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/}’ / ( i •/ /H GEORGIA 3 . _ VOL. I—NO. 37.1 Iiuiucusv Turn out of f&o People Oen. John B. Gordon nominated for SPEECH OF GKN. GORDON. t The meeting called* under the IU*pices of the Young Men’s Democratic Club of Fulton County, on .Saturday night, to heir an address from' Ucneral Gordon, iraa changed to a mass meeting of tho Conscrv- atlve men of tlic city r to nominate a can didate for Governor, in the place of Judge Irwin, who was. on Saturday, declared *n eligible by Gen. Meade. At •»»» «jnrly hour DavlM* Hall was literally ctpv ded wltli people; every nopk and corner was Aill. Upon motion of Col. lloge, Judge Cab- wtlss was elected permanent Chairman and Capt. V. P. Sisson permanent Secretary. Judge CabnnUs ii|>on taking the chair announced the fact that Judge Irwin had be< u declared ineligible to the office of Oovcrnor.by Gen. Meade; that Judge Ir- ? ' w'lo Imd therefore withdrawn from the canvas; th.»t the Democratic State Cen tral Committee had recommended General John 15. Gordon of this city for nomina tion; and that it now remained for the meeting to determine what action should be had upon that recommendation. On motion of Mr. J* U. Steele, the chair appointed a committee of thirteen to pre pare business for the meeting, who, after a short deliberation, returned with tho foY lowing re|K>rt: Wiikuha*, the Hon. David Irwin has de clined the e:\mlidaey for Governor of Georgia at the election on tho 20th InsU for the reason that Gen. Meade has dee hired him ineligible; and it being absolutely neeosetrv to have a candidate in the Held at oneo, in opi>mitloti to 1{. ]). Bullock, and there being no time to lose to consult par ties nt u distance, nml the commanding General ot this Military District having expressed the opinion that Gen. John B Gordon is eligible, lie it therefore 1. Ucdolvetl, Tliat this meeting unanl- inousl; nominate, as n candidate for Gov ernor at tin- ensuing election, that Chris tian gentleman, that splendid type of all that is good and true, generous and noble, among ail the sons ol Georgia, General John It. Gordon, of the county of Fulton; and tliat it is in full ueeonl. In regard to said nomin-ition, with the Central Demo cratic Kxo.-iitlve Committee of Georgia, as anomie, o by its Chairman at the opening of thU meeting. 2. J*e«olved. That wo Invite ail the good ami true ot all parties, cordially to unite with us. to secure Ids election and thereby place the State in the hands of those who will preserve her honor and advance her every welfare. Resolved, That wo sinecrcly regret the ncccs.-dty that Pas caused the w ithdrawal of Judge Irwin, whose election, had ho not been deelaied ineligible, seemed beyond a doubt, and in w hom the people of Georgia have the high?"1 confluence, and whom th-y will yet delight to honor. \ . A. Ga-klll, Ksi|., moved the. adoption of thi- report, and supported his motion wltli a lew remarks, when in one long unanimous “ay e** the motion wa* sustained. After the leading of the report of the committee. General Cordon was escorted to the stand by a special committee of live, wherein- wa* welcomed by Judge Caba- liMs, amid the wildest enthusiasm and cheers of the uudlence. General Gordon, then, after accepting the nomination which the meeting had be stowed up..i, him. addressed the audience In a spccel, of an hour and' q half, of w hich we give the following extracts, not having the .-pact* to report it lit full: I am gratified at tin* large assemblage before me. i- ir-t. Ucuusu il affords sue an opportunity I might not otherwise have had, of meeting in tills audience with friends and acquaintance*. attachments for whom w ere conceit oil under circumstance* that tfled in'-n—attachments that are hal lowed t»y the pa-t and endeared to my heart, .“ccund and mainly, because the large numt»er present shows I'm* there is no ground loi tne charge Ot against this jicopic. I have »teaill.i«iSy believed that the iH-nplc of this snlioti, as in every other section of the blntu, are gov erned by a prudent, consistent, and digni fied course. 1 call you tcliow-eoiintrynieii. though It •com* almost a iimekcry, w hen so many of you are deprixeo of tlie rights of cttlzen- ahlp. Never lw» so much been conveyed ' III that uhra-c us 1 mean to-night. Not only follow-countrymen, because reared beneath the witne sky, but because bound togetiicr by the higher and holler ties ot associations ol the recent pail—a past which u Itli ii« i> still a living past—a past which, though titled with devastation and defeat, is in many respects a glorious and un Immortal |msu tlie history of w hich, . when trutbiuliy written, will be Billy un- * fisrstood, and. though written In blood ot ' 1 the dead and the tears of tho living Will kindle with pride Hie heart of every son of the South, of every friend of liberty. When, therefore, l address yuu us fellow-country men, 1 do so with all ihe Increased aeah i,earnestness and solemnity our tad and sol emn circumstances warrant rtie In feeling. No martyr ever sullered at - the stake—uo soldier ever volunteered In <|ef two of a - cause—imt even l*etcr the llertnlt, In his ^grUKudetn rescue tlie Holy Sepulchre—was ever more ituprcR-cd wltli Ills rttponilblll- ty,than lam lii«uldre*dngyouoo the is- toe* before the eonutry. Hithrrti) It matteteu vfery little to the pie of overy section of the Union recognizing tho Constitution as the law of the land. We could then fed as If we were once more beneath the frame work erected by our fathers, once more in the poIttkxU diply of holies"—in the very Templo of Liberty itself. What heart docs not grow weary of the present, and sigh for tho past? How are we to get bock? Tliat l« the question. What do we States with military power, and attempt ing now to fosten upon your State poverty, ana trouble—with universal negro frage! The adoption of their n would Inerease your poverty. God knows when tho last artillery told tlie defeat of your cause, defeat found you poor enough; your property destroyed, your field* ralntd, your circulating medium blotted from ex istence, your fathers, hast winds, sons, broth- era shrouded in their soldiers* bUoktU, has permitted to exist a party which beneath the green sod they bad died to ue- igtiores the Constitution, and tlie rights of fend! Is not this picture sad enough I tue State*; which u**umes‘iu the legislative But adopt this Constitution, and elect bad, all tliat belongs to the other departments; unscrupulous men under It and all Un which Insults the Executive of the Gov- evils will be tripled, eminent; which tramples under its un- What do you need to recuperate your lost heeding feet the sacred urns of the dead! property? You want capital to Improve Did I say Trovldenceliad thus afflicted us? \ your soil ami develop your resources. If Xty, my countrymen, must not the spirit i you adopt this Constitution, and elect Bul- hlch actuates such a party hav# (bund Its lo ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY now behold ! An inscrutable rmldeira era^tort „ uerul prosperity. to thuw who w«ro to coin, after, w liiuli party wu hi the ascend- tne)'. Pardon rue It.r saying that I wu born iimler Wliln Inllneuee, .ml rabed an tler Whig Rtt«|i(lv«. While I, never sp- . proved of tunny of the measures of the nd by eon-tliutronal llutip.—end whllo I ah.ill ever re-pert It, memory, what tluJI " eay «r It- great nut»gontot—that party iMimIII itv. Mind t> which ww look for ilver.u, t>h lietaoernoy. springing from mu-, . .yul intcUci'U. the Constitution !t; synonym of everyth! alive, tby power lifted In defetiio of ’, to thee we look as our only HHm— the p.ist, and our only hops hip tho fU- )h. that this unhappy; torn and I try could return to • tf'“ -*" 1- n these two parties titutlon as the supremo law itch actuates such a party have found Its birth place in a different locality? Whst of this Hadical party? Of Its tlves? JU advocates? Its means? It Is not very charitable to sit In Judgment on other men's motives, but permit me hereto say. that If they are not malicious they are nt least selllxli. Have not you Just been tol<l that their solo motive was the Reten tion of jwwer. Their * ringleider-thelr bell-wether. by the jingle of whose bell they nil follow, Thnd. Stevens—declares himself that they arc outside of the Consti tution. They nave cost the old ship of State loose from all her moorings, with nothing to guide them save their own passions and prejudices, tho promptings of their own blind intellects. Whst says their organ, published at tho Capitol? it pro nounces, with unblushing effrontery, tlie Constitution made by your forefathers to secure and protect your rights—this sacred instrument which was to guide tlie coun sels of the nation—as no more binding than the resolution* of a county meeting l Isn’t it reck teas to disregard all law, to be gov erned by passion and prejudice? 1 want >u to understand what kind of a party It that has such motives and such advo cates? In Congress you have been told who they tire. Are they in a majority at the Norm ? No, they are In a bad, reckless minority. They are not the brave men that met us iu the field uud fought for the Constitution and the Union. Until the distinguished soldier, w ho commanded the armies ot the North, recently Involved himself in the meshes of political Intrigue, he was not with them. 1 have it from his own lips in this city. He said that the sentiments of the Soot hern people were not one lithe us objectionable to him os wore those of Radicalism. Jitter than that he said (and there were witnesses who heard him): he said If he were the President of tlie United State* he would see that the Southern States were represented in Con gress or not taxed. He dees not talk so now. 1 leave you to guess the reason why. But I tell you that up to that time you could not llutl a single soldier in the United State* army w ho thought so. The men who seek to oppress us were never in the army—never smelt gunpowder—never beheld tlie spcciucle of valiant battalions ns they wheeled in tlie charge or gathered fury in theatia* k. 1 hey follow iu the rear of their soldier* and seek to inangle the bodies of the dead. and. like the vulture, bear aloft on their polluted wing* the polls of the battle. Ho much for I h ir advocates nt the North. Now who are they :u the South? Gener ally they were i lie most earnest in our cause when the star ot our country was iu the ascendant, hut who deserted u- in tlie liourof gloom and disister. I do not often deal in |n*r<onalitic*, but ;»ermittnu to say a few word* iu regard to some of tlie most prominent of ihut party. Take one man from our sislcr city (Mivuiinah). I will not tell his n.ime, but will say tliat it com mences with ll-o-puiul ends with k-i-n-s. wins in conversation with one whom lie thought a Kmllcul. said that “we are going to fix tilings so that we w ill keep (N»*ses- sion of all tlie office* for a long number of years.’* Another candidate lor Congress, a real recent convert, said, iu presence of a distinguished gentleman, that ail they wanted with the relief clause and home stead Mil was to get a hold. That Is ail they Want—to letain power. Oh l wiml must be tlie heart ot that man who, in view of the terrible rc*|M>ii»lbUities resting il|K>ii him. could lliii' trille with your in terests in till* your hour of trouble and misfortune! I would a* soon trille with the dust of my ancestors. 1 am willing to admit that some good men, with patriotle but very mistaken no tion*. advocated reconstruction. Blit lan guage cannot tell tint scorn 1 feel for that mail who would trille wiili your Interests or sell you for power. But 1 am not done w ith my biographical sketches. Tneru is niiothcr, 1 am pained to say— a man who owes much to Georgia—who was born among you. yet to-day, to-night, advocate* tlie election to tlie highest office In the Stale, of a man wnom ho had de nounced a* one who would bankrupt the State it dieted! Ho. s he deny U? If he doe* I will bring the proof! 1 have no heart for comment, lleavo i Itn to your judgment. One more uud only one more. There I* _ gentleman here hi your midst, about whom 1 wan. to tell you something, but 1 will not vouch for the truth of It, as I am not a fighting man. 1 don’t wish to get lip a fight. Tiere i* a rumor In Allauta, how ever, that Col. Bullock was In the habit of altciidlug bulls—colored halls—and they did aav that he danced! But 1 don’t be lie! e it. it is a malicious slander; he don't dance! I have the evidence of a col ored barber who saw Uol. Bullock at the ball, and he says that the Colonel didn't dance! It’s u great secret and you muxn’t tell It. 1 needn't cautluii the ladlcaon tuy right. They never tell anything! hut you musn’t tell it. The burlier was very Indig nant at the Idea that Ills candidate wouldn't dance—“all lie did do was to be introduced to the eoloietl ladles !** This Is a free, an awftfl ftee country—and “every mantohla taste.** But Isn't it sad that men, candidates for the highest oilier* In the State, should thus electioneer for votes 1 Oh! Georgia I fair iilaee of in. birth l burial place of my dead! land of Crawford, ot Bartow, and other Illustrious names! how wo could mourn over thy deplorable fate! Men of Georgia! eun you consent to elevate such a man to that high |H>,ition as a represen tative man of this grand old Common wealth t Will you ilu it ? No! 1 can an swer for you. No! never! Now I am done with the b ographlea, ami will Ulk to you about their measures. • • • ?. • Have nothing to do with theta; like the fabled tree of Ind, they have al ready filled the air with poison; their roots lock under It, will you get c.pitul, Vr'licn It ni thought you would l« ratorea to all your right* million, of money would have conus here, but roll ran fret non* now, not Bran from Thailcleiu SUyen. him- aelTl Uo and they will tell you “we can’t Inveat our money lu any country whore the Dower to raako and ulmloliter the law' da taken from men Tntercatcu In the prop erty or the (State, and s,'bmi to the Ignorant and the vicious.” (So much lor moner. You want Immigration, don't you t Well, you cannot get that. I've tried It. Go to Pennsylvania, to the West, to New Eng land, or even acros. the broad Atlantic, to tho banks of the Nile, to Ucrmany, even to England, and what will Ira tho re ply! “Wecannot live in a country where wo will be forced into social equality, which D consequent ujxm political equal ity, with colored pcopie." I will say to the men of Georgia, of all colors and shades of opiuIons—whatever may have been your past jioaition—if you can get your consent to vote for the new Constitution, let me api>eal to you to elect men true to your Interests and true to the Interests of Georgia, and 1 tell you who may vote for It, even Loyal I.caguen, If you are willing to come and help my peo ple and save them from these people at a distance—to tlie rescue of the white pcopie —1 shall call you niv friend even though you may have been bom at Skowhegjon— though your Inftuit feet may have trod the Ivleontlls of Maine or the snow* of the White Mountains—1 shall call iou my friend and brother. On the other hand. It matters not whetucr you may have been born In the sunny South and have been so impatient to go Into the contest as to seixe upon Federal forts before the ordinance of secession hud been passed—yet If you arc against me upon this grave question of my salvation, of my honor—if - on are against me on this question. 1 must and can but regard you a* an enemy lo me, to my peo ple and my State. [ Long and enthusiastic applause. After the meeting adjourned, tho band proceeded to the National Hotel and serenaded Gen. !>. II. Hill, who had just arrived in the city. From thence it re paired, first to the residence ol Gen. Gor don, and gave him a serenade also, and os our reporter left the party, they were re galing themselves at Kenii)’s Ale Depot. Tint nii'E.tnntiAT riii ti.. nr. Jo tin ton'. ** Circle*’ Itrcord. TWIIMOftY OT THE PRESS OANO, We make the following synop&l* of the proceedings of the Impeachment Court on the -I tli: Wm. N. Hudson. former!, Cleveland Leader. (Hcpiihli! gas, Tho next the F me!" tinned there w friend, bv tho.. SwUnt thepeoi the Col were then nexteem given for Congtew.: Alter —" of liUn voice url,cl out. If” (Laughter Iu court.) ilon I nfcollcctwu julteu inlred, •‘Wlll jou |io.r nice were taken Up nml oon- > minute.. All thUllmo diiAnion; cheer, by the itdcnhaml counter Dinin '; ly omioMxl to him. The !(l hi. utuition, ..king hitu for Id. c.UM nml for mu . of b|s country. There l of “yes, yes; go nil.'’ The ‘ Inijulreil. when, under ..jqui «ny clrcunMtince* he bad violated tlie Con.titutlon prbls country, to which there WM erle.of.’Jilvcr, never," and contluucil cheer*. Thekat Interruption was when Mr. Uewatfiname was mentioned, and there were Pmc« for Mr. Howard. The traitor. There were eric, of “TTiail. Ste ven.." The Prulilcnt inked, “Why do you i’I not *—*» tsci’j O"" -" \yendefl I’hll- m. Upef" ThMnSerc wer,cheer, end III—es. wfTne President proceeded to snv that hav ing fought traitors nt the South, lie would fight them North. Then there was cheers and liUm. There ww aUo cries when the President said ho would do tills by the help of the people; there wort cries of “We won't give It.” fho Interruption con tinued In tlie shape of cheers, hisses ai d cries of the tame s rt throughout the •peeeb. Daniel C. McEwcn testified that he was a reporter of the Ncp Fork World, nml wu with the Preside it on Ids tour. The wltneu stated that li dictated the n|icoch to the other reporter! it the telegraph olllee at Cleveland, and that together thev made a report of It which f us given to Mr. Go- bright, agent of the .Wsoclnted Press. There waa a great deal of foufusiuii and noise; expression, of Ill-feeing and temper on tlie part of the crowd, nitl the President ap peared to be exclted.l They cautioned him about getting mad. tho words used were. 'Don't get mad. Anil ." Edwin B. Stark wnlsworn and examined by Mr. Butler, and tittllied tliat lie waa, in September. 18GU, en editor In Cleveland. Ohio; was present oil tho occasion of tlie President's speech at [that place, and re ported jDforthe Cievihiud Herald, lie re peated substantially tin testimony of lor- raer witnesses relativd to the speech reier- red to. In the course tif which lie sold: There was again applat-e and Interruption, and the President welt on: “ Have you not the court? Have you 1 not got the courts? Have you not got the Attorney General? Who u your Cliicf Jiidh e who lias refuted to sit at the trial ? " 1 Tiere were then some Interruptions and applkusc, and he said: l am not the prosccutihg attornev, 1 am liter of the paper,) was examined ns to the ol President Johnson from the butcouy of the hotel In that city. Iii the early part of Soplcmbcr. 1802. which witness reported, with the as sistance of unoth.-r reporter named John son. It was a verlniliiit report, excopt lu |s>rtions: n part win ruDuM.i. nml a part substantial. The reject distinguished the {tarts which are not vcrhntitu from the parts which are. The President was fre quently interrupted by cheers and hluea, and cries triuii tho-c opposed to him. The llrst Interruption to tin-I'resldunt occurred when he referred to tlie name of General Grunt, and said hu knew that a large num ber of the crowd de.ircd to see General Grant ami to hear what lie had to say; wiiertmjion there were cheers for General Grunt, and the President went on. Th, next Interruption occurred u lien ho spolta of the object of Ills vi.it, and alluded to the name of Stephen A. Douglass; then there were cheers. The next series of Interrup tions occurred at the time the President used this language: "1 was phiccd on the ticket (meaning tne ticket for the Preal- deucy) with the distinguished citizen now no more;" whereii|sui there were cries of “It’s a pity.” "Too had," and “Unfortu nate.” Tlie President proceeded. “Yea 1 know there are some to say ‘unfortunate.' ” The President went on to say It waa Ibrtn- natu to some that God ruled on high. The next Interruption that occurred was when the President remarked that if hi* prede cessor* had lived, etc. When this remark was madia the crowd ret|a>nd«l, “Never, never!” and gave three cheer* for Con gress. The President w cut on to say, * 1 came here as I was juissliig along, and be- the jiurj.ise of exchang ing called on for t ■ ' »»”— _ Chief Justice. Interrupting. Mr. Manager, do you uiiderstuud that the wlt- its It to read this speech? Mr. Butler. No, sir; he la skipping whole paragraphs, and he la only reading where thelnicrruptlqu* came in. [Towlt- nern.1 Just use the latter words of the President. Whiter-When the President remarked that he come here for the purpose or ascer taining what was wrong, there were cries of “Yon are"—long continued cries. The President Inquired, later lu hi* speech, who could put bis fingers un any act of the President devlatlugfrom the right; where upon there were cheers uud counter cries of “Near Orleans,” lung continued eriee That ery waa repeated often—breaking theaanteneeaof the President Into para graphs. Then there were cries of “Why not hang Jelf. Davis?" l'he President re sponded. “Why not hang Jeff. Davis?" Then there were shunts of “Down with dm.” and other cries of “Hang Wendell Phillips." Tlie President said. “Why not you hang him?” Tho answers were,“Give us an opportunity." Tlie President then weal on to ask. “Have you not a court and an Attorney General? Who la the Chief Justice, end who is to sit on his trial r Laughter In the court.] There were then have token d uqi lu evil ami malice, and If we now, without compulsion, pluck and eat the milts, we will meet, os we deserve,. ‘ “i. They nre dethroning all tliat la I la trying to break np your and good, and enthroning all that to; Then there were erica or “I. •ant and had I This aught to bt suf-: crowd. Then there was a v« nterruptlons t» groans and cheers. He JtoPjjetdt Mhul upon your Congress that - _ J ought to be sup.: crowd. Then there waa a vo!m\ “Don? get clentto Induce every man to vote down so mad.” The President, said, “l am not ncient to induce every man to vow down so man." roe president said, “I am not OTA g- vl dual of the “Vermont maple their policy. It lias already afflicted ton 1 mad.” Then there were litoscs and two or sugar" sold in Boston comes from Cuba. do—I calli lug to break np the point there was Interruption and confusion, and there may have teen words uttered there by the President which l did not hear, but 1 '-link not. Then the President went • a ■ ' say, “But let the prejudices Mr. Butler.—Go on to the conclusion, where you reported that accurately. Witness, commencing a little before where the spcclIicaSJoii continence —" The PreVldent noii the' Behensions. wMac);," of Uie Cincinnati Commercial bps again had a confidential “confab” wltli the President, aud lie edifies the read ers of Unit paper with the details or what "A. J." said.: Xv|dently “ Mack " has got ten Jerry Black's place iu the President's confidence, and if “ Hack ” to to lie believ ed, he is die repository of the Executive secrete, In Ills letter,“Mack” aayalie found the PrvshVtht in 'poed spirit!, from which we are tv Infer that he liad taken something. "The president was alternating between hope and fear." They finally got Into con versation, aud strange to say, the President epekssif the impeachment trial.” But we will givo aome extracts ftom “Mack's” letter! BKN. Bl’TUnt * # Naturally enough tlie sifbjeet or General Butler cuiuo upon Sunday evening, a* the town wu* full of rumor* about the great *|hhm'Ii to be made tho next day by that di-ttimruidied gentleman. I n*kcd the 1'ardent if Butler hadn't applied to him In 1303 for a Labi net office ? “Nu," lie *:ihl. * Butler himself never did, but bl* friend* did it for blin." A strong movement wm? made to get Butler In Stanton'* place, nml beeuu*e It didn't succeed, Butler lias Itccn pretty sharp after me ever since. Tho idea was to put Butler in the War Office a* the first step toward reorganizing the Dein >- crude |Mirty with such men a* he at the head of IL" rORNKY. I inked the President if Forney wasn't on the same tack with Butler iu the matter of reorganizing the Denim-ratic party. - Yes," lie said, “ He was; and lie (Forney) begun to grumble os early as December, 1n»4—junt alter the Presidential election— because Democrat* like himself liad been negleet* d and badly treated during Lin coln’* first administration. The first thing be did was to write me a letter, hoping that when I came to the Vice Presidency I would give him tlic control of some pa tronage i but he said belonged to the office ol Secretary of the Senate, but had of late yearn Ik-cu given to tlie Sergeant-at-Arm*. lie hoped 1 would change tliat. T lieu when I became'President he was still more im portunate for something or other that he wanted, lie always wanted something. He thought he could take charge of me and control everything, and when I wouldn't let him do that lie quarreled with me. il.'I* a mighty small man to quarrel with. ..null it wa* worth while, 1 could very ca.-ily show the motive of hi* opposi tion to me.” ••AlJ 1XTKREM THOMAS." Much of tlifi conversation last evening related to the testimony already adduced on behalf of the prosecution. 1 remark ml to the President tlmt they hadn’t yet shown that General Thomas spoke from any au thority from him when he talked of using force to eject Stanton. “No,” said he, “and they won’t show it either. On the contra- y, it w ill appear, before the trial is over, .... , 1 warn-al bln to l-Cvery careful how says: “In hhJillii* y/u farewell to-night. I he prueertlnl. as I Wahttil everythin* done will ask you, tvlth all the pains that Con- quietly anil jieaceAilly, for no other lint- grass hs* taken to calumniate and malign | I****! tlia" lo test the teunra-of-ollice law me, what ha* Congress done Y lias It donej ihoma* m '-ius to be u queer old gentle anything to restore the union of the States? man. emPiiiuod the 1 resident. "He hai but to the contrary, has it not done everv-1 acini very xtnmgo*y in parts ol tin* mat uring to preveut it ' And because I Kami t* r. But tlie lad I*, lie got a little rtfrtthtd no was I uid when the rebellion coiiunctimk! over hh* ap|HUiitnient at first, ion know I have been denounced a* a traitor. My hmv it U with these military men—how countrymen, here to-night, w ho has much stj Ic they’ like to put on, and how Muflered more than 1? Who ha* run) judeh fus* thev like to mukfi, andI bow they greater risk* than 1? Who has borne| l*ke to»h»w tiieirauthority. Well. Thomas more than I ? But Congress, fae-1 ^ very h‘g when lie got to I* Secretary tlous, domineering, tyranleal Congres*. has undertaken to poison the minds of the American people, and create a feeling lie against me. " ik. far were Mr. Johnson words. I have completed tlm sentence here ill this fashion: “In consequence of the manner ill whieli l have distributed the public patronage." Those were not Mr. Johnson * woru*. lint a eondensuiion In a summary way. The Cleveland Herald at that time was what was called Johnson- Republican. Some called it Post Office Republican. The editor of the Herald hud the post office at the time. Mr. Butler said he proposed to offer the Leader's report of Mr. Johuson's speech, as •worn to by Mr. Hudson, which was ob jected to by Mr. Evurts. After a long debate, the yeas and nays were demanded upon the question as to the admlslbilltv of the report of the Cleveland Leader. Tlie vote was taken uud resulted— yeti 35, nays 12. So the report wa* ad mitted os evidence. Mr. Butler—I now offer the report pre pared by Mr. McEwen. Mr. Everts—Wc make no additional ob jection. Mr. Butler—We now offer the report in the Cleveland Herald; Is there objection to that? Mr. Evarts—U toon tlie same principle. Mr. Butler was procct'ilinu to read the report, when It wss agreed they should be all considered as read. On motion of Mr. Ediniimto, tho Senate, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, ad journed Ull to-morrow nt 12 o’clock. The chair waa vacated by the Chief Justice, and wu Immediately oseumed by the President ore* tew. Mr. Anthony moved to take up the fol lowing resolution, offered by him several days ago, Mindy: That the presiding officer be authorised to admit ton seat on the door tbercjMrtur for the New York Associated Press during the trial of Impeachment. After pan skiers bto discussion on the relr jeet. In which Messrs. Ferry and others ex pressed themselves against the resolution, and after several motions to ailjouru had Mr.Tnimbcll suggested thst some other business bn taken up, It being mtnlfsst Uut the Senator Atom Connecticut aud were strenuously opposed to the Hr. Sumner—-Natio." Mr. Bherman moved tliat the Senate ad- ol the Court wee rendered, desty- BtowJrvttfn brtrfwritten oplBlon. J* ... 'S? JWS».Tiw rtihiii views vertowi at ’iota* Hw Ungthvarg J*vsl, JfaraAWt,') of War! Irtanton hud treated him pretty sharply on some occasion*, and here*, In* llioiigbt. wa* ti goml chance for him to -how hint-elf a bigger turn than Manton. lie felt hi* im|M»ruiiee that day very much, uii'i was so imieli elolttl tlmt lit r.ni around telling every Ualy what he would do. Well, now If he meant to do anything very bad, lio wouldn't have talked so treely about it. Men genet ally don’t mean wim't they xuy when they brag a* much u* lie did. But xo far from nutliuriziiig hint t»* u*e force, 1 sent for him tlmt morning, while hi* np- ]>oiittmetit wa* being made out. and talk. t1 to him in lid* very room, to caution iiiut to proeeed quietly. When hi* eouilllios.on and rttanton’* removal were tttudooir, I pul them down on the mblo here, and said t-» him: “Now, this tiling must bo done very carefully ami very regularly. Hen* \< your commission, and hero l* Stanton's removal. You will keep tiii* and xhow It to Stanton. I to (dtanton) w LI get the notice of Id* removal. You had better take some btnly with you when yon go to the War Office, to u*e a* a witnc.-C* In ease tfiaro Is any trouble." Ilu wcut over to the War Office and talked to Stanton, und came back to me in a few minute* very much rejoiced. He said he hud seen Stanton, that It wts all right, and that hu would get posMeosion of tlie War Office Just as *oon a* Manton could pack up hi* paper*. Hu full that he was Sucre- tarv or War and a member of the Cabinet, ami ull that: and I never saw tt matt more elated over n position in my life. Bn; tho first thing ho knew, Manton had reconsid ered hi* do termination to pock up ami leave, und thu uext time hu called at the War Office the trouble began. However, thu whole thing wlU be t l and up as tlie trial progress*. It will lie shown that 1 not only didn’t authorize Thomas to u*> eitUur UirusUor forco. but that lu fact I warned him agaiosf both, and told him to proceed cauthmsly and quietly; and in piusuneu of* witness Of course they can't hold me responsible either for what Gen eral Timm** sold, or tor whst he did. Imio- nuudunt of my orders. Suppose I ordered ffm.ua* to gQ * Xtw York on b«.lnext, aud that 1m wank down to tha Railroad de pot with a company of sohliore and seized a train to take him acre, would I ht ro- spoudhlu for that outpimply becatuw I had onforad him to Now York? Certainly not; ami neither am l rmpoMtbla lw whM lie did or wdd outolda or#njr Aldan In tho mat ter of the War Office^ Went exproasad dlsappolniment and rogr t lu Urn appointment of Thomas; hut he thought all the trouble atom* from the fact that Thouia* got “refrcshol ” over Ms pro motion, and leit xo big nt tho Idea or being atwvu every body el« |u thu army, that he hardly knew how to contain lilmrolf. He thought that the fuel of Ms being found ut a masked-ball, that night explained a i good deal t»f it, und was it>*-lf an explanation ot Thomas' “gUtod" uouditlon. Among other things the President tnoti tloncd the charge made against him of L ,u.^ l WW)Wfi.a -'T 1 Tho President said he wss perfectly willing they should Investigate Ills condi- tlon on that trip. The public had been lod ton is ended. to be.ievo that Jte was IriUixleafed til the way, from the tfinc hu left Washington till he got back. But let them , take tho trouble to find out, and they would dis cover tlmt that was a great mistake. “They’ll find out at any rate, that I didn't urink half us much as one or two others, about wIiohu condition nobody dare* to gay a word." "I tldnk I can gtios* the name of one of them," *%kl I. “Didn't he go from Cleve land to Detroit, and wasn't It anuounccd wittiagreat lloui Mi of truiup«‘U that lie had left your party in dUgu»t?" “Yes." replied tne President, “he went to Detriot: but it wasn't bci'Niis?” hr wa* dh*gu»tcd with my iiolil c> at ull. in fact, lie wasn’t In a condition to know muclialKmt politics Just then." Thu Fiesldcnt seemed to feel quite vexed f° v «r he n flection tliat he wo* the only one who was ace used of hliarity on that circle trip. “It's very strange." said lie, "thut some men will tie nhiise«l like the devil fordriukULg a glasa.of whisky aud water. wNffo oHrar* hr eqnatlylraportant stations may almost roll in thu gutter*, nml not a word i* .-aid about it. It Is so of dif ferent men in Congress. Sonic of them are ahu*eil a* drunkard*, if they are seen drunk once, and others are drunk all the time, und not a word i* said uiiout it. So It i* with me. Tlie people have been told all sort* of lies alxiiit me in this particular, but there ha* never been anything proved against me, though they have tried Rotten enough. Out ot ull tho witnesses exam ined about that trip of IriGfi, there Is not one that proves that I was drunk. _ But the people are told it through the press and |M>litician*—in thu newspapers and on the stump—and I have never taken the trouble to deny it. Yet the tnnn to whom I have lust now alluded, has been In this very room so drunk that he couldn't stand i*u hi* leg*. I’d like to know why I'm abused all the time for what I don't do, and wbv never a word 1* said about him for what lie doe* do. It I* a very queer *y>tcm of moral*. 1 think. Mack" then take* the responsibility of informin'; thu public of the quantity of whi.*kv drank by the President: it 1*. perimp*, worth while to add that it i* a fact susceptible of the l>o«t of proof that hi* Mggtegate consumption of spirit uous liquor* in tlm past year lias not amounted to a pint in excess of the wine ho lias drank nt state dinner*." From the general tenor of the letter. It I* almost InijHis-ihle to tell whether lie Is try ing to make s|»ort of the President, or has made a terrible blunder In publishing a lot <* illy falx which lie state* actually pass ed bet.veen himself and Mr. Johnson. Nkuiio Mkktino at Whjtk Bi.rrr— A t 1.1 U i on.MKD KUK TIIK “I’KOTKCTIOX OVTI1K Kiikkumhx."—A meeting of the freedmen residing iu the neighborhood of White Itlu11. wa* held yesterday at White Church. There were alnmt one hun dred person- present, males an female*, mid the pre-Ming genius of the occasion wa* the Black ami T n Ellen. At half past one o’clock. i\ m.. he called tlie meeting to or der ami nominated a negro a* President, who was duly elected, lie then said that he wa* tr Scefttar.v or till* District" and pro- no-cd Mni*elf for Secretary on tld* occasion, lie llit-ii made an address to the people, and told them tlmt they 11111*1 form a Club, and about sixty, of both m xc-, went forward and gave in their name*a* member*. Kden next announced tliat tlie Club mu*t have a name, ami suggested that of tlm soighum- *vrup colored pat riot. A. A. Bradley, and the Club decltletl to be called after that Itn— ate lawyer of Sing- ■'Ing. •r a wlilHjwred consultation among those nres«-iit. Lden went outside and told lierlfl’ Cole, who was in attendance, that 1.- service* were no longer needed. After ilu 1 depamircofthisollleer Kden made it vio lent amlincemlhiryharangue to the negroes, peaking to them in language calculated to nilatne their woret |Mii*Toim. He told them that they wcr. now formed into a club for the protection of the freedmen, nml that (hey limit have their rights, and other talk of tlie same calibre. Many of tho*e present were armed with shot guns ami nm*kets, and the clnbls wc suppose, one of a nunilM>rthat Bradley and Lucn uro forming; nml of which. Bradley’s t is. that iu the event of a detent at the polls, they will march into Savannah aud -eize their right*!— NartfuatiA Jtepublicaiu Uh. _ Mali. Boninn Ahiikutiid.—Several days ago one Wm. Join**, lately appointed a Po*t Office Route Agent on the Selma, Rome ami Dalton Railroad, broke open six registered letters bettvrenSeltnaantflfella- ilegn, uml Jumped off the train at Wllsen- ville. He u a* arrested on Sunday In Tal lapoosa county end brought to this city where I e ha* been put in Jail by tbeUmtcd titatre Marshal. . Thi* Jones U a one-legged man, who wa* given a coffee stand in the market house last year by tho City Council, and wiio ran away in a fow days for obtaining money under false pretence. Ho turm-d tip at .Vtlatita at the opening of the Recon struction Convention there, and was elec ted ono of the door-keepers of that body, lie obtained a recommendation from the Convention, and was appointed re* 1 ® agent between Selma and Rome. He had been on the read about a week w;hen lie committed the robbery for which he is now In Jail. Ho will probably senre the Statu at Wctumpka.—-Voatpowiery AJver- liscr, 7lh. ' Gkokou ItArnsT Coxvmcnox,—The next session of tho Georgia Bap tist State Convention will l« hehl with the First Baptist Church, of this city, on tho Jlth Instant. ... . ... The following named railroad companies have been heard from, and cordially of re to pass delegates for one fore, viz: Georgia, Macon and Western, Macon and Aagasta, South Western. Atlsute and Wosh-ifalat. Atlantic and Gulf. Delegates will pay IhU fore coming to tho tbiiventlbn. and Will return free, on pnewnrin* ccrtlficmtcs of mcml»T»lii|> I'ruitt tlie offleen or tin >Osn- ventiun.—CuHslituUuwUsU OeiVc mu truly .nrry to learn that Jwlxe William K. Griffin, «TMorgan. Cal- himii ■••unity, while out huntingimonrarn- Inx l.u( week on CUckasawbatclice crock, wa- dipt hy a ftuedman, who tototook him. a, ho said, tor a bear. T)te ncanj.carrlf him home, ami In a ftwr hotit* lie Mfoathnl hi* last. Judge Grlffln wa. a prominent ami iafiitentlal citizen, aad has filled toady ‘ tba -pao- HT Western Iowa pap gras,hopper, sre bcginali _ appearance, and tear are j they may do much damage ben