Georgia Historic Newspapers

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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION,
VOL. I—NO. 23.1
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7,1868.
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Tiik.Ti.mk8.—Chrl.tnias, In day* gone by,
nml Uirlstmu ns It Is, nll'ord oct nslou for
gloomy comparison. by the Southern peo
ple. Then It was a season of festivity nnd
eheerfiilneM; now one of gloom nnd fore
boding. Then we were prosperous, out of
debt. free. Now It U debt, tlnnnclnl dis
tress. eoinmerciul prostration—-misery.
1’overt.v now sits enthroned where wealth
nnd competency once presided. Then It
was a season of relaxation. Joy. nnd gay
testlvlty. Now It Is a season when life
Itself Is a straggle; when the most prudent
are perplexed to provide the necessities ol
to-morrow, nnd when all classes are borne
down with anxiety and care.
X’eople of the North are complaining of
dull trade, the scarcity of money, and hard
times, hut they know nothing of these
things compared with the Southern States.
They at least have their comfortable homes;
their neat little farms have not been deso
lated by war. If money with them be not
so plenttlul as It was during the war. they
have at least enough to supply the neces
sities of life. Not so lu the South. Many,
heretofore, wealthy families, accustomed
to the commits and luxuries of an elegant
home, are 'now iiluiost; houseless. Two
years of famine, following close npon the
heels of a desolating war, has rendered the
necessities of life very high; whilst there
tielng nothing to bring money Into the
country, then* Is very;little money to liny
witli.
Tun 1’nsuK eon I.nvksimkxt.—Every
dollar Invested by strangers or Immigrants
hi Southern Tamils, says the New York
Tribune, does good to every Interest and
section. There are thousands of extrusive
landlords now dodging the SlirriIf. unable
to hire and pay labor, uiitltt d by embar
rassment for any earnest. |H.rslstcnt ollbrb
who. if they could sell half their land even
at a saerlllee. would lie once more on their
feel. They could pay their debts; they
could buy seed, implements.ami fertilizers;
they could hire. ford, and pay laborers:
and they would thus produce far more on
the residue of their estates than He y now
do on the whole. A ml the pllrciMsc-mnlicy,
in satisfaction ol debts or It!
to tie
payn
thus.
lent fo
rebases, and wool
- than iliough it ha
1‘aiia.moim ALl.n.iuxcr:,—The l.ouis-
lana Convention Is discussing the ol
question of paramount allegiance. Tin
seem to lie In doubt still, us to whether a
citizen owes primary and paramount alle
giance to the Federal or Slate Government.
If the war settled any question at all. It
certainly nettled the question or primary
allegiance. There U hut one Government
priqier; all others are merely subordinate.
If the Constitution of any state contains
any obtuse In antagonism to the Federal
Constitution, it is. to that extent, null and
void. The allegiance of a citizen Is first
due the Government of the United States.
It Is so implied In the oath of allegiance to
the State Government.
Wii.l Gknkkai. Xudk AccKrr?—Tin
Washington correspondent of tin- New
York Times, speculating upon the ilium
contemplated) removal of General l’o|a
and tlm appointment of General Meade as
his successor, says:
I have, however, very g'.*"l reasons to
lietlevn that General Meade Is very un
likely to accept the position. I certainly
know that when, on Sheridan s removal
from leudsiaua. Meade heard that the
Preside;; Imil I asm thinking of placing
him there, hi' sent word lo the President
licgglug him to abandon the purpose, anil
stating that In- was -iili uwliil lladj-
eal—more radlenl than ally of them."
Non Here Is no cvhleiiee that unwhile
General Meade has altered Ids views, and
there Is little probability tlieretore that he
will be sent to Miltary lllstrlet Numlier
Two.
Next to Meade General Thomas Is most
spoken o' for Pope's place. That sturdy
old solldler Is. however, umleritiaal to be
full ns much of a lladleal ns Meade.
Nevertheless the President is well known
to entertain a wnrm personal regard for
Thoinua; and Ills niqioliitniriit would not
tie surprising. If the position Is not in
cepted by him Rousseau's chance will la-
good.
Mu. aNU Mns.SvilNKH.—Thesome-liine-
ago report that Mrs. Sunnier was to
to Washing on to preside In her husband',
establishment has failed of verlHentiun.
and the Home Journal of this week has
the following. Indicating that there is
no likelihood that sneli will ever Is- the
•• We have g.«.d authority for .tilting
that the differences I .el ween Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Simmer, widen have canned so
ituicli unpleasant gossip and scandal, have
Is-en dually settled by a permanent sepa
ration. with I lie mutual consent and desire
of both parties, and lliclr best friends,—
The direct cause or this separation Is sim-
plv the certainty—discovered only too lam
—ilint there exists lietwceu the parties an
lneoiii|mtlhllity of temperament und oulu-
Ion upon certain social questions, w hich
precludes the possibility of their living
happily together a* man'aml w ife."
DisiHistku.—lion. John A. Uatnpliell, of
Alabama, one of the promlnrni Union
men of that State. Is reported as having
become dl>gn»led with the new Ponstltti-
tlou. anil declares Ids Intention lit wash Ids
hands of the whole affair. This sliuuld'bc
• warning to certain members of the Geor
gia Convention.
ITHr. would-be-ltn|H.*aclier Ashley it
out in a long letter exculpating himself
from the charge* and odium put upon him
by ht* Republican friend*. Ill* appeal is
humble in tone, but it don’t seem to
answer the purpose for which It was II-
IIakcock and Adams.—In the days of
70, there lived In Massachusetts a vain
young naan, of princely fortune and fine
personal appearance, by the name of John
Hancock, lie was a neighbor of Samuel
Adams. The latter W&* rich In character,
talents and learning. The former rich
only in pursi—-having inherited the brosd
acres nml comfortable personal estate of a
rich uncle. Adams was among the leaders
In the opposition to the Stamp Act, and
also a leader in the Cabinet and Councils
of the new Government horn of British
oppression. Hancock was lukewarm; at
least, he was reticent. Ills sympathies
were supposed to be with Koynllty. Adams
knew the weakness of this vain young
man; nnd. In order to secure his estate,
and the influence which It was supposed
to command, to the causo of Freedom,
managed to have the young heir appointed
chairman of a local meeting called in the
Interests of Independence. The ruse proved
successful. Flattered by the distinguished
position assigned him, the young man
came over and affiliated heartily in the
movement; and afterward signed the De-'
duration ilivlepeiiilorn
Adams has a descendant still living tn
Massachusetts, who Is a Conservative Re
publican. If hu were in Georgia, he would
ho caded a -Radical.” As he lives In New
England, lie Is know n as a -Conservative/*
Hence the hard-shell wing of the Democ
racy North speak of him In connection
with the next Presidency. There Is a Gen
eral Hancock now In command ofoneui
the Southern Districts. Hi- military fume,
though resiiectable Is not particularly
dazzling. He gained some notoriety In tin
Surratt trial, and has recently gained
.something more as Mr. Johnson's llenten-
-int in the Southern States. The Demo-
eratle pres* have, therefore, jumped to the
conclusion tiiat he must lie a descendant
‘ ti direct line, from John Hancock of Rcv-
diitlonarv fame. The mime- of Hancock
and Adams, or If preferable. Aim.\:s an<:
llANCOCK.Somid well. A iV-W.-Ml .1 „d Vie,
Preddeiit Is to he made, llaid-shdl Dem
on acy want.* a ticket—*nn-i h i'c it.
Georgia pu|M*r hi- <li-c.»\ <m d tin* great
panacea for al! our 111-, it is . I.vooi k
and Adams. Alas f..r Jo.innv Dix and
Bkx. Buti.kr !
IKiot ut Hampton. V u. Several Per-
kiiiiN Injure.!.
l oimtHss Moniioe. Ya . I>er.-2i;.-('hfist
ulas in this vicinity Inis not passed oil
oitict 1 v as usual. An nllVav occurred in
Hamilton, by which one mail was shot and
another almost beaten to death, while
eral others w ere injured t*y flying missiles.
At alnuit 1 o'clock this afternoon Thomas
Lattltner. deputy sheriff of Elizabeth City
county, who resides in Hampton. had some
diflleulty with a colored l*oy ten or twelve
years ofiU when a colored man came along
ami took the hoy’s part, and In the affray
which ensued tile negro was shot through
the head. The ball entered the right side
of Ids face just forward of the ear. coining
out on the opposite side. Ills wounds were
dressed hv l>r. McLoiiirlilin. and although
lie still lives, hut little hopes are entertain*
til for Ids recovery.
As soon as the negro was shot. Lattltner
went into Ids house ami locked all the
doors. The news, among the freed men.
spread very rapidly, and soon a crowd of
them tiegn'u to assemble about Latthner's
house. Some of the citizens, fearing a
riot, endeavored to quell the excitement,
inn seemingly to no purpose. The riot act
was then read, hut before it was liuislied
the bricks tnqrhi Hying through the win*
•lows, and a rush w as made for Iaittimer'*
house. He saw them coming, and euda-
vored to cscai>c by jumping through a win
dow. hut w as met by a crowd of tl\p now
Infuriated mob. who procee<led to beat him
unmercifully. He was shot in the neck, a
brick cut open Ids head, and lx would have
,been a deau man ill a few moments but for
tile timely interference of two or three
colored men. who had not let their passions
get the 1 let ter or their judgment, and who
seized him and carrietl him through the
emwd to tin? jail for protection. Just os
the door dosed on him some half a dozen
bricks struck it usa parting salute. The riot
lasted aliout half an hour during which
time the excitement was intense. Guns,
pistols and brickbat* were used promiscu
ously, and several persons— non-combat
ants—wore Injured. Dr. Hone Is reported
to have been shot while dressing the w ound
of u colored uiuii Injured III the melee, but
the wound is not serious.
As soon as the riot beg*n. a messenger
was immediately di*|»uteli<Hl to the milita
ry pout of Camp Hamilton, about a mile
distant when a guard was at olive sent by
Major Putnam, which arrived iqion the
*pot about the time I.attlmer was locked
tip, which soon sueeedeU ill restoring quiet.
fitted
.... inlng
on the New Haven (Cornu) Railroad, and
mi elegant description, di
vided Into compartment* after the Kiigll-li
tyle. are being built for the same road, to
ie similarly heated. A small apparatus
for generating steum occupies a corner of
each car, and from thence iron pipes are
fitted ear the feet of every passenger—the
principle being that observed ill applying
Ii«»ti len of hot w ater. \\ e are informed that
the plan is entirely satisfactory, and pro
nounced feasible. Thu cost for each car is
aisiiit SMUU, hilt tiie consumption or fiiel is
trifling, (only two or three hods of fuel
between New York and Boston.) and the
comfort obtained is very solid. Since the
terrible accident on the Lake Shore Rail
road there is a general Uemiind that stove#
in rail-cars should lie abolished.
Muttering* or tiik Storm.—The French
begin to speak of the Empress ks - the
Sp-mianf ami aitrllHite to her Influence
in the protection of the Pope, at the risk
ol a war with Italy. When these same
French Organ to speak or Marla Antoi
nette as "the Austrian.” and accused her or
bringing about a coalition to crush thw
revolution, nuukou and the guillotine were
not for off.
Off* A Convention of editors and publish
er* of republican paper* throughout Ten
nessee. will be held at Nashville on thetfckl
of January, (or the purpose of considering
the interests of the publishers, and to de
vise some means by which a better support
can be obtained.
11 katiku Rail-cabs.—Two
k ith steam heating apparatus ;
The Gallows*
The Execution of John Nance at Knoxville,
Turn.—•Immense Crotods cf People Pres
ent-Scenes and Incidents of the Tragical
Affair,
From the Knoxville Herald, tSth Inst.]
Yesterday,.(Friday) Dccembea 27, John
Nance expiated upon the gallows the mur
der of William McBee. The circum
stances of tiie murder created great excite
ment In Grainger emmty. where it wns
eoimnltted, ami throughout East Tenncs-
Izost lit a Snoiv Storm—TerrtbloDIs<*
1 ~ aster In Kaitsaa.
correspondent in Saltnn, Kansas,
sends mi account of ft distressing occur
rence near that place on the 28th of last
month. On that day a lad of twelvo years,
a son of an old correspondent, Col. W, A;
Phillip*, had gone out shooting in compa
ny with ids cousin, David Addison. Aliout
noon, at tfie advice of Ids companion, who
>•»" a storm coming on, lie turned to go
home. He immediately started toward
town at a rapid gallop; and wns never
spoken to again. About 1 o'clock a ter
rific snow storm set III. Alter it liad set
in, and before it had got so bewildering as
t«» Ik? completely blinding, a boy like film
see, and are still fresh in tin? minds of the
community, it was committed at Blaiu’s
Cross Roads, in Grain.er county,October
8, 1961. McBcu was a quiet. Inoffensive
man, and hound Nance had been upon good
terms with each other, und no cause has
been assigned for tin* murder except that
Nance was crazy with drink. Nance, in
ids confession, denies all recollection ofthu
murder, but the evidence against him is
very strong and convincing. _
On Thursday morning, December 25th, the storm permitted was ut once mode, but
Nance was removed from the jail ill this all in vain.
city and taken to the house ot Sheriff Ten days passed. A hundred people had
~ ‘ ‘ hecii searching for the lost boy, but no
_ trace of him was round. The horse he rode
gloomy, had but little appetite, and did not was found in tiie hills twenty uiiles to the
appear to relish his breakfast. At 7 o’clock pcyithwest. four days after he was lost. On
ho gives his father one look that tells the
whole story of—failure, and then the little
fellow, unablo to command his grief, sits
down upon the floor and sobs convulsively.
Failure is often tho first step to emi
nence.
Had the? boy gained tho chorister's place
ho would liavo been u cathedral servant all
his days.
Having/allcd to get In, he returned to
tho king’s school, went ns a poor scholar to
Oxford, and fought his way to honor, lie
became chief justice to the king's bench
and a peer of tho realm. Toward the close
of his honorablo career Lord Tenderden
attended services in the cathedral of Can
terbury, accompanied by Mr. Justice Rich
ardson. When the ceremonial was at end,
. ..... .. the cliitf justice said to his friend: “Do
of Thanksgiving Day seemed to travel >' t ou that old man there among the cho-
froiu the northwest to the south. It wasi‘ f”fers ? In him, brother Richardson, be-
oVlovk before Mr. Addison, with who& hold the only being lever envied; when
the boy was still supposed to be, returingv at school in this town we were candidates
home from the woods. Such a search as f« r a chorister's place; he obtained It ;and
hi* was fi:tiiil' 1 iUni and mounted ii|k»ii a
horn* for his last ride, which was t. termi-
•nate at RutlAige, Grainger county, thirty-
three miles from Knoxville.
Ten miles from Knoxville, at Brice's
mills, the prisoner pointed to a man sitting
on horseback, (Joseph Troth) and said to
our reporter: “That man swore false
ignliwt me. and he was not the only one
that has used their influence to have me
unjustly punished.'' He said he hod a mind
to s|K>ak to him and tell him ho, but wns
restrained.
Wheii about eight miles from Rutledge,
the party passed abroad leading to the resi
dence of Nance's wife and friends. He re
quested to In? permitted to see Ids home
•nice more, hot the oflicer was compelled to
refuse Idm, u» the time would not permit
it. '
I luring the journey Nance often remark
ed to our rciHirtcr that there might he such
a thing as his being reprieved ut the gal
lows, as it was often the ease; and if the
Governor intended to reprieve Idm lie
would not let him know it until the last
moment. Hut lie did not have very strong
hopes, and said lie wa.- prepared to meet
Ids fate.
- The prisoner ami guard arrived ut llut-
ill 5 r. M.. on tin; 25th. A large crowd
.'.-■•i iiiMi i! :u the jail to -eo the murderer.
as delivered to tit* Sheriff ot Grainger
, in,tv. y.r. John Noe. and wa* placed by
dm ii, the-am.- room wlmre lie had Ijceu
•o '..iigroiiiiind.at which hen
.a' was al la-t l»a,*k again for i
uj.ru* he Uii-llr-t impri-oned.
I hiring the night he did not deep at all.
*.i. ing tli.J Id* mind wa* troubled, that he
coil Id not sleep.
HO.NI s AT TIIK Mrri.KDUK .tAII..
from an early hour in the morning, per-
-oi,s were going up to the grating of the
|ir,*oii io -peak lo Nance, to all of wliom
ne protested Ids innocence.
for twenty-four hours previous to tiie
execution people crowded into Kutlcdgi
iron, ail directions; some from as fur a
t'oniU*r)aiid Giqi. and there were nearly
:t*KK) |H*op|e present at the time of the cxe
cu i Ion.
INTMtVIKW WITH Ills HKI.ATSONH.
Four young ladies residing near the pri
son. and distantly related to him. called
ii|Mmldin. The meeting was very affecting,
and Nil lire shed tears for tlx first time.
They hade liim farewell and went away in
«:«ep ntllictfoii.
His little brother, sixteen years old,call
ed upon him. when he manifested deep
feeling. The prisoner gave him good ad
vice. and told him to hewure of drink,
which was the cause of all his ufllictiou.
He ave Idm some photpgrapbsof himself,
and told Idm to keep one and give the rest
to Ids sisters and Ids wife. Their parting
was solemn and very sad. They wrung
each other’s hniul* in silence, troth weeping
bitfrly. and fluidly, with trembling voices,
hid each other farewell forever.
The gallows was erected about half a
mile from Rutledge, on the Mossy Creek
road. A |»ole was stretched between two
trees, about ten feet from the ground, to
which tiie noose was attached, and tiie
scaffold was alioiit three feet und a half
high. Upon arrival at the gallows Rev.
Mr. Stroud made a short address and a
prayer, during which Nunce knelt and
seemed greatly affected, while the specta
tor* were impressed with tlx solemnity of
tiie occasion.
After the prayer the minister stated that
N a nee wished to address those |»resent. A
deep silence prevailed. Nance, sitting upon
Ids coflln with a terrible death staring film
in tlx face, said:
"Gentlemen: I am here to-day to be hung
by tlx neck until I umdead. f* r an act that
1 am not guilty of. They have got me
here h*r a murder that 1 know nothing
iibout. t.iid liuv no recollection of." He
lit oil to -tutu that lie wa* innocent of
L‘i-y charge that was brought against
Idm. and died an Innocent man. and that it
not right to hang Idm. He said that
lie did tell one person. Mr*. Maples that lie
killed Mcfteo. hut it was a lie. and only to
liiul out from her aliout another murder.
I there was one jicr»on there who
had sworn against Idm on hi-* trial who hail
told him lliaL day that he was lor* cd to do
the rebels would have killed Idm.
included by again protecting ids inno-
__ _ wMte setter on tho Hraoky Iliu
River, at a point thirty-six miles from So-
lina, southwest, and told him that a "dead
white man'' was "in tiie river.” He was a
pretty chief, and witli a number of his peo
ple accompanied tiie white settlers to the
spot. It was only a half mile distant from
the house. Feartul of being suspected, as
these poor people are, the cautious Indian
made his people stand up on the bank, und
with the wbito first examined if there was
any trail of man near the spot. None were
found. Then the body was carefully ex
amined to see if it had utiy wounds; it had
none. It was the body of tiie lioy, witli
light golden hair and broad forehead. He
lay on his face. Ids coat and overcoat still
carefully buttoned up, and ids gloves still
on Ids hands. A revolver was buckled
about ids little persou, which the Indians
had not molested, and two packages of
matches carefully deposited m separate
pockets. Tlx child had ridden 35 to JO
miles through tiie mountains that hor
rible night, his fiery horse, a thin-skinned
blood, flying before tho horrible storm.
From all the evidence, he had reached the
spot where found about ten or eleven
o'clock at bight, before tlx snow censed,
lie rode Into a bend between two farms,
ami could have seen them had the snow,
which ceased before midnight, not filled
the air witli blustering drifts, in that one
night fix cold was .-»> intense as to freeze
the river thick enough to bear up a man.
Uros-ing the last high ridge from the head
ot rqiring Creek lie tim-c have been ex
hausted and chilled, llis feet and hands
had not been frozen, hut exhausted nature
fell before tlx terrible exhaustion and ex
posure. The country through which lie
must have passed was tiie roughest and
wildest in that section. At times the
snow was so dense that it was impossible
to sec through it hut a few feet. To have
returned home he hud probably to l'aee the
storm several miles and no horse would
hold his head in such a storm. It Is be
lieved that in his anxiety to get home he
urged his animal through the bewildering
storm ns long us nerve anil brain could
command. Arrived at the river the horse
had evidently borne him down the hank,
to driu*, nnd in stepping down lie fell from
it oa tiie gravel close to tiie water.
II«
If I had gained my wish he might Wve
b«m jxcompanying you as chief Justice,
and printing me out as his old school
fellow, the singing man,"
Tax Georgia Convention—Its Peb-
sonel-The Press/—In the Atlanta cor-
the New York Tribune we
And the following tribute:
i ^5. Saffold Is a Georgian, wns a large
slaveholder, was a member of the Seces
sion Convention of 1861, reluctantly voting
with the majority, for he went there a
Union uian; fs a man of the best social
position ami high personal reputation, and
is classed among the most Conservative
men in the Convention. I therefore give
a somewhat fuller abstract of Ids remarks,
in order that your readers may Judge for
themselves the true position of men of hi*
antecedents—and there arc many—In the
Convention. "My district," he went on to
say, "Is represented by men to the manor
born, who have been reared upon the soil,
whose ancestors have lived and died there,
whose children are here. As to the negro.
I am not afraid of him; l know him; l
have been reared with him. His interests
are my interests. He is entitled to justice
and kindness. 1 have ids confidence, ns is
evidenced by tin? fact that in a district of
more than 5,000 voter*, where the colored
vith i
floor, did not h:i
•pro»eut that ilisti
The
the Mono
riot on tld
colored vote
• sent me here to
not divide the
S. here refers to
Chief-JUMtlce«
cnee
1IIK
NE.
When tlx doomed iiiuii had linidicd,
Idle hi* Iriends wen* bidding him fare
well. the hymn. " I’m going Home." was
sung, ih* was then led by the 8 lie rift’ from
the wagon to the scnftbld. The .Sheriff as
cended by a ladder, with one end of the
rope to the cross-beam of the gallows the
noose being u|s>n the murderers neck.and
fastened it. Meanwhile Nance was mutter
ing. "This Is horrible! this is horrible!”
The Sheriff then descended to the scaffold
und blindfolded Nance, who mattered.
"Don't let mo fall too far.” At half past 12
o’clock a tingle blow of an ax by the Sheriff
severed the cord which' held the drop,
and it fell. A dull thud, and the body of
Nance fell, writhing terribly. The rope
was too long, and Ills feet touched the
ground, fie was lifted up, while the
»heriff took another hitch In the rope upon
the cross >*eam, and again he swung, while
hi* heaving breast and piteous convulsions
of his limbs told hi* extreme agony, until
death mercifully came and put an end to
hi* suffering#. At one o’clock the body
was cut dow n and put in a coffin, and de
livered to hit fVlends. The vast crowd
then dispersed.
Cf'A locomotive belonging to the Chi
cago and Rock Island Railroad exploded
In Chicago yesterday morning. One man
wa* killed and two others wounded.
Let our readers tnmsiiort themselves to
Canterbury in 1775. unu let them enter a
barber’s shop hard by Canterbury Cathe
dral. It Is a primitive slioji, with red and
white pole over the door, and a modest dis
play ot wig* und puff* boxes in the window.
A email shop, hut notwithstanding its
smallness, the best shop of its kind in Can
terbury; and Its lean, stiff exceedingly
respectable master i* a man of good repute
in the euthedral town. Ills hands have,
ere tills, powdered the archbishop's wig,
and lie is especially retained by the chief
clergy of the city and neighborhood to
keep their false hair in onler, and trim the
natural tresses of tlxir children. Not only
have the dignitaries of the cathedral taken
tlx worthy Jjnrber under their special pro
tection. hut they have extended that care
to iris little boy, Charles, a demure, prim
lad, who U at the present time a pupil in
the king's school, to which academy cleri
cal interests gained him admission. Tlx
lad Is In his fourteenth year, and Dr. Os
mund Beauvoir, tiie muster of the school,
gives him a good character for industry
and dutiful demesuor that some of tiie
cathedral ecclesiastics have resolved to
make the little fellow's fortune, by placing
him in the office of chorister. There !s a
vacaut place in tiie cathedral choir; und
the boy who Is lucky enough to receive tin*
appointment will In* provided for uiunili-
ceiitlv. ||e will fortnwltii have a main
tenance. and in course of time hi* salary
will ne £70 |H*r aiuiinn.
During the lust fortnight the barber lias
been in great auu constant excitement,
hoping that his boy will obtain this valua
ble place of preferment: persuading him
self that tho lad’s thickness of voice, enn-
eeruing which the choir-master spoke with
aggravating persistence, is n matter of no
real importance; and fearing that the
friend* of another cotcmpomry boy. who
is said by tho ehoir-uiastcr to have an ex
ceedingly mellifluous voice, may defeat his
natural aspiration*. Tiie moitieniou* ques
tion agitate.* many humble homes at Gin-
terbtiry; and while Mr. Abbott, tiie barber,
is encouraged to hope the best for hi* son,
the relatives and supporter* of the cotem-
iKmiry boy are urging him not to despair.
Party spirit prevails on uitlier side—Mr.
Abbott's family associates maintaining
that the cotemporary Imy's highest notes
resemble there of a peuny whistle; while
the coteinporary Inn 's father, with much
satire and some Justice, murmurs that old
Abbott, who Is the gossip-monger of the
parson's, want* to push Iris son Into a place
for which there b a better candidate.
To-day U the eventful day when the
election will be made. Even now, while
Abbott, the barber, D trimming a wig
at his shop window, and listening to
tiie hopeftil talk of an intimate neighbor,
his son Charley is chanting tho **01u Hun-
dreth” before the whole ehnptcr. When
Charley has been put through lib vocal
piece, the cotemporary boy b requested to
sing. Whereupon that clear-throated
competitor, sustained by justifiable self-
confidence and a new laid egg which he
had sucked scarcely a minute before, made
a bow to their reverences, and sings out
with such richness amt compass that all
the audience recognize Ills superiority.
Ere ten more minutes had passed. Char
ley Abbot knows that he has lost the elec
tion, and he hastens from the cathedral
With quick steps. Running into the shop,
make a government
spoil* of government
that portion of the
commends tiie appoi
ot the Convention a*
or}! Gen. l\q>e. to
been ready, wlienevei
his office to impede reconstruction, to thrust
him from it. 1 have an abiding < onlideun
that Gen. l’ope will do it. lu cinielu-ion
Mr. President, let me say, if tlii*. < ..liven
tion will turn its attention from inattcr
whlch arc not pertinent to the formation
of a State Constitution and attend to the
business which is legitimately be lore it. as
well as Gen. Pope is attending to
result of our deliberation will redound to
the pence, dignity, honor and prosperity »
the people of Georgia."
Tiik press.—Let me again caution you
simple-minded Northern people against
the prolific source of misrepresentation
and—well,we’ll call it—mistake, concerning
every matter connected with Reconstruc
tion in the South. I refer to the reports of
the Associated Press received from agents
of tiie A. P. throughout the South. The
Southern press is a formidable weapon in
tiie hands of the nnti-Reconstriictionists.
whether you call them Democrats or rebel*.
Tho Associated Press Is still more for
midable, for few Northern men cau llnd
profit or edification of any kind in a South
ern newspaper, when perforce, nolens v>>-
lens, they get tiie reports of the Associated
Press in no matter what Northern paper
they suhscritx to. The Associated Press
reporters are, generally speaking, editors
uud assistant editors ot such papers as tiie
Augusta Chronicle nml Sentinel and the
Montgomery Mall, and favor your pensive
public up North with their own impres
sions, arguments and ideas. Occasionally
they. make announcements such as the
“Montgomery Mall of to-morrow morning
on the subject of,” etc., etc. Imagine the
New York Tribune receiving a dispatch to
the effect that *The Sag Harbor Advocate
condemns the policy or Congress! ” or thnt
"The Coney Island Reporter contains a
fierce attack ou Gen. Grant.”
Now. if you choose to spend money on
such reports of the Associated Press, It Is
no affkir of mine. But It Is my business
ancl every man's business to point out so
fruitftii and so hurtftil a source of Injury
to the cause of Reconstruction, of loyalty,
and of freedom. %
How to Kkmkvk tiir South.—In a sen
sible editorial In the New York Tribune
on this subject, we find this paragraph:
The very best thing that men of means
can now do for the South and for them
selves is to invest liherady in the purchase
of her lands. They are amazingly cheap
—often offered for less than one-quarter of
their intrinsic value, yet offered in vain.
Money wherewith to buy them is not found
:it the South; the few who posses* It have
too much laud already. Families which
hold u thousand neres of mainly good soil.
condition, are abso
lutely harrassed by debt* of a few hundred
dollars and know not how to meet them.
They try to borrow; hut no one wishes to
lend them: the security is good, but repay
TELEGRAPHIC intelligence.
Jlore 1’Irrs in Viclcsburgs.
New Orleans, Dec. 30.— 1 Thero wero two
more incendiary Area at Vicksburg—ono
at 3 o'clock a. m., and the other at 9 o’clock
p. M., on Sunday. Lost* f^rty-flve thous
and dollars. Insured for fifteen thousand
dollars.
Louisiana Convention.
In tho Convention to-day, tho second
article of tho constiution, adopted oft
Saturday, was reconddered, and Judfco
Taliafero’s proposition thot tho citizeui of
tills State shall owe allegfanco to tlip
Upited States, which shall bo paramount
to that which they owe the State* was In
corporated therein, after much disetis-
sion.
Article three, as adopted, declares there
shall never bo slavery, nor Involuntary ser
vitude In this State, except as a punish
ment for crime.
Article four declares th%fliberty of tho
press and of speech.
Article flye declare* that the rl|ht of the
people to peaceably to assemble and to pe
tition the Government '.boll never be
abridged.
Article! ilx and seven are rehearsals or
the common law for the punishment of
crime. The concluding paragraph of arti
cle seven says the privilege of tho writ of
halvas corpus shall not be suspended.
Con.rea.tonal Aid (or Planter..
Ciiaiilkstox, Dec. 110.—Much encourage
ment Is felt hero, owing to accounts from
Washington representing the probability
of Congressional aid to the planting in
terest.
Washington Item..
Washington - , Dec.30.—Revenue receipts
to-day 1,030,000.
There were tlvo highway robberies In
Brooklyn on Saturday night.
General Gillcm departed this after
noon.
Alter January tlrst, payment for publish
ing letter lists will stop.
A readjustment of post-otllee salaries
throughout the country is progressing.
Discussing recent removals, the Xcw
York Tribune says: •* The President suc
cessfully plays the game of chess. The
President removes every man who favors
Reconstruction under any other plan than
his own. The game goes on—the Presi
dent winning all the time. Xor do we fail
to see that tho power which strengthens
is that or Gen. Grant. There is no
of concealing or avoiding this fact
Grant is an instrument of Mr. Jolm-
'iit is slow—those who made advances to
Southern planters In 1S05, expecting pay
ment from that year'* erojx are often
awaiting It yet, with a cloudier prospect
than that of two years ago. It fa not pos
sible tn obtain loans ill such amount as
will aRiml sensible relief to the South; hut
real estate is now so low there that money
can be Invested to great advantage, even
though the land were to lie Idle nnd taxc.
be paid on It for the next two or three
years.
Cotton.—In 1860 we exported 1,707.080,-
338 pounds of cotton, which brought *181,-
800MS. That waa the largest export ever
made, and brought more than any other
- “ 'export of 1800. which amounted
837 pounds, and sold for *190.-
303.878. This I, the value lu gold; the
value In currency was *381.383,333. In
1807 weexported more pounds, and got less
money, nsmely, 060.570,314 pounds, which
was valued in currency at *202,811,410, and
In gold at 8143,0061803.
Thus the crop of i860 was less In weight
than thnt of 1800 to the amount of 1,117.-
113.309 pounds, and brought$7,757,432 more
money. But the year 1867 begins tn tell
the tale; fur then 10.000,406 pounds more
than we ex|»rtcd theycar previous brought
son's will."
The Profcldeiicy—The t'lmsc .Move
ment in the South.
>|N*ri:tl « om"4pon<lein*c of the I'liilaffelphia ro*t.;
Xkw Orleans. La., Dec. 20,1S67.
It is pretty well umlerstooil that .Tiul^e
< 'liant* will receive the Republican vote ot'
the Southern non-reconstructed States.
Your correspondent inis traveled in near
ly all the Southern States within tiie past
two mouth*, and has found but one voice
among the Republicans in each and all of
them. It l* "Hon. Salmon 1*. Chase for
Idem." nnd, to make their declaration
good, they liavo comenced an organized
movement which, like a chain, already
stretches from Richmond to this citv. and
from tld* city to Vicksburg, Natchez and
Baton Rouge; even away in Texan the
chain extend*. The Republicans of these
States seem to know very well that a pow
erful movent, extending all over the
States. North, South. East and Went, i*
now under way. having a* it* object the
election of the Chief Justice of the United.
States to the Presidency.
It Is already known that a powerful
movement in the same direction is now be
ing pushed forward in tills citv, and. I may
say, throughout tiie State of Louisiana.
The Grant strength in New Orleans
amounts to a great deal when it is under
stood only as an honest, sincere apprecia
tion of the soldierly and patriotic conduct
and character of the General; but when it
is understood as aiming at his election to
the Chief Executive office of the nation,
he could not get ten well-known Republi
cans of the State to support him. nnd if ten
leading men were to propose Ids name for
that office, they could not be sustained by
votes. Three of the ex-oflicers of the army
now residing In tills city aie Hupno«cd to
favor tiie General’s nomination, nut the
Republican party, embracing rank and tile
In the State, goes for Chase altim-t to a
man. I judge only fYom what I hear from
the lips of the hundreds of It* member*
whom I have heard speak on the Mibfeet
during the past three or four week*, it is
generally understood thnt in a few day- a
public demonstration will be made I nth N
city, expressing the preference of the party
for Judge Chase for the Presidency.
Leading Republican* In Northern States
are in frequent communication with load
ing men in tlii* section, on the Presiden
tial question. One of these communica
tions which I «nw a day or two since, ail
'd to n gentleman In tld* citv by ;i
prominent politician now in Washington,
••aid: "It Is intended, by the most power
ful element of the Republican party of tho
North. t»» allow tho Grant movement to
explode its power now, while the friends
of Judge Chaso are working by organiza
tions. and preparing for action only when
the proper time arrives.”
By letters received here to-day, I learn
that two of the best Republicans of the
West are In Arkansas and Tennessee, ar
ranging for the Presidential nomination,
and thnt tho Republicans of those States
are as favorable to the Chief Justice as those
are who reside in the other States I have
named. Some or the best friends of Judge
Chase In this elty seem to think the use of
any outside influence entirely unnecessa
ry to secure the snpport of a party which
is already certain to be given him.
Butler and Grant.—Grant Clubs are
being formed In New Orleans by Ue lead
ing Republicans, some or whom were
prominent tn the organization of Ben.
Butler Republican Club# last Spring.—
Strange as U may seem, some of those clubs
have reorganized themselves by substi
tuting the name of the hero of Appomattox
for that of the so-called hero nfNew York
in their titles.—N. Y. Times. 30th.
There la nothin; \ery strange in all
this.