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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
THE WEEKLY OPINION. THE liTK ACT * 0F THK jbbsidh*.
BY W. I. 8CRUGQ8 AHD J. B. BUMBLE.
FRIDAY MORNING:: SEPTEMBER 13.
Judob Kiiskixe's AnDnEsa.—Tboclmrgo
to Ilia Jury, delivered at tlio September
term of the United Stater District Court,
now In session lu tbit city, will lie found
in our column this ,11101idiig. It will bo
read with Interest by all; as It relates to
nutters In which nil arenAon: or leu in
terested. . ^
Hour New Coke.—Another load of new
corn of the crop of 1807 was told In the
city yesterday. It brought one dollar per
bushel. This Is considered high. TI1I1
price, we are Informed, cannot be sustained
long. A ’gentleman flrom DcKnlb county
informs ut that he can engage new corn at
GO cents per bushel, and that planters are
anxious to tell now, to be delivered aa soon
as gathered, at that price.
Handsome Donation.—M. Lynch & Co-
bookscllcrs In tbit city, on yesterday pre
sented to the Young Men's Library Asso
ciation “The Life of Julius Cmtar,” by Na
poleon III. This is two largo volumes.
handsomely bound in green and gold, and
it vsluablo because of Its royal authorship,
and on account of the discussion It has oc
casioned In the literary world during the
'last two years. Messrs. Lynch & Co. made
a happy selection for their donation.
Revival.—Quito a revival In bankruptcy
Is going on at this time, which Is not con
fined to the city alone, but is being felt
throughout the whole country. Those
who aro encumbered with old debts now
liavo an opportunity to rid themselves of
their pecuniary embarrassments—and.
from the “ sines of the times” they are to
surrender all, and begin tlio world anew
The Maine Er.ECTto.xs.—Tlio Republi
cans of Maine, feeling no anxiety about the
success of their ticket, and there being no
issue before the people, took less than or
dinary Interest In the election. The result
was a smaller Republican vote than here
tofore, and consequently an apparent gain
for the Democracy. This being tlio ease,
there Is little slgnlflcance in tlio falling
off of the Republican vote.
|W Tlio Atlanta Opinion has commenced
a dictionary—of definitions, exclusively,
hbwover. It omits several, among others
of tlio terms “ renegade,” anil “ apostate
rebel.” Couldn’t It favor us with those t
Exchange.
1. pie term “ renegade ” may be applied
with propriety to such men ns Bax. IIill;
men who betrayed tho Union party In
18C0, voted for Secession, and nftewards
betrayed the State Rights party, of which
Secession was the representative, and then
adv&atcd a Dictatorship under Mr. Davis.
•J. Men who, In 18*5, thought It a dis
grace fbr any “ respectable white man ” to
accept a scat In tho Federal Congress, but
who now seek to get up another war be
cause they are net thus admitted.
3. Men who opposed qualified suffrage
fdr tho Blacks in 1808. but who are now
log-rolling with some half dozen Tonnes-
sea negroes, proposing to send colored men
to Congress on condition that colored men
will use tlieir Influence In reinstating to
office and power, some of the crazy men
who happened to get In the Confederate
Senate; and
4. Those patriotic gentlemen who, to
save their “ honor,” advocated war for dis
union, but who, after the war commenced,
kept out of tho meles to save their bacon;
and who, now that tho war Is over, seek to
Inaugurate a war of races, and turn the
South into a political hell, because thoy are
not permitted to place under agovemment
they sought to destroy.
An “ apostate rebel" may mean one who,
like Gen. Loxosmarr, entered the military
service of his section at the beginning, and
fought gallantly through to tho ending;
but who, after the surrender, was no longer
a rebel, because with that surrender, I10
honestly surrendered the long-cherished
scheme of disintegration and Slavery ex-
tension.
3. Men who turn their backs upon tho
mistakes and blunders of tlio past, and now
make their acta and general deportment
conform to the obligations of their oaths
ami verify their protestations of loyalty
by works.
3. Men who do not claim office under the
Federal Government upon the merit of
having fought against that Government;
and
.4. Men who seek not to keep the country
in a state of turmoil and uncertainty, as
tho only means of keeping themselves In
notice.
The Coast Country.—Yellow fever
continues Its ravages along the coast of
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
and Florida. This would bo an excellent
time for gentlemen from those sections who
seek homes In healthful latitudes to Invest
Jn Atlanta, where epidemics never come,
and which Is famed quite as much for Its
healthftil atmosphere and fine water, as for
the energy and enterprise of Its Inhabit
ants. |[ . '
t$r Insolvency Is becoming general
among the Richmond merchants. Not less
titan forty applicants were made to the rog
.later on the 7th.
The Richmond Dispatch contradicts this
statement. ■
Revivais.—IVe see extensive revivals of
religion announced, occurring at West
i’oint, In Troup; Forsyth, In Monroe;
Americas, In Sumter; In Augusta, etc, as
well as In some places In Alabama.
rarThe President of the Kingston (New
York) First National Bank Isa defat''—
to the amount of $91,000.—Ex.
This is a very common occurrence In
New York
BXore Trouble Ahead.
If President Joiinsox hod not ao often
awakened hopes In the minds of tlio South-,
ern pcoplo that were never realized, his
late Proclamation of Amnesty had not
been received here with' such indlfl'crcucc.
As It Is, no thoughtful man has any confi
dence In, or can derive apy hope from It.
As an Indication, however, of the purpose
of the President to thwart the Coiigres.
slonal Plan of Reconstruction, It Is not
without significance—grave significance,
perhaps..
Ills several acts previous to (lie Issuing
ot this Proclamation, and, Indeed, the terms
of the Proclamation Itself, foreshadow a
design to claim the franchise for all who
aro entitled to pardon under that Procla
mation. This, It will be remembered, Is
the Interpretation given bis late acts by
his own special organ, the Washington In
telligencer.
In this, the President Is only strength
ening tho uands e(.-Congress and of tlio
more extreme men of tho Republican party
fertile approaching struggle In Novem
ber next. And as such struggles have,
heretofore, Invariably resulted lu Imposing
soverer terms upon tho disabled class,
and Indeed upon the whole South, the
more Intelligent portion of our peoplo see
nothing to hope for, but much to fear In
the denotement ot tho plot now being laid at
Washington. Speaking of tills subject, the
Washington Star forcibly says:
Them Is one point in this connection
which it may bo as well to call atteutlon
to. President Lincoln's amnesty proclama
tions to which President Johnson refers
lit his string of whereases, were Issued In
accordance with, niid under the authority
of the thirteenth section of the act to sup
press tile rebellion, of July 17,1802, which
declared that the * President Is authorized,
at any time hereafter, by proclamation, to
extend to persons who may have partici
pated In the existing rebellion in any State
or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with
such exceptions and at such times and on
such conditions as lie may deem expedient
for tho public welfare.’ This section was
repealed by Congress In January, 1807, and
the act repealing It was retained liy tho
President beyond the time prescribed by
the Contsltutlon and allowed to become a
law without his signature. This leaves the
pardoning power to ho exercised accord
ing to its definition In the Constitution,
where tho President Is vested with power
to grant reprieves and pardon for offenses
against the United States, except In cases
of impeachment.’ If Congress had
thought that tho Constitution contempla
ted such a sweeping use of this power as
tlio panlon of an entire community, of
course, there would have been 110 necessity
for tho passago of tho law giving tho an.
thorlty to President Lincoln which luu
rince been repealed.”
Geoboia Am Line Railroad.—Thu Na
tional Republican, of yesterday, says: It
wUl be gratifying to tlio Mends of tills
very necessary railway connection, on
nearly an air lino with Washington City,
and especially to the citizens of Northeast
Georgia, to learn that tho prospects ure
fluttering for tho early commencement of
the above mentioned enterprise. It is In
the hands of those who have the means,
and whose Interest It is to commence it at
onco and push It vigorously forward. A
citizen of New Y’ork, who commands large
means and the confidence of monied and
railway men—Mr. L. B. Clark—Is Presi
dent; and Gen. A. Anstcll. President of
the Atlanta National Haul', also a gentle
man of largo means, and possessing the
confidence of all who know him, Is the
Vico Prcsldcut.
Under the auspices of these gentlemcu,
and the favoring Influences they and an
able Board of Directors can bring to bear,
we may expoct tho Air Lino Railway soon
to be a completed ontcrprlse.
Domestic Items,
The different cotton ware-houses In Co
lumbus, in this State, gives notice that
hereafter, In pricing and selling cotton,
Uicy will include the revenue tax of two
and » half cents. This will make their
quotations correspond with those reported
Horn New York and other cities.
The jail at Washington, Go, was broken
into recently by parties on tlio outside,
who opened the outer door with a Also key
and the Inner door with a crowbar. John
Barns and Green Snelsin, colored,confined
for theft, an at large.
James Jackson, of Lumpkin county, Ga.
convicted of tho murder of Jesso Turner,
In 18U, has been sentenced to imprison
ment for lift) In tho Penitentiary.
Dr. James F. Harrison, of Richmond,
has licen elected to the vacant medical
chair In the University of Virginia. There
were about twenty-fivo candidates for tho
position.
The distillation of plno wood Is carried
on In New Orleans, realizing, ns reported,
from a cord of “fat” plno forty gallons of
turpentine, one barrel of rosin, one barrel
of pitch, one hundred gallons of pyrollge-
nous acid, and fifty bushels of charcoal, the
whole worth sixty dollars, and costing tSD
dollars.
Devaluation, Etc.—Stranger, the cash
ier of the San Francisco sugar refinery, Is
a defaulter to the tune of $100,000. He has
gone to China.—Ex.
There Is nothing very strange about such
things In these days. They arc rather com-
moil.
To UK ltiMovxD.—The 10th Regiment of
U. 8. troops, now stationed at Augusta,
says the Sentinel, is to he transferred from
that city and located in Atlanta, and that
only a small detachment will be left In the
former city.
Correspondence or the Opinion.}
Washington Gossip.
Wasuinotox, Sept. 10th, 1807.
Tlio pressure upon Mr. Sew a no continues.
Ho will probably hnva to yield, but not for
several days—perhaps weeks. The result,
however, cannot bo doubtful. Reverdy
Johnson Is still spoken of as his successor.
Gen. Stccdmsn has denied that he Is a
candidate fur the War Offico. He Is' also
said to bo opposed to the removal of Sec
retary McCulloch. I predict,however,that
Mr. McCulloch's decapitation is only a
question of tlmu. Tho moneyed Influence
of New York is arrayed against him.
John J. Cisco,' u prominent broker of
Gotham. 1t In nomination by the “King.”
There will probably lie no change In tho
head of the Freedman's Bureau fo^ some
time. When there Is, It Is.well understood
here that since Langston's refusal to ac
cept tho position, Gen. Giunokb will be
assigned to that position. -
Inquiries arc rife here us to whether, tin
der the Into Proclamation of Ami.city,
there will not bo an Executive order re
quiring the registration In the Spilth to be
opened to the alleged newly enfdliichtseil
doss. These inquiries are predicated upon
tho sem|-oflUdiil statement of the Admin
istration paper here, that eny one pardoned
by the Proclamation Is restored to Ills civil
rights, and entitled to reglstef as a voter!
Vain delusion. A pardon convoying such
power will hardly bo enforced against a
positive prohibition lu the Reconstruction
The President's first Proclamation—
about tiie “supremacy of the Constitu
tion,” etc.—Is i\ow accepted here as a warn
ing to all Government clerks to support
the President's “policy." under pain of
dismissal! This has created considerable
stir among the clerks, and no little chagrin
among those who thought they saw “some-
tiling in It.”
HTThe Cuba telegraph lino was opened
for tho transmission of telegrams yester
day. Tlio tariff for messages Is stated by
the Chronicle and Sentinel, as follows : To
Havana, for a message of twenty words or
less, Including date, address and signature,
ten dollars in gold, and for each additional
word over twenty.' half a dollar in gold.
To all places 111 Cuba, other than the city
of Havana, an additional charge of seven
ty-five cents will be made. For each addi
tional ten words, or pottlon thereof, twen
ty-flvo cents. .
Tiiibty Women Stakviso.—Tldrty wo
men in Montgomery. Alabama, with chil
dren. muidicrhig ninety-six in the aggre
gate. published a card In the papers or that
city. In which they declnre that they are
suffering for the absolute necessaries of
life, and can get no work with which to
support themselves mid their helpless chil
dren. They state that they have-jicen re
ceiving assistance from the United States
Government and trom Dr. Rase, but'these
sources have been closed.
They appeal for help, and say
know not what to do to nvold starvation!
Tho wallings of ourcllllilrcn for bread are
horrible to hear. Unless wc obtain some
assistance wc must starve.” Tills certainly
Is a piteous appeal; it has the pathos of
hunger. It It to be hoped the citizens of
Montgomery "'HI not disregard a cry of
distress so foil of agony—literally the wail
of the widow anil the orphan. These wo
men are the widows or Confederate sol
diers who iierlshnl In battle or died from
diseases of the camp. They were the vic
tims of the inad ambition of their leaders,
and their starving wives now cry out for
help In the very city where tho - Southern
Confederacy” was organized and net In
motion. When the fallen husbands of
these thirty widows left their homes for
the war, It was far from their thoughts
IIIU 1>|U| II# DBS 1B1 IS Witt till It lliuil^llin
that their families would he fed from the
bounty of the United States Government
In the place where tiie flag of the rebellion
was so proudly reared. But In Its mercy
and benevolence our Government has saved
not only these, but tens of thousands In
similar clrcumstauccs from starvation and
death. -
miscellaneous.
The new directory of San Francisco
shows a population of 130,000.
The construction of tho Baltimore and
Potomao Railroad has been commenced,
and will be promptly completed.
There Is an old man In Baltimore who
claims that he has seen all the Presidents
of the United States, from George Wash
ington to Andrew Johnson.
A boot black found a diamond ring and
a ten dollar bill In a pile of rubhlsli dug
from the cellar of the Poitofllca In Now
York, on Friday.
Dr. Hull says that for the period’of a
month before marriage, and a month alter
death, men regard their wives as angels.
The forthcoming report of Secretary
McCulloch will show that over one hun
dred and twenty millions of our public
dobt was paid off tlio last year. As this
rate. It would all be paid oft by July, 1887.
Men who talk most think least; Ini ks
ITrogs cease their croaklngs when a light is
displayed by the waterside. c -
Personal.
Dr. Lcybum, a young physician of Lex
ington, Va* was found dead In his office at
that place, on Saturday last.
A man has been arrested In Ulchirtond
to hen Uni
ling peoplo.
John C. Breckinridge says he Is In favor
of any plan of reconstruction that will
bring about pcnco and harmony.
Six applications for dlvorco were mode
In Lynchburg, on Thursday, to the chief
of police. Of course, that official hail no
power to grant what they desired.
A daughter of Mr. Hon. Chandler, for
merly of Chattanooga, died In Florida one
day fast week.
A New York correspondent says Sickles
is coming to that city to practice law.
Money in the Tkkascet.—The amount
of money In the vaults of tiie Treasury
Department on Saturday afternoon was
$98,130,000 In coin, of which ahout $18,000.-
000 was In coin certificates; also, $47,281,-
030 In currency ; making a total of $1415,-
050.
The Excursionists.—Quite a party of
excursionists to Lookout Mountain, from
Atlanta, arrived last night. We noticed
some very pretty young ladles In the par
ty.—Chattanooga Union, 11IA.
tmrrc&KTATt:* district court
SEPl'EMDEIt TKItM, ml.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY,
PKLITJEBBU
BY lion, join KY18KIIV12#
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen 0/ the Grand
Jury:
It It not my iiurpo*p, tills morning, to
speak with particularity on thu constitu-
tlon and organization of your body; nor
will I do more than Indicate to von a gene
ral and very brief fummary or your high
iiiul responsible duties. And It is pecu
liarly gratifying to me to Hud here Impanel
ed a grand inquest for the district—nearly
every member of which h<t» Itccii long
well known to tne to Iks a gentleman of
character and intelligence— w ho, 1 feci uo
doubt. good citizen* and lovers of our
common country, will well and truly ob
serve nnd keep the oath which they and
each of them have taken diligently to
inquire and true presentment make of
all crimes and offenses against the laws
of the United States that may lie given
them In charge; and this, too, whether a
iPrticulnr law be by you Individually ap
proved or disapproved.
When tlio Grand Jury la impaneled it la
attached to the Court, and may be aald to
constitute a part of It, and to be under tho
Judicial direction, control and protection.
And should any witness be disrespectful,
or refuse to be sworn, or to give testimony.
It will become your duty to require the
ofHcer iu attendance upon you to conduct
him before the Courtnhat he may be pun
ished for the content ji.
In the Courts of the United States Itoth,
the Grand nnd Petit jurors are returned
from such parts of the judicial district as
the Court may direct: differing in this re-
8|MM*t, from Juries in tue State Courts, these
being taken from the body of a tingle
county. And as the Grand Jury Is the
S reat inquest between the Government and
ic citizen, none should bo of your body
but good and lawfttl men—men who will
fearlessly, impartially, and fuithftilly carry
Into effect the true intent and object of
the institution, and preserve it ill all Its
purity.
By a recent law of Congress a Grand
Jury shall consist of uot less than sixteen,
nor more than twenty-three persous; and
no Indictment shall be found, nor any pre
sentment be mode unless twelve at least of
their body concur; and In this latter re
spect, is likewise the rule of the common
law, and the law of Georgia.
Ill the investigation of criminal charges,
S ou will receive and a«-t upon such evl-
enceonly as ('denominated legal evidence,
and this evidence must also l>e the best
which the nature of the case will admit of.
Therefore, you cannot, for example, re
ceive the written examination of a witness
in the place of Ills parol testimony, nor re
ceive any oiHce copy of a written docu
ment; and equally inadmissible is the
evidence of wlmt third persons have slid.
All testimony must be given on oath; and
by a late statute the Foreman of the Grand
Jury Is empowered to adniluUier oaths
and animations to witnesses. After you
have heard the evidence lu any given case,
you will well nnd carefully weigh it, and
then decide whether the hill of Indictment
shall he i'ouml or not. Furthermore, gen
tlemen. If the hill before you tie against
several, it may be fbund against one or
more and rejected ns to the rest; so you
may find some counts in the indictment
true and ignore others.
In former days it was held that the grand
Inquest ought to find a bill true, if
probable evidence be adduced In support of
It, nnd for this opinloii various reasons
were given by (fruits, and Judges, the
rnglnone being that the indictment Uonly
TELlitiBAPUIC IMCI.I.IUIACK,
From the New York Prei« A««oci.tUon.
Font Lfavknworii, Sent. 12.—The In
dians obstructed the railroad near Fort
Hnrkco. They tired Into tho wreck from
ambush. No one w as hurt.
Gen. Sheridan assumes command, and
Hancock leaves for Washington to-day.
Nkw Oulfans, Sept. 12.—Deaths from
1 likewise call to your notice the Act of y®Ubw fevor for the week up to tills inoru-
Anril /i. 18<J0*—14 Htata. at Large, 12. The HUf'Jfr* ’ ltl , rl v . -■
1st section makes the forging, altering, otc., Nuw Tobk, Sent, IJ. fhe National
of any tund, or public record, bid, propo- 9 rii,H Lodge of Odd bellows Hill meet
sal. lniaruntcc. security etc., with tho hereon Monday.
Intent to defraud the United States, or wll- whlaky ft-aiul °f fortvthouianddol-
lingly aiding therein, or knowingly uttter- Jf^Lha* ***” discovered in Brooklyn. J.
In/, with siich hunt, any SUCH bond, of L. Thomson,, kwqicr| of lliu warehouse. ha.
otlifr writing, fulony.
States from any forcl/n country photo
graphed notes. etc.; or for retaining jdatrs
without authority; o, for using plates,
otc.. In couitcrfuitlng obligation.. The
Eltli suction defines what shall bo Included
III till! words “obligations” or “other secu
rity” of tlio United Shales. 1 have merely
touched upon the prominent point-, leav
ing the earefol reading of tiie stature to
yourselves.
Tlio Aet of March 2,1807, entitled, “All
Act to amend existing laws relating to In
ternal Revenue, nnd for other purposes,”
also merits your uttcntlon; and it la very
probable that the United States Attorney
will iiolnt out tome portions of It for your
consideration. Tlio 2.11 h section, prohibit
ing the Infixing for sale or naptha ami
ig oil*, or tliu selling, or offering
llliiiifiiiatln;
r sale oil
for sale oil made from ;s;troleiim for Illu
minating purposes, ut less than a certain
temperature, I present for yonr earefol
consideration. Tlio 30th section provides
for the punishment of persons conspiring
to commit any offense against tiie laws of Convention says: “ We, therefore, in he-
the Untied States, or toXofraud tho United half of the people of MitssdChnjctts. while
States, or do any act to effect the object giving onr approval of the just measures
thereof. “And,” says the same lection, of Congress to. arrest, the career Mode-
“wlien any offense shall he begun In one
Judicial District of the United States and
completed In another, every such offense
shall be deemed to have been committed in
either or said districts, and may lie dealt
with. Inquired of. tried, determined and
punished In either of said districts In the
same manner as If It had been annuity and
wholly committodlthereln.” Fa.481, 3 Bess.
39 Cong.
an aeousation against which tho person
Indicted will aftcrwanls havcnnopportunl-
ty to dcflno himself. But great authorities
have taken a more merciful view or the
subject, and considering the anxiety of de
lay, the misery of a prison, and tho igno
miny which the world Impresses on the ac
cused, have argued that the Grand Jury
ought, to far as the evidence before them
goes, to be convinced of the guilt of the
defendant. And such. In my judgment, is
the Jnst and true role; and. gentlemen. I so
charge you, Ural lu w,.114111 you to liuiliiig
a bill to bo true, the testimony must ho suf
ficient to convince you that tho accused Is
guilty of the crime or offonse charged.
It may not be out of place to add, that
when an Indlctineut Is found, your Fore
man will Indorse on It tiie words: “ A true
Mil.” or If yon Ignore the Indictment, he
will Indorse on It: “Notatrue bill,” ad
ding (as the case inay be) underneath ills
name In foil, and his official title of Fore
man of the Ureud Jury.
For more than half a century after the
establishment of the District and Circuit
Courts of the United States, by the Con-
jrress, In pursuance of the Constitution,
Georgia constituted but one Judicial Dis
trict. But, by tho Act of August 11,1818,
the National Legislature ordained and es
tablished a second Judicial District witliln
the State—carving (tout of thu Northern
•art—and requiring the District Judge for
i he State of Georgia to preside In both Dis
tricts. In establishing this neiv—or North
ern— lii-ti-ic t I'niiri.i'iingri-s was pleased
to cnlargo tho Jurisdiction for beyond that
which It usually gives to District Courts
ipcr. by supcraililinff to It the ;>owcrs of
Circuit Court: thus by a specific act el
iding Its jurisdiction over tho highest
Crimea known to our law. I speak to ynu
at present, gcntloincn, of criminal Juris
diction only, and not of civil matters; for
it Is alone with ofl'onscs against tiie crim
inal law of the nation that yon nro to deal.
As tlio Dlstrlctand Circuit Courts do not
originate!!) tiie unwritten orenmmon law,
hut. on the contrary, are created hv writ
ten law, the consequence is that their pow
ers are defined iiiul circumscribed, mid they
cannot transcend tlielr limited lurlsdlctlon.
Hitherto iliesc Courts have got only what
Congress has. from time to time, thought
proper to coufcr on them, and not what lain
tho Constitution granted to Congress; '.Or,
there still lies dormant In tiie Legislature of
the Nation various and vast powers await
ing the exigencies essential to call them
Into action.
From win
juri-dictlnn of tills Court I
trial ami puiiUlimcnt of such acts, and such
only, as Congress intrusts to it, and the
converse of tills is equslly plain, that If
Congress line- nut declare certain acts to
lie crimes, ami name the place of trial stul
the punishment, though tho subject-mat
ter I- within the powers granted to tho
General Government, this Court lias no
right to try a |>ersori for doing tboso acts or
umxany punishment.
For special reasons, I will direct your
attention to tho 10th, 11th, 13th and 13th
sections of the statute entitled, “An Act to
provide ways and means for tho support
f tiie Government, und for other purpo-
08,“ approved June 30, 1804.—13 Stat-.at
.urge. 331. The 10th section provides
against making, forging, counterfeiting,
altering, etc., any obligation or security of
the United States, or for aiding or assisting
therein. Tim Util and 12th, for using
E lates to print notes or obligations, or
nowing or suffering any one to use them
ltnout authority; or for engraving plates,
fur printing or photographing notes or
obligations; or for Dringinglnto the United
the Grand Jury to bo vigilant in detecting
frauds upon the Revenue, and adverted to
the hardships which such frauds inflict on
the law-abiding citizen, by casting upon
him more than hls just proportion of tiie
expenses of the Government, lie said all
of us Iraveadlreetlnterest in putting ustop
to these illicit practices.
[Passing from tills subject, he read from
tliu Civil Rights Bill, ami then proceeded.]
Having read to you such |iortloiia of tiie
Civil Rights Bill as was thought essential,
11 will remark tiie colored man is to-day as
tree ami as much a citizen or tiie United
States as tiie while mail, liable to tiie same
punishments and penalties as any utlicr cit
izen, and to no others; having mid posses
sing the same rights, interests, anil eta Ins,
anil entitled to tiie sumo protection; and
wldlo I have tho honor to preside In tills
Court, the law shall be administered equal
ly to all persons, without distinction of
race, color, or former condition. This fa
mous law of the Congress of the United
States—lids Bill of Bights—is declaratory
of the Constitution ot tlio Nation, and of
the rights of mankind. And It Is not only
my duty as a Judicial officer of tiie United
States, but it will, also, always ho my plea
sure to enforce this statute, and to do so
promptly, against all who may havo the
temerity to violate any of Its provisions.
I think, gentlemen of til*-,Grand Jury,
said the Judge In conclusion. Hint it Is
very proper that I should state to you that
In a lew Instances Impediments—not. how
ever. as I have thus for learned,miimintlng
to direct physical obstruction—have, by
some lawless persons, been thrown In the
way of officers of tills Court In tho execu
tion of,Its process. But In every ease
where rcslstauce has manifested Itself, the
commanding General of tho Third Military
District lws immediately, upon tlio request
of tho officer Impeded In tho performance
of hls duty, ordered a guard for hls protec
tion, and Instructed It to aid him, if necessa
ry, that the mandates and procoss of the
United States Courts for Georgia may he
enforced and obeyed.
-4. s
Political.—The following are tiie State
elections to be held this year:
Iowa—O'*. 8.—Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer. Superintendent of Public Insti
tutions, Judges, and members of Legisla
ture.
Kansas NoV. 0.—Members of Legisla
ture, and amendments to Constitution.
Maine—Sept. O^Iovernor and members
of Legislature.
Maryland—Sept. 18.—Constitution.
Massachusetts—November A—Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Treasurer. Attorney General, Counsellors,
and members of General Court.
Minnesota—Nov. fi.—Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor. Secretary of Bute. Auditor,
Treasurer, Attorney General, and members
of the'Leglslature.
New Jersey—Nov. 0.—Members of the
Legislature.
New York—Nov. 8.—Secretary of State.
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General,
State Engineer and Surveyor, Cabal Com
missioners, Inspector of State Prisons.
Judges, and members of Legislature.
Ohio—Oct. 8. — Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Treasurer of State, Auditor,
Comptroller of the Treasury, Attorney
General, Judges, Mcndiers of Board of
Public Works, Members of Legislature,
anti suffrage amendment to the Constitu
tion.
Pennsylvania—Oct. 8.—Judge of Su
premo Court and Members of tlio Legisla
ture.
Wisconsin—Nov. B.—Governor. Lieuten
ant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Comptroller, Attorney General. In-pcctor
of Prisons, Members of Legislature, and
amendments to Constitution.
Iiceu held to hall In the sum of twenty
thousand dollars.
A boat from tho schooner Mary and
Caroline wss capsized off Long Island,
drowning Captain Smith and Ids wlfo and
child.
Washington. Sept. 13.—The following
Is General Grant's caption to the recent
Executive promulgation t
“Tiie following Proclamation of the
President Is published for tho information
anil giddanco of all concerned.”
Governor Bullock ha* been re-nomlna-
ted for Governor of Massachusetts.
One of tho resolutions adopted by the
feat tlio plans of tills ihtngoruiis and des
perate man, pledge also, to that body III
the foture tiie follest support In such con
stitutional measures, os In its wisdom may
be found necessary to resort to In further
ance of tho same end, even to the exero Ise
of its extraordinary power to remove from
ofllca this destroyer of tiie public pence,
and this enemy or tile Government Itself.
A circular from the Adjutant General's
[The Judge next referred to end com-
men tod on the Internal lle venue AcU of tolegTiph for routine service.,
the United States. He enjoined It upon
The Xkqro in 1’iiiladklfiiia.—In the
course ofhU Into speech at Cincinnati,
Judge Kelley relates the following anec
dote: *, .
Gentlemen, thero D otic of tho most benu-
fal Churches in i'hlladclplihi. In my dis
trict— I think it U the most beautiful; its
congregation aro somewhat aristocratic.
They met, a few Friday evenings ago, for
the nurposo of examining candidates Ibr
admission to membership. On the candi
dates’ scat sat a colored woman. One of
the brethren roi<o ami objected to her ex
amination, because she was a colored wo
man. The pastor came forward, when the
appropriate time came for him to come,
ana said: “Brethren, wc have met to ex
amine Into tlio condition of this woman’s
soul, not her skin.” lie went on and mode
the examination, and it being found that
Christ dwelt in her soul, she was baptized,
and she is to-duv a member of that < ’hristian
Church according to tho rites of baptism.
(Applause.) When we discuss the aucstiou
of tho South I am disposed to follow’ the
xampleof good Mr. Simmons, und look
at the souls and not the skins of the peo
ple. [Applause.]
tW* The revival, commenced some weeks
ago, In the Methodist Church, In this city,
Ih still going on, and although Inclement
weather has repeatedly interrupted the
proceedings, there is still much interest
manifested In tho meeting.—Sumter Jle-
publican.
Gen. Hickles declines to address tho Re
publicans in defense of hi* course, on tho
ground of military etiquette.
Revenue $330:000
The Demoeratic party of Wisconsin
have nominated J. J. Talinadgc fur Gov
ernor.
Tlio democrats at Norwich, Conn, fiord
tldrty-seven guns in honor of the election
results In California and Maine, and one
extra gun for Montana.
Achlcmcnt won tlio St. I.cgcr stake at
the Doncaster races.
Win. A. Wallnec. Chairman of the Penn
sylvania Democratic Central Committee,
linn. James Campbell, Hon. Asa Packer,
from Pennsylvania, are here. Tile object
of tlielr mission has not yet transpired.
They represent Pennsylvania democrats
confident of carrying the State.
Tlio Republican majority In Maine Is
ten thousand, a loss of eighteen thousand.
The President and Cabinet and most of
the Diplomatists, will attend the Antletam
Cemetery dedication.
Wilmington. N. C. Sept. 13. 0:30 p. m.
The train north, on the Wilmington A
Weldon Railroad, ran olT tho track near
Brattlelioro. The mall agent, named
Springer, and also the express messenger,
named Godwin, were severely Injured.
The 'cars were badly smashed up, hut no
passengers were hurt.
Baltimore. Sent. 12.—Tho Bonier State
Radical Convention lias assembled. It at
tracts comparatively little attention. Res
olutions were passed In favor of manhood
suffrage. It endorses tlio actions of Stan
ton. Sheridan and Sickles, and fovors 1m-
js-aehtnent. One-thlnl of the delegates are
1‘HiLADCLFUit, Sept. 12.—Raeliel nnd
Mary Jones, elderly maiden ladies, were
arrested to-day; charged with causing the
death of Annie E. Rlchunls, four years ,
old. by strychnine. The child called them
old maids.
Charleston. Sept. 12.—Gov. Orr lias par
doned n Ireedman mimed Grant Chisolm,
convicted .of murdering hls stepdaughter,
on condition tint he leaves tiie State for
llvo.years.
In the co*o of John Jenkins, a froedman,
convicted of tho murder of Young Brant
ford, during the riot In June, 1888, and who
was three times respited by Gen. Sickles,
a notification has been served on tho Sher
iff liy Gen, Cnnby that ho has folly exam
ined the case, anu that there will bo no fur
ther interference by the military.
The heavy rains which have just ceased
have had adisastroua effect on cotton In
many districts, and It Is reported that the
yield will he lessened from onc-tbird to
one-half.
Estimates prepared hereof the total crop
of cotton In tlio South, during tho past
year, foot up 1,070.000 bales. * *
lies Gregg. Presl-
Cotton Factory,
died at Kahunl, S. tills morning.
Tho continued heavy rains havo been
very destructive to cotton. It is estimated
that about onc-tbird of tho crop is de
stroyed.
Reports from the rlco plantations state
that the rains and freshets have rulnod thu
crops.
miscellaneous.
Tho Russian papers insist on a great Eu
ropean struggle not far distant.
Immense herds of buffalo have lately
been seen on the Upper Missouri. The In
dians aro not for off.
Doleftil accounts of the ravages of the
l come from C
New Mexico.
Tlio corner stonoof n Jewish hospital has
been laid at Ghlcago.
A stump fence In Malno has lasted one
hundred and fifty years, and Is now as
good as ever.
Three hundred American soldiers aro
still oillccrs In tiie Liberal army of Moxlco.
They complain of bad treatment.
At Denver, Colorado, w heat sells at $1.00
to $1.10 per bushel. It used to bring live
tilin'* that mill'll.
Queen Victoria has Immmi visiting the
“Border,” which has given rite to some
scandalous gossip. John Brown, w’ith ills
blue bonnet, accompanied her., • '
Thial op thk Railroad Robbers.—Our
readers have been made familiar w ith the
robbery which occurred on tho Louisville
and Nashvlllo railroad, in October of last
year. The trial of the robbers is still pro
gressing i\t Franklin, Ky.
W. K. Finn, charged with having been a
participant in the affair of October 7th,
1800, was first arraigned, and acquitted, af-
;r a brief consultation with the Jury.
When the case of Dr. R. Walnscott was
ailed, Monday, the attorneys for the pros-
eution Uked leave to consult, which was
granted. On their return, the Prosecuting
Attorney stated that since the Jury In the
ease of \V. E. Finn hod returned a verdict
of not guilty, they would dismiss the
charge nyainst Dr. R. Walnscott.
The other eases against Abner Owens,
Wesley Finn, and John Calbert, were, by
change of venue, transferred to Logan
county, Kentucky, to bo tried at tho No
vember term of the County Court. The
ease against Joseph Payne was continued,
to be tried at the next term of the Simpson
County Court.