed to view, fired, the ball passing within three inches of its target, and lodged in the back of my chimney. I thank our all-wise Baler of the Universe, for my preservation, for it was so anltke my poor unfortunate next door neighbor, who bnt a few months back, thought all who called from withoat night or day, were friends, died at his gate Irom the assassin’s ballet. Next day morning, (not as sassinated as some one expected,) an officer of the law served npon me a notice, and copy of some ten charges, covering tbe whole cata logue of crime, that I most be and sppoar at the next February Term of the Superior Court to make answer why my name should not be erased from the roll of Attorneys it gnilty of these charges. Such is the sitaotion, gen tlemen, at this writing. I cannot say yoar actiion towards me, gars the asso&in nerve to attempt his nglywork; snch malignity as yon in part displayed to me though, will not, in my opinion, redound to the good of onr anxious people.. I.am one of yon. Southern born and Southern reared, and shall there fore claim that peculiar independence that a Southern man so much cherishes under civil government; to think and act politically os I may think best, for oar State and conutrv. true bills and Attorney breakings to the con trary notwithstanding; and in a few years, when time can work its usual revolutions, yon will look with surprise npon the past, and wonder that yon coaid not comprehend it My politics, which are intensely Republican, teaches me, gentlemen, to love my people, and though we differ in the policy to be per- sned in oar political economy, I advocate no persecution of those who differ with me. I will treat yonr indignities with consideration. Tbe hate shown me for opinion's sake, I pass with the utmost good will The assanlte upon me, and the breaking op my Coart, I re gard as consistent with the times. The noon-day robberies perpetrated opon me, as consistent with tbe morals ot a depraved populace in this, onr section- The attempt at my assassination, I can only regard was justifiable, because of my being a Republican, and for supporting Re construction from its incipiency, liking tbe Chicago platform, and Gen. U. S. Grant os the representative of its principles, Georg Governor, and reconstructed Reconstruction. Not expecting, gentlemen, you will sit in judgement on these cases, upon which, in due time, I will be arraigned, I have written you candidly. Bnt to Bhow you that I am no imposter, and that my defense before you is consistent with the Isw and statutes in force, I quote: “Any Justice of the Peace, charged with malpractice in office, by nsing oppression, ty- ranical partiality, or any other conduct unbe coming his character as an cpright magistrate, in tbe administration, and nnder color of his office, may be indicted, whichindictmantshall specially set forth the merits of the complaint, and a copy thereof bo served on the defend ant before tbe same is laid before the grand jury; and the prosecutor and tbe Justice, and tbeir witnesses, shall all have the right of ap pearing and being heard before the grand ju ry, which indictment, if found, trne by tbe grand jury shall, as ia other cases, be tried by apetitjary—and if the defendant be convict ed, be shall be punished by fine, or imprison- ment in the common jail of tbe conoty, ox both at tbe discretion of the coart; and shall moreover be removed from office, if still in of- fioe.—Prill. Dig. G41.” “And a record or memorial made by a Jus- ciel proceedings against debtors at least one year longer. Resolved 6tb. That as intelligent freo labor is needed to till the vast fields of onr State, now uncultivated, we would ask the adoption of a system of free schools for onr indigent, of both races, (to be separate,) by onr law makers. And to allow tbe estimation in which citi zens bold me, I here add a letter published in the AmEUICAN Union of January lith, 1870 : LETTEB FBOM HOUSTON COUNT!. Poweesville, Ga., Jan., 1870. Mr. X Clarke Suiayse: Dzab Sib I am one of the conutry Repub licans of onr county, and though, as mote as a moose, am nevertheless in lull sympathy with the oppressed of onr party, and yon may depend they are all sorely oppressed who are in sympathy with yon in these porta. Bat a few days since I left my home to visit the pretty little town of Fort Valley, to make some g archases, and also had some legal basiness > attend to, abont which I wished to see Col J. R. Griffin, and supped into one of the new brick stores of that place, and asked if the Colonel had been seen in town that day, know ing ho lived on his plantation aboat a mile distant, when the principal of the store told me he had not seen him, nor did he ever wish to see him again, nor did he ever wish to have anything to do with him or bis friends, that n man with his politics he had no nse for, and if be hod his way abont matters, be wonld take a dagger and stab him to the heart. I asked him if it was possible, as a Christian man, to entertain inch ideas, when he replied he did. I left this man as quick as possible, horrified. Tbis man is one of tbe wealthiest men in Fort Valley; he is about fifty years of age, and one of the leading members of one of onr churches. Col. Griffin is the most prominent citizen in this connty, as he used to be in yoar county; an anxioas, energetio Union man before tbe war, going with Alexander Stephens in tbe support of Stephen A. Douglass for tbe Presi dency; one ot the descendants of old Cyras Griffin, who was tbe first Vice President of the Continental Congress from Virginia, wbo car ried the Governor’s Guards off to Virginia, in the Confederate service in April, 18(l,from Fort Valley; Colonel of tbe 8th Georgia Cavalry, from this section. Another company from this county was in his regiment and a firmer set of yonng men we never had to leave it.— For two years CoL G. was a commander of a Brigade on the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, and while disabled and at home, burnt the railroad bridge and destroyed all the boats on Flint river, hereabout, to keep bock the gallant advance of Major General Wilson of tbe Federal army. This stopped his right flank there for three days, his center binding aronnd and reaching Macon. This detention saved Fort Valley, Marshalville, Montezuma, Ogle thorpe. Ferry, Haynesville and Henderson, and othsri iu this and Macon connty, from losing even a chicken by tbe fortunes of tbe war. To do|this the Colonel had only sixty- foar men, only two of them wero from tbis county. Now think of it, that this wealthy man and Christian (?) who was saved from los ing his all by tbe band of Col. Griffin, woald now send a dagger to bis heart for his poli tics, whieh is simply to do justice to Northern men and negroes, to protect their Uvea and property, heal np the wonnds of tbe post and cultivate a love again for the Union, that oar waste places may bloom and blossom again like the rose. My reason for writing yon this is because since yon have commenced reconstructing re construction in Georgia, all kinds of indigni ties, I learn, have been heaped npon CoL Griffin, who is one of onr Republican State Central Committee, and after whicb, to cap the climax, tbe Democracy go with powder J t,.ll ela/c I f ;j_.’™t.» . n.i and ball at the boar of midnight, while CoL G. is writing in his law office, and fires through his window at him. If the wealthy wonld stab to the eeart because of his politics, our intel ligent countryman, CoL Griffin, would they not hire' bis assassination or do it themselves, at midnight ? Snch is Republican life in Honston connty, Georgia. Yonrs most respectfully, A Counts! Republican. The Supreme Court of North Carolina, some time since, decidod that, under the new con stitution of that State, a man’s homestead could not be Bold nnder execution even for debts contracted before its adoption. It bos now decided that the homestead may be sold if tho execution was levied before tbo adop tion of Ibe constitution. From the CartersTtlle, Gt., Express, (Dem.] Senator Blodgett. If success he the measure of talent and ability, with all duo respect to tboso wbo think otherwise, we protest that the newly elected Senator for tho long term, Mr. Blodgett, has undoubted claims to high consideration. Is the recent revolntion which has overtaken the political condi tion of tho State, ho has been tho undis puted manipulator, and iu onr humble conception, marks the most extraordinary chapter in our history. In a word, ho has captured tho whole Stato government, with all of its property, and all of its de partments. Napoleon never did more by France. "He doth bestride tho Stato like a huge Colossus.” Everybody is asking, “on what meat doth tins Cmsar feed that he is grown so great?" We don’t pretend to know. But of one thing we are sore. He mnst, and docs possess firstrato ability of somo sort—a wonder ful amount of working, managing, execu tive sense. Eighteen months ago Lis po litical enemies thought they had tamed him down, and sealed his fate. Over whelmingly defeated for tho Senate, his political hopes seemed burned beyond til- hope of r. uirrection. The Democracy bad swept tho State, and were confident of a long leaso of power. But calm, shrewd, and watchful, ho bided his time. He was neither dead or asleep. Time de veloped the foet that he was greater in his repose than his enemies in their ac tion. In an evil hoar Cnfiee was ejected from our legislative halls. The iron was immediately raised to whito heat—thick and fast and effectually the licks were pnt in. A blockado was established at Wash ington. Madness, doubt and uncertainty seized everything at home. Distraction was in the counsel of the enemy. Thicker and faster and harder the blows were put in. One by one the strong holds yielded, until all fell an easy prey to one man— Foster Blodgett. We say nothing and know little of the means used, but wo do know that they wero effectual We can not deny that ne knows how to adapt his means to the ends proposed. like Napo leon claimod to do, he both proposes and disposes. The fact that he has done it by or through the Congress and President of the United States, does not make it less wonderful In fact it mokes it more won derful When was snch a thing ever known to our history before? Where is tho man who has ever accomplished snch a thing? It may be said that no man ever before tried it. That only makes the thing more novel and daring. Many men woald have done it if they cotild— the fact that they did not only shows that they could not Unalterably opposed as wo are and must be to his politics, we cannot ignore his ability. We cannot see that the Democracy are to gain anything by affecting contempt for his abilities. It is bad policy to underestimate on en emy. The truth is that his late success shows management, shrewdness, energy and ability that is astounding. He has accomplished wonders. Instead of ignor ing, let ns acknowledge bis power, and live in hope that when the time comes, he will use this same power and ability, for tho good of the Slate to which he owes so mncli, and ought to love so well. Georgian* Uelle ve;I. The lollottingisa list of the Georgians whose names are included in the disability bill, recently passed by both Houses of Con gress: John Neal, Warren county; J R Parrott, Csrtersville; V A Gaskill, Fulton connty; John D Pope- Atlanta; W G UcAdoo, Bald win connty; Francis A Kirby and John W H Underwood, of Bomo; John W O'Neil, Lowndes county; W U Dasher, Lowndes; E D Graham, Appling comity; Walter T Me Arthur, and J H Christy. Athens; David Irwin, Mari- letta; James H Graham and George M Han- vey, of Newnan; L J Glenn and J J Thrasher, of Atlanta; Arthnr Hutchison, Campbell conn ty; Levy Nathans, Chatham connty; William U. Grant, Whitfield connty; Andrew J Cloud, Griffin connty; William W Clayton, William R Webster, F Chambers, H II Pettis, Jobn C Hendrix, and J L Harris, of Atlanta; G S Snead, Augusta; William S Kelley, Macon; W H Paine, Savannah; F B Haskell, T W Thurmond, T W King, E C Grannies, James Hammock, George N Lester, William C Dillon, J P McMeals, J U Granbeiry, Thomas J Roberts, W L Clond, Edward Richardson, U S Poor. B H Bigham, Reverend A W Cald well, Reverend CM Csldwell, J J Morri- son,T A Ward.Daniel Pittman.Thos Hooper,W Neel, Nathan Land, J A Howard, Walker Brock, S Fannin, Wm F Martin, and George Cleland, of Cobb county; W F Wright, Cow eta connty; J M Bishop, Wm Kelley, and Jesse Hendricks, of Dawson county ; John R Hill, Dongherty connty; Wm H Edwards, Elbert county; Dickinson H Walker, Walton county; Robert D Harvey, B B Hargroves, of Floyd county; Wm F Bentley, Forsyth conn ty; E Humphries, Gordon county; Joel F Thornton, Gteene connty ; James J Findley, Hall connty; Jacob Deek, Alfred Harris, and Wm P Price, of Lnmpkin connty ; Jonathan Rivers, Lanrens connty; William R Bell Madison connty; Jesao Mitchell, Walton connty; Joseph McWhorter, Oglethorpe conn- ty; Thomas J Spear, Pike connty; William B Lovell and Wm E Philyaw, of Rabnn county; Benjamin Conley, Wm R Davis, and Charles P McCnllar, of Richmond connty; A D Nan- nally and Thomas W Thurman, of Spalding connty; E S Griffin, Twiggs county; Charles D Davis, G M Hanny, of Fnlton county; Jas B Smitb, Coffee connty; Phillip M Russell, Pulaski county; LNathans, Chatham connty; Elijah C Morgan, Valdosta; R K Holliday, Clayton county; Joseph E Brown, Fnlton county; John P King, Alexander Deas, Rob't Campbell, John Milledge, Alexander O Walk er, Ephraim Tweedy, Joseph P Carr, William Phillips, Edwin G Phillips, Wm DoyaU, Wm {Gibson, James S Hook, and C P McCallo, of iBichmond connty; Joseph A Shnmake, Burke county ; David G Cotting, Wilkes connty; M H Wellborn and W W Padgett, of Warren county; E C Wade, Henry Brigham, George W Wylly, and James J Warring, of Chatham connty ; Thomas J Speer, Pike connty; Vir- gilins M Barnes, Colombia connty ; Frank H Holden, Taliaferro connty; James H Mc Whorter, William W Davenport, and W J Da venport, cf Oglethorpe county; KobertLMc- Whurter, Greene connty; Isham J Fannin, Morgan connty ; John A Wimpy, Lnmpkin connty; Bichard U Wbiteley, Decatur connty; Benjamin Longhridge, Murray connty; Joseph Glean, C E Broyles, and Dawson A Walker, of Whitfield connty; William K dcGroffenried, J G Coleman, and Peyton Reynolds, of Bibb connty; Edmund Bichardson, Dongherty county; Augustas H Roberts, Warren connty; Wm A Fort, Floyd connty ; Littleton Pitts, Meriwether connty; Samuel Bard, Fulton connty ; Robert Flonmoy, Clarke connty ; E S Griffin, Twiggs county ; H K McKay, Sum ter county; William M Browne, Marion conn ty; Samuel F Gove, Twiggs county ; William P Edwards, Taylor connty ; James L Seward, Thomas connty; Duncan Cam eron, Telfair connty; John McCray, Montgomery connty; James S Boynton, Spalding connty; David E Blount, Bibb connty; John H Hose, Jobn SJhbson, Absa lom Marshall, and Joel M Mann, of Honston county; A J Comar, and Isaac Oakes, of White connty; Andrew J Burch, Towns connty; John S Fain, Union connty, M U Bryson, Towns connty; Abda Johnson, and Thomas A Word, Jeremiah A Howard, James Vanghan, Jesse R Wikle, John L Wikle, and Christopher Dodd, of Bartow connty: Hubert McCarny, senior, John Oates, and William Lnffman, of Murray connty; John H Starr, Gordon county; William J Underwood, and M. P Qnillian, of Whitfield county; B B Qnillian, Floyd connty; H D C Edmondson, and ^Samuel Hawkins, of Chattooga county; Benjamin H Bigham, Tronp connty; W R D Moss, John O Dowda, and William A Teasley, of CUetokee county; Jackson T Taylor, Cowoln connty; Calvin Johnson, Dawson connty; D W K Peacock, and James Milner, of Bartow connty; W M Adams, Miller coun ty; R U Atkinson, Bibb county; RC Beavers, Campbell county; W D Beutley, Forsyth connty; Abraham Brookin, and ll Brooktn, of Washington connty; Samuel W Brooks, Brooks connty; John Brooks, Charlton coun ty; L H Briscoe, Baldwin connty; W W Blankenship, Webster connty; Thomas B Calhoun, Fnlton connty; J C F Clarke. Terrell connty; J C Clay, Cobb connty; T Coleman, Randolph county; Benjamin Cor nelius, Clinch connty; W A Cobb, Upson county; W B Daniel, Miller county; Jacob Deck, Lnmpkin connty; John Delk, Brooks county; B B deGraffenricd, Baldwin county; J II Davis, Charlton county; Peter Fair, Baldwin connty; R G Folghnm, Pulaski connty; S D Edmonson, Brooks county; James M Granberry, 'Quitman connty; S Holbrook, Forsyth connty; A Jackson, and A Jones, of Warren connty; J Y Jones, Brooks county; William Kelley, Dawson county; John C Kirkland, Clinch connty; Thomas s T Knight, Brooks connty; D E Knowles, Pierce connty; Nathan Land, Bartow connty; Goorge H Lester, Oglethorpe connty; J A Howard, Bartow connty; John L Morgan, senior. Clinch county; Angus Morrison, Brooks connty; John McRae, Montgomery county; Duncan McArlhnr, Fnlton county: J R M Neal, Quitman county; George W Newborn, nnd James North, of Clinch connty; W G Pierce, Calhoun connty; John L Parker, Macon connty; John J Pickren, Coffee county; Absoletn Rhodes; Taliaferro connty; A J Pool, Baldwin county; Thomas J Roberts, Quitman county; David Sapp, Pulaski connty; Thomas Simmonton, Spald ing connty; O P Skelton, Milton connty; W T Switt, Honston county; J F Thornton, Greene connty; JI Tucker, Colquitt county; S Venters, Charlton county; H 11 Waters, Talbot connty; R M Wilder, Warren county: Peter V Wing, Colquitt connty; G W Waldron, Clinch oonnty; D A Williams, Taliaferro connty; Thomas W White, Baldwin county; James S Yonman and Aaron Dowling, of Pierce connty; Charles A Griffis, Clinch county; E Richardson, Dougherty connty; William Smith, Lowndes connty: E F Kirksey, Stewart connty; D P Hilt and Robert H At kinson, of Fnlton county; John P Culberson, Troup oonnty; Philip II Brassell, Fayette connty; John C Bowden, Campbell connty; T J Jobe, Gatoosa county; J M Fito, James W Mashhnrne, Wilcox connty; James T Har mon, Taylor connty; Elias Tamer, Wilcox connty; Benjamin H Bigham, Tronp county; Georgs W Speer, Fnlton county; Kichard S Taylor, Clarke, county; Frederick Cox, Gor don connty; Thompson Allan, Fnlton county; John S Fain, Union connty; O A Loch- rane, Fnlton connty; J D Smitb, Coffee coun ty; Anderson M Parker, Samuel H Stout, of Fnlton connty; John F Andrews, Wilkes connty; W D F Jfanm, Haralson connty; Jared I Whitaker, Fnlton county; J A Holtzclaw, Honston connty; Zashariah F Wilson, Gordon connty; Batt Jones, M F Fletcher, W C Bar ber, and John C Waits, of Folk county; A J Baldwin, Farrell connty; L Carrington, Bald win connty; David G King, Catoosa county; John U Stephens, Oglethorpe county; F A Morgan, Carroll connty; H J G Williams and George Hillysr, of Fnlton connty; George M Lucas, Baldwin connty; James S Boynton, Spalding county; John J Thrasher, Fulton connty; William I Hudson, Harris connty; Robert M Mitchell, Oglethorpe county. TI1E SALE OF CADETSHIPS. Democrat, and ltepiilillcans Implicated tn tbe Dark Transaction. The Washington correspondent of tho Tribune, nnder date of Feb., 20th, says of the alleged salo of cadetships; It has already become known that the sales have not been confined to Republi cans. A. fall meeting of tho Military Committee will be held to-morrow to de cide some intricate points which have arisen, and to determine upon the man ner of proceeding in fntare cases. Thus for, the number of members and ex-mem bers implicated is about half-a-dozen, but the number guilty of improper conduct in connection with cadetships is much larger. A morning paper hero to-day, nnblishes a list of those alleged to have been discovered, in which the following names occur: Fernando Wood, who probably did not reoqive pay, bnt who did dispbey the law by appointing nn Ohio boy instead of one in his own dis trict. Jacob S. Golladay of Kentucky; no witnoca yet mtnxmoned in hi. coco. H. Ii. Hoge, South Carolina; in this case a boy was appointed, but SI ,000 was paid for his resignation, and tho appointment subsequently given to a New-York boy. S. Newton Pettis, of Pennsylvania, wlto appointed a boy in his district, but ac cording to the strongest testimony, re ceived $800 for it. John T. Dewees, of North Carolina, who traded cadet to an opponent in his district to prevent him from running against the member of Congress. B. F. Wluttemore, of South Carolina, who for pay appointed a legally- qualified bov, and sent tho money (1,000) to his constituents, to be used for cduca- tianal and political purposes. W. Jasper Blackbnm of Louisiana, who sold two cadetships, one for Annapolis and one for West Point, for $1,500, and both cadets reside outside his Stato. R. R. Butler of Tennessee, who received $1,000 for bis West Point appointment, yesterday testi fied before the Committee that he paid $500 of tho money to aid Stokes in the Gubernatorial election, and $200 to other politicians; tho rest he had devoted to his own campaign expenses. The foregoing is tho substance of the charges to-day published, but, of course, they canuot re ceive indorsement until the evidence token by the Military Committee is made public. STATE NEWS. CABTEESVILLE. With the exception of Chatham, Richmond, Mo scogee, Fulton and Bibb, wo havo the finest Court Hoase in the State. It is buiit of choice bricks and covered with Vau Wert slate, aud the Court room is large and well arranged, while the Jndge's bench is a work of beauty and finish, and the platform capable of seat ing a dozen persona comfortably. Wo have reason, as citizens oi Bartow county, to be proud ot our elegant temple of justice.—Ec- press. The Etowah Lodge, No. 3, of Good Temp lars, is increasing in members and influence rapidly. We learn that Mr. Dozier will de liver an address on the 3d of March, prox., on the subject of Temperance. We bespeak a fall attendance of onr 'itrzens upon that oc casion. The address wi'l be delivered in one of the churches, which will be designated iu dna time Ibid. AMKEICUS. - A rural friend of onrs was telling us tbe other day abont some previous purchases, among which was some gnnno not at all pleas ing to the olfactory organs. “ Bnt,” he added, “I boaght somo to-day that is ranch belter; it is sweet guano.” houe. Whether the following “tact” occurred in ono of onr book-stores or not, we do not propose, to tell; we only assert that it did oc cur, and that it is too good to keep. A lady and gentleman, whose connubial bliss is per fect in everything save the presence of chil dren around the domestic fireside, wero exam ining some illnminated mpttoes the other day, when the wife pieked ont for purchase one bearing the words, “God bless onr Home.” The husband thought that very good, bnt still □ot exactly what they wanted. Looking a little farther, he picked np this one, “Suffer little children tocomeanto me,” and with a most solemn air assured his wife that that was what they wanted.—Daily. We regret to hear it surmised by many men competent to judge, that tho peach crop is folly half cat off by the freaks of the weather for the past few weeks.—Courier. Many ot onr merchants have gone to Ns s York for Spring goods.—Ibid. SAVANNAS. A letter'received in this city yesterday gives information of tha death of Mr. Otis Johusou, which occurred at his residence in Lynn, Mas sachosetts, on the night of thel7tb insL, utter a very brief illness. Mr. Johnson was for many years identified with tbe boot and shoo trado of Savannah, having commenced bnainess In 1823. About 1830, Mr. O. M. Lillibridge, who died a few months since, became connected with him, and the firm of Johnson & Lilli bridge was well known throughout tho State for maty years.—News, 2L It is said than an officer ot General Terry s staff was in tho city yesterday for the purpose of procuring suitable quarters for the military family of tbe commander of Georgia. —Ibid. Tn. 8hMBt*!HilMililp. V •- A Washington xKspatelr of the 22u.l, says; The House Military Commit too was in session on tho cadetship inquiry all .day. Pettis,, of the lato House, appeared by his next friend, but did hot succeed in break ing the force of the evident* ‘taken against him. W. D. London returned to the city voluntarily nnd appeared before the committee. Ho testtftori that, he caused the advertisement whieh appeared in New York, and wliie.h led to the in quiry of tlm Hons?, to be inserted, but that lie did it of his own notion, and willt no regard to auy particular cadetship. He was the broker in tho ease of Commo dore Upslier'x son, appointed by Hoge, of South Carolina, lie received $1,300 to go to Annapolis and prevail upon the one first appointed by Hoge to withdraw. Landon says he paid four hundred dol lars to the Annapolis party. There is no evidence that Hoge was aware of the nse of money. This Landon is the same who figured as tutor in the ease of Dailey, ap pointed by Wbittemore. He appears to have been briskly engaged iu the business of obtaining cadetships for .somo lijne. In tho case of Golladay’s appointment, the" committee havo evidence'that two thousand dollars was paid in connection with tho transaction, but there is nothing yet to show that Mr. Golladay was in any sense implicated in tha matter. Two persons irom tha Navy Department were examined at length withont eliciting any thing now. Whittemoro was not at the Capitol at all to-day. Whether he will or will not attempt a defense of himself to morrow is not known, .as he has declined mostly to seo visitors. The talk among those who show a disposition to speak in his behalf is, that a member of this Con gress cauuot be expelled for au net done iu a previous Congress; bnt this argu ment is sconted by lawyers. Syplier is circulating a card to-night, iu which lie explicitly denies all charges affecting him. There is a great deal of uneasiness among all those implicated, as everybody under stands that if judgement is executed against Wbittemore, Logan will report against others at once. THE APVESTtillESS. Her aa Orica Iter Tears willt a IIuu,li; tI- Dollar Note. From the Atlantic Monthly.] An adventuress is not difficult of detec tion to a clear vision; but eyes arc used iu this world for almost everything but seeing. She varies her form; but in (he place where her heart was before sopu: man broke it (as slto would say,) she is al most always tho same. She is usually handsome, or bears traces of handsome ness, departed or departing. At least she looks interesting, and interestingness is the sum of all wo seek in humanity, liter ature and art. She is rarely young, nor is she old. Sbo is of an uncertain age. She may be thirty, she may be less; she may be forty. Sue is calm aud cold ap parently; but if you study her, you will seo her calmness aud eohlucss are the re sults of severe self-discipline, aud in her eye gleams of intensity aud anxiety that dart ont while her manners ;trc relieving guard. There are certain hard lincsin her face; the soft mqjitli has lost semo of its sym metry, the uoso is questioning and suspi ciotts, the nostril expauded as though il knew each individual had an odor, and were determining to ‘what species lie .should bo assigned. Serosa the brow flit, subtle shadows, and between aud oyer the eyes they gather ever and anon, as if tho electricity of her system were center ing there to burst; and then the lightning leaps sharp nnd qnickly ont below, and momemtary darkness falls from the hair to the defiant chin. Her oye.j arc trille prominent, and. when you look at them you see they are listening— listen ing perhaps for what she will never hear again. Her form is full, a trifle too full, to indicate fineness nnd spirituality; and Iter manner is too decided and positive lo ho attractive at first. Her toilet is some what outre, and there is more or less of it than there should be, while some of her jewelry might bo spared for the sake of tasl. But above all there is au expression iu her face and her air that declares some thing has gone out of her life—something that rounded and completed her woman hood—something that will never return. She has been a wife and mother; she is not likely to bo again, for tho memory of that wifehood aud maternity makes her shudder, and sends the strange, almost lurid look ont of her eye. She may have a child or children with her; and if you could look into her chamber after mid night you would see her bending over tho bed where tho little creatures lie with tears baptising the whispered prayers for them, which she never utters for herself. Unliko tho adventurer, the adventuress has a conscience, feels remorse, suffers for the past, dares not reflect npon the fu ture. When the mental torture comes, she plunges into excitement aud laughs wildest when her heart sinks like burning lead in her bosom. Adventuresses are most at home iu the great hotels. Hardly one of tho Broad way houses that has not several of the singular sisterhood. They always avoid each other, and are enemies on instinct. Men alono they affect. Without doing anything yon can describe, they always attract attention. When they cuter the ordinary, or sit iu the drawing-room, or walk in'the corridor, every masculine eye beholds, aud many masculiuo eyes follow them. They know, with almost mathe matical certainty, the impression thoy are making, when it is their timo to glance, to speak, to drop a liaakerchicf, to write a note. Nothing escapes there acute senses. The man whom they have selected for a dupe is such before he has spoken. What is the boasted reason of onr sex to the subtle iustincs of theirs? They havo mado men a study, as Balzac aud Goctko made woman a study, aud they have found their profit in it, bo sure. They grow upon their acquaintances im perceptibly but rapidly, aud, after a retv hours of uutraiumelcd talk, seem liko old friends you are bound to assist when trouble comes. It will come very soon. The adventuress is always iu trouble, and sho tells so sad a story that you feel, during its narration, as if yon should dry every tear with a hundred-dollar note. Y’oti are too liberal altogether. Sho ac cepts half the sunt, is eternally grateful, and the situation changes with the pres sure of a baud. The adventuress lives iu Manhattan;, but she goes to Washington frequently when Congress is in session, for there sho reaps a harvest She brings alt her arts to hear on members of the nonse and Senate, who yield to feminine influence when thoy can withstand bribes and tho clamor of constituents. Tho ndfsntnress often arranges her campaign on tho Hud son and fights it out on tho Potomac. She completes there what she begins here. llxDr.OFUOBLL—Alexander Thomas, who lives at Hanover Town, was bitten by a rabid dog oil Sunday morning, aud was in Rich mond yesterday looking tor a mudstone. Sev eral dogs and n sow bittca by tbe same aniuul ar. reported 03 having gone mod.—Richmond Dispatch. The farm of Judge H. G. Bond, in Orange county, Va., containg GOO acre?, has been pur chased by Mr. D.j Hubbard, of Lonisiaiie, or 833,000 cash. Iu Chicago the police foroe ia to be itnpri by tbe addition ot colored citizenr.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly new era. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-????, March 03, 1870, Image 1