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Thursday, February 13/#i,lS«»
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111 OH I. Y IMPORTANT TO
COl'NTf OITICIiRS.
Ueadq’bs, 8d Military Dis’t, }
(Georgia, Florida and Alabama ) S
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 2, 1868. y
General Orders, No. 22.
Numerous at pl'caiious having been made
to the Major-General •comniandit g, relative
to the provisions and the execution of Gen
eral Orders, No. 49, series of 1867, from
these headquarters, and being satisfied front
reports and representations, that in some in
stances, the operations of the order have
proved embarrassing and of an effect not
designed when issued—the intention having,
been to prevent bv prompt and euergetic ac
tion, the use of official patronage to obstruct,
hinder, and delav reconstruction under the
acts of Congress —he therefore directs that
the aforesaid Order be modified to read as
follows:
I. The giving of all advertisements and
other official publications heretoioreor lieic
after to be provided for by State or mu,
tiicipal laws, by the civil officers whose duty
it is to cause such publications to be made,
is prohibiting to such newspapres, and such
only as attempts to obstruct in any manner,
the Civil officets spoqiuted by the military
o(Beets in this District, in the discharge of
their duties by threats of violence, of prose
cution or other penalty, as soon as the milta
ry protection is withdrawn lor acts perform
ed ill their official capacity.
11. It in any of the counties in cither of
the States in this District, there be but one
newspaper published, civil officers whose du
ty it is to advertise id accordance with law,
are authorized to advertise in said paper re
gardless of the provisions of paragtaph I, of
this order.
111. All officers in this A/ditary District,
whether military or civil, and all boards of
registration, or other persons in the employ
ment of the United States under military
jurisdiction, are directed to give prompt at
ten'ion to the enforcement of this order.
Opposition to reconstruction, when conduct
ed in a legitimate manner, is not to be con
sidered an offence ; but will be so considered
when accontpao'eu b.V Violent and incendiary
articles threatening the preservation of the
peace, or by attempts to obstruct civil offi
cers, as indicated paragraph I, of this order.
Should any civil officer violate the provisions
of this order, the case will be promptly te
porled to tnese headquarters.
IV. This order is not to be constiued as
affecting advertisements being published at
the date of the order, or prior to its receipt
by the civil officer who is effected tberebj.
By order of Major General Meade.
R. C. Drcm,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Will Tlie People Submit?
Thedjßfcitionury tendency of Con
greßfcioOTßl*gi s liition, says the La-
Grange Mrporter, is becoming fi rce
•>nii tihjimint; to every true lriend of
it wue, over a voieitno which may
burst forth at sny time and engulph
the country iu iiremediable ruin n’-
ery vibration of mo telegraphic wires,
sending out the news from the halls of
Congress, shock the nerves of the pa
triot with fear and apprehension. The
very winds bear upon th:ir wings the
hissing threats of Radical treason and
usurpation. The large majority of
Congress is drunken with unrestrained
power, lust and savage revenge. They
are’rushing the country to a political
condition which can only promise the
direst results of revolution and blood
shed if not restrained in their wild and
mad ambition to retain power. It
6eems as if they were determined to
subvert every principle ol the Constitu
tion and every vestige of Civil Liberty
to the base purposes of party ascen
dancy. Amid the convulsions of its
death-throes, the Radical party in Con
gress eshibi's naught but crazy grasps
at floating straws of hope to save them
selves from the impending defeat and
anmlfilation which they so plainly see
is bouod to overtake them. These
they see in the constantly changing
sentiments of .be people against them,
as evidenced by tht? recent thunder
tones of popular elections at the North
and in the Northwestern States. They
are raving political maniacs, beating
against the popular breeze with impo
tent arms and lighting, with meaning
less anathemas, against the will of ti>e
people.
But, Congress and the Radical par
ty have the power, during their brief
lease upon the control of the Govern
ment, to force upon the country a con
dition of thiDga which may result in
anarchy and bloodshed, or an entire
aubverson of the principles of the fun
damental iaws of the land, as the peo
ple may or may not choose to permit.
The passage of the bills in regard to
reconstruction, now pending before
Congress, will become a law ; also the
pending bills suspending the Execu
tive functions during the trial ter im
peachment, and foi the emasculation
of the Supreme Court- These laws of
Congress wi.l force an isaue between
the Executive and Judicial Depart
ments and the Legislative Departments
of the Government j and the inevitable
result will bQfbut Congress, claiming
precedence over the Executive and
the Judicial, will force a surrender of
their Constitutional powers in the Gov
ernment, and thus leave the peop e of
this country undor the centralized and
despotic power of Congress with no
means of resistenco to i'e usurpations
and oppressions except to a resoit to
physical force, w hich resort may be
had at any time.
Rut he indications arc that the ( eo
ple Kill not submit to the usurpations
of Congress, if we muy judge by the
recent elections already referred to
However, if the dangers w e appre
hend can no avert l and until the 1 rest
(Initial election, and we aincerely hope
they niby, the cc untry will pass thro’
this great revolu ionary crisis, and the
popular will of the people, we are con
fident, will restored) the country the
protection of the Constitution and
blo-sings of Civil Liberty and aerene
peace.
EIGHT AHEAD.
“Iu tbc course of a very short time ”
says Gen Meade to the piebald Cooven
tioD, “I will be able to send yon thirty
thousand dollars, but after that take
car* of yourselves; I won’t be responsi
ble for a dollar more ” If this sum
was extended, st ys the Savannah Daily
Advertiser, to the support of the oig
: gers and scalawags from Gen. Meade’s
own private resources, it would certain
ly argue a considerable degree of interest
and confidence in the success and integ
rity of the Radical party, but un
fortunately it costs Sultan Meade noth
ing, it is merely the ’effort of dragging
the State’s purse eufc ol its pocket and
scattering theoontenta broadcast among
the hungry mob assembled around to
scramble for them. We once read an
account, exactly analogous, regarding
the members of an Italian Banditti,
where a luckless traveler, being benight
ed and waylaid, was robbed of his du
euts, which were distributed among the
black-bearded gentlemen of the gang by
the chief, with exactly the same, kind
of disinterestedness generosity that dis
tinguishes Gen. Meade.
This golden promise, held out to the
black and tan, will effectually put an
end to any thing like legitimate busi
ness for the present, is anything like le
gitimate business ever did exist among
the heterogeneous rabble, that goes to
mako up the great unwashed The
prospect of thirty thousand dollars of
spoil to be distributed ; the bright vis
ion of whisky and pea-nuts and dough
nuts and other kind of nuts ; the hopes
of the means of a limitless drunk ; a
grand carnival, unrestrained Saturca
lia, will be the sole, bright particular
star to engage the attention of the elcot,
until the “swig” shall have been die
disposed of; and imagination presents
the image of dusky crowds, congregated
in various stages of vinous enlightmcnt,
at the street corners of Atlanta, among
r<t —' * v, e ofentive wa\firerwill hear
’ Meade, sweet Massa Meade ; be isd*
good, nice centJeo— , -
I j uiuucy ob de white trash for
de ’musement of we geotlcmeu niggers
There will be touud in ail the state
of security, ensured by Radical assu
rance, Bradley, the bogus lawyer and
real shoemaker, notorious for nothing
but his infamous record ; Bentley, mu
sician of drum excellence and merchant
of chicken experience ; Bryaot and Ash
burn and Stanford and the tag, rag bob
tail, the scum of refuse, discarded by
even the scum aid refuse of the North
which is the discarded scum and refuse,
the Botany Bay, of all the rest of hu
manity—joining in a grand hallelujah,
a loud souuding [asm to the magnani
mous cats paw, which drags the Treasu
ry cbesouts out of the fire of decent,
public opinion to satisfy the appetite of
the disgusting Radical’s ape, which
laughs at Tybalt the cat while it uses
him. Let Gen. Meade play the role be
has chosen ; multiply the forty thou-and
dollars abstracted from the State Treas
ury, by ten and leave it to any honor
able gentleman to itae if the acquisi
tion of the product would induce him to
act the part chosen by the Sultan of
District Three ; let Gen. Meade only
invoke the ghost of the conscience he
possessed before tbe war, when he was
the associate of gentlemen, and we will
leave tbc answer, with confidence, to I
i.jiat of tbe “poor ghost.” But Gen.
MeaJc has joined tbe Radical party
and that explain* everything ; words are
superfluous. There is nothing within
the wide ima£'U a, * on of infamy that
experience has not bn?* ll to be within
the grasp of ohe Radtci!
Gen. Meade is one of them ; oui .re*d
ers are at liberty to carry out the con
clusion of the sjbgism for themselves.
One gleam of sunshine, however
breaks thr ugh all this ; the despot of
District Three declares that the thirty
thousanu, now about to be handed over
to the iilustri'-us statesmen of the Con
vention, wrung from the 6weat and toil
and anguish ot the impoverished pco j
pie of Georgia, to support such ignorant
wretches as Bradley and Bendy, who
never have paid nor never will pay one
dollar of taxes nor have one dollar's in
terest of taxable property in the State, j
and whose assumed position as legisla
tors is an insult and an outrage to the I
intelligence and honor and respectabil
ity of the State—will be the last black
male levied to sustain them in tbeir re- ]
ciculous and shameful posi ions. 1 his
will soon bring the ‘.farce to au end, j
it Gen Meade shall prove true to his ;
representations ; we have no confidence ''
that he will, for he has do'ibtles already
deceit and tb ePresident and therefore can
not be trusted j but if he will carry out I
what he prumises, the days of the Con
vection (so-ca'lvd) are numbered. It
is, beyond doubt, a good thing for such
creatures as the delegates (good Lord)
to sit quietly, talk nonsense and do
nothing but munch pea-nuts for the
consideration of eight dollars per diem
at tbe expense of their betters, when
their legitimate daily wages would be
really, in their legitimate ephero as la
borers, but two dollars ; but when the
supplies cease, the pest of this Radical
swiudltDg shop, under the name of Con
vention, will stop also ; and so we can
see some light out of all this darkness
On tbe stoppage of tbe supplies, the
convocation of niggers, scalawags,
thieves, perjurers, idiots, traitors, con
victs sod drunkards, misseallcd a Con
vention, will disperse, and the atmos
phete of Atlanta relieved to the preju
dice of the r st of the State whero tbe
presence of any of its component parts
will be sufficient to breed a moral pes
tilence. The epitaph of the foul otea
tioa might be written in few words: —
“litre lies the foul and festering oar
case ot the (so called) Georgia Conven
tion of 1868. Tte incestuous and un
natural effsping of Radical villainy ana
milit.ry usurpation, born in ain and
brought up in aDiquity, nursed on tbe
milk of brutal igneranee and nourished
on the stolen spoils of a suffering and
impoverished people, it has, by the mer
cy of a pitying God, passed away, leav
ing behind nothing to perpetuate its
memory and that of its beholders but
the acorn, contempt, hate and loathing
of all that is good, honest and honorable
in humanity.”
Homicide in Rome, Ga.
We learn fromja gentlemen, says the
Atlanta Intelligencer , of this city, who
was in Rome on Thursday last, tha
that quiet eity was, at 4 o’clock of that
day, the scene ot a fcarlul tragedy, the
particulars of which are as follows : It
appears thal Zach Hargrove, Esq., a
citiien of Rome, and now conducting a
drug store there was Provost Marshal of
the place in Confederate times, and in
discharging the duties of that position,
had occasion to sine a distillery some
where in that region of country, which
at tbe time gave offence to the owner.—
Mr. Hargrove had beard nothing fur
ther of tbe circumstance until Thursday
last, when two men made their appear
ance in Rome, and calling upon Mr. 11.
at his dreg store, informed him that
they, or one cf them, had come for his
blood—had ridden forty miles for that
express ftl .se. r |ud that nothing else
, ’ '- ,ur
JWtNays one of them was heavily arm
ed, and made do (ffort to conceal his
weapons. Mr. Hargrove endeavored to
conciliate the agtieved party by staling
that he was simply as a Confederate of
ficer in the performance of a duly—or
obeying a millitary order—in seizing the
distillery, that it wos Dot his purpose
at the time to do him an injury, hoped
be would not so regard it now, and that
there was no necessity whatever for
bloodshed in tke matter.’ This did not
satisfy the men, however, when Mr.
Hargrove agreed that if nothing but
“blood” would do them, they could re
turn id an hour when he would be pre
pared to give them satisfaction. Upon
this they retired, asd Mr Hargrove at
once procured a double-barrel shot gun
and awaited their second coming, hop
ing at the same time that the better
judgement of tße two men would pre
vail, and that no serious trouble would
ecsne. In this be was mistaken, for, at
the expiration of the hour, the two men
approached the drug store in a boister
ous, threatening maDDer, with pistols in
hand. Mr Hargrove was in readiness,
but being still anxious to avert trouble,
warned them not to approach nearer.
At this one of the men fired a shot
from his pistol, when Mr. Hargrove
raised his shot gun and discharged its
coutents of buck-shot into the body of
bis assailant, tbe other man taking to
heels. The wounded man lived about
an hour. Hargrove sustained no inju
ry save a painful wound in (he band, or 1
finger, by the pistol shot fired at him.—
These are the particulars as given to us
by one who was present.
The Radical Pit Falls.— Citizen*
of Ueo.*J' a ’ Florida, atid other cotton
g.owing States, tvbo have been hereto
fore extensively engaged tu "otton plant
ing, have recently given us much ‘reiia
bit information as to the retualu condi
tion and prospect* of the cotton culture.
Some of tfceve gentlemen have recently
arrived here, and State ‘bat little prepa
ration has been made this winter for a
crop in 1868. The season has passed
when it is usual to eDgage hands for
the year, and very few planters have
either the capital or the eonfideuce nec
essary to engage in another crop. The
delay by Congress in the passage of a
bill for the repeal of the cottoD tax, and
their refusal to apply the repeal to crop
of 1867, and the increasing disorganiza
tion and demoralization of negro labor,
have had the effect to destroy the cotton
culture as the leading ioterest of the
South.— National lntelliyencer.
VfT It is a»id that nearly one-halt
of the Republican delegation from Ten
nessee to the Chicago Presidential Con
vention, of May :10th are negroes.
Spei eli oi Air. Yl iMitlt‘ll iM-lort*
Tlie fts-gro-Radtcul Conven
tion
We clip the following, ftorn the tbir
ty-r.inth days proceedings ot the Geor
gia unconstitutional N'gro Radical
Convention:
J E Bryant spoke as usual al>out
distinction being made in the Conven
tion nth account of birth. He was a
citizen of tbe United States, and he
objected to the eternal cry raised be
cause a man was born in any other
State besides that of Georgia.
Mr J L> Waddell spoke as fol
lows :
Mr President—lt was not my in
tention to trouble the Convention wi h
a single word upon the subject imme
diately before us ; and I should not
now, hot for some remarks which fell
from the delegate from Richmond
(Mr. Bryant.) He complained be
cause allusion had been made to the
fact that some of the conspicuous del
egates to this Convention —those ot
truest on the floor—were recent resi
dents of Georgia, and the intimated
tnat iu consequence of that fact a prej
udice was endeavored to be kindled
against those delegates of Northern
Birth. I have sat in this Convention
nearly forty duys, and I appeal to
those around me to know if twenty ill
natured fling* have not been made at
Georgians where one even respectful
aliusiou has been made to New Eng
landers. Four-tilths of the while peo
pie of Georgia were rebels, “so-call
ed,” am! not a day has been suffered
to pass w hen those “rebels” have not
been denounced, in some shape or
form, by those who have assumed the
tank of “injrralting upon the stock of
Georgia ignorance New England ideas
and New Englaud civilization ” They
seem to have an intense loathing for
those who bore part in the s ruggle
for liberty—they denounce them as
rebels and traitors No terms of re
proach are rigorous enough to charac
terize them by—no punishment is se
vere enough to inflict upon thum.—
When we tell them we have Barron
dered in good faith—we have laid
down our arms upon the honor of sol
diers—we have abandoned what they
call the “heresy of secession”—hence
forth we mean to stand by the Union
under tbt Constitution—it is all to no
purpose, all without avail. They are
no; content. They are greedy for tlie
pound of flesh, nothing short of our
ruin, degiadation, eternal disgrace,
will appease or satisfy them
Now, s'r, I have borne vituperation
long enough. I am not ashamed of my
record.
There never was a moment since the
date of my political accountabili y,
when l was not true to the great prin
ciples of popular liberty as laid down
in the Constitution of the United
Btates. It xas precise y because I
conceived that that Constitution was
practically overthrown, that its princi
ples were in jeopardy, that its spirit
Ignited Estates of a pactional candidate
upon a sectional platform, that les
(roused tbs cau>e of Georgia. Through
her sovereign voice, she commanded
me to avouch my ballot with my
sword. I bowed to her high man
date Georgia made me a citizen of
the United States. I conceiveil she
had the right to absolve my eitizer -
ship. She commanded mo to defend
her—the Federal Government com
manded me to crush her I could not
obey both masters. I elected without
hesitation in obedience to the instincts
of my nature, to stand by Georgia;
the home of my childhood and man
hood ; the graves of mi neighbors and
friends ; the altars of my kind r ed ; the
honored ashes of him whoso name I
bear. Os w hom then shall I be afraid T
Os what shall I be ashamed ? Ltt me
here speak one word for myself alone,
and if my voice could reach to th*
uttermost boundary of creation, crea
tion should hear the declaration.
To-day, poor as I am, I would not
exchange the memory ot the part I
bore, humble aa that part wa.-, in the
noble struggle of Georgia to be free,
for the crown the Bourbon lost. 1
would not exchange' the memory of
my poor pnrt at Manassas, Ge tysburg
and Cbickumauga, and a dozen other
proud, but melancholy fields, for the
best hope I have If I erred, it was
on the side of my State ad my section
—an error, it one it be, that stands re
corded in Heaven's Chancery upt n
mercy's ( age. I erred, too, in compa
ny witn the bet, the brightest and he
bravest of my State, i erred with
men whose names are garnered up in
her hear’, whose valor shed unfading
lustre upon her arms,“whose fame is
among the jeweis of her crown, and
over whose hero dust her most prec
ious tears have been shed.
Mr Baldwin here interrupted by in
quiring whether Mr Waddell still held
to secession ?
Mr Waddell Secession was settled
by the war. I accepted the result.—
When I surrendered my sword, I sur
rendered that doctiine. I surrender
ed to Gen Grant, who is a man of
honor, and has kept his pledge. I
have kept, a?'! mean to keep mine
Would that I could eSJ as much for
some of his supporter? hero. My hon
or was pledged, and that is ?pstained,
But I will not eit silently by and hear
the memory of those who perished in
the effort to make secession glorious
caluminated. Those Chri-tian heroes,
Torn Cobb and Stonewall Jackson,
who baptized your cause and mine,
Mr President, in their bloud—who
sacrificed life in maintaining it—over
whose graves glory weeps—they are
denounced by a party on this floor as
traitors to 'he country, while Butler,
the boas’, who incited a ruffian Hosi
ery at New Orleans to violate defence
less females—who went there a bank
rupt in fame—who grew rich by plun
der, robbery, rapine and th f. —he is
n w a patriot 1 Put me down among
the traitors !
Here a large number of delegates
on the “other side cf the house” rose
to their feet, looking horrified. They
knew well that they possessed the
numerical strength to crush the ape k
er by fore©, and consequently they
were fuiious to pounce upon him
Nome hud questions t<» ask, and o hers
had points of order ; but. to the eternal
credit of Aaron A. Bradley, be it said
tnat hr never moved, and contented
himself with an occasional sneer (in
tended lor a smile, no doubt,) and a
few slight but ominous shakes of he
head. Alas! the arch rebel had to
succumb to the pressure, and he took
his seat like all true rebels de—over
powered, bu not conquered.
J Murphy moved to strike out
“3 mouths ’ and insert “30 duys. —
Lost.
A T Akermud offered two amend
ments to the section bu". as we pre
sutne the qmstion will come up in a
day or two we do no 1 publish them.
He argued his poiuts with his usual
abili y. :
After a tribute to C 0 Richardson,
the deceased member, the Convention
adjourned.
Alalmuia Election Mews.
The Montgomery Mail of the 6th
inst., says:
“The vote in this city during the
past two days clearly shows that the
outragtlruv Radical Constitution has
been defeated by a fair aDd junt count.
(Tbe negro vote has falUn short at
least one half, unless there is a great
iraud and swindling throughout the
State, that iniquitous instrument is
defeated by a large majority. The
friends of tne Union, justice and fair
ness can afford to allow for seme swin
dling, and then, on a liberal count,
the Radicals will not have the re
quired majority Let our friends, how
ever, keep a sharp watch, and defect
and publish all frauds.and illegal vo
ting ”
“Accounts by telegraph from other
portions of tlie State are equally en
couraging, all of which go to show
that the tjifamous Constitution is clear
ly defeated.”
A dispatch from Evergreen says :
“Constitution lost in Conecuh. Ma
jority cast to day only 140.” Similar
U-legrams were received yesterday
from different portions of the Slate.
On'y tw o days of watchfulness remain.
Let every white man do his duty
Negro Riot and ISloodshcd.
The usual order and quiet of the
lan abiding community of Savannah
Wait very seriously disturbed yesterday
by tb-3 riotous conduct of au excited
: crowd of negroes, who had, contrary to
special a,id ditect orders from depart
mental headquarters, set at defiance nut
ouiy the civil but military authorities.
Without designing to publish any sen
ra'ional items in reference to the mat
t.'ia a hrief history of '.he initial proceed
pealed.
8 >nae time ago, Gen. Pope, thgn
Commander of this Military District,
issued general orders io the iffet that
whenever it was desired that meeting
for political purposes shouid be held
within the limi's of the ei y f Sayan
uab, that a notification of that design
should be made to the Commander ol
the Post, as also to the civil authorities,
the said order compelling the attend
ance of the eity and county sheriff, and
such police force as might be requisite
to secure order.
In ihe face of this plain order, pub
lished officially, and au ordiuauceof the
City C uncil agreeably thereto, ftomt
evil designing persons organized a mas.-
mertiug of negroes to be held in Chip
pewa square, yesterday afterti >ou, with
out notify tig sober the civil or military
powers. They erected a stand, provided
the speakers for the occasion, and con
gregated a large crowd of excited ne
groes upon the spot. This state of faote
coming officially to the notice of the au
thorities, an order was issued by His
Honor the Mayor, for the dispersion of
of the crowd, which was protnp !y exe
cuted by the police force, and the
square cleaned of the tumultuous as
sembly The negroes then assembled
at the African church, called “Andrew
Chapel,” on New street, and reorgaoiz and
their meeting. Notice of this fact be
ing also brought to the attention of the
autborilies, another order was issued,
directing the Chief of Police to investi
ga e the fact, and if any unlawful assent
bly bad gathered to adjourn the same.
Accordingly Gen. Anderson, accompa
nied by five officers, visited the place
and found a very excited crowd of ne
groes assembled at tho church. He or
dtred au adjournment of the meeting
aid the dispersion of the crowd, which
almost immediately commerced a furi
ous attack upon the little squad, which
was continued until reinforcements ar
rived from the barracks ; then the fight
became general Pistols, rocks and
olubs were freely used until finally the
rioters were dispersed, and some twenty
six arrested a <1 carried to the Barracks
We are Borry to state that Lieut, Bell
of the Police force received a severe
flesh wound in the leg, from a pistol
shot fired by ODe of tb? rioters, as also
a wound in the load with a rock IL
however remained at hi* post until ovei
come and fait t from loss of bLod, when
he »? s carried to his residence, and the
ball extracted and his wounds dressed
by Dr Bulloch,
Lieutenant Howard was knocked
senseless by a blow on the bead with
a rock, and which liked to have proved
Dial. He was carried into quarter.-!
and his Wounds dre.-s and Sergeant
Moran bad a severe encounter wi h one
of the ringleaders and was slightly
wuucdfd. We have heard of bm one
negro being l ot, bu’ as there w.-re at
h ast forty shots exebang’ d between the
opposing foroes, we sb tuld not be sur
prised to learn ot more casualties.
The following named persons were
arrest el and taken to the barracks:—
11. H. E len, white ; Stas Alien, Pi nice
Hamilton, Thomas Wayne, Wm. Ro
cher, Wm Wallace ("wounded). Ed
ward Jones, Salomon James, Aarou
Grayson (wounded), Moses Bryan,
E >■ z r McQueen, Anthony Ingraham,
Flam Irwin, Cain Gracev, Henry Junta
Edward Rutherford, Joe Clay, Edward
Giabarn, G u rge Stuart, Abram Jack
in, John Harriaaou, Cyrus Ja.ksm,
Abram Potter, Martha Peterson, Liz
zie Derneen, and Sarah Johnson, col
ored. ■
Os the above II H. Eden, William
Wallace, and Aaron Grayson appear to
bavo acted the most c nspicuous part
in the disgraceful affair I here arc
othets who were prominent in the riot
ous proceeding but they have succeeded
in escaping thus far.
The wildest rumors were prevalent
yesterday evening, but tbe above oousti
tuets ah the material facts in the ease
The course of the police force was
characterized by great forbearance, and
hud it not been so a second New Or
leans massacre might have been the re
sult
The whole matter will be officially
investigated to-day we presume, when
any further facts developed will be pub
lished Savannah A 7 ! trs J" llerald, bth
Headqr’s 3d Military Dist V
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, >
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3, 1868. y
Jinn J. Ji. Parrott, President of Con
stitutional Convention, Atlanta , Ga.
Sir—A careful survey of the condi
tion of the State Treasury, and of the
probable increasing revenue and de
mand* up n n the S’a'e, jdstifi sme in rc
p r ing to you that 1 shall bo able by
the 15th of March proximo, to pay to
the Disbursing Agent es the Conven
tion tbe sum of 630,000 one half of
which will be available on or about the
10th inst. As thi sum wiH complete
the am >wrf required approved by my
predecessor and mvself, I 'ako this occa
sion to say, that after carefully examin
ing the financial condition of the State,
a* left by the outgoing Provisional Ex
ecutive officers together with tbe de
mands to be met, under the heads of the
civi' list and public institutions, that I
cannot feel mysel'authorized to sanc
tion any greater advance from tbe State
Tteasurv to tbe Convention than is
herein indicated, and that I must re
quest the co-operation of this Conveoii rn
in conforming to this decision.
In coming to this dec sion, which is
based on providing for the immediate
and imparative wants to tnis Conven
tion from the usual resources of revenue
by the collection of taxes, and nett pro
ceeds of the State Road, I feel compell
ed to deoline approving or undertaking
any financial scheme involving tbe cred
it of the State, or anticipating future
revenue. Very respectfully,
Your ob dient serv’t,
[Signed] Geo. G Meads.
Muj. Gen. U S A.
Trouble Ahead.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Express says :
“The S;»nton impudent rescription
is to be kept Ouly such a man as
Stan on could be tempted thus to thrust
all probability rbe end will be two War
Depart m* it's—andifthiDgs are pushed
to the utmost, two sets of Uuitcd States
armies, the ■ ffioers and soldiers follow
ing their politics and principles, not.
their “proft s-tion.” The Radicals, in
order to affright the President ro-tbroat
eti him wt h impeachment—but an or
d, r fiorn the House “to inipeich” would
he of no use, wi bout a “suspension,”
and utile s Mr. Johnson should choose
to pack up his trunk, and go home, ‘sus
pension’ would do the Radicals no good
—f ir the Democracy of tbe country,
now iq the numerical majority, would
fi'rrna body guard and keep.him in tbe
White House till Ma ch 4, —if he
chooses to stay. I mention all these
thing* nut to show, where ths revolu
tionary, ineenditry, furious, and Jacob
in madmen in Congress, are leading the
people and the country.
Newspaper Spongers.
An exchange makes the following
sensible remarks ;
“There are many people who make it
a business to sponge the reading of their
oounty paper without any expense to
themselves. This has often been noticed
acd commented upon. They are found
wherever the paper is left—in n shop,
office, store, or barber shop—and often
borrow it before the owner has an op
portunity of raising it from the table
Tnis is done by very many who are
abundantly able, and whose duty would
seem to bo, to sustain their county p«-
p r, by subscribing aud paying for the
same. ’
WHb coDmetency a great soul has
simply nothing to do. He may as well
concern himself with the shadow on
the wall
iVetv •hlrcrliseinents.
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
r P'HE copartnership, heretofore existing bo-
X tween £. B. Lot less and VV. M. Peeples,
Under the farm, name, and style of E B. Loy
less & Cos., was dissolved on the Ist inst., by
limitation.
W. M. Peeples will close up the business
of tbe firm, who is authorized to co'lect and
pay off tbe liabilities of said firm and re
ceipt lor the same. E. B. LOVLEdS At Cos.
Dawson, Feb. Ist 1868;lm.
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
Beautiful COLORED I’HOTO
ORaPHS OF the FIRST, LAST and
BATTLE FLAGS iu group. Price 25 eeuts
each ; five lor $! ; large size PO cents. Sent
post paid, to any address on receipt of price.
Address GEO. O. ENNIS, Pninagrapber,
No. 812 Main street, Richmond, Va.
Feb 13:-1
New Firm! New Firm!
' I , HE tr dersigred having formed a copart-
I nersi ip, are now occupying the new Guild
ing formerly occupied by Win. Wooten, or
Main street, first door Sou'h of the 'Journal'
Office, and will keep everything usually founn
in a fi st eias- Family Grocery, at such prices
as will induce all to tr de th-t ca'l on them
OROWELL A HOOD.
Dawson, Ga , February 6, 1868 -ts
STRAYED OR STOLEN
IT'ROVI my premises, on the night of the
X’ Bth Inst., a mare mule, mouse color, and
a little below medium size Any information
about sail mule will be thankfullv received,
or paid (or if desired. J. 0. LEONARD,
febl32w* 4th Dist. Tertell Cos., Qa.
/ t EORGKA, Terrell ( ounty:
VX Whereas, L. 0. Hoyl, applies for letters
ol (iuaidianship of Minors ot Joseph P. Ter
rell, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish aH
persons concerned to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, and
show cause, it any, why said letters shonkl
not be granted. Given tinder my band >nd>
official signature this Feb. 11 th 1868,
lebl34od T U. JONES, Ord’y.
CALHOUN hIIEKIFF SALES.
VV r ILL be sold on the first Tuesday io
v v April next, before the Court Ilona*
door, iu Morgan, Calhoun county, Ga., with
in the usual hours of sale, the following prop
erty, to-wit : One lot of Land, No. 180, io
the 3rd district of said county ; levied on as
the property of Robert Morrow, Principal,
and Samuel L. Foster, security on appeal, to
satisfy a fi fa issued from tbe Superior Court
of said county, in favor ofSamue B. Wright
vs Robert Morrow and Samuel L. Foster.—
Property pointed out by C. B. Wooten and
James Morrow. •
Also, 1 Bttggv, levied ou as the property
of Nathaniel C. Daniel, to satisfy a cost fi ftt
in’ favor of M. H. Lingo aud William G.
Pierce. Property pointed oulbv M. ii. Lingo, „
Sheriff. lebl3 M. 11. LINGO, Sh’ff.
BARGAINS FOR THE MILLION!
HR Y GOODS! FANCY GOODS!!
Jetcelry and Silverware.
Woitb over $2,000,000! All to bejsold for
ONE DOLLAR EACH.
ARRANDALE &. CO.,
162 Broadway, New York, Agents for lu
pean Maunfaciurers, aunounce, that in conse
quence of the overstocking of the English
market, an immense quantity of Dry and
Fancy Goods have been consigned to them
with instructions to be cleared for immediate
cash, at any sactiijce. A. k 00., have, ther«-
lote, resolved to offer them according to their
ordinary system of business at $1 each, with
out regard to value. The following list shows
the origiual wholesale prices of some of tha
srticles which they now offer at sl.
Bear, Wolf, Buffalo Robes $15,00 to $50,00
Sets Furs, Sable, Ermine,Mink 20,00 to 100,00
Ladies’ Muffs “ “ “ 16,00 to *O,OO
“ Collars* 1 “ “ 10,00 to 40,00
Silk & Satin Drees Patterns 18,00 to 46,00
Berege and Egvptian Cloths 6,00 to 12,00
Alpacca k Muslin de Laities 4,00 to 10,00
Erench Merinos and Twills 10,00 to 20,00
Cambric, Thibet and Mohair 4,00 to 10,00
Balmoral and Elliptic Skirts 2,00 to 6,00
Silk and Lice Yetis 2,00 to *,OO
Sets fine Cuffs and Collars 2,00 to 5,00
Pairs of Ladies’ Corsets 2,50 to 6,00
U’dk'rohfs, Silk, Plain, H’mstVd
and Einbr'd linen I two, per doz 6,00 to 18,00
Ladies k Gents* cotton, woolen,
k silk hose & 4 liege, pr doz pra 4to 12,00
Ladies k Gents’ Merino, cotton,
linen shirts & undershirts, each 2,50 to 6,00
Coat, Yesi k Pautaloon Patterns
in cloth, cassimere and doe-kin 3,00 to 25,00
I.'nen k Woolen Table Covers 2,00 to 12,00
Waite & col. linen Nap. pr doz 6,00 to 18,00
Muslins, white k unb ’ch’d, per yard 15 to 40
Flannels; Shawls in Woolen; iiilk and Meri
n« Nubias or Clouds; Woolen Hoods; Blank
ets; Linen and Muslin Sheets; Velvet and Mo
rocco Portaaonies; Shopping bag*; Wallets;
Jfeerschaurn P pes; Four and six blade pock
et Knives, will) pearl, tortoise aDd ivory han
dler; French clocks; Gift and Bronze -Musical
Boxes; Revolvers; Fowling Pieces; Fancy
combs; Hair Ne -; Work Boxci; Silver card
ceser; Albums; Family and Pock.t Bibles}
Op"ra Glasses, &c We have also received a
splendid assor meut of ll '(lichen, Gold k
a.i--. limning r»’c» «6■ acu.e, JJIMU..ICII uu.
lor Ladies, togen,-, —iih uhnins of everv pat
ters and st_\ le. Sets ot Jewelry in ever? va
riety; Sleeve Ilu -on--; Thimbles ; Lockeis;
Crosses; Rings of every kind; Bracelets; Gold
Pens, &e., Ac.
The Siheneare Deportment Comprite»
■ Silver, Dating k Tea sets, Castors, Ice Pi’ch
ers. Table spoons, Fo. ks, Yea spoons. Goblets
Di inking cups, Coffee Urns, Tea Pots, Cream
Pitchers, Sugar Bowls, Fruit Baskets Cake
Baskets, Card Baskets, Fruit Knives, Syrup
cups, Salvers, Pie Knives, Fish Knives, Jfa*.
turd and Slit Spoons, Napkin Rings, Kga
stands, Wine Iloluers, Card cases, fitc. AB
the above list articles to be sold ToV $1 each.
'•’lie expenses are paid by tbe sale of Cou
pons or certificates naming each article in the
sock, cud its valu ; those certificates are en
closed in envelopes, mixed up, and sold at
26 -ENTS EACH—6 for $1 —ll for $2. f
Whatev r article is named in the CiCdfi
cate can be obtained at sl. The article.with
ae shown to tbe holder ol the cert ficate, ant?
it will ba at bis option, whether he pays tb*-
dollar and takes tbo article or not. Io case
articles sent by mail or express are not taS
isfactorv, they can be returned and the man*
ey will bo refunded. Xvery certificate enti
tles the holder to some article of sterling val
ue, worth much more than a dollar. In proof
ol this
RDAD THIS OFFER. TA
You can have for any of our certificates and
sl, any of the following articles, so that if
you are not pleased with tbe article or artioks
named on the certificate, you need not lose
the 25 cents you paid lor it: One Silver pla
led thr«e bottle Castor, handsome silver
ten Butter Dish with plate and cover, Lnfivja
Shopping Bag, a 50 picture Album, bonmi'fn
velvet and gilt, set ot Tea spoons silver plated
on white metal, set double pUted Table
spooiis or Forks, Fanis pattern (2* vardscas
st mere), pair Jouvin’s Paris Kid Gloves,
splendid real Meerschaum Pipe, or solid 18
carat Gold plain Ring.
REFERENCES —During the four tear*’'
we have bceu agents for European maoofec
turers, we have received hundreds of cOh
tuendatory notices ol the press, and letters
Irum private individuals, expressing tbe high*
eat satisfaction with our method of doing
business, We have many of these testimo
nials with names and dates, printed in pampßz
let form, and as we have no space for theg|
in this advertisement, we will send copies free
to any address. ’ Whenever desired, we wilT
send articles by Express, C. 0. D. J3o that
the money need ouly be paid on delivery of
the goods. We accept the entire respond-,
bility of money sent by Express, Post Ofliw
Order, or Bank Draft. We want agents ev
erywhere to whom a liber..l compensation
will be paid, which can be learned ou anpliw
cation. care to write your name
and address in a clear, din'not hand and ad
dress ABRAADALE4CO.,
P. 0 Box, 5285, 162 Broadway N Y
febl3—l3t
ItEEf'E’S *l.ll It nos I*l
FOR THE HAIR,
I M P R O V E I>U
HE experience of over 100 year* in the cul
tivation and preservation of tlic hair, is
now embodied in this widely known p-eparfetfon.
tor dressing,curling and preserving the hair, it
has no equal in the world. Three or four appli
nimplication* will stop hair from coming out, and
if uhwl it will prevent hair losing its
original color during a lifetime No preparation
equals it, for restoring the hair quickly ; and no
preparation has been more extensively evidorsed
by the medical faculty for its perfect inndeenre as
regards injury fe to the hair or. head, jumL for its
tome effects upon the system. Price, largd bottles
sl. Druggists, Dealers iu Fancy C.oods, and
Storekeepers generally, Liberally dealt with. si4
tailed tn alt part* of the U. S. .MdresS *
SECT’Y REIVES AMBROSIA CO.
Febl3;ly -New York.
SEWING MACHINES;
rMKLE & LVOJI
SEWING MACHINE 'CO.,
No. 57 Broadway New York.
A Local Ageut wanted iu every town ; also
Traveling Agents to appoint Local Aaem*
throughout the country. L’beral Cash com
pensation [ aid. A splendid paying hnshiess.
Scßd foi circular. febl3;26in.