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ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XVIII.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10,1866.
NUMBER 40.
Dffkli) intelligencer
PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
I*roi»rIet'«r.
ATLANTA GEORGIA,
Wednesday, October IO, 1866.
The New Bra-Change In Proprietorship,
and In Its Kdtlortal Conduct.
I n the New Era, of yesterday's issue, we notiee
the amiouneement of a change in its proprietor
ship ami editorial conduct, over the signature of
Samuel Hard, its present Proprietor and Editor,
from which we make the following extract:
“In entering upon the editorial management
of this journal, we do so with a vivid conception
of the responsibilities resting upon us. The po
sition of every exponent of political tenets and
creeds is at this time somewhat critical, but wc
have never shrank from our duty, and do not
propose to do so now. While we shall strenu
ously advocate calm and thoughtful discretion in
ull matters of public interest, we shall in no wise
favor laying aside one iota of those high-born,
manly principles which have hitherto character
ized us as a people. A lost cause by no means
implies a lost character, and wc will freely con
tribute our mite in endeavoring to improve the
future by the practical teachings of the past. A
properly conducted newspaper is an institution
in itself, and we enter upon our varied and com
plicated duties with an abiding confidence that
the masses will judge righteously, and that our
motives and interests will not suffer in their
hands. We shall endeavor so to conduct our
columns as to make the paper an interesting and
welcome visitor in every household, and shall
frankly ask thnt support which we may merit
from a liberal, intelligent and enterprising public.
“Politically, we honestly and cordially accept
the “reconstruction” policy of “President John
son,” and recognize in him the champion of
civil liberty, the hope of the nation, and purpose
to stand firmly by him, so long as lie upholds
and sustains the Constitution, with that unwa
vering fidelity which has hitherto characterized
his patriotic and statesmanlike administration.—
In this ominous hour, when the hearts ol brave
men seem to sicken and fuint in contemplation
of the dark and im|>endiug future, it is cheering
to know that a harrier, in the person of “Andrew
Johnson,” stands as a monument of granite amid
the hurricane that encompasses him, threatening
the demolition of the Constitution, law and
liberty.”
“To the Conservative press of the entire coun
try we send kind greetings, and extend the right
tiand of fellowship.”
Most cordially do we welcome Du. Baud into
the r,i>rps editorial of Georgia. Our best wishes
too atteud him in his connection with the At
lanta press. This gentleman does not come to
the “Gate City" unheralded, nor does lie come a
novice in journalism. To the Southern Press hi
lias long been known—lie has made liis mark in
his day, and we doubt not in his conduct of the
"Era" he will add to his reputation as an inde
pendent and able journalist—one devoted to the
interests of the South. ITis salutatory, if we
had no other, is evidence of his political sound
ness, while it breathes a spirit that cannot hilt
commend itself to our people in this, and every
o.lier Southern community. We tender "the
right hand of fellowship" to our new compeer,
and as w T e journey along together in our profes
sional career trust that each, while emulating
the other in liis efforts to promote the public
good and to advance the interests of liis own
journal, will ever recognize those professional
and social amenities, in the absence of which the
profession is degraded.
Dr. Bard has our best wishes lor success in
his conduct of the New Era.
Stum' mountain Female College.
The proceedings of a meeting of the citizens
of “ Stone Mountain,” held on Monday last, will
he found in this morning's issue of the Intelli
gencer. These proceedings, as the reader will
perceive, indicate the existence of a lively inter
est, on the part of the people of that favored
locality, in the cause of female education, and a
determination on their part to do all in their
power to establish an institution in their midst,
devoted to that end. By invitation, we were
present at the meeting, and were much gratified
at the spirit manifested on the occasion. Per
haps there is no point in the State that possesses
greater advantages for the establishment of a
female seminary ttiau “ Stone Mountain " does.
Accessible by railroad, a healthy and salubrious
climate, the purest water, at the foot of the great
natural curiosity of the South, and adjacent to
a large district of country in which there are no
female schools of a high order, the proposed en
terprise, it accomplished, must prove one of the
most successful in the State. The site selected
for the institution is a most eligible and attrac
tive one. Upon it, there is already erected a
building which improved with an outlay of
some $1200, may be used as a dormitory, or
for other purposes, and attached to it some
two hundred and fitly acres of good land, well
wooded, for the purchase of which arrange
ments are now in progress. A fine rock,
well of pure, cool water, is upon these premises,
while some hundred yards distant is one of the
boldest springs of most excellent water, to be
tound in the State. Altogether, this site is most
admirably adapted lor a female seminary—di
rectly at the foot of the mountain, in a romantic
spot, away from the business portion of tbe
town, and yet convenient to it and the railroad.
The render will also perceive, from the proceed
ings ot tlie meeting, that two gentlemen have
been designated to take charge of the proposed
seminary—tlie Rev. H. O. Hornady, of this
city, ami Mr. W. B. SeaiA recently of Talbot-
Um. Tlie first muucd gentleman will be tendered
the presidency ol the institution; the last, one
of the professorships. Each of these gentlemen
is eminently qualified for the position assigned
him. The first enjoys a popularity with, and
possesses tlie confidence of, all who know him.
The second is one of the most successful and
popular teachers in our State—a gentleman of
large ex|x'rience and scholastic attainments.
Wc trust that this enterprise will succeed, and
that ere long we shall have the pleasure of an
nouncing the fact that “ Stone Mountain Ie-
malk College " is one o! the educational insti
tutions of our Stale. It will he so, it the people
at that point and its vicinity will it, and go to
work to establish it. It they study their own
interest, and the interest of their town, they will
not hesitate a moment in pressing on the good
work to completion. Much credit is due to the
gentlemen there who have inaugurated the en
terprise. Let them not taller by the way!
A Washington Sensation.—The Baltimore
American's Washington correspondent sends liis
paper the following scusaliou :
There is a painful feeling abroad, irresistible
bv reason of many corrolioralive Circumstances,
that the President's mind is more or less affect
ed by tbe cares of office ; that be has been in a
morbid condition for mouths past is the belief
of many. This is realized more particularly by
those who are in almost daily intercourse with
him, aud it is thus his best friends account for
his many vageries and inconsistencies. A close
observer could not have failed to notice, when
the President returned from his recent trip
West that his countenance indicated great
mental tribulation; liis smile w as torced and
unnatural, and it evidently requited an effort to
appear at ease. Tlie tear ot impeachment, a
lingering doubt as to the success of his policy,
ami lienee a failure to be re-elected—an event
u|Kin which bis heart is unquestionable set—
and, above all, the dread of assassination, are
constantly before his mind s eye.
The Proposed Constitutional Amend
ment.
We desire to-day to direct tlie attention of our
people to the proposed constitutional amendment,
and to offer also some comments thereon. This
we deem called for at the present time, as efforts
are being strenuously made, through those two
Northern apostate journals, tlie New York Her
ald, and tlie New York limes, to deceive the
South in regard to it, and to persuade the several
Southern State Legislatures into an acceptance
and ratification of the amendment when they
shall next assemble. What impression these ef
forts of the two journals referred to will make
upon the Southern iniml, we are at no loss to
determine. We can confident 1}' assert for Geor
gia, and for its State Legislature, that tliei’ will
have none. Perhaps a few timid men may be
frightened into its acceptance, hut the great mass
of our people will continue to reject it and in
struct their representatives in tlie Legislature to
do so. Indelible would otherwise be the dis
grace ; no people could survive the odium that
would attach to such a surreuder of manhood
and of honor. But to the amendment itself.
Following tiie enacting clause we have—
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in
the United States, and subject to tbe jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United Stales, and of
the State wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United Slates, nor shall any State deprive
anj’ jierson ot life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law, nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws.
There can be no mistaking the provisions ol
tins first section of tlie proposed amendment.—
Georgia is by them called upon, first, to recog
nize the naturalized, or native born negro as a
citizen of the United States, and of the State;
aud second, the negro being a citizen, tlie Slate is
required of her men iri/l and accord to recognize
his equality with its white citizens, as well as to
do, what she lias already done, protect him be
fore the courts in all his civil rights. Is Geor
gia prepared to ratif} r this section of tbe proposed
amendment ? We answer for her people, no !—
a thousand times, NO ! It may be forced upon
her, but it will not be self-inflicted.
The second section provides that—
Representatives shall be apportioned among
the several States according to their respective
numbers, counting the whole number ot persons
in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But
whenever the right to vote at any election for
Electors of President aud Vice President, or for
United States Representatives in Congress, Exe
cutive or Judicial officers, or the members of tlie
Legislature thereof, is denied to auy of the male
inhabitants of such State, being tweuty-one
years ol age and citizens of the United States,
or in any way abridged, except for participation
in rebellion or other crime, the basis of represen
tation therein shall be reduced to the proportion
which the number of such male citizens shall
hear to the whole number of male citizens twen
ty-one years of age in such State.
The plain English of the foregoing section is,
if Georgia shall refuse suffrage to the negro, her
representation in Congress shall be reduced to
the proportion which the number of such negro
“citizens” shall hear to tlie whole number of male
citizens twenty-one years of age in the State. This
limitation, too, may he forced upon our good old
common wealth and its white inhabitants, hut it
will never he voluntarily assumed. Socially and
politically the distinction between tlie two races,
which the Creator indelibly impressed upon
each, will not he removed by any act of a South
ern people, or body [lolitic. In freeing the slave
in guaranteeing to him liis civil rights; in giv
ing him protection to life and property, Georgia
has done all that ought to be demanded ot her
Honor and self-respect demand that she shall re
ject what is required ot her in this second sec
tion of the proposed amendment , and her Legis
lature will reject it.
The third section provides that—
No person shall be a Senator or Representative
in Congress, or elector of President or Vice Pres
ident, or hold any office, civil or military, under
the United States, or under any State, who, having
previously taken an oath as a member of Con
gress, or as a member of any State Legislature,
or as an executive or judicial officer ot anj r State,
to support the Constitution of tlie United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the same, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof; but Congress may, by a two-
thirds vote of each House, remove such disability.
This disfranchising section, says Judge
Sharkey, of Mississippi, iu a recent letter, “ is
sweeping in its effect, for there are few who have
not in some way or another taken an oath to
support the Constitution. Such a provision would
be so contrary to the theory of our Government,
and so oppressive towards a very large class of
the population of the Southern States, that, it
cannot be supposed that those who proposed it
could have entertaiued a hope that it would be
accepted. They ought to have known, too, that
such a provision was calculated to endanger the
existence of the Government, as revolutions may
always be expected, sooner or later, from acts
which disfranchised tbe enfranchised class."
In Georgia the adoption ot this section would
operate against tbe great body ot its w hite citi
zens, embracing all its public men, leaving the
State to be officered by irresponsible and incom
petent men. The saving clause, to-wit: " Con
gress may by a two-thirds vote of each House
remove such disability,” being as it were but
another Trojan horse thrown in to deceive.
Wliat true Southern man can trust to the justice
or mercy of a Radical Congress ?—to a two-
thirds vote of any such body? Humiliate and
degrade ourselves in that vain hope? “ Oh! the
shame, the shame," to think of it for a moment!
The fourth section reads as follows;
The validity of the public debt of the United
States, authorized by law, including debts in
curred for the payment of pensions aud bounties
tor services in suppressing the insurrection or re
bellion shall not be questioned; but neither the
United States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur
rection or rebellion against the United States, or
any claim tor the loss or emancipation of any
slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims
shall lx? held illegal aud void.
The South has never yet disputed the validity
of the public debt of tlie United States; it never
has, and never will raise the question of repudia
tion. Shelias been foretd to repudiate her own
debts; for that history will justify her. But to go
further now, indeed, of her own will, would be
degradation.
Then conies the fffth or closing sentence of tlie
proposed amendment, to-wit :
“ The Congress shall have power to enforce by
appropriate legislation the provisions of this ar
ticle.”
And wliat may not Congress do in its “ power
to enforce by appropriate legislation the foregoing
provision of the proposed article?” What limit
is there to the power this section bestow s upon
it ? Well may the same learned and patriotic
Judge from whom we have already quoted say,
•• Should tlie amendment become a part ot the
Constitution, we shall have a tar different gov
ernment from that inherited from our fathers. —
Then indeed will the Sun of Liberty have set in
the South.
We have made this brief commentary upon
the proposed constitutional amendment, and pre
sented it, section by section, to our readers, for
the reason that it and its effects upon the South,
are being misrepresented in this and other South
ern communities. We caution our readers
against such misrepresentation, and especially
do we caution them all against the dehtsice hope
held out to them that it will be better to accept
the amendment lest worse may come. What
can be worse than tlie Northern radicals pro
pose now to inflict upon the South? Thad.
Stevens, Horace Greeley, Wendell Phillips, all
declare that with the ratification of tlie proposed
amendment, they are not done—that more, much
more will be demanded of the “rebel South.”—
Be it so, but let the chastisement come from them;
let it not be self-inflicted !
•lodge James L. Dunning and “The Whole
Truth,’’ versus Cray Jacket.
We have received the following communica
tion, addressed to us through tlie office of tlie
Lntelligencr, which we return with the hope
that the editor will publish, that the “ whole
truth ” may be told:
Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 2, 1866.
“ Gray Jacket:
Sir: In your communication, published in t lie
Intelligencer of this date, relating to “Mr.
Wm. Markham,” you make a reference tony-
self, in which you say that “ I refused to do work
for the Confederacy.” Now, sir, so far as tlie
mere statement of a fact like this is concerned, I
care nothing about it whatever; hut, if you make
tree with my case to prove your position, you
should have stated all the truth relating thereto.—
But had you done so Me "wholetruth" would have
ruined your argument. Could you not afford to
tell the public, that for refusing to do work for
the Confederacy, I was imprisoned ? In conclu
sion, and for the liberty you have taken with tny
name, I ask that you publish this communica
tion. Respecifuliy, Jas. L. Donning.
Such is the comment of the Honorable James
L. Dunning, citizen of, and Judge of the Freed-
men’s Bureau of Fulton county, and member of
the late Radical Philadelphia Convention.
Judge Dunning says: “ Could you not afford to
tell the public, that for refusing to work for the
Confederacy 1 was imprisoned?" We certainly
“ cannot afford ” to make any such a statement
as at present advised. Judge Dunning was ar
rested and imprisoned aliout fourteen days in the
Kile building, not for refusing to work for the
Confederate Government as he intimates, but, as
it was alleged at the time, for holding secret
meetings at ins private residence, tbe object of
which was to give aid and comfort to the organ
ized enemies of the South. This Judge Dunning
denied, and after I icing in durance a tew (lavs,
was liberated. Such has always been the received
version of llie case in this community. How.
ever, if it should become a matter of any great
importance to Judge Dunning, the Post Com
mandant ordering his arrest, can doubtless state
upon what grounds, or for wliat reasons.
“For the liberty taken witli the name” of
Judge Durmiug we trust no offense has been
given ; as we certainly would have asked liis per
mission had lie been in the city; but liis protract
ed absence in attendance on the negro suffrage
Convention at Philadelphia, led us to suppose
that lie had abandoned Georgia, at least for the
present, aud had attached himself to Brownlow’s
troupe, the Niggerelronie; and being not unlike
the spirit of old Jolm Brown was inarching
along.
Simple justice requires us to say, however,
that this community, with one voice (quasi Union
men excepted) are willing to accord to Judge
Dunning, good citizenship, political honesty, and
rare consistency. Of the numerous parties
claiming to he good Union men in Atlanta,
none ; yea, not one Uas the consistent, outspoken,
and unspeckled record of James L. Dunning, the
efficient Judge ot the Freedmen’s Court of Ful
ton county. The gray jackets all admire Judge
Dunning for his consistenc3 r aud candor, and
are ever ready to accord to him the honest ex
pression of liis sentiments. Trusting that lie
may survive all attacks of negrophobia ; and feel
ing profoundly sensible of the honor conferred
in tlie grateful recognition just tendered us, we
remain, profoundly impressed,
Gray Jacket.
Tlie President Still Stands Firm.
A special dispatch of recent date to the New
Orleaus Times, from Washington city, contain
ing the following information, is published in
that paper:
“ I am authorized to state positively, that there
is no truth in tlie report that the President will
modify his policy. He maintains that under the
fifth article of the Constitution amendments can
not legally be proposed while a 113' State that de
sires representation in Congress remains unrepre
sented. Amendments having been illegally pro
posed, it would he in violation ot liis oath to sup
port them. He also contends as firmly as ever for
the Constitutional right of tlie Southern States
to representation, and says there is not power
enough on earth to move him from these posi
tions. The relevancy of these suggestions is ap
parent at this time, because of efforts making to
induce the belief that tlie President was about to
abandon liis policy.”
We have never doubted the President’s de
termination to stand firm by his policy for the
restoration of the Southern States. The venal
Herald which first give out intimation to tlie con
trary, and then recklessly affirmed a change in
the President’s position, has been forced to take
back all it has promulgated in reference thereto,
aud is now “ begging the question” in articles
apologetic aud whiningly suggestive to the
President as to what he should do when Con
gress assembles. A bad counsellor Ben nett has
often proved himself. He is a man, too, of had
faith. None can trust him, and it would be
strange indeed if Andrew Johnson did or
would.
Tlie Election* In Connecticut.
The following telegraphic item appeared in the
Nashville Union & American of the 3d instant:
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 2.—We have returns
from one-third of the town elections of yester
day. The Democrats and Conservatives* have
made decided gains over the Republicans in
Glastonburg, Sunsbury, Somers, Middletown,
Canton, Granby, etc. Where strict political lines
were made the Republicans were defeated, and
every one of these towns were gained to the
Democrats and Conservatives.
This does not indicate the existence in Connec
ticut at least, of that groundsicell which was to
ensure Radical success, and the defeat of the
Democrats and Conservatives in the forthcoming
elections North and West. As the Democrats
and Conservatives are as earnest in the States
that hold their elections on Tuesday next, as
their political brethren were at the recent town
elections in Connecticut, we are not without hope
that at least partial and flattering success will at
tend their efforts. It is worthy too of special
notice, that wherever strict political lines were
drawn in the recent Connecticut elections, the
Democrats and Conservatives came out of the
contest victorious. This is the way to fight the
Radicals—squarely, openly, boldly, upon the issue
they have made. There should be no temporizing
am'where North or South; no timidity, no luke
warmness ; above all, no faltering before the bul
bing and bragging toe. Upon the supporters of
the President's policy of Southern Restoration
in the forthcoming elections much depends.—
God give them the victory!
Dan Rice.—Dan is really a candidate for Con
gress. He lives at Gerard, Pennsylvania. His
neighbors say he is a good feliow ; that he has
been a public spirited citizen; a friend of the
widow and orphan; and that he has grown rich
enough. Dan announces that he is tired of be
iug a clown, and wants to be a Congressman, be
lieving there is but little difference between the
two positions. He will probably be elected.
Make Haste Slowly.—Nothing is gained by
intemperate haste; nothing lost by prudent wait
ing. “ Time and patience change the mulberry
j into satin.”
Shortness of the Cotton Crop.
The Columbus Enquirer states that the receipts
of cotton at the three principal Southern sea
ports for September, 1866, as compared for the
same month with 1 Sat), show an aggregate aver
age of uot more Limn one-twelfth. The fol
lowing is the Enquirers statement:
New Orleans.—Receipts of September, 18a!)
140.000 hales; of September 1866,10,496—only
a little over one-fourteenth the receipts of 1859.
Mobile.—Receipts of September, 1859, about
46.000 (three d:i3’s in tlie early part of the month
estimated;) of SeptenAier, 1866, 3,498 hales—
about one-twelfth of the receipts ot 1859.
Savannah.—Receipts ot September, 1859,18,-
300 bales; of September, 1866, 8,487 bales—
nearty one-half the receipts of 1859.
The Enquirer further remarks that “all the
lines of transportation that existed in 1859 are
now in operation, and the water communications
have been better this year than then. In addi
tion to this, there never before was such a pres
sure upon planters to sell their cotton as there
has been this year. If want of money could
lium- the crop forward, that stimulus lias been
greater this year than ever before. The onl3’
consideration that might make the crop later in
getting to market this year than in 1859, is the
backwardness of the crop, but that is a condition
that seriously affects vis amount, and is another
fact suggestive of a v< .-y short crop.”
We agree with that paper in its conclusion that
“these figures are proof undeniable of the great
incorrectness of tlie higher estimates of the crop
of this year, and of the greater accuracy of tlie
very smallest estimates made.”
„ Farmers’ Tax.
lit “ Peterson's Philadelphia Counterfeit Detec
tive and Bank Note List," forOctober, instant, wc
find the following important information to farm
ers throughout tlie whole country, based upon
decisions which have recently been given b3’ the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washing
ton :
First. Farmers wifi not be required to make
return ol produce consumed in their.own imme
diate families.
Second. The farmer’s profits from sales ot live
stock are to be found by deducting from the gross
receipts for animals sold, the purchase mone3'
for the same. If animals have been lost during
the 3’ear b3’ deatli or robbery, the purchase 11101103’'
paid for such animals may be deducted from the
gross income of the farm.
Third. No deduction can be made by the far
mer for the value of services rendered by liis mi
nor children, whether lie actually pays for such
services or not. If his adult children work for
him and receive compensation for their labor,
they are to be regarded as other hired laborers in
determining his income.
Fourth. Money paid for labor, except such as
is used or employed in domestic service, or in the
production of articles consumed in the family of
the producer, may tie deducted.
Fifth. No deduction can be allowed in any
case for tlie cost of unproductive labor. If house
servants are employed a portion ot the time in
productive labor, such as the making of butter
aud cheese for sale, a proportionate amount ot
the wages paid them may be deducted.
Sixth. Expenses for ditching and cleaning new
land are plainly expenses for permanent improve
ment, and not deducted.
Seventh. Tlie whole aniouut expended for fer
tilizers applied during the year to the farmer’s
land may be deducted, but no deduction is allow
ed for fertilizers produced on the farm. The cost
of seed purchased for sowing and planting may
be deducted.
Eighth. If a person?sells timber standing, the
profits are to be ascertained by estimating the
value of the land alter the removal of tlie tim
ber, aud from the sum thus obtained deducting
the estimated value of the land on the first day
of January, 1862, or 011 the day of purchase, if
purchased since that date.
Ninth. Where no repairs have been made by
the tax-payer upon any building owned by him
during the preceding five years, nothing can be
deducted for repairs made during tlie year for
which liis income is estimated.
Tenth. A farmer should make return ot all liis
poduce sold within tlie year, hut a mere execu
tory contract for a sale.is not a sale; delivery,
either actual or constructive, is essential. The
criterion by which to judge whether a sale is
complete or not is to determine whether ihe ven
dor still retains in that character a right over the
property; if the property w ere lost, or destroyed,
upon which of the parties, in the absence of any
other relation between them than that of the ven
dor and vendee, would the loss fall.
Tlie Georgia State Orphan* Home.
We have been requested to publish the follow
ing proffer made to the committee on “ The
Georgia State Orphans Home,” by citizens of
Atlanta, which we do with pleasure:
Atlanta, Ga., Oct, 1, 1866.
To Messrs. W. B. Johnson, Bichard Peters, and Henry
Hull, Jr., Committee, Macon, Ga. :
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, citizens of
Atlanta, beg to tender you for the purpose of
erecting suitable buildings tor “ The Georgia
State Orphans Home,”
one hundred acres of
land, within three to four miles of this city.
John J. Thrasher,
W, W. Boyd,
T. T. Smith,
C. A. Pitts,
Richard Peters,
W. B. Lowe,
Alfred Austell,
S. B. Hoyt,
McCamy A Co.,
Joseph Thompson,
N. L. Angier,
R. J. Cowart,
P. P. Pease,
R. P. Zimmerman,
Wm. Solomon,
M. R. Bell,
Wm. W. Clayton.
S. J, Shackelford,
Gnthrie A Co.,
S. B. Scudder,
Thos. W. J. Hill,
A. Verdery.
L. J. Glenn,
J. T. Porter,
T. S. Garner,
F. P. Rice,
E. H. Williams,
P. E. McDaniel,
Lewis Lawshe,"
A. W. Mitchell,
R. J. Massey,
John Collier,
Joseph E, Brown,
William Ezzard,
John W. Duncan,
Lucius J. Gartrell,
J. D. Gilbert,
Talley, Brown & Co.,
W. P. Moon,
Wm. Herring,
Oox A Hill,
W. R. Phillips,
E. B. Sasseen,
H. Sells,
A. P. Bell,
R. C. Robson,
B. D. Smith,
G. W. Adair,
Perino Brown,
Marcns A. Bell,
W. F. Westmoreland,
J. J. Morrison.
Jared Irwin Whitaker,
V. A. Gaskill.
Can the President be divested of his Pow
er before Convietlon ?
The Louisville Courier asks this question, and
assumes the negative, and argues it at some
length in an able manner. Tlie following is the
slimming up of its views :
But the Constitution, unfortunate^', does not
leave the question in doubt. Section IV, of ar
ticle II., declares that “ the President, Vice-Pre
sident, and all civil officers of the United States,
shall be removed from office on impeachment for,
and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high
crimes or misdemeanors."
It will be observed that, before the President
can be removed from his office, he must not only
be impeached but he must be convicted. It is
equally manifest that to deprive him of his au-
thorit3’ is tully equivalent to his removal trom
office, for the ‘functions and powers with which
the President is invested are the very essence of
the office, and without them he is nothing. If it
is argued that though his functions are suspend
ed between the time of the arraignment of the
President at the bar of the Senate and the date
of his conviction he is still the President, we re
ply that his oath requires him to execute the
office of President so long as he is President,
which again upsets the theory we are endeavor
ing to controvert.
In any possible view in which the subject can
be examined, it seems clear that the President
cannot be divested of his authority until he has
been convicted of crime and ejected from his
office.
Arkansas.—Reliable authority reports the
crops of Arkansas good, and planters talking no
politics, but all about cotton. A great deal of
cotton has been picked, but requires ginning and
pressing, and many planters have not yet erected
their machinery.
The law requiring the two per cent, to be paid
in the district where the cotton has been raised
stops for the present the influx of the new Ar
kansas crop. In some cases planters have the
money to pay the tax. Steps have been taken to
remedy the evil.
[communicated.)
Proceedings of a Meeting at Stone INoou-
tain.
October 1,1866.
At a meeting of the citizens of this place, J.
L. Hamilton being called to the Chair and J. W.
Scruggs requested to act as Secretary, the follow
ing committee of arrangements, consisting ot
E. R. Dean, H. P. Wooten, J. S. Heronton, W.
W. Veal, G. P. Bradley and J. W. Scmggs re
spectfully submitted the following, to-wit :
W hereas, Being persuaded that Stone Moun
tain affords one of the most eligible sites for tlie
location of an institution of learning, it being ac
cessible by railroad, as well as affording an abun
dance of pure lree-stone water, and all the ele
ments for health and convenience—
Resolced, That we respectfully ask the co-oper
ation of any and all persons who may feel an
interest in the promotion of this our object,
to-wit: The establishment of a female college
of high grade. That we earnestly recommend
tlie speedy organization of a Board of Trustees,
consisting of fourteen members, whose duty it-
shall be to make all necessary arrangements lor
a permanent organization for the establishing of
said institution as speedily as possible.
On motion, a committee on business was then
appointed by the Chair, consisting of G. W Lee,
W. S. Heronton, H. P. Wooten, James Millicau,
E. R. Dean and G. K. Hamilton, who respect
ful^' reported that—
Whereas, A suitable site and building has
been procured and tendered for Stone Mountain
Female College.
Resolced, That we respectfully recommend the
acceptance of the proposition for the same, and
cheerfully recommend the appointment of tlie
following gentlemen as trustees, viz:
Rev. James McDonald, B. P. Yea],
Rev. F. Maddox, Lewis Tumlin,
J. T. Meador, Vi. Vi. Veal,
Turner Goldsmith, J. L. Hamilton,
H. P. Wooten, S. B. Wright,
W. S. Heronton, J. B. Stewart,
E. R. Dean, - Thomas Johnson.
Resolved, That from a sense of high regard
and a strong assurance of their qualification and
experience, we would respectfully recommend
that, tlie Rev. H. C. Hornady be tendered the
Presidency ot this institution, and a professor
ship to Mr. W. B. Seals.
Resolved, That F. W. Quarles be appointed
Corresponding Secretary.
Resolved, That the Trustees aforementioned,
meet at this place on Saturday^ tbe 13th inst., for
tlie purpose of effecting further arrangements.
Resolved, That tlie Atlanta and other papers
throughout the State favorable to the enterprise,
are earnestly requested to give this publicity.
On motion, the report of the Committee was
received and unanimously adopted—after which
the meeting adjourned.
J. L. Hamilton, Chairman.
J. W. Scruggs, Secretary.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Public Improvements.
It is very probable that the Legislature, at its
next session, will determine to build a Peniten-
tiary at Stone Mountain. Should this be done,
tlie chief occupation of the convicts will be
quarrying and finishing granite for building pur
poses. The effect of this must be to cheapen
this fine building material, and to cause its intro
duction into most of the towns and cities of the
State. It will be of great advantage to the city
of Atlanta, and will be the means of redeeming
its muddy streets and crude side-walks, and con
vening them into safe and agreeable thorough
fares. The State itself will stand in need of
prepared stone at the present seat of govern
ment. No one now urges a removal of the Cap
itol, which is becoming quite accessible. One
small improvement, a short line of railway, is
required to make Milledgeville all that is desired
for a seat of government Let. the State see to
it, that a road is built Irom Madison to Eatonton,
if need be, out of the public treasury. If no
Railroad Company will build this much needed
link of railway, it should be built by the State,
tor the public convenience. The survey of the
route crosses no water, is on an unbroken ridge,
aud is about twenty-three miles long. It ought
to he built at an early day. Who will deny its
utility ? Middle Georgia.
The Russo-Amerlcan Alliance.
The recent alliance between the United States
and Russia, whatever significance may be at the
bottom ot it, is exciting no little consideration
among the diplomats and leading journals of the
old world. The French press seems to be par
ticularly exercised on the subject; and tlieir
conclusions are, in some instances, extravagant,
it not expressive of apprehension and alarm.
The Paris Temps states the case as follows:
The two countries which have now formed an
alliance have had reason, at the same moment,
to look upon European diplomacy as hostile to
them. The real coincidence which unites them
is the coincidence of their hatred to such a diplo
macy. This a.liance is not a direct menace; it
lias not yet entered so deeply into the inner sen
timents of tlie two peoples as the orators of
Moscow have made it appear; but it « a warn
ing, of which we should take notiee. We are so
much attached to the fictions of traditional
polic3’, and the banquets of Moscow warn us
that, sooner or later, terrible changes of power and
influence may take place in the world.
To this warning note of the French press, the
New York Herald, equally wild and extravagant
in the other direction, responds:
Those changes are not tar off. Our war, and
the immense development it gave to our military
resources, has placed us foremost among the
powers of the world. With a slower growth,
the Russian Empire is also gaining in strength
and solidity. When Canada comes into the
Union, and' the Hudson’s Bay Territory passes
into our possession, Russia and America will
absolute^’ touch each other, and the Collins over
land telegraph will bring us into the closest com
munication. The great events will follow. In
New Archangel, the capital of Russian America,
our allies have a naval station ot the very great
est importance. Recent indications have shown
that the East India and China trade are rapidly
gravitating into the California route. A fleet of
American-built iron clads at New Archangel,
with some of those improved guns we are now
making on board, would contest the East India,
China and Pacific trade, and place British and
French commerce at the mercy ot Russia and
the United States, and render ns the arbiters of
the world. No wonder that the growth of Rus
sian power is watched with unconcealed anxiety
in Europe, and that a proposition of the United
States to bny a small naval station in the East,
has called forth vigorous protests from both
England and France.
“ When Canada comes into the Union, and
the Hudson’s Bay Territory passes into our pos
session.” When the sky falls, we shall probably
catch larks. We respectfully submit that it
would be as well to get back the ten Southern
States, now out in the weather, and settle onr
little domestic difficulties, before we commence
extending the “ area of freedom,” either in the
direction of Baffin’s Bay, or toward the Terre
del Fnego.
Very Well Put.—Some one writes both
gracefully and forcibly:
i I would be glad to see more parents under-
| stand that when they spend money judiciously
i to improye and adorn the honse and the ground
: around it, they are in effect paying their children
j a premium to stay at home, as much as possible
j to enjoy it; but that when they spend moues'
unnecessarily in fine clothing and jewelry for
their children, they are paying them a premium
to spend their time away from home—that is, in
those places where they can attract the most
attention and make the most display.
From the Mempnls Appeal.
Blow Lightly, Winds.
BY LILT LILAC.
O! winds that by my windows moan
This dark and rainy night.
Out* little boon of ye'I crave:
Blow lightly o’er my darling’s grave —
Blow lightly, O, so light!
O, he was all I had to love—
Aud they have laid him low:
They've laid him in a mournful bed.
And placed damp sods above his head—
Then o’er it lightly blow.
He was a flower when here he lived,
Aud If of one ye kuow.
Oh. strew its leaves around the tomb.
And place them there above its gloom.
So lightly as ye blow.
How spiteful ye are blowing now—
I tremble with affright!
Ah, do not let a harsh breath fall
Around the spot where lies my all-
Blow lightly, winds, blow light.
If ye but knew how desolate
My heart is this wild night.
Ye would not let an angry whiff
Blow harshly o’er my little Cliffe,
But blow so light, so light!
Methinks I hear the rustling leaves
Go moaning round his bed ;
Ye’tl frighten liim, ye winds and rain.
And I’m not there to hush again—
Blow lightly o’er his head!
Peace, peace, ye stormy winds, peace, peace!
Ye’ve made me wild to-night;
Cliffe ne’er will wake with fright again—
I ne’er will hush nor soothe Ins pain—
Blow ye so harsh or light.
My darling’s dead aud I’m alone,
All, all alone to-night.;
And down upon my lace I lie.
Praying, O. Father, let me die—
Die, ere the morning’s light!
New York, September 22, 1S66,
Tlie fftagnolia.
A SKETCH OF THE LATE WAR.
“Constance, do you believe in charms, or are
you superstitious?” anxiously asked Angelina
Lyle of her cousin and confidante, Constance
Vernon.
“Why do you wish to know Angy ?” and the
fair gill hesitated to reply.
“Because 3’ou are so much wiser than I am,
and I have grieved so over my broken ring. I
am afraid something has happened to Willie”
and the dark eyes were lilted anxiously, to rest
on the broken fragments ot a tiny earring. “He
gave me this the very day' lie left, just one
month ago to-day. Answer me, dear Con
stance,” impetuouly’ urged the agitated girl;
“what ails you ?”
“Nothing, dear,” she quietly.replied, “only I
was thinking of other days. Your ling was
broken accidentally—carelessly, I think. We
will take it to the jeweler’s, and I am confident
he can soon repair it; but, Angy, I am angry
at my own foolishness. I cannot help it. I
am superstitious, and I will tell what made me
so.”
Angy’s dark eyes grew bright as she drew
a footstool to her cousin’s teet and sat there.
This little gay chatter box loved most dearly
to listen to a story, and from her beloved, re
vered cousin Constance above all.
Angelina Lyle was a merry maiden of eigh
teen. Her father, a merchant in New York,
and when, after the war, he went South and
brought to tlieir home tlie orphan daughter of
his sister, who had lost her all—tlie warm heart
of the girl soon attached itself to her gentle,
reserved and sorrowing relative.
“Four years ago, clearest Angy, I was just
your age, aud a more joyous maiden lived not.
Plenty was around us. My father, you know,
owned a large plantation in Alabama, and there,
without one sorrow, my brother aud I dwelt in
our parents’ home.”
“Our next door neighbor was Colonel Carson,
and his family, like ours, numbered but one sou
and daughter.' Mary Carson was a lovely girl
of eighteen, and she worshiped my brother, and
they were soon to be married. But the war
trumpet sounded, and my father and brother
hastened to the battle field.”
“Albert Carson was then in Europe. He ran
the blockade, and one evening in September he
came home. I was staying with Mary then,
and, Angy, as a woman loves but once, so J
loved him.”
“My soul passed from my keeping to his, and
when he left his plantation to join his command
—for he was a captain—I tied his sash on,
handed him his sword, and only regretted that
I could not fight by his side. The evening be
fore he left, we walked to a splendid magnolia
tree that stood just on the boundary line of our
estates, There, Ang3% we plighted our faith,
come weal or woe, peace or war.
We parted there under the branches of that
grand old tree. Tlie sky was clear and cloud
less ; tlie moon shone forth in its brightest
mood; the white blossoms looked whiter and
the leaves greener than ever to me then.—
Words ol love, that linger yet, he said to me.
At last we promised to meet there, should either
survive the other.
“The battle of Bull Run sent sorrow to many
hearts. My brother fell, and Mary Carson lost
both father aud betrothed there. She became
a maniac, and in an asylum she now lives.
How I stood my trials I know not. I was a
young, thoughtless girl before. My father—my
noble, good, doting father—was appointed to
tlie staff of General Jahnston. He fell in the
discharge of his duty, and my mother and I
were alone. God only knows how we existed.
Our plantation was robbed, our servants were
gone, and we were desolate and destitute. Our
triends were nearly as bad off as we were. One
hope cheered me; one thought comforted me ;
I yet had Albert. He was then a Colonel and
stationed near Mobile.
One night, tired out after a diw of great
anxiety, a battle being then fought, I dreamed
I was standing under our magnolia tree. He
was there. As I approached lie gently chided
my delay, and handed me a half-blown mag
nolia. Angy, God tempers the wind to tlie
shorn lamb. My hero fell before Richmond ;
and still I lived on. Duty to my mother sus
tained me. I was the only tie to a once happy
home left her. My youth is gone, my heart is
desolated,” and the 3 T oung girl placed her hands
upon Angy’a head as she meekly said; “May
God spare this bright young head.”
“I could not live, Constance, and suffer as
yon have,” said Angy; “but only tell me, did
he die the night you saw or thought you saw
him, under the magnolia tree ?”
At that very time and hour, Angy,” she
solemnly answered. “And more, when I
awoke I found the magnolia bud clasped in
my hand.”
“I should have died,” said Angy, starting to
her feet and clasping Constance to her heart.—
My poor cousin, onr loved precions victim of
this accursed civil war. I do not wonder poor
Mary Carson is where she is. Constance, I am
not astonished that you shudderingly say you
are superstitious.”
Perhaps, Angy, I may have wandered to the
magnolia tree an(l plucked the bud ; but I was
several miles from home then, and I never walk
in my sleep; 3’et, one thing I am certain of, my
beloved Dever left this world without the last
parting sigh was for me. I think I saw him.—
My earthly home is now but a probation. I have
lilted the veil once for you, Angy, and now, dear,
leave me to m3' own heart, to still its beatings.—
There comes 3’our M illie, and thank heaven for
its choicest blessings in a 3 r onng, loving soul
ail 3’our own.”
Angy, awed, quietly stole down to Willie, and
the stricken Southern girl was alone with the
memories of those dear ones not lost but gone
before.
The Other Side.—Here is a delightful de
scription of Brazil, given by 1 the “Town Trifler"
of the Louisville Courier. We are not to be un
derstood as endorsing it:
For the benefit of those of our friends whose
patriotism impels them to fly like cowards from
the task of hard work set before the poor, bela
bored South ; who prefer to live a lazy, enerva
ting, licentious life among a lazy, enervating, li
centious people, instead of manfulh' going to
work to place “the old land” on its legs again,
we have carefully collected some im,»ortant sta
tistics of the South American Eden they sigh
for. There ma3 r be found spiders with bodies
two inches and legs seven inches long, that catch
and suck birds ; butterflies that are mistaken tor
humming birds; green snakes just like creeping
snakes, and a lively coral snake with hands .of
Vermillion and black, separated b3’ clear white
rings; monkeys with white hair all over them ;
monkeys only seven inches long ; and owl-faced
apes that sleep all day and are remarkably lively
all Dight. Reptiles, insects, and two-thirds of
the fruits are poisonous; and the birds, though
boasting brilliant plumage, are songless. Take
it all in all, the South, poor, ruined and desolated
as she is, is worth a hundred Brazils yet. Let
those who want to desert her leave. They will
not be missed, and the room they would have
occupied will be filled with better people. _____
A Visit to the White County Gold mines.
Our cotemporary of the Dahlonega Mountain
Signal has recently been on a trip to some of the
gold-bearing localities of liis region, and furnish
es the readers of his clever sheet with an inter
esting account of liis observations. We quote:
On Wednesda3* last we paid a f^’iug visit to
White county, and had the pleasure of meeting
our old friend, Capt. R. R. Asbury, who has
commenced mining in that locality on an exten
sive scale, who politely showed us his prospects,
&c., and we was surprised to see such rapid pro
gress accomplished iu so short a space of time
by this new Compaq-. A portion of their ma
chinery will be in operation in thirty or forty
days, and the whole complete in about ninet3\
which will be ot a capacity to crush fitt3 T tons of
ore per day. A large amount of machine^’ has
alread3' arrived and the remainder is expected to
arrive daily. All of which is of the latest and
most improved style, such as has been tried with
complete success in California.
The mill which is in course of construction is
one of Bullock’s crushers, which will crush from
eight to ten tonsperday; but their principal mill
consists of twenty-four stamps, or pounders, each
weighing about fifty pounds—the engine a fift3 r
horse power one.
We noticed there also the erection of a neat
building for a blacksmith shop, and another
building for a wood or work shop—which are
bountifully supplied with tools of all kinds for
mining and building purposes, aud tlie large mill
house is rapidly going up, which will be com
plete in a few days; all of which work was being
done in a business and workmanlike manner-
working at present, about 30 hands—plenty of
wood cut and ilr3ring, ready to tire up tlie engine
as soon as it is read3’.
They are cutting a large tunnel into the big
hill for draining purposes, which alone will ena
ble them to obtain thousands of tons ot rich ore.
They will also commence taking out ore at other
points of the vein in a short time. It has never
been our privilege to notice a more regular vein.
It varies from four to fourteen feet in width, and
extends about oue and a quarter miles iu length.
The richness of tlie vein in gold is beyond ques
tion. We selected a number of specimens con
taining visible gold, from the heaps of refuse
quartz ot the old opening, notwithstanding, we
were informed that these heaps had been repeat
edly overhauled, and the best pieces taken away
to be crushed and washed. The Captain inform
ed ns that there were other veins on the property
running parallel with this one mentioned, equally
as valuble, but have never been worked to any
extent. The whole of this important enterprise
is under the immediate control of our old and
intimate friend, Capt. R. R. Asbury, whose ex-
perience, as a practical miner, of twenty years
standing, in North Carolina, California and
Georgia, is a sufficient guarantee that through
his indisputable energy and perseverance, this en
terprise is as sure of success as day succeeds the
night.
This company is termed the Lewis Gold Min
ing Company, taking its name from the original
owner, Mr. Lewis, aud is a regular organized
and incorporated company under the laws of the
State of New York.
We had the pleasure of an introduction to Mr.
E. T. Clark, of Brooklyn, New York, H. D.
Ingersoll and D. F. Ormes, of Boston, Mass.,
whom, the Captain informs us, have rendered him
material service in the prosecution of his work.
From their gentlemanly bearing and courteous
manners towards us, we pronounce them refined,
energetic and practical business men, who will
please accept our thanks for their courtesy to
wards ns during onr stay with them, and whom
we wish that success which always attend men
of learning, means, and science—who are wel
come visitors to our country for the furtherance
of its mineral resources.
A Warning to the People of the Old North
State,
The Raleigh Standard, Holden's paper, warns
the people of North Carolina, in a spirit of se
rious solemnity and philanthropic piety, against
the day of wrath now certainly dawning, unless
they adopt the Congressional plan of restoration.
After going through a catalogue of warnings
equally serious and solemn, from the same ever
watchful source, the Standard continues:
And we now warn them, finally, that if they
reject tlie Congressional plan, which is in sub
stance the President’s plan, they will be forced
to submit to a reorganization of the State Gov
ernment, to the confiscation of the property of
leading rebels, to executions for treason, and to
negro suffrage. It is because We deprecate these
evils that we give this warning. “ A prudent man
forseeth the evil and hideth himself, but fools pass
on and are punished.”
May a kind Providence avert these evils from
our unhappy country! But if they should come,
remember that onr skirts are clear. We have
done our duty. We have done it in the face of
opposition and excitement. When negro suf
frage come8,asit will, if these warnings are not
regarded, let no man say that we are to blame for
it. If Mr. Bjavis and other leading rebels should
be banged, and if property should be confiscated,
the whole State will bear witness that we labor
ed to prevent it. Our skirts are clear.
Jnst so, Mr. Standard. Your skirts will not
only be white and uncrimsoned, but there will
not even be the smell of blood on your garments.
But you put it in the wrong way. There is a princi
ple, a sentiment,or a something in the human heart
which rebels at anything like threats, and as the
people of North Carolina may be presumed to
possess this weakness in common with the rest
of mankind, they will hardly pay much atten
tion to the somewhat menacing arguments so lu
minously presented for their consideration. In a
certain contingency the evils of which the Stan
dard speaks may come, but as the Southern peo
ple have already lost almost everything except
their moral manhood and self-respect, it is just
possible they may think it worth while to make
an effort to preserve these as a kind of legacy for
their children when the threatened execution and
confiscation shall have done their bloody and
merciless work. _
From the St. Joseph Union, 22d nit.
Almost on Elopement.
Yesterday morning, at quite an early hour, tbe
family of one of our citizens was thrown into a
state of feverish excitement by the mater familias
who imagined she heard stealthy footsteps on the
hack stairs. The father of the family was
awakened and assured that the house was full of
burglars, and that the family would be murdered
in less than a minute unless something was done.
The old gentleman hastily drew on his pants,
lighted the coal-oal lamp, seized the poker, and
sallied forth in search of the robbers. What was
his snpprise, instead of finding tlie house full of
desperadoes, to meet on the landing his good-
looking daughterof sweet sixteen, dressed in her
Sunday best, witli a band-box on one arm and a
large valise pendant from the other. Father was
of course, in justifiable rage; demanded to know
of Sarah Jane what this meant, and what she .
was doing up and dressed at so unseasonable an
hour.
Jnst at this moment came a tap on the hall
door, and a masculine voice, in a suppressed
tone, sung out-, “Hurry, darling, I’m waiting.”—
Light began to break in on the enraged parient,
and he transferred his attentions to the street
door. Daughter expostulated, begged pa uot to
go out there or he would surely catch his death
of cold ; but pa was unrelenting, and in a mo
ment stood on the porch, confronting a six-footer
with savage mustache and a full traveling rig.
Pa, of course, stormed, ordered Sarah Jane back
to bed, and, for that time at least, a runaway
match was prevented.
The lower was last seen at one of our livery
stables, settling for a two-horse, single-seated car
riage, which he swore had proved too wide for
one and not wide enough for two. Sarah Jane
last evening was looking quite disconsolate, and
spoke of blighted affections and young hearts
breaking for love. We have reason to believe,
however, that she will recover.
Brownlow’s Headquarters.—The official
vote of the election held in Davidson county,
Tennesse, last Saturday, for members to the
Legislature, is as follows: For Brien, Conserva
tive, 1888; Dickey, Brownlow Radical, 522. Ma
jority for Conservative, only I0O6. His most
amiable Excellency ought to feel vastly compli
mented for such a result right under his nasty
nose.
Death at Montgomery.—Mr. L. P. W offord,
a dry goods merchant, died suddenly at Mont-
f mi