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Omoi.il Journal of the United States
ontcial Journal of the State of Georgia.
OEl?EBAI^ GRANT ,
Thi Poor who out Aim will ouim th*
Shit or Stats satilt thhouoh iuu btobk.
THE NEW ERA
Will Vindicate the Principles ahd the
Pouct or ms Remblioah Pahtt, ahd Sop-
rOBT ITS ItOHISEES. STATS AHD HATIOHAL.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 28, IS70.
Folly Endoroi.
Aaron Alpcoria Bradloy eulogized Treasurer
Angler Tory highly yeoterday, and said he
voted for Angier because he was an honest
man and he (Aaron Alpooria) know it “Thai
,li settle It.”
Appreciated FaUy t
The Atlanta correspondent of tho Macon
Telegraph and Messenger (Dem.) thinks, that
the members of the General Assembly earn
their nino dollars per day In being forced to
hear the daily harangues of Scott of Floyd!
Brotherly Lure.
When Aaron Alpcoria was compelled to
take his Boat yesterday by tho presiding officer
of the Senate for violation of rules of order,
non. Milton A. Candler immediately flew to
his relief and plead with * “angelic strains of el
oquence” that Aaron ehouldjbo allowed to pro
ceed. Behold how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."
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That Angler Dl,patch Again.
The Esx of'the 20th insL gavo publicity to
a ‘“rumor" then current among the adherents
of tte Biyant faction of the Democracy, that
Governor Bullock had drawn upon ae Geor
gia National Bonk for 820,OOfe*‘within ae
last few days;” that said drafts were honored
by ae payment of funds belonging to ae
as having telegraphod this—or a similar state
ment—in ae interests of the Biyant Democ
racy to Washington.
This statement was mode as a “ rumor
hut one which had gained general circulation
among ae malcontents, and which was being
used in ae interests of the Bryant fiction.
On the morning of the next day, (to-wit,
the 21st inst,) Capt. Bryant's Atlanta organ—
The Constitution—referring to the Ena's state
ment, mode this announcement:
We have looked into too matter, and find
that Angier telegraphed as follows:
“ Within the last fiv® weeks. Bollock has
drawn twenty thousand dollars on ae Georgia
National Bank, of which John Bice is Presi
dent, whero ae State Road deposits are kept.
These drafts are drawn payable to the order of
Sykes, Chadwick A Co., endorsed by them to
Riggs A Co. AH of these men aro in Washing-
Loolcing
Tho Democratic Legislature of New York,
which bitterly opposed the XVth Amendment,
seems now inclined to aeeept it gracefully.
They have passed a bill removing disabilities
from colored voters, and repealing ae Registry
law.
Thus ae New York Democracy are begin
ning to comprehend ae situation; and aey in
tend to bid for ae negro vote—thru placing
themselves at right angles wia ae Democracy
of Philadelphia and other Northern cities.
Wjwhinotoh, April 23.—General Ymmg an-
tliorizes ae statement that he apprehends.that
tho postponement of ae Georgia matter rsan
advertisement for new Georgia outrages. 1 he
ejrtremlsls confidently expect totween «ow
„ed U.e fifth «/ May.—Press Dispatch.
That portion of ae telegram italicised, indi
cates that orders have been issued for more
diabolism on ao part of ae Ku-Xlux Democ-
General Young being a Democrat, and be
longing to the only party of ‘‘extremists” we
know of, js fully posted, but we hope and trust
that ae instigations of ae “extremists," like
ae “hopes of the wicked,” may fail.
Father Hyacinth*.
Faaer Hyacinae was born in 1827. Last
foil ho dononneed ae Papacy not Caaolicity;
he suddenly came to this country; did not tnm
Protestant os expected; out of courtesy ho at
tended Henry Ward Beecher’s church once; at
all oaer times when ho attended pnblic wor
ship, it was in a Catholic Church; he was not
excommunicated by ao Pope as expected; but
immediately after his return to Paris was ab
solved from bis monastic vows and obligations;
continues in holy orders; he has not rononneed
his preaching; probably no pnlpit would be
open to him.
Onao 1st of April] » newspaper named La
Concorde appeared in Paris. It is ao organ
of Pore Hyaeinthe, ao Abba Gmtry and oacr
a ha.lon. of tho advanced clerieo-poUtieal party,
and Jules K. Loyson (tho reai/naiuo of Faaer
Hyaeinae,). Pore Hyacinae is now Editor
' Loyson!!
The Plehleeltnm—The French Agltatloi
Napoleonic sensitiveness ever has, from ae
timo that Bonaparte qnelled a riot in ae
streets of Paris, been qnick to perceive ae
commanding impulses of ae people of France.
For ao Napoleon Dynasty is representative of
ae men of ao world of France.
Governed by no settled or fixed principles,
but that of obtaining and retaining power, the
representatives of this dynasty have always
studied the situation as it is, and ao penplo of
France as aey really arc.
They pander to ae tastes of ae people
aey never have had a bold npon power except
from considerations instilled into too minds of
aeir subjects that ao reign of a Napoleon is
necessary to toe grandeur ami ae peace of
ae French people.
Tho proposed Pmmsoirort, is a confirmation
of ao reputation for tact that has ever dis
tinguished ae Bona partes. While ae Coun
cil of ae Emperor divides on questions sprung
by ae French Democracy; while leading men
such as Napoxxon Diro and Bprrrr leave ae
cabinet rather Han approve of an appoal to
ae people, it is evident that Napoleon HI
through his aoroagh perception of popular
impulses, is master of ae situation and will se
cure ae adoption of the Plehiseitumbya largo
majority of ae popular vote,
The Flebisritum, which is a proposition to
make certain changes in too organic law of ae
Empire, npon which as people are soon to
vote, concedes, to ae progressive democratic
theories of toe majority of ae French, enough
to satisfy and quell ao present restlessness of
ae people, and make secure to the heire at tho
Man of Destiny the Imperial Crown of France.
The Cessna BUI—Admission of Georgia.
On Wednesday of last week, Mr. Cessna, of
Pennsylvania, introduced a bill to admit Geor
gia to representation in Congress, and which
was referred to ae Reconstruction Committee.
This bill (which we publish this morning)
providos for an election of members of ae
Legislature in 1872, and furnishes a solution
of ae Georgia ease that will be satisfactory to
ae Republicans of this State, and creditable
to the party throughout ae whole country.
It embraces ae most desirable features of ae
bill originally reported by ae Reconstruction
Committee, togeaer wia ae amendments of
Senator Williams and of Senator Sherman
adopted in the Senate. It affords a basis of
compromise npon which the Republicans of
boa Houses ought to be able to unit*, and set
ais vexed question at rest We ore glad to
note such a movement, coming aa it does from
a representative of ae grand old Keystone
State; and the Republicans of Georgia hail
as an indication of a disposition to plaeo ae
loyal men of this State, and ae Government
established under the terms of the Reconstruc
tion enactments, npon a footing that will
seeme ae rights of person and property
guarntoed in ae new Constitution of the
State.
We feel assured that this bill will psss the
House promptly, when it comes up in regular
order after ae 5th; and that the Senate will
concur in the same without unnecessary delay.
Five days later (to-wit, on the 20a) the
Biyant organ, referring to this same dispatch,
ahd to ae Ena's comments, says:
The Constitution sVled the matte,-, and gave
what it teamed to be the truth, dx.
Now here is a positive statement, reiterated
five days after its original publication, that Mr.
Angier did telegraph to Washington that
■within the last five Jweeks," Gov. Bullock
drew upon ae Bank "whero ae State Road
deposits are kept” for twenty thousand dol
lars ; whereas ao facts in ae ease are, that
Governor Bullock has mado no drafts what
ever npon ae Georgia National Bank, and
ae few checks which he has made have been
personal and in no wise official: and, like
cheeks of oaer persons having accounts wia
ao Bank, have been charged to tho Gover
nor’s private account. -Tho number or ae
amount of such private cheeks is a matter of
interest only to ao Bank, and only “Paul
Frys” and universal “busy bodies" seek to pry
into a gentleman’s priTato Bank account or
his grocery bills.
Hence ao conclusion is inevitable: Either
ae Organ misstated ae contents of Mr.
Angler’s dispatch, and spoke dogmatically of
a matter concerning which it claimed to be
posted, but about which it really knew noth,
ing; or, else Mr. Angier’s statement, in a*
dispatch referred to, was exceedingly unfor
tunate in being at varicnco vrUh ao tacts in
ae caso. If ao Organ correctly represented
the contents of Mr. Angler's dispatch, then
ae onns lies wia that gentleman. But if ae
Organ did ,not correctly represent ae contents
of that dispatch, aen the onns lies wia the
Organ.
We leave aem to settle ais little affair
between themselves.
SPIRIT Op TIIE GEORGIA PRESS.
(In up the Spirit cf th* Georgia Press, our
chief aim U accuracy. The editorials of our contempo-
rules are read doectr, and th* selection, therefrom are
made with a view of giving the reader the spirit sod
gist of article. The comments (when any are loader
rackets, or in our regular editorial col
umns. in no case where, (by Inadvertence ; a represen
tation is not isirly made, will wo fall or refuse to make
correction when attention is .called to it. On the
7, it wtn always afford pleeanre to make any
of this kind. A mere pee-rlah assertion,
however, la general terms, that tho representation
unfair, will not command attention. There most be
spedOoeUons, and this la in a courteous spirit.]
THE OOLUiiBUS ENQCmEB (DEM.)
Thinks tho fate of the Pomeroy substitute in
the House is doubtful [We should think sol]
the naoBAEa* sepobteh, (dem.)
Which eleime to be Ku Klnx. has the Daily
New Em on the brain, or where the brain is
supposed to be.
Tho same paper has discovered that the
Pomeroy substitute is substantially the same
the Bingham Amendment! [Then do you
it 7]
THE WEST POINT BUIZT.T>, (DEM.)
Noticing tho passago by the Senate of tho
Pomeroy amendment, says:
We hope now that the excitement is over,
that the people of Georgia will take things
coolly, and not allow themselves to be irrita
ted into any unbecoming action. We are in
the hands of the Philistines and we must make
the best of the situation.
THE SEWS AS HEBAED (DEM.)
Says of the Pomeroy amendment:
Unless Congress provides differently, wo
fear it will be held necessary to have a new
registration, and thereby all who cannot take
Alinn c.c A V, wall l\a rlonltol fit A TV TV VT—
What la to be Done 1
The question now is, Who shall be the leader
of the Democracy in 1872 ? National plat
form, it has none ; but that matters not: It
not principles, but offices—power, plunder—
that is the objective point To obtain this,
leader is necessary. But who is he ? Where
aiiftiT he be found ? Seymour is among the
rubbish of past disasters. Blair is but a mon
ument of political folly. Pendleton and Hen
dricks are nnable to reconcile their rival
claims, and besides, neither is available.
Clias? seems as afraid of the thing called “De
mocracy," as the thing 41 Democracy " is afraid
of Chase ! Hoffman is looking ahead, backed
np aa he now is by the Tammany wing- that
wing whereof Seymour and Blair were stand
ard-bearers in 1868! And Hoffman is a smooth
and pjunaible young gentl«pan. ri HiB. talentg
ty.” He has boen Mayor of Gotham ; at pres
ent, he is Governor of New York. Bat after
all, he is merely a political accident. Beyond
tho local precincts of Tammany and the Albany
Regency, his reputation extends not
has been identified with no great National
issuo—unless indeed his peevish posi
tion on the XVth Amendment may entitle
him to national celebrity. He is a mero tool
of tho Tammany ring, wholly destitute of thoso
intellectual qualifications so indispensable to
national leader. Neither is he available,
record on Impartial Suffrage will, of itself,
sufficient to blast all the Presidential aspira
tions ho may have over entertained. Ex-Pro-
visional Governor Jenkins, of this State,
been mentioned by a Georgia paper in connec
tion with tha next Presidency! So has Robert
Toombs. So has Henry A. Wise. So has
Wado Hampton. And so have some half dozen
other old stagors. But nono seem available.
A man to suit the South, won’t suit the
‘party” North; and Adams, who is opposed
to Repudiation, is very unpopular with tho
Democracy in Indiana and Ohio.
Under all theso adverse circumstances, thcro
should be a Convention of all the odds and ends
and of the composite factions and parasites
of the (late) Democracy, with a view to harmony
and concordant action.
Wo charge nothing for tho suggestion!
authorized to act for the people. -
port recognizes the new constitution*
mrt repudiates and overrides it It reco$u
t by providing that at the election, to be h
at the time prescribed by that instrument, all
shall vote whom the constitution enfranchises.
But it repudiates it by putting the State, in
every other respect under the “Reconstruction
laws” of tho last Congress.
The article concludes by advising the Demo
cratic members to return to their homes.
THE AUGUSTA. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL, (DEM.)
Alluding to Senator Morton's speech wherein
Gen. Terry’s Report is quoted from, character
izes that Report os “false and libelous.” [Of
course!]
And again:
He (Morton) evidently forgets that Hnlbert
manipulated the State election, and that the
grossest frauds were practiced in tho voting,
which was continued several days, but also in
the counting, all of which was done nnder
Radical auspices. Bullock did not receive a
majority of the votes cast Gordon was really
elected Governor, but was swindled out of the
office by fraudulent counting of the ballots.
This is a fact not now questioned by any honest
man in the State, and is susceptible of proof!
[“Any honest man,” etc. means, as here
used, any man who is still in the interest of
those bankrupt politicians who oppose re
construction npon the Congressional plan.]
THE SAVANNAH NEWS (DEM.)
Thinks “the Pomeroy business” a compromise
measure, and adds:
It would seem that the failure of the Senate
to adopt Butler’s bill pure, without the
Bingham amendment, was prompted rather
bythe fears than by the magnanimity or justice
of the Radical majority. They feared to
shoulder np so much corruption, rascality and
lawlessness. Looking to the coming fidl
THE GRIFFIN STAE, <DEM.,) .
to the Bryant organ’s unfortunate
[ about the taxes paid by Gov.
I others, makes this important in-
1 are to be judged by the money they
where would the Editor of the “Consti-
and many pthers stand ?
s is very unkind in the Star. It is “JEs-
O " .
THE REAli ISSUE*
li« Georgia Case In Congress.
I real issue is whether Congress will ena-
bankrupt politicians in Georgia to
benefits of the wrongs committed by
taking possession of the Legislature
onary and lawless proceedings,
which the colored members werc.ex-
and ineligible persons were seated in
pad ; or whether, after refusing to ro-
as a State, and providing for
organization of her Legislature, Con-
11 have the courage to maintain the
by declaring the present legally organ-
— , Legislature entitled to hold its constitu
te al term of two years from the date of its
oi amzation.
Apropos to this matter the Washington
C ronicle says :
v U the opening of the present session of
G ngress the President, true to liis pledge to
a! bid protection to the American citizen
v lerevcr the flag floated, pointed out the rem-
o y for the evils in Georgia by recommending
t e reassembling of tho persons elected to the
J jgislature under the reconstruction acts, and
te exclusion from tho organization of rebels
ho were disqualified.
This recommendation was promptly em-
the registration oath, will be denied the priv
ilege of voting in the election next November.
Our opinion is not clear on these points, and
rah Messenger doi
is a single American Jewess that could write a
correct Hebrew 1 epistle. Hebrew study is but
little encouraged by American Jaws. Their
only literary institution, Maimonidea Collogo,
Appeals constantly-for funds.
Indians fired info Fort Laramie, W, T., on
the 19th inst They were pursued.
One M. Rosenbaum has been charged with
perjury, in Memphis, in relation to some bank
rupt matters.
The St*to* of the Legislature,
With their nsna! delightful uncertainty, Biy
ant, Bradley, and the other democrats of tho
Legislature who were so persistent bat a short
while sinco in favor of adjonrning the Legisla
ture sine die, now urge with equal vehemence
immediate anil continuous legislation. Thcro
ia one way, and ono way only, by which the
Legislature eon proceed to general legislation,
and that is by each member who proposes to
engage in this business, Joking the Tost Oath.
Attorney General Hoar, in the Virginia case,
on August 28th, 1889, decided this point defin
itely, and wo give bolow that part of his opin
ion, to which we invite thi: attention of oar
Democratic brethren. The italics are ours:
The only reasonable conclusion seems to me
to be no such legislature [for general purposes]
should be allowed to exist and act until recon
struction 1 ms completed, except for the limited
and qualified purposes requisite to reconstruc
tion. But, on the other hand, I folly concur
with the view of the General commanding in
Virginia, that nnder reconstruction acts of
Congress, no officer or legislator is competent, or
should be permitted to exercise any of the func
tions cf power of his office within that Stale, ex
cept so for as these aets themselves provide,
WITHOUT taheco the OATH, which is referred
to in the statute of 1867, above qnoted. The
act of April 10th, 1889, requires the Legisla
ture to meet at a time which it designates;
that it is to meet implies that it is to come to
gether for some purpose.
It is required nnder the previous law to act
upon the question of adopting the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States before the admission of the State to rep
resentation in Congress, I am of opinion,
therefore; that It may come together, organize
and act npon that Amendment, bnt that until
<8ongresa shall havo approved the Constitution
and the action trader it, and aboil have restored
the Slate to its proper place in the Union, by
recognizing its form of government os Repub
lican, and admitting it to representation, the
Legislature i. not entitled, and eonld not,
without violation of law, bo allowed to transact
any business, pass any actor resolve, or un
dertake to aMorae any other function of a Leg
islature, IT TUB TEST OATH HAS HOT DEEM BB-
qrraxD or res members.
Spotted foyer is prevalent in tho jail of Bal
timore City.
Thcr ship Crest of the Wave was wrecked on
Hogg f-Lrvl, Sunday week, and all hands Iasi
The North Indiana Conference has adopted
lay delegation by 100 to 60.
One thousand gallons of whisky were seized
in Boston April 19th, in one store.
The Lehigh volley, Pennsylvania, is flooded.
TH* BOME DATLT (OEM.)
Has no editorial now-a-dnys, which b a very
decided improvement! The names of two
editors still float at its “ mast head," however.
THE SAVAXEAB HEPUBUCAB (DBM.)
Wants the Legislature to adjourn sine die.
THB AUaCSTA CHBOBICEB AMD SDUISZL, (OEM.)
Acting npon the supposition that the Pomeroy
Amendment was not what the Radicals wonted,
endorses that measure in a very gingerly, ten
der-footed manner.
THB ACOCSTA OOSSTITCTIOBAUST (DBM.)
Says of tho “ Georgia Bill
At present, it would seem, from the vote,
that the bitter-enders of tho Senate had met
with discomfiture. Whether an election nnder
General Tony's supervision will better oar
condition, or make it less tolerable, future cir
cumstances alone mast determine. Mean
while, the old maxim of not shooting until we
are out of the woods is worthy of observance.
[Yes, bo temperate. There is still amplo
timo for reflection!]
THB THOMAS TON' HEBALD (DEM.)
Advocates the policy of State aid for railroads,
in a lengthy article on tho subject It says
If tho question could bo submitted to the
people to-morrow, ns to whether or not the
State should lend its aid to new railroad com
panies so as to build np and folly develop
rich and prodnetivo sections of tho State,
which ore now comparatively worthless for
want of railroads, ana the plan of lending the
aid of the State frilly explained, showing that
tho State can rnn no risk; in our judgment,
three-fourths of the intelligent people, white
and black, of the State would vote for it. Tho
argument used by some, that the State
will become seriously involved by lending its
aid to railroads, is even without plausibility.
Those who have made this discovery and are
bnsily whispering it in the cars of the mem
bers of the Legislature, care no more about
the financial embarrassment of tho State than
any other citizen. They resort to this species
of argument because they think it popular.
It would not do for them to urge the real
“ss8.?UteH; teM--
fal 6ontinels from tho “watchtower” that the
“Stato ia in iminent danger. ” Bnt we say
there ia no plausibility for such an argument.
THE MACON TELEGDAm AND MESSENGER (DEM.)
Echoes the Bryant Organ’s insinuated slander
about Gov. Bullock drawing upon a Bank
“ where tho deposits of tho Stato Road aro
made,” and says:
No donbt Forney fingered a large share of
that $20,000 Bullock drew on John Rice for.
As Bullock owns no property and pays not one
cent of State and county tax, we cannot shako
off tho conviction that the State’s funds have
been used to compass tho State’s ruin. This
is very hard, indeed. No wonder that social
brigand, Forney, worked so zealously Against
Georgia. He dealt with a most generous pur
chaser—ono who had no notion of economy or
a hard bargain, because ho was trading on tho
capital of those he hated with all tho venom of
a narrow brain and a wicked heart.
[Now toll us about Jenkins and Jones’ set
tlement with tho present Treasurer, Mr. An-
gicr!]
THE AUGUSTA REPUBLICAN (BETANT DEM. )
In an article on “Tho duty of Republicans’
recurs to its statements somo weeks since, that
the Republicans in Congress knew bat two
parties in Georgia, to-wit: “Th© Democratic
party led by Bob Toombs, Ben Hill, and others,
whom they regarded as still rebellions, and the
Republican party, led by Got. Bullock and
Foster Blodgett” It says.
Republican Congressmen feci that if they
do not sustain Bollock and Blodgett [And
therefore turn a deaf ear to Bryant, Caldwell,
Scott and Bradley ?] tho Stato most fell into
tho hands of the disloyal; and hence tho seem
ing influence [“Seeming influence” is good!]
of those men in Washington. Wo have a
reason to beliove that few leading politicians
in tho country arc more detested by prom
inent Repnblican statesmen in Washington
than these men. [A contradiction!] It
known there that Blodgett is under indictment
for peigury, [Ah, yes perjury!] But theso men
ore the leaders of the Republican party of
Georgia, and pretend to represent in Wash
ington tho views of that party; therefore, bad
as they are, Congressmen are forced to listen
to them. [How sad!] They are not only re
garded as bad men, but os unwise and weak
party leaders, and in no instance has Congress
yielded to their demands. [Congress, says
Mr. Bryant, regard Governor Bullock and
Hon. Foster Blodgett as bod men; neverthe
less, Congress will endorse them; and there
fore, according to Mr. Bryant, Congress
as bad as “Bullock and Blodgett!”]
The Georgia Republicans, opposed to Bul
lock, requested that the colored members
should be reseated, and those ineligible under
the Fourteenth Amendment expelled; and
Congress did that, and nothing more.
[And yet Mr. Bryant was among those who
opposed tho reseating of the colored members
and the expulsion of the ineligible members;
and therefore, according to Mr. Bryant, Mr
Bryant was not a “Georgia Republican!”]
And again;
We intend to expose Bullock and Blodgett,
and, if possible, arouse the Republicans
Georgia to the importance of putting honest
men in their places.
[Then why don’t you do it, and quit.threat
ening what you intend to do ? Give us feels—
specifications—evidence. Your assertions are
simply worthless, aa you ought to know by
this time.]
The Republican copies all iho transparent
slanders of the extreme Democratic press, and
yet its bmssy-eheeked editor has the effrontery
to whine out that Ae is a Republican!
THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER (DEM.)
Says of the Legislature:
It does not know whether it is really a Legis
lature, or only an inert appendage to a military
despotism—a sort of “tin kettle tied to a dog’s
toil.” It is positive in the knowledge of only
one thing—that it has the unrestricted right to
pnt its hand into the State Treasury and draw
from its remaining pickings tho mileage and per
diem pay of its members.
We do not see bow the “Georgia bill,” os it
passed th© Senate, will do much to clear off
the fog6 of tfie situation. It declare? tho goy*
eminent “provisional;” and that, whatever else
it may mean, certainly does not mean a gov
ernment deriving its powers from the people and
honest masses of the North upon_ such an
of high-handed legislative despotism. In this
r . ililftTmwA they deemed it safer and more pru-
will not be until we read a frill report of the to giro Georgia a respite, holding her
proceedings in the Senate. It now appears under the heel of military power until after
that we begin de novo bo far as the Legislature the Northern fell elections—when they can
is concerned. impose such terms upon her as they please—^
rather than force her now into the Union in
open outrage of every principle of right and
decency.
[The Democracy generally, in this State, do
not relish the Pomeroy Amendment; but re
flecting that they havo nobody to blame for
bqt their Democratic “friends” in Congress,
thoy “draw it mildly” when they assay to dis
cuss its merits.]
THE BAINBRIDOB SUN, (DEM.)
One of the many Democratic papers in the
State enjoying “the largest circulation,” ven
tures this reason for the alliance of the Hon. A.
Alpcorja Bradley with Mr. Candler, s leader
of the Democracy in the Senate:
It is not generally known abroad the reasons
that prompted Alpeoria to oppose the election
of United States Senators and the admission of
Georgia into tho Union. He knows very well
that as soon as the State is admitted he will be
expelled and never again be allowed to dis
grace the Senate Chamber of Georgia. But we
presume he imagines that as long as the State^
s under military rulo ho can retain his seat.
[It has likewise been suggested tlrnt the ten.
nacity of tho Democratic leader in the Hous<^
Mr. Bryant, in tho same direction, is stimuli^
ted by fears not wholly dissimilar to those
which tho Sun says famish an incentive lib
Mr. Bradley. How is this ?]
THE MACON JOURNAL (DEM.)
Wants tho Legislature to adjourn sine die. It
says
We need no legislation. The present ma
chinery of the State Government is sufficient
for the interim that will occur before the pro
posed election. It would be, at least if it was
engineered by honest officials. Having
hopo that the Legislature will give us Dew-
honest officials, or pass laws to curb thos
ready in power, we urge an adjournment at
tee.
[We understand that Mr. Aaron Alpi^ia
Bradley, the new leader of the Democracy^in
the Senate, mado a speech, yesterday, on the
some line!]
■ THE ROME POUBH3 (OniLv
Says the Georgia question has been sell
[We refer to this as an item of nows!] The
same paper says we arc to have an dcctibn,
and it is confident thero are not ten counties
in the State that will go “Radical.” Never
theless, it says the “Democracy'* [whatever
that may be] will go into the election wi;h
forty-five thousand of their best men disfran
chised. [Twenty-fivo thousand rnoro than
were disfranchised in 18G8. How is this ’c]
Still, says tho Courier, the Democrats [whom
soever that may mean] will carry the State, Ac,
Speaking of tho repeal of the laws prohibit)
ing the organization of the local militia, thj
Courier says:
The Radicals arc now at liberty to form tin
negroes and scaluwogs into militia compnnir-i
and arm them with the “Winchester RifleJ
that tlie doughty, Gov. Scott, of Carolina, st
ardently sighed for. It is highly improbable;
however, that tho militia will lie organized-*
we have just been informed by a gcntlemitt.
from Atlanta, that many of the leading Radh
>at act the present Legislature was organized
i January last. This organization not only
as a legal existence bnt a loyal majority; and
i the latter fact is the gist of all tho rebel op-
osition. Just here arises the point upon
hich the Union men and tho rebels of Geor-
|ti £ia are divided.
The legislative term fixed in the constitu
tion of Georgia (which constitution, bythe
Bray, docs not go into effect until, by the ad
mission of the State, the reconstruction acts
seasa to control) is two years.
The rebels demand that the legislative term
sliall be counted as commencing from 1868,
and endmg with the present session, and this
demand is acceded to by the Bingham amend
ment.
The Union men ask, and delegations have
been and are here to urge it, that the term of
the present Legislature shall not be restricted
or curtailed at the request of the rebels and in
violation of law, bnt that it shall hold its con
stitutional term of two years from the date of
its legal organization, viz: January, 1870.
If Congress yields to tho demand of the re
bels, shroud it as they may by fine spun theo
ries, it will bo a Confederate victory. A Legis
lature will be elected this fall that will send
Toombs, Hill, or some men of their political
stripe, to the Senate. Under the new appor
tionment eight or nino members of the same
character will be elected to the lower House,
and the Union cause will be in a worse condi
tion than now in Tennessee. The rebels of
the other reconstructed States will not be slow
to take advantage of such weakness on the part
of Congress, and will, by force if necessary,
crush out and overthrow every frieud of Un
ionism or Republicanism in tliose States.
On the other hand, if Congress will rebuke
tho arrogance of these unrepentant leaders by
recognizing the present Legislature of Georgia
as the first legal organization and admit the
State, new life will be put into tlio Union party
of the South, and confidence in the firmness of
a Republican Congress will be restored.
During the two years which the Union party
would then be in control of the Legislature,
school, election, registration, mid militia laws
would be enacted and put in successful opera
tion, and tho State could be relied on as sound
both iu 1872 and in tho centenary of 1876.
c ers were continued in office, os follows:
George Kelly, Manager; John Knott, Manu
facturer; James H. Giles, Secretary; Wni.
E. McCov, Cashier.—Chronicle and Sentinel,
22d.
SOCIAL CIRCLE.
The Journal announces the death of Mrs.
Nancy Eason, Mrs. Clegg, Reubiu Stallings
and Chandler A. Johnson. Tho latter two
were citizens of Morgan county.
QUITMAN.
Last Suuday was an unusual cold day; the
wind blew with great violence from tho north
west, quieting down at one o’clock Monday
morning. Tno result was, that daylight made
visible not only a heavy frost, but actual ice.
Gardens suffered terribly, and vegetation of
overy description was materially injured.
AUGUSTA.
Miss Laura Keene has eiosed her engage
ment in Augusta and gone to Raleigh.
The Augusta Cenitaph Club has raised
$3,000, which is now at interest, properly se
cured.
A correspondent of the Chronicle and Sen
tinel, writing from Jefferson, says:
The continued damp, cool weather, lias very
much retarded the planting operations of tho
farmers in this section. There is much com
plaint of imperfect stands of corn, and what
is np is looking very unpromising. The pres
ent cold snap has done but little damage to
vegetation more than change its color. Fruit
is still uninjured, a sufficiency remaining for
all necessary purposes. A much greater area
of land has been put in com this season than
heretofore, which, together with the unnsnal
quantity of oats seeded, will, I am confident,
be better for tho people than all cotton—make
them more independent and even better their
financial affairs.
The colored people of this city havo decided
to change the day for their contemplated cele
bration of the fifteenth amendment, as the
time originally selected came in conflict with
our memorial ceremonies in honor of tho Con
federate deach Tho colored men of tho city
have behaved well in this matter, and deservo
the commendation of all good citizens.—
Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Georgia question is by no means ended.
Tho bill now goes back to tho House and I as-
some that it will not be agreed to there. I
not, then a Committee of Conference will bo
the next step. What they may agree upon, if
anything at all, I will not venture a guess, and
I shouldnot recommend any one else to do so.
White Congressmen are mighty “onsartin.”
There was evidence of this feet again to-day
in the House when, after voting to admit Sy-
pher, of Louisiana, through a little jugglery
the vote was reconsidered, and a few minutes
thereafter the same body declared thero had
been no legal election. This uncertainty of
white men seems also to pervade the Supreme
Court, for that dignified body has decided not
to disturb the legal tender subject Here we
are, all at sea again on a vital question.
I am assured, by those who ought to know,
that the Georgia bill, as it passed the Senate,
will be called up in the House at once and
harried forward to the end. To this end aU
efforts are now being made. Pablo.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
cals expressed themselves opposed to suclii
step—among others Bob McWhorter, tfe]
Speaker of tho Ilonso.
When tho new Legislature is elected, tlici;
it is likely that we’ll get into the Union. In tin
meantime we belong to Gen. Terry. Of course
this bill, with its amendments, will have to g<
to tho House for its concurrence. If the
House concurs it will be law. If not, a com
mittee of conference wiU be appointed and
some other schemo of reconstruction agreed
upon.
THE MACON JOURNAL, (DEM.)
STATE NEWS.
GRIFflN.
Tho late cold weather has destroyed tho
young beans, discouraged the cucumbers and
Squashes, and scorched the Irish potatoes,
while the forward roasting ear patches look
like little orphans badly treated! All garden
station which has coino up looks distressed,
peach crop in an entire laimrc. Apples,
quinces, -'plums, and other tougher fruits,
may yield something, provided there is no
frost in July! Wheat is not yet badly injured
in this vicinity.—Slor.
We have in our sanctum a branch of wheat
cut a week since from the farm of Mr. S. W.
Bloodworth. It measures ovor three feet in
length, and is said to be an average sample of
tho crop.—Georgian.
TALBOTTON.
On hist Sunday morning wo had a pretty re-
spectablo sprinkling of snow, and all day long
a stiff northwest wind was blowing, making
tho day a very unpleasaut one. On Monday
morning after sunrise, the thermometer stood
at 32. Some of the fanners began to think of
killing hogs, and the children wanted to hang
np thoir stockings.
• DAWSON.
Rev. Dr. Dozier visited our city the past
week, and organized a lodge of Good Tem
plars, which was named “The Banner Lodge,”
on account of there being more Charter mem
bers than any other iu tho State. Forty-one
ladies and gentlemen took upon themselves a
pledge to drink no more. —Journal.
Mr. W. F. Combs is announced as associate
\ editor of the Dawson Journal.
MADISON.
Thero was snow in Madison on Suuday.
Tho Journal announces tho death of Mrs.
Florence Adams, who was a bride one year ago.
NEWNAN.
Snow at Newnan on Sunday.
A feud between George Favor and George
. . . " * „ V* *■,. 1 ,.. „ Tucker, colored citizens of Carrol county,
After reviewing tho “ reconstruction muddle, i . . , . .
winds u thusl * growing out of a cnm. con. between Favor
win s up usiy. and the wife of Tucker, resulted in the murder
When we read of all this bubble at Wash- , . ..
ington about matters that should not, legiti- . husband by the paramour last Saturday
Suow, sleet, ice at Monroe last week.
Walton county dogs are slaying the sheep.
Tho Witness says “kill the dogs! ”
The peaches, pears and other fruits havo
been severely injured, but with no future dis
aster, we trust there will l>e a sufficiency of
fruit in the coming summer. Tho wheat crop
is looking very promising, and with favorable
seasons will yield abundantly. The farmers
have th© cotton fever pretty heavy on the
brain.—If itness.
The Daily says a party has a paper mill in
contemplation in that village.
Won’t somebody send the Rome Daily a
spelling-book ? Robinson’s monkey’s would
certainly be insulted to seo themselves spelled
monkies !
SAVANNAH.
We understand that a stable on the Middle
Ground Road, about three miles from the city,
was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, and
that three or four horses perished iu the flames.
JlejmlAican, 23.
The interior of the custom-house building is
being thoroughly renovated and repaired.
Ibid
Three hundred and ten dollars were stolen
from thd money drawer of the Albany and
Gulf Railroad at Savannah last Friday.
The fifty-first anniversary of the introduc
tion of Odd Fellowship into America was cel
ebrated by the Savannah brethren yesterday.
Rfc. Rev. John W. Beckwith, Bishop of
Georgia, yesterday morning administered the
rite of confirmation to sixteen persons at Christ
Church, and in the afternoon to thirty-five
at St John’s Church. Among the latter were
a number of members of St John’s Mission,
and several colored members of St. Stephen’s
Church.—Xeics, loth.
At about four o’clock yesterday morning,
three negro men forced their way into the
nousu ufu widow lady residing on Jones street
Lane, between Bull and Drayton streets. One
of them seized her by the hair and held her,
while another beat her in the face with his fist.
Whilst this was going on, the third villain col
lected all tho clothing of the lady and her
children, with which the party left the house.
The lady’s face is so terribly bruised that her
eyes are nearly closed.—Ibid.
GAINESVILLE.
A writer in the Air-Line Eagle, speakiug of
diamonds, says:
The diamond is only found in the itacol-
umite rock, (called flexible or elastic sandstone)
which is only found in half a dozen localities
in the world; and the most extensive and per
fect chrystalization of this peculiar rock is
found traversing upper Georgia from Atlanta
through Hall county, near Gainesville, to Vir
ginia; on which line of formation numbers of
diamonds have been found by accident by per
sons who were wholly ignorant of their na
ture or value. Somo of these diamonds were
worth from $100, $500, $2,000, $25,000 to
$2,000,000. Several have been lost, and two
broken to pieces to see from whence came
their great brilliancy! _ When examined by
diamond miners, Georgia will yield countless
millions of dollars worth of diamonds.
SPARTA.
The late cold “snap" did not damage the
fruit to any very great extent—merely remind
ed tho corn of its presence, and slightly nipped
some garden vegetables.—Times.
Cotton planting, so far as we aro able to
learn, is now progressing, and iu some parts
of the county the dainty offspring of this king
will soon be peering above the ground. —Ibid.
mately, trouble tho tinkers there assembled,
it is retreating to change tho scene and ob
serve the complacency with which tho masses
of Georgia treat the matter. It is a feet that
instead of petitioning for something to be
done, public opinion lb fast settling down in
filvor of tho “let us alone policy.” The most
serious feature in the situation is the wanton
waste of public moneys. If Congress can pre
vent this, it will accomplish a good work; bnt
as wo have seen no outbust of a disposition to
attempt this in our behalf, wo feel inclined, so
far as other matters are concerned, to join in
the cry—let rs alone !
[“The wanton waste of public moneys”
may refer to the operations qf Messrp. Jenkins
and Jonas in 1868, or to the reckless appropri
ations of Andy Johnson’s Georgia Legislature
in 1865-6, or it may mean nothing—the latter
most likely!]
THE MACON TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, (DEM.)
Whose senior “wo” is absent, has this com
ment upon the word “small," os applied to its
editorial force in the absence of the “we”
aforesaid:
Wo are charitable enough to believe that he
wrote the word when, in his imagination, he
occupied the Presidential chair of the Georgia
Press Association at Savannah; when the “ad
ministrative minds” of the Fcrrest City were
bowing in that homage due to his office and
greatness, and when surrounding things in
this unostentatious sanctum did look small to
him; bnt wo would urge upon the reader the
important feet that we were not in at the time.
Besides, in using the word small, he evidently
forgot the corporeal dimensions of at least one
of the editors in whose hand he was to leave
his vigorous quifl. Nothing will atone for
this serious diseropanry of tno Senior bat a
bottle of champagne, immediately deposited
on this desk when he returns.
[AH of which may or may not have some
connection (mediate or remote) with the ruling
price of wheat, or corn, or oats, or Rye, or
what not, so far as anything to tho contrary
is specified in tho above “writing ”! ]
THE MONROE ADVERTISER. (DEM.,)
Complains thnsly:
It matter not how conciliatory our press
maybe, or how peaceful the behavior of our
people, a telegram from Atlanta that we arc
killing and murdering Union men by scores all
over tiie State, is gladly received to be used as
a justification of the severe measures to be
further imposed upon us, and no refutation of
the slander will be regarded, though supported
by “confirmation strong as proofs of Holy
Writ"
[AU of which is easily said.]
night. After committing the deed, Favor, as-
iisted by Tucker’s wife, concealed tho dead
body in an old well
The Herald has seen somo stalks of wheat
which measured three feat in hight
west roiNT.
Wheat looks quite flourishing. Com is
lather backward. Most of the cotton has
»cen planted.—Shield.
LA GRANGE.
The Reporter mentiofls the death of Mr. P.
^ Miller.
Snow at La Grange on Sunday.
The La Grange Glee club is booked for a
•inccrt Tuesday night.
SAVANNAH.
iHon. W. B. Woods, Judge of tho Fifth
tircuit United States Court, left the city yes-
trday by tho evening train, for New Orleans,
fe the purpose of opening the United States
CVcuit Court in that city.—Republican, 22d.
Wo would inquire of Ordinary Wetmore, if
EJlock, from whom he derived his commis-
sin, is not Governor of Georgia, but a sort of
pitvisional agent of General Terry, how does
it happen that he (Mr. W.) continues to be
“ Irdinary” ? Why arc his official papers not
si<ned II. S. Wetmore, Provisional Ordinary,
an! how can they be legal when signed “Or-
diary,” any more than Bullock’s are when
siged “Governor’ ? -- Ibid.
Tie Coliuubus Sim says a fine little “three
yea’old bay” of that city was brought to Sa-
vaunli Last week, and- after making his mile
in ‘.40 on the shell, was sold to a gentleman
of lis city $1,500. We should not object to
holing tiie “strings” over that colt pome
plena nt afternoon.—Ibid.
ROME.
Iibiuson’s circus was in Romo yesterday.
auousta.
Tc annual meeting of tho stockholders of
the lath (S. CJ.) Paper Company was held at
the ffice of the President in Bath, S. C., on
Weaesday, and the following gentlemen were
elcod directors for tho next year:
Wiliam Craig, William E. Jackson, Jno. D.
ButtKer Boyce, John M. Clark,' Thomas G.
Bai-iit, William H. Tutt.
A’a subsequent meeting of the Board of
Dirdors, Major Wm. Craig was elected Pres-
iden—Constitutionalist, 22d.
Tk annual meeting of tho stockholders of
the ^aniteville Manufacturing Company wqs
held! Graniteville yesterday, for the purpose
of eliting a President and seven Directors to
servdor the ensuing year, with the following
resul President—H. H. Hickman; Directors—
J. J. tregg, JamesP. Boyce, John M. Clark, A.
S. Jobston, Hamlin Beattie, W. L. Trenholm,
A. BDavidson. All the old executive offi-
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, April 20, 1870.
Put not not your trust in Congressmen
should be placed over tho National Capitol in
letters so plain that all could read and under
stand them. One week ago every ono who
had paid attention to the subject had reason
to believe’tltitt thfiiSenate would pass the Geor
gia bill as -reported by tho House Recon
struction Committee. But for once a discus
sion lasted too long, and the disputants got
slightly mixed up in their ideas about affairs
in Georgia. A small minority would prefer
possibly to keep the State in tutilage until the
last unrepentant rebel is laid beneath the sod;
majority were disposed to deal justly with
the State, but in the maze surrounding the
subject they have struck wide of the mark. It
is no small victory, however, to have defeated
the infamous Biugham-Rimswortli amend
ment, and the friends of Georgia in this city
regard the vote yesterday morning as a great
triumph, and hope for something better in
the future. The great interest felt in
this case was manifested by tho feet
that the gailories and floor of the
Senate chamber was well filled with specta
tors np to tiie time of adjournment at half
past 2 o’clock, a. m., yesterday morning,
is very rare to see many spectators present at
late an hour of the night. On the floor wrs
to be seen Gov. Bullock, Hon. Foatcr Blodgett
and . ex-Congressman Prince, of . Georgia,
Bingham, Logan, B. F. Butler, and half a
dozen more members of the Houso. You will
havo observed by th© debate that there was
nothing but day work to entertain and keep
the members and audience awake. There was
a little ripple of humor in the speech Mr. Nye
made at Thurman, of Ohio, which awakened
some of the sleepers. A few of the members
were all the time on the alert Saulsbury was
the first to stretch himself out Upon a sofa for
nap; he was soon after followed by others
until ereiy vacant sofe was occupied by a
sleeper, with sentinels to toll them when and
how to vote. Others lounged in tho cloak
rooms and puffed away vigorously at their ci
gars. Only a few participated in the debate.
I have called tho defeat of the Bingham Amend
ment a triumph. It was a still greater ojjo to
force Democratic Senators to vote to place a
State under military rule. Where is your
consistency now, oh, yc Democracy?
The Vote In the .
Strong Stencil of Democratic InconiU-
tcncy—Josliuu H1U*> Despicable Trick
ery ami its Signal Defeat—Silk Worm*
and SUM Culture—Tbe Buckeye Excur
sion.
Washington, April 22, 1870..
The bare feet that the Georgia bill has been
sent back from tho Senate to tho House shorn
not only of the Bingham amendment, but also
of every other feature of tho original bill, ex
cept tho title, has already been telegraphed to
you. As the bill now sfends, tiie remark of
Mr. Sumner is thoroughly applicable to it—
“The oldest inhabitant would not know it.
The votes taken in the Senate afford an inter
esting subject of study for political philoso
phers. Hereafter let us drop the time-worn
phrase, “uncertain as. the verdict of a petit
jury,” and say instead, “doubtful as the decrees
of the United States Senate.” In connection
with the final vote on the bill, the feet which
6tares us most boldly in the fece is, that the
Democratic Senators from Kentucky, Mary-
lond, Delaware, New Jersey and California
coolly sat in their seats, holding in hand the
balance of power, and permitted the passage
of an act to subject the entile State again to
the reign of the military. Now, there may bo
profound dopths of political strategy in this
movement, but I apprehend that these
gentlemen will hear a sound of gnashing
teeth from their Southern allies that will
scarcely havo the sound of pleasant music in
their ears. Let us hark to the echoes. De
moralized Democracy has long sinco given tho
country plenty of evidence, that as occasion
demands it is ready to go back on the most
earnest declarations of its own record. With
that organization, inconsistency has come to
be tho jewel. Even the verbose Garnett, whose
squeaking tones of denunciation have boen so
often uttered that they seem to have perpetual
reverberation in every nook and comer of tho
Senate chamber, went back on his suffering
brethren of tho South, and shut his mouth like
a clam, when a single mouysyllabio utterance
would have stopped the threatened calamity.
Let tho Democracy of tho South loam from
this action, that after all tho braggart boasting
of their protended friends, the aforesaid
friends won’t do to tie to at tho time their
help is most needeiL Even our friend Revels
out-generaled Davis on this occasion, and
showed by his vote against the bill that he
was willing to give his dear Democratic breth
ren in the South a little rest
Tho needle print of troth has punctured tho
air ball of Joshua Hill’s despicable attempt to
insinuate a charge of corrupt work by the
friends of good government in Georgia. Of
course, there has been no lack of head-lined
proclamations in the entire Democratic press
North and South, that bribery and corruption
had been attempted. We can nbt anticipate
that the same journals will be at equal pains
taking to ascertain and publish the truth that
Los been rovealed by tho investigation that has
followed the announcement in open Senate, of
the charge referred to. Such a course would
not suit their purpose. Nevertheless, it is
well known and generally admitted feet here,
that before half a dozen witnesses were exam
ined, the Chairman of the Judiciary Commit,
tee himself gave tho opinion that there was
absolutely nothing in it And that this was
his candid conclusion, is fully proven by the
fact that he omitted in the intensely personaj
speech with which he closed tho debate on
Tuesday night, to say a word about the charge,
aud thus, notwithstanding, that on that very
day (Tuesday) his committee had token the
testimony of the very men by whom it was ex
pected that the charge would be substantiated.
Ou Wednesday the investigation was contin
ued, and all the evidence taken went to estab
lish the feet that the infamous charge was
lie made out rf whole cloth. At the present
writing there are no indications that the sub
ject will be pursued any further. The demand
which our friends have made, that the matter
sliall bo probed to the bottom, will probably
be unheeded, for it is evident to the original
instigators oS the calumny, that its sole source
will be found in their own corrupt designs. It
is not to be wondered at, therefore, that the
subject should be quietly permitted to drop
still boro.
Enough has, however, been developed in
private conversations to show that that model
of intrigue, Joshua Hill, whose personal am
bition is kept perpetually in view, is the author
aud iustigator of the whole affair, and people
here aro beginning to give him the frill benefit
of his dirty work. He has found his level, or
rather is fast finding it in the quagmire of
disgrace. His power here is fast becoming as
it is at home—a played-out institution—for
whatever may be said of politicians, one thing
is certain, whenever a man is proven a falsi
fier, they drop him like a hot potato. Joshua
may as well retire to the shades of private life,
for if he can’t get np a better lie than this one
turns out to be, even the Democratic party will
have no use for him.
Iphia alone is $1,500,000. In New
_ Massachusetts and Connecticut are also
: with an aggregate capital of $5,000,000.
The above give employment to thousands of
operatives. And shall we thus send our mil
lions abroad to feed the foreign looms of goods
which we can make at home? Shall we spend
our millions for raw silk which can be raised
here? No. Let tho right course be taken,
and Congress make an appropriation to the
Bureau of Agriculture to inteoduo* sufficient
of these species, in eggs or cocoons, and the
result can soon be seen. What a boon is here
offered to America by the introduction of these
new species; and the utilization of oak leaves,
material which has never boen of the least
value, has become valuable, nay, precious,
and by the medium of an insect All oak
trees and hedges, and the once neglected and
despised ailanthus, are by a modern change
converted into a beautiful and precious silken
fabric.
i OUR BUCKETE FRIENDS
Have feirlj^taken possession of the Capital this
week. Thrto hundred and fifty of them ar
rived hero in Wednesday morning, having
come by invitation of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Th© Ohio Association and
the Ohio Delegation in Congress have heartily
co-operated to Wake their visit pleasant, and
they have been lasted and rocepted to th©ir
hearts content an( their heads discomfiture, I
fear, for some of them look to-day as if they
had headaches thej would gladly be rid of.
A gratifying feature of this visit is that there
has boen an entire legation of political pro
clivities. Tho Ohio itanators representing an
tipodal extremes of poetical belief have worked
together diligently to r^ike their Buckeye con
stituents feel at home. Who party leaves to
morrow for Baltimore, Were they will be tho
guests of the city for a da*. Index.
silk AND SILK WORMS.
At tho meeting of the Academy of Sciences
held here last week, an important paper on the
subject of Sericulture was read by X*rof,*
A. Warren. Ho presents some statistical facts
and figures bearing on this subject which
are well worthy the attention of agriculturists.
Two varieties of these worms, ho says, wm lie
found to be the most valuable for introduc
tion aud propagation in this country; the
Bombyx Yaittn-Mai and Cynthia. The Pro
fessor asserts that the product of these worms
wi 1 eventually be found equal to that of
th© h Tulberry or Japan silk. The former i« an
oak feeder and the latter thrives on the
alanthos glandulosa. Either of the trees
named will thrive naturally in tho climate of
this country,.. and tho figures given by Pro!
Warren prove conclusively that tho feeding
and raising of the worms can bo mado very
profitable. Thero is no question that the in
troduction of this System would bo most valua
ble, and it is to ho hoped therefore that the
Committee of Congress .before whom Prof.
Warren has appeared by request and given
hia views, will consent to aid to a reasonable
extent an experiment for the initiation of tho
business. The following quotation from his
paper will give you some idea of the money
valuo of this branch of agriculture.
It is indeed surprising that silk culture has
been so tardy in the United States when tho
subject is of such interest In 1869 tho value
of tho silk goods manufactured in tho United
States warn nearly $20,000,000, of wbieb to
produce this there vm nearly $*000,000 of
raw silk imported. In our manufecturos in
Patterson, N, J., 75,000 spindles aro in opera
tion, while th© capital invested in tho business
HEALTH notes.
BT JOHN STAIKBACk wVsOX,
Datles of Mothers as \'«i
The first duty' of a nurse is L> obey the in
structions of the medical ailendaiu If he is
competent for the duties of his proVssion, he
will, as far as possible, in his directions anti
cipate every contingency that may a^c, and
moke his prescription so as to meet it- \
But it must be confessed that all
are not as careful as they should be inS
thing of guarding against possible and pro\x-
ble contingencies.
When this is obviously the case, when tli 1 *
action of a remedy, a purgative or emetic for\
instance, is manifestly excessive and pros
trating, the nurse may with propriety suspend
the medicine until the next visit of the
physician.
But except in some such cases, the rule holds
good that his instructions should be strictly
followed. And should it be necessary, from
any cause, to suspend the treatment, or make
some little modification in it, nothing more
should be done; and the suggestions of offi
cious friends, who “have seen just such cases” -
treated successfully by “just such and such a.
remedy,” should be resolutely rejected. When
ever a mother or nurse is tried in this way, it
should be remembered that many different dis
eases have similar symptoms, aud that what is-
appropriate in one case, even of the same dis
ease, is not by any means always proper in
another.
The appropriateness of remedies must be
judged of in each individual case, and must be
determined by the age, sex aud temperament
of the patient, the stage of the disease and va
rious other circumstances in which a physician
alone is capable of deciding. When the treat
ment Iris been suspended, the physician should
be folly informed of it on his next visit, together
with the reasons. After doing this, any sug
gestions of the nurse or friends as to the treat
ment may be mentioned to the physician, and
if he is a sensible man, he will give them proper
consideration and act upon them or not, as his
judgment may dictate.
The second great duty of a nurse is to closely
observe and correctly report the symptoms that
may arise during the absence of the physician.
Mothers enjoy superior facilities os nurses in
making observations, aud they should either
watch at tho bedside of the sick themselves,
or they should have a very attentive nurse, who
will faithfully report all the changes in their
absence. In another article I shall give some
specific directions as to what to observe, and
the indications of the different symptoms of
disease in children. At present, I will only
add that mothers and nurses should train them
selves to habits of observation in all cases of
sickness, so that they may either avail them
selves of the information thus obtained, in tho
domestic management of tho case, or be able,,
if a physician is in attendance, to give him at
full and minute account of everything that has:
occurred in the progress of the casew
The necessity for such training may be ap
preciated when I state that hi a practice of
twenty-four years, I have never fbnndi hat one
nurse who could observe and! correscify report
the effects of remedies and 1 aU the symptoms
of a case.
In making thefe report mothers should
guard against extravagant and exaggerated
statements into which they arc likely to be be
trayed by the intensity of their feelings, or by
a want of a correct knowledge of the precise
import of the language they may use. And
besides the exaggeration of fear and ignorance
thero is another kind of misrepresentation
which is sometimes knowingly and willfully
practiced for the purpose of deceiving. The t
mother desires to awaken greater solicitude on
the port of tho physician so that he may give
more attention to her little one, or she does:
not exactly like the treatment, and would have •
it changed, and therefore, prompted by one a—
the other of these motives, she is rather ex
travagant, if not positively false in her report
of the symptoms and the action of the medi*-
cine. This is highly improper; for, to say-
nothing of the immorality of such conduct,
the physician may be induced to change his
treatment when no such change is required,
and thus the safety and even the life of tV
child may bo jeopardized. Let mothers, tir ^
closely observe and correctly report in ever y
ease, giving a plain, simp!© and trn*' a f u i ac
count, oarefttlly choosing the words - ^Uh which
they make their communication*.
Tit® Georgia. « Bribe’ry n Cut.
Under date April 22d* t>. e Washington cor
respondent of the N. ¥, Times says:
“ The Senate Judiciary Committee to-day
continued theix inver.ligation into the so-oalled
Georgia brihery case. John Rice, Esq., Presi
dent of tho Georgia National Bank, being in
tho city, was reouestod to go before the Com
mittee to testify how the account of the rail
road owned by tho State of Georgia was kept,
and whether Governor Bullock controlled the
Mr. Rico testified that the account
was kcr,t in the name of the Treasurer of the
road, and could be reached only by him, who
ia a bonded officer in tiie sum of $100,000.
Governor Bullock km powerless to reoch tlie
fluids. This disposes of tho report so indus
triously circulated by enemies of Governor
Bullock in Georgia, about , the time tho Bing
ham amendment was expected to be voted ou
in th© Senate, that he was using the funds of
tho State road to influence the votes of Sena
tors. Governor Bullock finds his position no
bed of roses, and will perhaps yet be forced to
the conclusion that to be a lpyal Governor of
an impenitent State involves more risk than
profit Ex-Governor Gibbs, of Idaho, and
Mr. Atkinson, a son-in-law of Senator Tipton,
were also examined. Mr, Tipton is said to be
the other Senator who .was referred to. and
mentioned as having been approached. ”
ahead, arc already organizing for the conflict.
Tho steamer- City of Brussels is reported-
safe. She was sailing under canvas.
