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Thursday , January 1«(//», 1 Mi*
Rcudiwj matter on every
PAItTICILAR NOTICE.
All Sheriffs; Ordinaries, Cletks and
oilier (eo-cu’l and) 1 pi ovis'onal officers"
of the State, who have been accustom
ed to send their advertisements to tlie
Journal and other Conservative jour
nals, aro informed that they can now
rthmtne their usual channels of busi
nofrs, Order -#9 and its author having
left the country for a trip up Salt Riv
er t and there is none to molest or
raake them afraid.
lx ot'Bco’urnns will be found an
“address to the people of (ttrirgia
and the Uni e ! States.” A\ o recom
mend to our readers a strict perusal
of this article as it shows very deal Iv
the present condition of our country
in every respect. It will be found in
structive and interesting.
. VALEOICTOHY.
, With thisissue of the “Journal” ter
minates my eunnectiou ui.h the some
a* - editor »Ld proprietor; and without a
strict compliance with the custom which
has been rendered common by usage, I
however take occasion to return my
heartiest thanks to the cooimua'ty which
has sc generously fostered the paper
from its conception to the presont day
My intercourse with the good people of
Southwest Gt.o:g a has been of a most
agreeable nature, and memory will of
ten turn back to view the two years of
editoiial life in Dawson with the kindli
est emotions Nothing but considera
tions of a nature as dear as life itself,
could induce me to withdraw from a
tieUl so enticing.
My regret at resignation however, is
palliated by the remembrance that I
leave the destiny of the “Journal'’ in
such competent hands as my cuecessors.
They are men whoso interest*:—whose
all—is in your midst. The prosperity
of the section is their prusrierjfy also,
and lam satisfied that nothing wit! I
left undone by them wbieh locks to the
advanc moot of the somuiob iufercst cf
the c mmunity.
I leave you, dear readers amid the
storm clouds,!of political confttsi z —tbc
old slip cf. Ita'e, abandoned to tbe
bands of Radicalism ; and scarcely able
to withstand the surging li'lows of fa
naticism ; but I have an abiding confi
dence in the people, and bepe at an ear
>y day to sec reason restored, aLd with
it peace, prosperity and bappitrsgj.
The courtesy extended to me by my
brethren of the fraternity is gratefully
acknowledged ; and though I may pev
or officially enter the sanctum again,
my best wishes will ever atteua the
press, with its varied interest.
With a heartfelt wish fcr the future
prosperity and happiness of the Grinds
and patrons of the “Dawson Journal.”
J bid you adieu.
Elam Christian.
SALUTATORY.
In bidding adieu to our predecessor,
VC extend to bim many hearty and sin
cere wishes for bis fnture prosperity and
happiness, who has teen so energetic
and faithful in the discharge of his du
ties. And we come before you, dear
friends, with this greeting, fully awak
ened to the vast responsibilities attached
to the onerous, but pleasant task now
■eet'bif re us.
As Editors of the Dawson “Journal,”
we look to you for suoh support ag will
enable us to furnish you at limes with
*• 6heet filled with such articles as will
most bent fit an enlightened and liberal
public. NVe come before you as friends,
and especially the white mau’s friauds :
willing, and positively and moat sincere
ly desiring at all times to protect aud
defend to our utmost ability your eve
ry welfare. And not this alone, but we
wish to advance from time to time snob
truthful, religious and moral piinciples
as we most earnestly believe will be cor
dially received by our enlightened read
ers. Though the future looks some
what dark and gloomy, yet we must look
forward to the manner and means ty
which we may most honorably extricate
ourselves from the net-work that has
been so ruthlecsly and dishonorably
thrown anund us. Though there is
much rs the past we might forget, 6til
a dear bought knowledge of all the past
will forever be found “hanging arouod
the neck of memory."
Compare the eoodi'ion of the black
man a few years ago with bis present
deplorable one, and observe bow those
waHs that were eo firmly built amut-d
him for his welfare, happiness and pro
tection, have utterly crumbled, and bow
seriously threaten to bury his head for
ever within the deepest vaults of obliv- |
nn. We wish the black man to nnJ*’r- i
stand that we are not his enemy, but I
that his future welfare and happiness j
Id'peiH.H up n the n tt ttt-w.at to bn
btuw. Rut enough will he said of iio> '
hereafter; ml ii oooclusinii, we would
sty to our fri nd* and the j übl c gtner ,
ally, that we f jljy intend making the 1
Dawsott ‘ J jurnal” a lir.-t class family
new-paper.
J. 1. D I’ERHYMAN.
M. U. MEIUUK’I HER.
SlU})itir<li — Bui hell, Joe Rrown, and
Aaron Alpeotia Rradlcy, aro amazed
attd Icwildcrtd at the startling fact, that
instead of galvanized Southern dttna
gngues, Military officers liavc been sup
plied to till tbe vacancies occasioned by
the removal of Gov. Jenkins and Tretß
u \r J juts.
| Out Dons.— Rtevious to bis removal,
Gov. Jenkins, tod late Governor of
the Sri.te ol Georgiy, icmovtd all mon
ey bel t girg to tbc State to New York.
So Ct-ffcC after li!c’rgbls time in the
gate city will again fa 1 into t! o hands
of Ilulbert to be expressed borne, if he
, can lay elamNto any sueh spot onearih.
ißeveral months ago says the
Savunn -h News, C l. Sehaaf, of the
United States army, shot and killed Col
tMiept ard, a cirz nos Alabama, at
Mount Vernon Arsenal, Hear Mob.le
The murder was pronounced a most
e worrily affair. 11c lias recently been
tried by a’court, martial, and sentenced
t-o [by a fine of $"00, at and to be impri--
oned la ho t I’nla kt for six months.
Some timo ago a negro committed a
I rape upon t Ltfc person of a young lady
in N:rth Carolina. Ilor friends cap
tured and hung him. Five of them
w» r arrested and tried by a mfi rry
oourt and sehteoerd to fifteen years im
prisonment at hard labor. Here, says a
cotemnorary we have tniliiarv ju-i‘ic« il
lustrated. The life of a Southern white
man is worth only S3OO and six months
imprisonment ; that of a negro, fifteen
1 years iinprisonmrnt at hard labor ; not
withstanding the former may be an up
light citiaen uod the latter a criminal.
Money —Men work Lr it, beg for it,
steal for it, starve for it, and die for it;
aud all the wlile, from the cradle to [
tbe grave, nature and God are tlruiider
irig in our cars tbe solemn qucstiuD; :
‘ WL-at shall it pjr fit a man if he I
gains the whole wn-rld and lose his own
soul?” The. madness fur nrineyisthc
i rongeat and lowest of pftssiou ; it is
ibe insatiate Moloch of the human heart
bii’otf wh«.»q remorseless a tar all tbe
finer attributes of Immunity are sacred '
L makes merchandise of all that is sa
cred in the human affections, ar and often
■rafties in the awlul solemnities of the
eternal.
Tiik Eighth Onto District.—Ry
the recent death of Hon. C. K. Ham
ilton, a vacancy o. curs in the I igiilh
Ohio Congressional District, and the
Governor w ill speedily call a special
election to fill it. In 1806, Mr Ham
ilton was elected by 1,852 Republican
majority was reduced to 217. This
district gave 1 912 majority again-1.
tbe negro suffrage scheme at the re
cent efectit n. Ti e Republicans claims
the distr ct as reliable, but it is c.'o.-e
enough to make the special election in
teresting. Tie Democrats talk of
George AY, Geddes or Colonel R
Burns, and the Republicans talk of
Colonel R. Biinkerhofl or H. C.
Hedges.
ExptttfesivE, ik not Complimenta
ry-—The Boston Post, referring to the
recent change ol District Commar
ders, says:
‘’The sulstifutioii. of an in'el igent,
brave and bonoruble otlioer like Gen
erttl Mende for such an ass as Pope,
is tbe bert posaib'e assurance ot the
President’s Jeeire to see the laws
faithfully adminis ered, and the people
relieved lrorti the freaks of authority
run mad.. . Pope’s headquar ers were
a'ways nearer, bis saddle than his
shoulders ”
Anotiieu Radical Goxve'tion.—
Some of tbe \\ a‘bi gton j apers iruitnati
tbat a tnuvcmcDt is. on foot am-itig the
Southern Radicals so get up another
Presidential convention, on the grout a
that the Southern States will not be
represented in Congress by May 20,
and tbtrefore they will he unable to
send delegates to the Chicago conven
tion. The new movement is represent,
ed as being in the interest of Chase.
Lincolns Ofision of Pope.—Tbe
Louisville Journal says, President Lin
ctlo, who was never a columuious maD,
said to his friends at Washington that
Pope was a good figL ter, an inordioate
eater and a notorious liar.
Endnrs -d and approved, so far as the
i adi g and lying are t-f roed, and re
spectfully sent back < r further proof as
to the lighting —[Ed (Jon. Sun.
lion. A II Stephens, of Georgia,
is now teinpor: rily sojourning with a
friend in tie vi iuity of BaKinmre.
31 r Th. ifflas Davidson, Jr , nuval
constructor in th» Portsm- uth [N. H ]
Navy Yard, has been order-d to fit
Thomas to superintend the launching
of tho Munongahela, thrown on the
Loach by tbcearthquako.
[F-tan the Atlanta Intelligence!] I
PiocrrdiiiK of llicGeorsin I u 1
4'onsiit ulioiial Con veil lion.
B'XI.KNTII pay.
Faturdat, Jan. 11, 18G8.
CoilVelitiou met President l’airt.U j
in the chair— prayer by the chaplain— |
Journal of previous day read aud cou
th mcd.
L. N Trammell, being en itlcd to
die floor resumed his discussion in op-
P' sition to the Ashburyi i>-soiuUou,
and in support of bis substitute there
for flbe reporter wilt here re-pro
duce Ash burn’s resolution in order to
give the reader a clear idea of the
mutter under discussions. I; is as fol
lows:
Resolved, That wc, the Representa
tives of the people ol Georgia, in Con
vention assembled, respectfully re, re
sent to the Congress of the Unit, G
; Atutes, that it is essential to the sue
! ceseful execution ol the Reconstruction
I laws that the provisional government
jot the ■ tate should be executed by
j such persons only as are made eligible
! by * lie following clause < f the 6th see
j ts>n of the “Act to provide for a mote
efficient Governin' nt of the Rebel
i States,” viz : “And no person shall be
eligible to any office under any such
prov simial government who would be
disqual tiid lrorn holding office untie
the provisions of the 3d of said Con
stitutional amendment,” said section
3d of said Constitutional amendment
j being : No person shall bo e igible
j “who, having previously taken an oath
; as it iiimiilkt of Cougr. Ss, or as an of
i lieer c t ttie Uni ed rtLales, or us a mem-
I U rct any tS site Legislnturv, judicial
| officer ol any S ate, to support the
j Constitution of the United States
shad have engaged in insurrection or
- rebellion against trie same, or given
j aid or eornlort to the enemy; ’ and we,
! therelot'e r. spectiul y recoinim-nd that
this t onvention be clothed with ait o[>
eralive authority, the same as delegat
ed so the Distfiio commander in sec.
2d ol the supplemental reconstruction
act passed Juiy 19, 1867; aud that
'Ve further petition Congee sio at once
amend the reconstruction under the
said law, and are so endorsed by this
Convention, shall bo etgiule to office
in tile p.ovisinmil government.
Resolved, That the Secretary be,
and be is hereby instructed to Iran -
mi at ot.ee a copy of this resolution
to ttie Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, and to the President of
the Senate.
Also, the substitute of L N. Tram
mell, which is us lollows :
‘‘Resolved, That our confidence in
the firmness, ability, and fidelity ol
Muj. Gen George G. Meade is full
and complete; that we hereby express
our opinion that he comes among us
to execute the laws of the United
Slatbs; that his powers aro ample and
complete, and tuut he has the wiil to
effect the restoration of the State to
its luff relatit ns its a State of the U T n
it n ”
i he r mail a of Mr. Trammel were
to .tie effect that the purpose of Ash
burn’s resolution was to ciush out the
last vestige of civil government now
remaining in Georgia, and he hoped
to save the State from a day so dark
and would therefore urge upon the
(Jouvet) ion ihe adoption of Ins mbs i
tute. If tiiete was no intention to
wrest from Gen Meade tbe power be
enjoys, and if there was no want of
c> ntidenc in the abi ity of that officer
to lor ward in a proper manner the
matter ot re- ouetrii-tioD here was an
opp rt unity to so express themselves.
The issue was a plain one, but it would
not be met. Tbe true purpose was
plain to the whe le country There
were vultuie beaks scentjhg tbe “flesh
pots,” and the question ol spoils w,.uld
be brought to an easy solu ton if the
civil government of Georgia could be
swept out ol existence—
H-roMr. Trammel was requested
to yield the floor in order to have a
reading of ihe Asliburn resolution,
when Mr. Trammel gave way to Dr
II V. M. Vi flier, who desired to te
nmifc upon it, and did so at considera
ote length. His line of argument was
; able and cone usive, and Ins opjioeition
to a scheme so mendacious was open
and manly. It was the legitimate bus
ness of this Conven ion to make a
Constitution fur Georgia, but he bad
observed, lrom (lay to day, no matier
what sort o: a beginning was made in
the morning, that before two o’clock
.(the h >ur for adjournment) arrived, the
( onvei tint) wiiii and veer around, and a
dash would be made at the Treasury.
!or some effort looking to the spoils of
office rear its hydra head [: ’ pplause
iu the lob y ] i hat was a poor way
to make a Constitution. 1 e allu ed
to the letter ot John Sherman, M. (1 ,
read on the previous day, and uiitieis
:ed it sentence by sen ei.ee It seemed
that someone iu the Conven ion hud
j intimated to that gentleman tha' there
i were fears about reconstruction. Mow
af raid ? Not of pie sonul violence, eer
tarnly, for there was law, civil and rnil
* itury .to protect every man The Con
' vention was assured y iu peaceful as
semblage, and nothing within the lirn
i its of tlie iSta'e to make i afraid. lis
duty was plain and specific—the mili
tary bill clearly stated what was t . be
i done. Then why had Mr Sherman
I b*-en informed that fears were enter
tained about reconstruction! And
what more power did the Convention
want that Air Sherman should send
and request that it be asked lor?
[The speaker pursued this at some
length, but want of spaco will not al
low us to follow him.] He thought
trie Ashburn resolution was discour
teous to Gen. Meade In fact, it im
plied a want of confidence in, and
amounted to li tie else than a direct m
suit to, that distinguished soldier, lie
could Dot vo e lor the resolution be
cause it would be saying to Congress,
to the country, and to Gen. M -ade
himself, that he had no confidence in
h.m. lie was not prepared to say
that the General would not faithfully
perform his duties, lor he had not
been tried, lie beheveo, and ho; ed,
: hut lie wou and. In n gurd Jo the <iis
pliteentem of civil officers, ftho on v
purpose of tie .resolution) l)r. Miller
said thut such u step wus not Deco -Ury
to U e completion ’of the work This
body bud been ( touted to do. I here
were in ttie State about 600(1 civil olli
ces, and shotild ('on peM be stupid
j enough to grunt the power asked, it
wus ulteriy iinpruc'icuhlelbr this (top.
volition Mi till that number cf places
with loyal nun. It would take, unti
the next flood to do it. From the
difficulty experienced in officering 'bis
body at the outset, bo was safe in as
serting that there would bo wranjing
lor at .east a week, in muny instances,
in find ng a suitab e person to till a
bat iff's office, not to mention otbeis of
more importance mid more pay Thus
it would operate, and the idea of this
Convention taking charge ot tbe six
thousand civil offices in tbe Stale was
too absurdly redicu cuts to he enter
tained for u moment 1 Tbe state of af
tints in this once proud old cominou
wealib under such a preny reign ol
[lower would indeed be amusing!
(Applause in the lobby, when J. E
Btjuiit asked that the lobby be clear
ed Chair said sueh would lie done if
it was not sopped.) f kink of the as
pirunls, eon inued the s[enker. whose
claims would at once be ur-ied for the
Gubernatorial t hair. Any mini who
happened to b- wkhin the borders of
tbe fclate would be eligible. It did
not matter, under the resolution, if he
had only resided here twe.ve hours.—
A gentleman irom Titnbueloo, Kant
schatka, or the chief ot ttie Arapahoe
Indians, it he should chance to get the
inside track, would s-ep into the eh air
of the iSiate Execu ivo. Even the
leader of ttie Bavanuah delegation
(Aaron Alpeoriu) might be placed til
tbe position lie eon and not find lan
guage to depict a proposition so im
measurably ridiculous! [Repeated ap
plause in me lobby.]
G V\ Asiitiurn arese to eiqsire if
eisai i ffiot fs were tie' r. quitted to tak»-
ibe eat hi And if s- >, had these now
in p-isii.uu lusen that oath. If thc-v
had not were they legal ( ffieers ? Alt
who tad or o uid take it, were eligible
and might remain, pei baps. The reso
lution said uothing about removals, and
he did nut seo why the gentleman from
Fulton should harp on that p iut so
much.
Dr. Miller replied that the present
officials were in position and bad not
taken such oaths; and while the re'solu
ti id did not say as much, a man with
one idea could see that not oue of them
Ci u!d retain their places under the reso
lutton. They were men of honor, and
would cot petjure themselves. They
differed from the mul iiudenow clarn
mering for displacement, for they could
swear to anything —could take any oath
(Aabburn in constant interruption, ask
ed by several negro dil- gates.) 'i he ab
surdity be contmuaily heard about there
beii g no law in Georgia was all wrong
We nad the laws Georgia always had
provisional though they be. Every
thing dune was legal, for the very mili
tary hill whi.h created this body made
it so. Overthrow tbe present cival gov
ernment of Georgia aud this Conven
tion becomes a body enpermanence. It
must retain its scsstou to wield the
Legislative aud Judiciary power of the
Siatc
Ashburn said that this Convent on
would remain in session until Georgia
was restored to the Union.
“Precisely,” said Dr. Miller. “I am
obliged to the gentleman lor his cau
dur. lam well aware that it is net the
purpose of this Convention to adjourn.
If the people of Georgia r< j ct the Oun
siitutton, here you will remain in per
petuity to grind the already down Ijod
den people—and to further wrong anci
outage tiielll Such a programme is
monstrous, violative ts every principle
of civil liberty, apd can only end iu an
archy ! Your Constitution fa mere *!°r
ical labor until the people of the State
shall give it vitality. The Military bul
imposes that task upon them Toe peo
ple were indifferent about the Conveu
iiou, and beuce the small vote upon the
question. They knew that it was left
them to condemn or approve its action,
and they held back to vote on the CJon
htitutiou, aud he thanked God that Gen
Meade told this Convention yesterday
that the people should have a fair
chance to decide the question at the bal
lot box. The power sought by the res
olutiou would be free to tax without,
limit, and control, and ruiu this once
great State. (Constantly interrupted
by Ashburn ) ft was an effort of per
sons now in accidental position to usurp
power. (Interrupted by half-dozen ne
gro delegates ) We stand here not the
represen aiives of the property of Geor
gia, ui and it becomes us to use care how
we usurp rights, or interfere with that
property and people. Tne form of gov
ernment sought to be set up by the res
oludou is worbe than the mind of man
ever before conceived. It is a speci'-e
of Jacobiuisin of which the people of
Georgia should be warned in time. Ibe
people should know ihat t* 8 Convention
instead of confining itself to its legiti
mate business *.f making a Cut snu
tion, seeks to wield a power not belong
ing to it, aud a power that will ruiu
llnni. (Dunning and Ashburn both
nse to a question.) It was boldly
charged outside that this Convention,
does not propose to make a Constitution
that the people can accept. If the peoplu
shuu'd rtject the convention would not
care, for tne power would be in it* ban is
He did not charge that such was its
intention, but was compelled to admit
that the proposed measure looked that
way, and he desired to lift his voice
against it, and he would to God that be
could make it resound in the hails of
Cougress [The rtporter regrets that
he can give hut an imperfect report of
Dr, Miller’s able aod manly speech.}
A T. Akerman followed. He desir
ed to approvo much that the geutleman
had said. It was evidently the purpose
of the Convention to get possession of
all the offices iu the titate. There
were in his opini n, but two persons
who hud the power to remove civil offi
ce-—Meade aud Grant. He thought
some officers should be removed, and
would be but he was opposed to the A-*h
burn r.soiutt n. .Mr. Akerman’s rt
rnaiks were Attended td, »<>ino length
hut want.tif *paee will net permit us to
fallow him. lie contended by off rive
an amendment to thin Ashburn Resolu
tion,* in tbc event It sbnlflrt pass, to the
cffc( t that no man in this Convention
ahull accent a civil < ffije.
J K. H ysifr made a rsrfibi cch
in defence of th ) nieasur*-, during *hn
d-livery ,f which Mr. Wai.iell ask' and
hiut if he would neept ti e Akerui tn
am ndtncut Tnjs questi bhe evaded
a* tho time, but being subsequen‘l)
pr°s ed to an answer, said s» far as he
individually concerned bow u and Mv.
Trammell inquired it he would accept
tbc military hi.l as it is, and do et- e
whole urgument. Rryant and. dged again
and pri nks and to an w r aft n whi ! c.
He th mght the g- verr.ment set up in
1865 cbi’Uld pc abated. ]: wjs fr< ub
lesOme. He wanted to ku-iw it thi.-uar
-a legal b idy—if tbU coyveuti u .or th
di-loyal g vertiment of the Sute is ti.
have tLc power. It is a vital qu’Btipn,
and should be decided, L-t us re
move tbe men now in office, pu e.ur
friends in the'r s eai, md-1 a vast and ff:r
encc would be made to votes at the rat
ificatiou eleo’ion. General Sheridan
was the man for him —he had the nerve
to act. Ha bad heard that General
Rousseau would be sent to Command
Ibis District, and his course would prove
similar to that of II .nc-.ck. Ho w ulo
not favor'he r. solution if he had any
assurance that GeD Msad" would remain
here, but down would oome Gen Rous
seau to ride rough-shod over the loyal
people of Georgia Therefore lor us
act now while wa have tho power—it i,-
necessrry to our salvation He wanted
the C-mstituti n ratiti and, and it w!>tid
be done if tbe proper measures were ta
ken. The proposed measure wou;d
have that effect, aud so wa must adop;
it. It is the opinion of very distiu
guish' and men that this coovenuon -sh. uhi
be paid cut of the State Treasury, ye:
an order to that end has hceti tr.si '1
wiith «outt ut|»t. Here is cn >b. iui -
*i**u t-- >-u. e}Oia:ioD(fi, and vr .-houli
toh at’at- to remove it. We a’
charge i wtili an iff rt to get cur
hands into the Trcasinr. Well'fclr'
not not better that those iiattdß sh-miit
bc loyal th. u difb'yai ? Os court He
wouiu admit that the power which
resjluliiius asks for should not. he gran,
ed save urid. r extraordinary circumstan
ces, and EUeh now surr uud us. The
emergency is an exra- r inaay oue. 1
must be met. lie favored a oosipone
niont of the question uotil M nday.—
As tbe gentleman was taking his seat,
Mr, Waddell pressed his question as to
’he Mili’ary bill, when Rryant- answer
ed that he would with some alterations
or amendments, or changes
Here J. D Blount arose and demand
ed the floor to knjw if J. E. Bryant
meant to be personal in. some
allusion in his speech,-the natnre o
which this reporter (ltd not oaten at the
time.
J. E. Bryant disclaimed such pur
pose.
J E Blount- said hereafter any il n
sion whatever of tbe gentleman to him
would he construed into a personality-
J. E. Bryant s.iid be boarded at the
National Hotel.
Wh.t.l y moved th it fu her discus
sion of the sufj'etb: dispensed wifi,
and that the Clerk be requ-skd to read
a substitute be would i ffer for 3lr
Ashburn’s re.vuiution, when the Clerk
read ass .11 ws r
. Whereas, The Reconsuuction Acts leoog
oisehho existence of a govern inks t widiio
the limits ot Georgia—sm ject to the military
commander of tlie district, and die par.i
mount authority of Co* gross—under which
ceituin tlfioiela held (fiice ; uj and
Whereas, Tne term for which (aid efßcial
were elected is set forih in the I ws allowed
to operite within said limits has expired, end
said officials hold only by reisjn of a faiiuic
to provide their successors ; and
Whereas, A great many of Saifi officials are
hostile to, and arc using their influence
against tho restoration ol Geoigik to the
Un : on, and bv so doing are not only serious
ly retarding the work ot reconstruction, hut
, ’"o materially effecting the prosperity of the
State : Therefore,
Resol-'d, That the Convention do hereby
request tbe io~ denaHtnrnt of the gov
ernment of the United A’ ates to a"thor!ze
this body to declare vacant the chiel execu
tive i ffices of ’he State, and to fill tlie same,
as well as to provide for tbe removal, through
the chief executive officer of the State thus
elected, of (ill per bus who are hostile to re
construction, aud the filling of such vacuo
cies by Baid executive.
Resolved, That the Convention, in Justice
to the friends of rest jration under the ID-con
struction Acts, do hereby request [he depart
ment aforesaid to rel'eve all'such of existing
disabilities, that they may be eligible to fill the
vacancies ihus created.
Resolved, That the Convention do further
request the modification of the Test Oath, so
as to admit of all persons who have aided or
abetted the late war against the United States
hulding office therein : Provided, such per
sons honestly regret the past, aud are earn
estly attr.icfed'to, and are determined to la
bor (or the return of the Sr*n s, on tiis basis
of the Reconstruction Ac a
Resolved, That a cepy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be forwarded bv the
President, of the Convention ’o the Piesidt nt
of the United (S ates, the Preside-t ol 'be
Senate, and the Speaker of the House ot Rep
resentaiives.
Mr. Wbitely tn v and hat tifis
adopt, and as a -(uLsmure f r a.I j rev; u
resolution-' and amendments on tin- sub
ject of efii! governtn-nt and evil ffi -
ct-rs, and that the wholo mvtter be laid
ver 10 M nday.
C C. liich-.rdo u was sati-fivd wii-h
A-hburu’s resolution, and moved tl»e
“previous question,” up<-n whibh the
yeas and nays were taken as follows:
Yeas 6 ; Bays 128
Mr; Whitely then moved to lay th
resolution aud substitute on the table.
Carried.
Mr. Waddell moved that 200 cop
ies of them be printed. Carried.
J. E- Bryan moved to matte them
the special oilier for Monday. Car
ried.
Mr McCoy offered the following res
elution which was adopted after a
suspension of tbe rules:
Resolved. Tbat the Secretary be di
recte I tofumi h Maj Gen. Sleatlea
copy of the U-morary ordinance passed
by this ('onvention for the temporary
I efief of the people against fui tDer sales
of property under legal process, and a
copy of the preamble and resolutions
passed on yt/sterd iv-, requesting him
to cause it to be enforced until fartlier
action of this Convention
Governor Jon kill* und Treu«*
Brer Join* ICt-npovi-d.
ii »i
Jan. 13#—The following
( r b r |tas UlMied this looming :
Headquarters 31 Military District,)
Atlanta, Jan 13, 1868. )
General Orders, No. 8: . : ;<>'/
First. UliarUs J. Joukins, Provision
al Giivertmr, atr-i Jofm Jones,-l’rovi
»ioual Trei.snn"r,' 6f t4ie B’afff 6f Gcor
gi i, h iving declined to respect the ia-
and failed c) opeTMte
w;’it, the Mj if General Commanding
the 31 Military District, are hereby re
lieved Ir-iiiitheif.
20. B vii iue of the authority grant
ed by the tiuppleuueuiury Rqconstr io
tio- Ai t of Congress, passeand
tho following uatned iffie- is are
ditaiftd Ur du'v in the Distiicv i.fGeor
gia • R
Bre*ot Brigadier G neral Thomas Hi
Rjgtr,-C'd del 33j lntaetry, ic-bu Gov
rju-r of the State, of Gpor«ia; and,
Bs vet Captain Charles F R icLweil,
t ihe Oidii ancc Corpr TJ. B. Army,
to he Treasurer of the State of Geurgii. *
31. Tbe above named dficer* will
ptooeed without delay to MilLdgoville,
Ga., and enter upon the discharge of the
duties devolving upon them subject to
instructions from hesc Headquarters.
Ry order of Maj-T O-nerel Meade.
K. G Drum, A. A G.
Awl Q 1 o’clock this uioroingitkw or
der was read to the, Cenyt-ntiou amid ap
plause at B£otlOD Ist.
tn place of the Pope they have
M ;.dy.J us out he and vil —Eds Jour ’
Han. A. 11. 11. Stuart.
Among ibe distinguish, and act phmen
irm afl parts of too ct untrv invited mu
attend the gland hu-quet. given to
Washington on A. Bu*. by tto Natirn
if Demoer-tie Ex-eutivc C-mm ttie,
■jvns Hon. A If. 11. Stuart, of Virginia
Mr. Stuart s<-nds tfre following response,
which <! hop r his h<-ad a- a states
man :-! to his henrt as a Virginian :
FtaU'X ton, Va„ jah. 2 1868.
Geftflctbcn T pray you fcaccept
uiy tharibs for your 1 kind invitation r<i
ivfttonii a hnt qu>-t to he given at tho M«-
tropplitau Hots], ia the ,ci:j of Wasfi
ngton, on the Bth instant, under the
(usDices of leading members of the
G otsrrvative Democratic party.
Under ordinary c ; feu distances it
w old be peculiarly gra ilying to me to
participate in tbe festivities of that oc
casion, and to enj vy “the feast of reason
aid flow of soul’’ which, I doubt not,
will g ve zest to ydur entcrtainmeVit.—
Hot, situated as I am —disfr uchised as
a citizen, denied the political [irivilegcs
which are accorded to my negro servant;
rijelled from the hall of the,House of
il prescutatives, to which I was dee fed
almost by acclimation ; my nnflvt S'ate,
the proud old mother of Washington,
and Ilenry, and Jefferson, uiirCetgoizpd,
save as Mili ary D s'rjct No. 1— 1 piust
confess 1 would feci s imewhat out of
place at your b arJ.
In former days, when I visited Wislfi
ington as a representative of the pcoplel
ora9 th-.i associate of Webster, Oritieu
d- n, and G Twin, in tbe executive couDr
oils of the nation, If it that, in the eye
of the law at least, I wss the peer of the
Ihftiest in the land. I was privileged
to think freely and to speak freely on
all matters of public concern. Wire I
t.jjiu your circle now, I sbou-d feel
painfully conscious of the difference be
tw .-en your position and inlae. No mif
’tary "rdcr can consign y tt to a Hun
ger n beyond tho reach • f habeas'corpus,
-nd rio pursue ivc bayoryem- admonish
you to speak, with “bated breath.” With
mo the care might be diff -rent. But be
list as it may, while Virginia 1 m- nros I
canro' rej -ice. While th. eypres* en
circles tier brow 1 cannot fwiue the myr
tle round mv own
But may I not hope tbat the present
condition of things is temporary? If 1
do hot 1 misinterpret tbe signs ttf the
times, the day is eear at ban! whcrt f by
ttie mandate of a magnanimous people,
the shackles will be stricken fr. m the
bmbs of Virginia and her Southern sit
ters, and there shall be given unto tin m
“beauty for ashes, this oil of joy fbr
aDd the garment of praise f*r
the spirit of heaviness!.” Wbn* that
glorious day shall have arrived I shall
b> h >ppy to meet yop, and your Fcpow
patriots around the festive board, aad
on behalf of Virginia to offer a willing
und hearty tribute cf gratitude, to.’4ihe
n-ble C.ns-iva’ivo Dutuuerats, who set
h- r free. > -
RcAiec!fully, your ob’r serv’t n
Alexander H. H. Btuart.
Wade Jiisiifu * Ifitu-llion.
Uu the 4th day if Dice tuber, 1856, ’
Bi tj-in.in F Wade, a Ripubliean Sen
ator Ireui Ohio, made a speech in ffie
U it'd S;au-s Sccsite,nc . rder to print
.(Idjtional c»-[ is of the President’s Mrs
beitig u'der consideration. In
that -pe to he irtade th( f.ljowing dec
iira'i which will be bund in the
Qocgri Globe, Third Session
Toil ty-founh Congress, page 25:
“jliV the South'ru gentlemen t-tand
here, and Tn almost S!1 thc’ir speeches
'peuk of'a disolutidfi of theUlnioh a- an
element of every argument, as though
il were a peculiar CtudeeceAition on their
part that thry petnai ud the Union to
siaidat all. If they do riot feel inter
ested in upholding this Union—if it
really trenches on their rights—if it
end ingers their institution to such an
, xteut ihat they cannot feel sficdre tin
del- it —if their interests are vi lently
assailed by means of this Union, 1 am
not one of those who expect that they
will long continue under it I am not
ODe of those who would a.-k them to
continue in snen a Union, It would
be doing violence to the platform of
the ['arty to which ! belong.
‘ We have adubted the old Declara
tion f Independence as the basis of
our | olitical movrmnnts, which declare
that any people, wbemtbeit government
ceases to protect their rights, when it is
so subverted from the flue | nrposes ol
government as bo oppreJs have
-ho rigid to .-recur tp jfyyid amenta 1 pun
eiple*, and, if need be, destroy tbe gov- 1
ernlu.iH ui drr which they live, and to
orect Uu Its ruins another more CBtrdofci'’
(vc to their welfare. 1 held that they
have thie right. 4 Do * blame any ,
people ftil exbrcihlrigTt, wheritVer they '
think the cbntinerucy has come. I
certainly’shall ti i the adVocatd rtf ‘Hhu
same doctrine, whenever I find that tho
principles oT this Government have bc
c .me so oppresaive to the auction to
which 1 beloug, that a free people ought
not to endure i’. You will Dot tbea
find me backward in becoming the ad
vocate of disunion ; but tbit contingen
cy never having come, I have never yet,
opened my. mouth in opposition to lb*
Union.
“Vou eaenot farcibly held men in
this Union j frif tbe attempt to do bo, it
seems to me, would subvert tbc
prir.eapha of the Government undnr
which we live.” ■ -
!%<■« i:iigfniid and Pa's
'tPirtc— A man CairiiosatiM
, Kills' Rnk with Ills »
One of ibe employee* ia the "gas
works boas td his ability to kill u rafc
witri Ins (eetb wUbout the employment
ol any otter exterminating agent. Hip
companions doufvted hid provtess, but
his opinion was five dobatsstrong that*
be couhl iiccoinplisb' the fqqt, auj tha
wagei being taken, arrangement* for
the trial were forthwith ixmipletecf. q"
A room Was procured, and so was A
table. In the Cfiittr of tbe latter a
hide was Bored, and through * tbia a
string extended, one end being leetßu
ed below, and the other end, which
was cigh’een inches in a straight ?ffife :
fropiAhtt Me, rtied jo one.of
legt, U.i n4r<xJd OzAl oai| wtilffi X-.n
unwillingly volunteered to act on tb«
occasroH ‘ ls ' ’ I ii v*» t f t tt ili.i
ab other hiid
lleerf cf)ffiplk&i tii’e chYWtr’s Haffira
were tied tqbioUFvin. The room was
old and dingy. It was at the North
end and wus lighted liy the flickering
flame ol two tallow candles It was
occupied by twenty or thirty persons,
whose ta-te hfid drawn them to W?t*.
ness the rat chewer’s agil ty
Theit excited discussions of proba
i>i 'ties ;i * to th,. result ol tbe fortlicrmt
•ng (oiliest had lrighfrned the cbtjined
and ihgoueiit quadrujYi diil party and
prosjiective participatil into something
like a *tuie of quietude, and,die laid
there quite passive and patient, wajtf
ing for the attack, which, alas fop him,
soon cante The .ciiewer quietly up 4
j) ied hrslmouth o Ibe orifice in the tit.
ble; with the aid of his tongue picked
up the string and held it iu Dm .-den-*
• als Tlterv tie quietly «nd slnwdy wbd
bis face alongit iirttie direction oftbe
rat. Flower and s'owei his progress
grew untifhe waltfilbM a “distance”
anfifthe h, eVeingltis victim h HMftHifff,
he made a sudden ghap, Th- re ww
a “crunch,” a sliufji “squeak,” as lito
expired, pjid tlie.Lyt waj wjin 1
. Eg :tjsm is an "infirmity that pt-rpet-
Uaßy gr, ws ti[»on a mini, rill sit lu.-t l‘n*
caijjiot heur to- lldrik,. ui,any»hing>fwft
i.imself, ra.r even to sup[ose tlftifett*.
ers do. .Ri- .r Tiiota
1 r *)<* Itk vv«- l
Rev. Mr. O’Neill, a t-ofored
er, has been arrested at Tuduit.iiliViTU
for murryjrg a co'pred Iran aud.uh;jo
women, ia vmlaUuu gs idq luiiami
marriage law.
•MdrtylistUHtiitf*.
A=A --s-or-A -i —j x.L a «lltf
CAUTION J'
Ilwrehy forewarn all pereon* from trailing
lor a certain proip'i.-ieory note, gireji aTjoui
the lat of September, lor one hundred aril
fifty dollaie, and a credit of fifty dnitSrk b 1»
ihesame. Tho pu««iileration of said,rune
Imviiqr kilerl. I- , T. J. J’BifflU
Dawson, Ga.; j.tul6;lf.
du. i;. L mmm
Os- FEES his Professional services to tho
citizens of saw hatch he arpt us
vfcihltr: From ample experience in ‘ bom
cirii and Miliiarv pi a dice, he ia nreparadgo
• treat sweeessltillf/caseßiia vvwy deßa*Ri<Mt
Os bis profession. jani6’t>Bif
SCHOOL I^OTICBa
I WILL resume the exercises of my/tlifipl
in J thWiasaadiatcliec, on the secaud Mon
day hr Jamiaryj svl
, J t»ke pleasure in atnouncinp to my pa
traijh, 'OH.I tlif public B(-per«lW'tRifAUsa
allik llaki-kr, late of Weston, Ga., andih
vorably .known as a teacher, will take a music
class hi counterion wfr.h mytSuhool. \ -
Miss Hattrsa will also assisi mein Ihe Lit—
ersty Di pai tnient, when not c»ga|tcd <nth
tier music, cj nts, _
By this arnuißkßieiiVMldiiffiiisliulkJbljfrs
arc offeredjAo [hose w ho havi sons «r (Jaugrit
efS <o ednonle. - V
/i» - . —. rtMirrtf
Rates of Tntiton PityaWe-Ht
, /' .Ihil lu)
Primal v Cl isr, |>erTeyn, %lsi,»-o
Imerviadate Clsm, per Term, B ITlf|6,o(i
Higher Brunchrjjy “ 20/10
oii Pianw Fojte'Jadudiai* tiny
ns.- ~f it,,- iiiStrument, per teim,
Pupijsyih'yigpd ,itwin lime ot .artjnnce to
ha bod of-The "OMirier; <mi ’istNJbduciion
made except Jtu .providential cass-.s. p w
Board can be I ad at reasonable prices. |
dec3o’67lio A. HOWARD.
(-Tione ri lie-- ' a rts.i.
; : 91, ’ih( try stree*, Mseon.G*.
1 -ii. .i ■ ){; I/.
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Established in I*3o. ****
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Snirhiiv; And pahMshed iar .»>■• Afhnisville
Jdornsl Goirtpany, Journal, (Jfliue
111 Wrst Green st., Louisf ille, Ry.
W. H. Pr;pßij(, §ec’y. J,D. 0?JtO»iL r l , A < '*-
Tbe “Join nal” is one of the largest slid
ablcst pspers ptrbHsbed Foulh of'itiW f>liio
River, and couiains imerestirig reading mat
ter of every description. ” *
t*rm« of SHbudriptloii., i
Daily, bv Mail, per year. fl-2 00
•' “ Sii monttis, 1T A. 600
Three Months, *325., One month, I 25
Weekly, per vearj |l2stf--'Six tfiblrt%s‘, ■ 4 -f-50
Ten copies, one rear, ■ '-'o' 4V> 00
A eopy sent grans to the geltnr op of oho
Club. Apppy pfjhe Daily "'ll he sent one
year to the person sending tfs Kafisfcri
bers U) -the Waokly. Faotple POfifll <ent
when requeswA r. r f.llt'l 'f|.
Ton
IOFEFU for sa'e eight. hrindirTa tyk IpOO
bdsHels of Coltop Seed at this Mn«rro(*
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