Georgia weekly opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, November 26, 1867, Image 2
GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION,
FRIDAY MORNING!IINOVEMBER22.
Tue Alabama CJohvektioh.—Tlio Ala
bama Convention U «tUl hobbling over a
proposition to reimburse loyal men for
losses during the war. They had bettor
drop all such discussions as that. The war
between the Southern States and the Uni
ted States authorities was one In which the
citizens of each were recognized as bellig
erents. The war was conducted in accord
ance with the laws of war. In the indi
vidual cases where this was not done, the
offenders are answerable for their miscon
duct. Let them be punished for these In
fractions. But for losses sustained by the
casualties of legitimate warfare, there is
no remedy. The war is over. Letby-gones
be by-gonei. Let the wounds of the dread
ful past bo healed up. Wo pltty the intel
ligence of the man who, for any
cause whatever, would now re-open the
old sgrea, and,stlr up bitterness aud strife
among those who are henceforth to live to
gether as citizens of one common Govern
ment. Let loyal men go to work to recu
perate their.fortunes. Let rebels do like
wise, and let both Ignore past political dif-
foranm—> uui*» thetir CfTbl CS to restore tllC
State to peace and order. Do* this, and all
will yet be well. The opposite course can
but lead to the worst results. If there be
a member in that Convention, who desires
to become a benefactor of his race, and set
the country an example worthy of emula
tion through all time, let him devote his
time and talents to the legitimate work be
fore him. Let lilm prepare, or aid in pre
paring a Constitution and State Govern
ment under which decent men can live.
This will rcstorc'thc State to the Union, and
open up that once prosperous common
wealth to immigration. Capital and skill
will flow into the State, and in a few years
there will be sucli a condition of prosperi
ty, that everybody will be in a good
humor, and disposed to forget and forgive
the past.
QT’The Wise-Pollard shooting affair
presents two striking features ot what pas
ses for chivalry in the region where it oc
curred. In the first place, two men attack
one, and in the next place they select the
time when he lias a lady with him to share
ills chance of being shot.— Cincinnati Com
mercial.
The mistake of the Commercial consists
in estimating these young hot-blooded
Wises and the eccentric, badly balanced
Pollard as represcnttalvc men of the South.
Pistols and Bowie knives arc the arguments
only of a certain class of the South.
THB STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONYEH
TION.
C3TA letter from a gentleman of posi
tion, now in the North, to ono of our
By the law of expediency, what Is right j prominent citizens, lias been placed at our
to-day may bo wrong to-morrow. There j disposal. Its great length precludes the
was a time, for instance, In the past pollt- publication of the document entire, hut it
icalhlstory of Georgia, when it seemed ad- j contains many ideas we cannot withhold
vlsable to hold a State Constitutional Con- from out readers. The letter Is dated
ventlon. The restoration of the Union {Cambridge, Muss.. Nov. l$tii, 1S07. We
seemed M a consummation devoutly to bo; GMOte:
wished for.” It was thought wise and ex-
At Last.—Wo have reliable information
that Governor Jenkins has been ordered
by General Pope to hold himself in readi
ness to march at a moment’s notice. And
the on-dit from the same source is that a
shining light from Thomas county, who
gained some little notoriety a short time
since hy denouncing Ben. Hill as a ‘ fin
ished demagogue,” is to bo his successor.—
Journal and Messenger.
The State will not suffer much, should
the information prove *• reliable.” Fogy-
ism has accomplished harm enough. It
might be well to try a policy that promises
a little more activity!
Congress.—The Commercial's correspon
dent, under date of the 18th, says: Many
Republican Senators and Representatives
now here, urge the propriety of adjourn
ing sine die on Thursday next, thus termi
nating the first session of the Fortieth Con
gress, without transacting any further bus
iness. They believed nothing can be done
during the eight days, at the dose of which
the session must expire, as they will have
to commence dc novo outlie first Monday
in December. They think it just as well
not to attempt any thing in the meantime.
A few of those who favor impeachment
arc opposed to this, and tldnk they can
lbreo articles through the House before the
1st of December.
S3T The 1‘arD correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune asks: **( 'an any one disclose
tile secret of Reuter's New York telegram ?
Why are they persistently partial and dis
colored? There bus scarcely been a tele
gram for the past nine months—I mean
the Queenstown and Southampton tele
grams, not those of the Atlantic Cable
—which 1ms not contained some two or
three lines intended to create a prejudice
against the Republican party; indeed,it
may bo said against the Unlon. The tiling
is cunningly done.**
The same remarks will apply to the po
litical tendency of the dispatches sent to
Southern States from Washington.
tar On Saturday last Special Order No,
495 was promulgated, wherein, by direc
tion of the President, Major General Dan
iel K. Sickles and Brigadier General H. It
Scott are honorably mustered out of the
military service of the United States, the
order to take effect January 1,1868. Gen.
Sickles still retains his rank as Col. of the
4-lth regiment of United States infantry.
Gen. Scott, lately on duty In the Frced-
men’s Bureau, was simply a volunteer, and
is out of the service entirely, Gen. Sickles
was the last Major General of volunteers to
be mustered out.
Elkctioxkrrixo.—The latest item is that
Secretary Seward lias sent Bov. Mr. Haw
ley, of Auburn, New York, to St. Thomas,
to point out the advantages that will ac
crue to the inhabitants of the island and of
the Island 6f St. John, if they will vote In
favor of transferring their allegtanco from
Denmark to the United States. The West
India squadron, under command of Com
modore Palmer, will also be at St. Thomas,
to aid In electioneering.
Another Ticket.—A Presidential com
bination is being urged by somo of the
Philadelphia politicians, composed ofR.
C. Wlnthrop. for President, and Ex-Sena
tor Doolittle, for Vice-President.
former status in the Government. The
road to this consummation was not a pleas
ant one. It was beset with hardships, it
was not without a certain degree of peril.
And yet it was the only one that was at
all practicable. To stand still, was polit
ical death. To turn back ami get up
another rebellion, was maduess. To ad
vance, imposed disabilities—perhaps hu
miliation—but the goal was considered
wortli the sacrifice.
We advanced. A State Constitutional
Convention has been called. It is an
nounced to assemble in this city oii the 9th
proximo. But the necessity for its assem
bling has past. Its action lias been pre
judged; its record already made up; and
its legislation passed upon by the seif
constituted, misnamed “Conservative*’
press of the .State. ••Democracy” (we use
that term for want of a better’ word.) Inis
resolved to be dissatisfied with any and
everything which that Convention may do.
It has decided to condemn any mcai
however moderate, reasonable or conserv
ative—which the Convention may propose;
and to vote against any Constitution it may
frame. And tills “Democracy” must
rule. It Isolds its tenure of ofllec jure
Divino. Therefore let the people r
trace their steps. Let them “about face,”
and make haste—yea indecent haste—to
undo what they have done. Let them set
their faces against any scheme of recon
struction which does not promise bread
and butter, and bring sweet incense to our
God Dagon.
Gen. Pope, you must revoke your Proc
lamation, sir. Know you not that the in-
rutiblo presence of this divine “Dem
ocracy”—with whom all Time is one eter
nal Now—has augured the very thoughts
and purposes of each and every member of
the Convention ? Know you not that this
mongrel divinity hath decreed that the
Convention shall do nothing but mischief?
Dagon bath mercy upon whom lie will
have mercy, and whom he will lie damnelh.
Ho hath foreordained from all time, that
this State Constitutional Convention ran.
and shall, do nothing wise or temperate, or
anything but what is execrable,
be a “R-a-d-i-c-i-c-a-1 ” Convention. It is
to be the very imjiersonilleation of the Pit.
It is to deal out Confiscation, Disfranchise
ment, and damnation generally. Such men
as Judge Irwin, Dr. Angicr. Mr. Trammel.
Dr. Miller. Judge Harris, and others anion,
the first men In the State, are foreordained
to go into madness, to rave and rant
negrnphobia. and play the deuce generally!
Seriously, flic course of a portion of the
“Democratic” press since the result of the
State election, has been ludicrous, if not
disgusting. Beaten nt the election, they
judge the action of the Convention in ad-
of its organization; condemn its
policy before its policy lias been made
known; and discard the new Constitution
before a line of it lias been promulgated!
Why not wait and see what the Convention
will do? Why not judgy It by its works/
And when, they shall have offered us a
Constitution that is objectionable, there
will be an opportunity afforded for voting
it down. Till then, let us possess our souls
In patience. There is a time for all things.
Trial should precede conviction; and con
viction before execution. The people—the
registered voters of Georgia—have called
a State Constitutional Convention. That
there may bo some very bad men elected to
that Convention we do not deny. There
arc bad men everywhere, and they have a
constituency everywhere. But that there
are many good men elected to the Conven
tion. we know. Let's wait and see the re
sult. If it should please us, approve It; if
not, condemn it.
ELECTION*
It is pleasant to think that Georgia lias
ukcii the first legal step
to the Union of our father*. And now if
that Convention which will soon meet, will
only act as sensible as the people have
done. Georgia will soon occupy an enviable
position among her sister States.
THU OPPOSITION—COMING STRUGGLE.
But our people have yet to pus** through
critical trial. No matter how good a Con
stitution you make for the people of the
State—no matter how hard you lalior and
toil to secure to the people their full rights
in life, liberty, and property, there is a
party in the State which will vote to reject
that Constitution. Reconstruction, then,
in Georgia lias yet to pu-s through a erUis.
Those men who hate the Uni
lo
to
people are looked upon as being liberal in
tone and conservative in sentiment, and
our State is believed to possess more ele
ments of agricultural, mineral and manu
facturing facilities than any State South of
Mason and Dixlon’s line. So all the labor
ing men of Georgia have to do is to work
industriously, buy land, and In a few years
they will find themselves possessed of a
competency and surrounded with ull the
Comforts of life.
NO PREJUDICE Olt STRIFE.
I hope Providence will guide your pro
ceeding* In the arduous duties which you
are soon to commence. In approaching
the work, all prejudices and animosities
should he laid aside. I know you have
few of these as any men of my acquaint
ance. Tiie work should be done so as to
secure the equal rights of all tnen. This
should be done without fear or favor. Old
prejudices must give way before the great
principles of this progressive age. Geor
gia must not be a laggard in this age of
progress. Liberty must have a eha
k the career of despotism,and wisdom
mn-t arrest the career of folly. With.the
iuctlon must disappear the spirit en
TELEGRAPHIC-INTELLIGENCE, i Constitution and laws of the State of
From the New York l’rc*s Association, Alabama; that I am not excluded from
Washington item*. j registering by any of the clauses in Hec-
Wasiiingtox, Nov. 21.—Gen. Gregory j tion two of this article; tiiat I will never
has been mustnred out of the service. Only i countenance or aid in the secession of tlds
Gen. Howard remains of the volunteer j state from the United States; that I accept
Generals. J the civil and political equ dity of all men.
Attorney Chandler knows no reason w y , and agree not to attempt to deprive any
Mr. Davis’ trial cannot proceed. j person or persons on account of race or
The President has General Grant’s re- j color.or previous condition of any pnllti-
port. j cal or civil rights or privileges, or immu-
Judge Chase considers the United States | nltles. enjoyed hy any other class of men.
ho-emen who hate the I nion. and " bgisydiuetion must (Reappear the spirit ci
•ve Uarknos better than light, will wjvkivemlered jjy the late unhappy struggl
» obstruct your labor* at every .-tcp. And j We must be one people, North, South. Eu
111 you must go on in the‘good work and | ju,West. We must be reconciled, V
. iusti
111 you
!<> your whole duty though :2i
hotthi fail.
DUTY OF Till; CONVEX"; H
At the close of a bloody rebel
gated by hostility to the Govern
instituted by the desire to ]
slavery, it belongs to you to pro* n!<- in that
Constitution that the sacred prineiji
the Declaration of Indepeiideii'-e si nil
never again las violated. After -ii. h a ter
rible struggle, the like of which has never
been known in history, it is not too much
to ask for safeguards for the future. The
whole question must be definitely .settled
NOW!
POLICY CLEARLY INDICATE!*.
Fortunately fur you. you have great
landmarks to guide you. nod hy which you
cannot, he led astray. The Nation, in its
legislative capacity. h‘:i- given freedom to
the slave; has guaranteed to 1dm civil
rights, and placed tiie ballot iu ills hands.
By those laws lie is invented with all the
rights of citizenship. So. then, tiie main
objects of the Convention will Iks clear. It
s the very object of a C institution t<
ure the rigid* of all; so to surround them
with guards and protections that every
lass and every individual may he safe
rom the encroachments of others.
ah:ty from Tin: tyranny of a majority.
This, then, is the true principle of free
Government. When thecqual rights of ull
men are thus brought within the protec
tion of the Constitution, the next step is to
provide the requisite power for ensuring
that protection. For it is well known that
It is the disposition of man to rule
brother, ar.d some men are uever so happy
as when tyrauizing over their fellow-i
And here it is that the true claim of the
majority U found. It is by their will that
the powers of Got eminent are to lie wield
ed. but rights are iu the frame of Govern
ment itself.
RIGHTS AND l-OWKRS OF TIIK GOVERNMENT.
We should he careful to distinguish be
tween the rights and powers of Gov
ernment. The first are as sacred iu
the individual, as in the aggregate
whole; the second only are yielded to the
ajprity. The majority are merely the
depositories of the power of the whole, to
ute the will of tiie whole, as that will
x pressed in the frame of the Govern*
;Ti
lost
!,, id j and West. We must be reconciled,
must be friends. Around the Union the
constellation of tiie States must center, like
the stars of the Armament around their
central sun, and from that Union we mu.
catch a new Inspiration, a now life, and
new glory. W. S. B.
cut.
C3TTIk* Oldo Statesman has taken the cen
sus of the Democratic newspapers Iu Ohio,
on the Senatorial question, and finds twen
ty-eight for Judge Thurman, twelve for
Yallandigham, and twelve neutral. Of
those papers published iu tiie counties that
gave Democratic majorities, twenty are
for Thurman and nine for Ynllnndighnm.
Official Notice of the Transfer of
Alaska.—Tiie following is a copy of a
telegram dated Victoria, Vancouver’s Is
land. Nov. 10.1867:
“To Hon. W. II. Howard, Secretary of State:
“Beached Sitka 18th October. Transfer
made same day. Protocol executed Octo
ber 26. All well, and all satisfactory.
-Lovki. 11. Rousseau.”
BF*Thc news of the insurrection in Haytl
is conArmed. On the 12th of October the
scene in the legislative chambers was very
motion made to relieve Montes, who is in a
Cape Haytien dungeon. The members nil
spoke in his defense. It Is stated that
President Salnavc secretly incite*] a rab-
ble of women and boys to nttackthe House
of Assembly. This they did, hurling
bricks, bottles, sticks, &e. The dwellings
of many were stoned. The American Con
sul was fired at, but escaped unhurt. An
unanimous protest of the diplomatic corps
has been presented against such scenes,
and demanded of the government the pre
vention of such outrages in the future.
HP The Washington Intelligencer says
the communication which appeared in Its
columns over the signature of II. S« on
Friday last, which maintained that the ad
ditional session of the Fortieth Congress
was illegal and unconstitutional, and which
was attributed to the Attorney General
Btanberry, was not written by him, but by
a New England Republican In one of the
departments, who has won a reputation as
a constitutional lawyer. Mr. Btanberry
himself, over his own signature, denies
that he wrote the ooBounlcatlon,
But I do not claim for a majority un
limited and absolute power. Till* would
!»<> tin* first step in downward progress of
ty. Ina republican form of govern-
L we must yield to a majority, but the
irirv. in exercising the powers of the
Government,must not transcend the rights
or principles of that Government.
SUGGESTIONS TO THE CONVENTION.
How much further, then, you can safely
go than Congress lias gone, is a question.
And you will And tills question will come
up in the Convention. One thing we can
safely say. The Constitution should guar
antee the civil and political rights of all
men. A system of public schools should
also lie established throughout the State, as
far ns can lie, which would give the ele
ments of a good English education to nil
the children of tiie State. Education, to
tiie children of the State, should lie ns free
as tiie air or the water, without money and
without price.
But in the matter of education I know
you are far in advance of myself, and fully
alive to the importance of that great sub
ject. How Air the Convention ought to go
in disfranchisement Is a question. And it
is an important question too. Ought the
State to go beyond what Congress has
already done? I would go os far us Con
gress bus gone, if no further.
NO CONFISCATION.
The judicial system of the State will nlso
need a careful re-modeling. Every trace
of the old slave code should be wiped out.
As for confiscation for tho bcncAtoftlie
colored man, I am unqualifiedly opposed to
it. I believo you agree with me in this.
Tho colored man is now free, and he is
Inured to labor and toil. By industry and
economy he can soon purchase him a homo.
If lie gets a home In this way, (ns many of
them have already done) he will appreci
ate It much more than if a farm was given
to him by tiie Government. Lands are now
cheap in Gcorgia,nnd now U the time for the
colored man to secure homesteads. In ten
years from tlds time, lands will bo worth
treble what they arc now worth. When
this political question Is finally settled,
capital and immigration will flow Into our
State.
THE STATUS OF OEOROIA.
No State South stands so fair with the
Columbia, Texas, Nov. 18.
In one respect, the people of this portion
of Texas may congratulate themselves or
their good luck tills year. They have escap
ed yellow fever, while the epidemic maj
be said to have raged all round them. This
exemption Is something for which to be
thankful. They can affoftl to forget the
loss of their cotton crop. Industry and
good seasons will repair that*
The finest sugar plantations in the State
are to be found in this county (Brazoria.)
In fact it produces as much sugar as all the
rest of the State. I have heard several
gentlemen engaged in tiie saeharine busi
ness, boast of the abundant yield and the
superior quality of tills year’s crop,
consequence of the utter failure of the cot
ton crop, there will lie a much greater
breadth of land planted in cane next year
inn ever before.
As the price of sugar is almost certain
to remain up, those engaged in its produc
tion have a flattering prospect of fair pro-
But so hard is it for men to change
the current of their past lives, that men
here will plant cotton next year, in con
siderable quantities, if they can get seed.
Three consecutive crops of tiie caterpillar,
it seems, will not change their allegiance
to the fleecer king. Their tenacious ad
herence to the defunct majesty—cotton—is
remarkable, when it is remembered tiiat
there are many crops which could be made
to pay better than cotton ever did—tobacco
lor example.
Of the many immigrant trains wending
their way towards Texas, few will come
this low down. Long before coming this
low, they will And situations that will suit
them to a charm. This part of tho State
has been only feebly reinforced by immi
gration since the war. Last year sonic ex-
tion was made to induce foreign immi
grants to settle here, anil a few did so. The
xperiment has not been successful. A
(cntlenmu, not far from tills place, obtaln-
d sonic forty or fifty Scotch Immigrants to
perform plantation labor. They commuuc-
•atlons about the last of January.
By the middle of June, lie did not have a
white laborer on Ids plantation. It is ex
ceedingly hard for men to forget some
tilings. But matters will certainly come
to this complexion, before the country en
ters on a high career of material prosperi
ty. Prominent agriculturally, before they
arc remarkably successful, will have to di
minish their devotion to dead fossils of the
past. Farming can never ngaiu be con
ducted in anything approaching the scale
and style that prevailed before emancipa
tion. But It can be carried on. by change
of |H>licy, with results as profitable as those
which marked It before. Tiiat change will
have to Ik* made.
The past summer was too wet even for
stoek to thrive to the l»est advantage. But
stock-raising ha* been very profitable In
tills part of the State, and still is.
There Is very little said on political ques
tions. We are still in tiie dark as to when
the elcctiou for Convention will lie order
ed. If the Convention, when assembled,
is composed of good working material,
with the action of some of the other States
as a guide uud precedent, it can franio and
submit a Constitution in comparatively a
short time.
Uov.l’ea8c£and*Judge Bell* were both
formerly citizens ‘of tlds county, where
they still have many friends. In fiict, the
latter gentleman was born in the town
from whence I date, and has several rela
tives In the county. Judge B. is one of the
ablest and most prominent men in the
State, connected with the Republican party
since the war. Before the war Judge Bell
was a prominent politician. When tho
State is reorganized, there U no doubt but
that lie will occupy a conspicuous place in
the councils of tho nation. But I think
Texas politicians have shown much lesa
anxiety on the subject of future oflicc hold
ing, than lias been exhibited by the same
class of gentlemen in older States. What
the most prominent men in this part of the
country seem to have mostly at heart is
permanent peace, which they know is the
only course to secure prosperity.
bonds payable in specie,
It Is stated that Mr. Stevens will support
Secretary Seward’s West India purchases
Senator Wade repudiates the remarks at
tributed to him in Gen* Grunt’s disparage
ment.
Gen. Pope's registration expenses to Oc
tober 1st. was ono hundred and seventy-
live thousand dollars.
Congress assembled nt noon.
Hull Hoad Accident.
Cincinnati, Nov. 21.— 1 The freight train
ran into tiie rear of the Express train, due
here nt 6 o’clock this morning, on tho Hum
ilton and Dayton road, at Loekland. The
rear cars were from Toledo, the last bein,
the Toledo sleeping ear, in which four 1
dies and one nuiu w ere burned to (loath.
Nearly tho whole train was burned.
NorlH Carol! itti Election.
Raleigh, Nov. 20.—The election went oft*
very orderly to-day again. Tiie white.*
voted heavily—nearly iinaniinou-ly
Conservative ticket. 31 tiny voted against
an Convention, but over three hundred
whites who had registered, failed t<
at all. About one thousand votes were east
to-day, making two thousand for two day
voting. The ballots are not yet counted,
and tiie result is still unknown, but it
thought the negroes have carried tiie city
by two hundred and fifty majority.
Alabama Conwlltutlonal Convention
^Montgomery. November 2).—ihe night
x§ion of the Reconstruction Convention
after a protracted contest, struck out, by
vote of 53 to 32, the third clause of the
second Section. [Tills clause disfranchised
all who do not vote on the new Constitu
tion.] This Article was perfected and the
final vote deferred until to-morrow,
nimlnippl Election.
Memphis, Tknn., Nov. 20.—The success
of the Convention in Mississippi is doubt-
Richard II. Dana, the poet, was eighty
Northern people as does Georgia. Our years old on the 16th Inst.
ful.
The IIUKMy-Ouff)* Prize right
Chicago, Nov. 20.—Bnssy whipped Duf
fy in one bund red and thirty-five rounds,
Excciiw In Shipment of Ten
San Francisco, Nov. 20.—The shipment
of tea to New York, including that by the
Great Republic, is one million pounds in
excess of that of last year.
3Irs. Burdeli, of New York murder no-
tericty, is plaintiff in a divorce suit.
Foreign.
London, November 20.—Parliament bus
opened.
Tiie Queen hopc3 Napoleon will avoid
complications by an early withdrawal
of the Roman expedition. She asks for
money for the Ahyssian expedition.
Fcuianistii, being suppressed in Ireland,
has taken the form of organized violence
and murder in England, where it must be
suppressed by the fulfillment of law.
Addresses from both Houses of Parlia
ment to the Queen echo the Queen’;
speech.
England refuses a conference unless a
distinct plan is first proposed
Nearly all the members who spoke con
demned Napoleon’s Roman expedition.
Two thousand extra policemen and
large number of troops are at 3Ianchcstcr
to preserve peace pending the execution.
AI atm mu t'onwtit lit Iona I Conven
tion.
Montgomery, Nov. 21.—The following 1
the article on the elective franchise as fi
nally adopted by the Reconstruction Con
dition as a part of the new Constitution:
Article—Section First. Every male per
son born in the United States, and every
male person who lias been naturalized or
who has legally declared his intention to
become a citizen of the United States,
twenty-one years of age or upwards, who
shall have resided in tills State six months
next preceding the election, and three
months in the county in which he offers to
vote, except as hereafter provided, shall be
deemed nn elector—Provided tiiat no sol
dier, or sailor, or marine, in the military or
naval service of the United States shall
hereafter acquire a residence by reason of
being stationed on duty In this State.
Section Third. It shall bo tho duty of tiie
General Assembly to provide from time to
time for the registration of all election
lists,
Tho following classes of persons shall
not be permitted to register: 1st, Those
who during the rebellion Infilcted or caus
ed to be infilcted any cruel or unusual
punishment upon any soldier, sailor, ma
rine, employee or citizen of the United
States, or who in any other way violated
the rules of civilized warfare.
Second. Those who arc or may be dis
franchised by tiie proposed Constitutional
Amendment, known ns the Fourteenth
Section, anil the acts of Congress passed
March 2,1807, except sucli persons as have
aided the plnn of Reconstruction proposed
hy Congress and accept the political equal
ity of all men before tho law—provided,
the General Assembly shall havo power to
remove the disabilities incurred under this
last clause.
Third. Those who slinll have been con
victed of treason, embezzlement ot public
funds, malpractice In ofllce, crime punish
able by law with imprisonment in tho
Penitentiary, or bribery.
Fourth. No idiot or insane person shall
be permitted to register or vote in tho
State.
Section Third. All persons before reg
istering must take and subscribe tho fol
lowing oath: I do solemnly swear or af
firm, that I will support and maintain the
And furthermore, that I will not. in any
way, injure, or countenance In others, any
attempt to injure any person or person* on
account of past or present support of the
Government of the United States, tiie laws
of the United States.or the principles of the
political and civil equality of all men. or
of affiliation with any political party.”
Resolutions wore adopted expressing
entire satisfaction with the Military Ad
ministration of 3fajor General John Pope,
and tendering him the thunks ot the peo
ple of Alabama* for the firm and impartial
course which he has pursued. Three votes
were given against the#e resolution*.
Several branches of tho Constitution
were considered and adopted, involving
unimportant changes in the old Constitu
tion. except tho creation of the olllee of
Lieutenant Governor. The Convention
will probably completo its work this week.
Front Washington,
Washington. Nov. 21.—Revenue to-day
8335,000. Customs for week ending tho
16th. 82,370.000.
Special Treasury Agent. Randall, de
parted to inspect fort entries In Texas.
Wells is much better. Davis leaves Can
ada to-day—goes from New Y'ork to Rich
mond by steamer,arriving the 24th.
Senate.—There ure several petitions, in
cluding one from District negroes, com
plaining of discharge on account of voting,
and praying for relief.
The Secretary is ordered to communicate
:di documents and reports bearing on the
repeal of the cotton tax.
Sumner introduced a bill striking white
from the District laws and ordinances.
Edmonds introduced a resolution that
debt, unless otherwise stated, is payable in
■oln.
Senate adjourned to Monday.
House.—The credentials of Butler, of
Tennessee, were referred to the Election
Committee. Pending report, Butler was ex
cluded. The same proposition iu regard
to Stokes and Miller was defeated. All the
Tennessee delegation, except Butler, were
Torn in. Robinson, of New York, intro
duced u resolution impeaching 31inlster
Adams for neglect of duty in failing to
protect innocent Americans charged with
Fcnlanlsm in England.
House adjourned to 3Ionday.
Washington, Nov. 21.—Blanc, of 3Iainc.
renewed a resolution of inquiry in the
House, regarding the repeal of the cotton
tax, which was adopted. It is generally
believed that the cotton tax will be repeal
ed. Hon. David A. Wells, Commissioner
of Revenue, has prepared a report favoring
the repeal of the cotton tax.
Wilson has announced in the House that
the Judiciary will be ready 3touday to re
port on impeachment.
The discussion on referring the whole
Tennessee delegation to the Election Com
mittee. which was sprung by Democrats,
elicited angry debate. The vote excluding
Butler, on the roll being called, re
sulted, veas 117, nays 38. The Democrats
oted nay.
No caucus to-night.
Cincinnati, Nov. 21.—Three ladies, sis
ters, named Morgan, wero killed at Loek-
nnd. They liad tickets from Detroit to
ouisvillc.
North Carolina Election.
Raleigh, Nov. 21.—The election returns
show 019 majority for the Radicals in the
city, ami from meagre returns from the
county It is certain that the majority will
he swelled to 800. Convention is curried
in the county hy over 1500 votes. Jas. H.
Harris leads the Radical ticket. Returns
from other parts of the State are coming in
slowly, but the Indications are that the
Eastern portion of the State lias gone Rad
ical by a large vote, and tho Western In
many instances. It Is thought that Orange
ouuty elects the Conservative ticket by a
handsome mafority. Professor Hydren,
one of the Radical candidates for that
county, is beaten.
Month Carolina Election*.
Charleston, Nov. 21.—Returns from
eight Court Houses show 3,745 black votes
and 11 white votes cast. This will bo
about the proportion throughout the State.
Not one vote was cast against a Conven
tion.
A negto registrar who, in last August,
violently arrested a white man, and incit
ed the negroes to violence, has been sen
tenced to six months’ hard labor.
83T Though Mr. Btanberry denies that
tic wrote the opinion ngainst tiie extra ses
sion of Congress, it is still asserted that the
article came from the Attorney Gcueral's
office, and that it reflects tiie views of both
Mr. Btanberry mid 31r. Johnson on the
subject.
Hr The Natchez Democrat of the 22d
ultimo states that a negro family of five
persons, who were living In one of the
numerous cabins of tiie coral, above the
nuarantiue stations, wero attacked with
disease lust week, and that in a short time
died. The negro neighbors, after having
buried tho lust inmate, set Arc to the
cabin and destroyed it with all of its con
tents.
Prior to the war, the bank circula
tion of Augusta, Georgia, amounted to
nearly 810,000,000, all or which was well
and profitably employed In legitimate
trade. Now the available bank circulation
about 8440,000.
A memorial tablet for the American mon
ument to “Artcmus Word” bo* . been pre
pared in England.