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PUBLUIHED DAILY ABO vuiui BT
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
Proprietor*
ATLANTA, GEOEGIA,
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Wednesday, February a, 1870.
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This is an age of sensation, and even the most
cautions and prudent are led away, and their
judgments sometimes warped by those who
manufacture for the telegraph and the press the
sensation news of the hour. Take, for instance,
the special and other telegrams dispatched to
this city and elsewhere from Washington, in re
gard to the organization of the General Assem
bly of this mate; the viewi of the Fed
eral Administration in relation to it;
Grant’s disapprobation of. General Terry’s
course; what General Terry had determined
to do which he baa not done, and never
contemplated doing ; the determination of Con-
greas to stay his and Governor Bullock’s pro
ceedings in regard to the organization of the
Legislature; not one of which has been verified
by passing events, producing, tor the time being
f only an unnatural excitement in that body, and
leading many of its most considerate members
astray, deceiving them as to the actual condition
ot afiairs here and et Washington; and we ask,
uo not the sensation mongers who transmitted
those despatches, and do not the presses which
endorsed them, deserve condemnation at the
hands ot the people lor so deceiving them, in
regard to the true condition of aflairs in the
mate respecting the enforcement of the Morton
Udi to promote reconstruction in Georgia ? .No
later than yesterday morning, the papers of this
city, and of the State, were treated to the fol
lowing press telegram trom Washington :
•• Geueral Terry officially communicates to the
War Department the organization of the Geor-
im& House of Representatives. After a careful
lamination of the law, Gen. Terry says he is
convinced that no authority exists for giving
i he seats of ineligible members to those having
the next highest votes."
And this in lace ot the fact officially commu
nicated to the House by Governor Bullock on
the same day that “ the Commanding General
(Gen. Terry) is decided in his opinion that the
' peisou who. received the number of votes next
highest to the candidate disqualified—being
himself qualified—is legally entitled to the seat;”
while the action of the House ou yesterday in
seating these very members stamps with false
hood the Washington dispatch. We trust that
the season is now over with the sensation tele
graphic mongers, and others oi the same class,
regarding Georgia aflairs, and that the true con
dition ot the State in the determination ot the
government “ to promote reconstruction ” in it,
will be realized, however odious it may be to
our people.
The contents oi the cup presented by' Con
gress to Georgia, and which she Is commanded
to drink, however bitter to the taste, most be
drained to the very dregs. Resistance offered
the infliction is idie, unavailing, and is in
jurious to every material interest of the State
and her suBering people. Perhaps the true
condition oi the State, aud the settled policy of
the government in regard to its reconstruction
is more clearly depicted in the following article
from the New York Herald, than in any other
which we have seen, and though occupying
more of our editorial space than we can well
spare, wo lay it before our readers in order that
they may learn more of the “ situation " than
some of them, especially a few of them occupy
ing seats on the Democratic side of the House,
appear to have yet fully realized:
“ The communication from General Terry to
President Grant, about certaiu Georgia matters,
covers twenty-five pages of manuscript, and is
said to be a very able argument. Gen Terry,
who is a lawyer, reviews in his communication
the wholo subject of reconstruction, analyzing
the powers aud duties of military commanders
tinder the various laws, and arriving, by a long
train of argument, to two very important con
clusions, as follows: First, that as military com
mander ha is vested with lull power to unseat alt
members ot the Legislature who are disqualified
trom holding office by reason ot the restrictive
provisions ot the Fourteenth Amendment ot the
Constitution; Second, that as a necessary se
quence ot the above he has the right to award
seats as members of the Legislature to such
parties as may have received the highest number
of votes next to those unseated by reason of
disqualification. General Terry sustains the
first point by the argument that the intent of
the law should always be taken into considera
tion, and that there can be no question that the
object of the framers of reconstruction legisla
tion, and ol the Fourteenth Amendment, was to
exclude from holding office all persons who,
having sworn to support the United States Con
stitution, and having held office under the Con
stitution, subsequently took arms against our
Government, or gave aid and comfort to the
enemy. If the military commander entrusted
with the duty ot reconstruction is denied the
power ot excluding rebels from participating in
reorganizing the States when such rebels are, by
the Constitution, iorbidden, unless relieved oi
their disabilities, then, in the opinion oi
General Terry, the Fourteenth Amendment
must bo inoperative, and the reconstruction
legislation become a dead letter. General
Terry goes still iurther, and holds that as
to the exercise ol his power ol excluding
disqualified members, it makes no diflerence
whether such members have taken the required
oath or not. If they took the oath falsely, then,
surely, that could not make them any better en
titled to hold office than before the act of per
jury. As to the second point, to-wit, that he
nas full power to award seats to such persons as
roceived the next highest number of votes, Gen
eral Terry contends that it is an absurd inter
pretation ot the law to deny it. All persons
who were in fact disqualified under the Four
teenth Amendment, and received votes for
office could not be sworn in legally; the votes
cast for them were entirely void ; no amount ot
swearing could make them valid afterwards. A
disqualified candidate under the Fourteenth
Amendment, he considered, could not be elected
icgally any more than an idiot, a non-resident,
a duelist or any member of any other class in
the list ol disqualified. Votes tor any such
persons might he couuted, but they should
afterwards be thrown out as blanks and
only the legal votes considered. For these and
other reasous the General contends that ho has
full powers, but nevertheless, he writes to the
President to ask whether in case these views are
put in toice he will be sustained by the Admin
istration. Senators Thayer and Morton, to
gether with Ben. Butler, being apprised ot the
nature of General Terry’s communication, wait
ed upon the President this morning to ascertain
bis decision. The President received them
warmly, and very lrr.nkly stated that he had
very recently said to both Secretary Belkuap
ana General Sherman that his own opinion was
that General Terry should be allowed to manage
the reconstruction ot Georgia in whatever way
his judgment and discretion might suggest. He
believed General Terry to be a sound lawyer,
and that he was better calculated to understand
the -utton of attain in Georgia and to
knc*i course ought to be pursued,
tin any body else. Unless GensrM Ter
ry .mould do something flagrantly in violation
ot law, he ought not to be interfered with. He
(the President) would have been better pleased
bad General Terry not asked at all tor instruc
tions, as be (Terry) was invested to a great ex
tent with absolute power as military comman
der, and should act on bis own judgment, but
as he had asked tor instructions he, the Presi
dent, felt that be was bound to send an answer
to the communication. In reply to a question
trom oue ct the trie as to what would be his
answer to Terry’s communication, the Presi
dent was understood to say that ho would tele
graph Terry that the Administration would sus
tain him in the views contained in the commu
nication. The President further said that he
would see Belkuap and bhennan and have the
answer tent to-day. It is understood that Secre
tary Belknap to-uight telegraphed Terry that
he might go ahead, with the assurance that the
Administration would sustain him."
Extravagance-Tit* Way Uta Hiaaay «»o*.
The sin of the American Republic is extrava
gance. It pervades political and social circles
from one end oi the country to the other, and is
fast demoralizing the people in every state and
condition of life. Economy In expenditures on the
pert of the general government is now a thing
lest sight of, and, unless a change takes place
lor the better, in a very "short time, the govern
ment itself will become ntterly bankrupt and its
securities be mere waste paper, almost necessi
tating a resort to that last and w&rst oi all des
perate measures, repudiation of the public debt.
Take, for instance, the following note of the
gay time at Washington the present season.
“ What,” says an observer of passing events
there, “ with balls, dinners, lunches, and what
not, the extravagance and display in dress and
equipage, were never before equaled. The Pre
sident and his Cabinet and certain Senators are
living in a style of imperial luxury which the
paltry salaries they receive do not begin to war
rant. There is no difficulty in ascertaining
where the money comes from to support all of
this magnificence. The President's salary would
not pay his wife’s millinery and confectionery
bills. The carriages and horsaa in the stables of
the White House, could not be bought for his
year’s salary. The Insignificant pay ot the dif
ferent Secretaries is not equal to their mode of
life. The same may be said oi most oi the of
fice-holding gentry. They are all living beyond
their legitimate incomes, and sober folks cannot
but think that the over-taxed people are paying,
through the taxes, for the music, oysters, boned
turkeys, salads, sweet-meats, wines and flowers
required every night in the “ upper circles” of
the capital. All la not “ lovely “ when a Secre
tary gets' eight and spend# twenty thousand
year. No woDder the investigation ot the gold
ring corruption brings to view so much execu
live shame. The capital is, indeed, an Augean
stable."
And this is the way the money goes; this the
way the money of a people overburdened with
heavy taxation is expended I Was there ever
anything like it in any civilized country that
had just emerged from an expensive, almost
financially, a ruinous war, victor or vanquished,
to compare with it ? Surely there never was 1
What is lo come of it all ? Is there no patriot
ism no statesmanship, no political morality in
Ihe land; no justice to be meted out to its “bone
and sinew,” the hardworking producers who
toil in the field from year’s end to year’s end
and to the industrious in all other pursuits?—
Must the profits ot labor continue to be swal
lowed up, or expended to keep up the swarm of
office-holders, and Congressmen, and the horde
of speculators that throng the lobbies oi
the Nalioual Council, draining the public
treasury, all feasting and fattening, and revel
ling, upon the spoils thereof ? But why should
we complain—we of the South, of whom it is
said that we have no part or lot in the matter,
and must submit to whatever is put upon us
Well, be it so; but the time was when it was
not so, and the time wilt again come, we trust,
when the 3outh will have the right to demand
reform, and when she will have Northern allies
as intent, as she has ever proved herselt to be,
in promoting good government by forcing
return to economical expenditures in every
branch of it, and protecting the public tieisury
from the band ot plunderers that are now revel
ling upon the spoils.
Heavy Damage*.
We notice that one E. B. Phillips, at Chicago
obtained a verdict on the 20th instant, of $20,000,
against the Illinois Central Railroad for personal
injuries sustaiced by the explosion of a locomo
tive belonging to tbe Central depot in that city.
The “ Atlanta. Deutsche Zkitung.”—We
have received a copy of a new paper published
iu this city by Olio Palmer, and edited by Dr.
Ch. Rauschenberg. It is a German paper, pub
lished in that language, maiuly devoted to tbe
interests of the German population in this city,
with a column or so of English. It ha£a neat
typographical appearance, is furnished to city
subscribers at $4 per anoum, and by mail at $3.
We place it upon our exchange list with pteas-
ure, and wish the enterprise much success.
Deatla of Henry P. Merrell.
The Griffin Star says: “ We leant irom the
Newnan Herald, that Henry Merrell, of Caroll-
ton, Gn., died on the 7;h inst. Mr. MerreU was
a good lawyer and a high-toned, kind hearted
gentleman. He was ut the time oi his death,
the Journalizing Cleik of the Georgia House of
Representatives; and has often held offices ot
profit and trust iu his native State. We have
known him ior fifteen years, and now deplore
his death with genuine grief.”
Cost or Fire Department*.
The Fire Department ot New York costs
$ 1,000,000 per annum; ot Boston, $240,000
Chicago, $300,000; ot Louisville, $85,000
of Cincinnati, $353,000; ot Baltimore, $95,540 ;
The loss by fire is less by comparison in New
York ikau elsewhere. New York has two more
engines than Philadelphia. Here are the losses
tor one year: New York, $2,626,393; Boston,
$437,723; Chicago, $1,241,151; Louisville. $990,-
000; Ciucinnali, $447,382; Baltimore, $397,250.
Compared with thise figures, the Fire Depart
ment ol Ailauta— and a more efficient one will
be hard to find in any city ot its population —
a mere bagatelle. Thjs is one branch of a
city’s service that cannot be too liberally dealt
with by city authorities.
Reduction of Portage.
A committee ol newspaper men in New York,
who had been consulting with Postmaster Jones
on the subject, proposed that the postage on all
printed matter sk<>uld be prepaid at the point ol
departure according to weight. This, says the
New York llerald, makes a radical change ior
the better in the system ol furnishing subscribers
with their newspapers; ior heretofore a subscri
ber, iu addition to his regular subscription
money, was expected to pay the postage every
quarter, atid the matter was generally an annoy
ance. When the postage is prepaid on a mass
ot printed matter such as first-class newspapers
send out daily a very palpable reduction can be
made without iniuiy to the general government.
And when we have had a postal telegraph sys
tem the eflect will be to cheapen not only tele
graphic dispatches, bat farther cheapen tbe still
important matter ot letter postage. .
A Great Discrepancy.
Mr. Secretary Boat well estimates the “ wealth
of the nation ’* at about fifty thousand miliums
of dollars. Mr. Commissioner Welles thiaka.it
is about twenty-three thousand millions. For
estimates from the Treasury Department, here is
a somewhat material discrepancy, but what are
seventeen millions of dollars in time* Ilk* these
to a Government like oars which compute!
millions where it formerly coanted by thou
sands.
A .Deritest Compliment.
We see it stated that the officer*, attendants
and employees of the State Lnnatic Assylumhave
presented Dr. Thomss F. Green, Superintendent,
with a handsome buggy and harness. A de
served compliment to a worthy gentleman.
Five Ncktocs Lrarhci,
We notice the following telegram from Nash
ville dated the 27th instant, in the KnovilleiYvM
<t Herald ; * Five negroes were taken out ot jail
at Huntingdon last night, by a body of unknown
citizens and shot for murdering Colonel Cole
man of Carroll county.”
Value or Slow,
The Maine and New Hampshire lumber trade
is likely to be “ paralyzed ” for the want of mow.
A foot of snow in the ^forests of these States
would be worth, it is said, $30,000,000.
The Carterarllla and Van Wert Railroad.
“ The Cartereville Express says : “ We are
pleased with the energy manifested on the Car-
tersville and Van Wert Railroad. Many hnn-
dreds of hands are busy with pick, shovel and
barrow, and already the work is being done on
the other side ot the Etowah, on the Rowland
plantation, over four miles away. Success to
you, gentlemen, President, Contractors, and all
concerned. Track laying will soon commence."
SENATOR SAULS BURY ON PARTIES.
The Eloquent Defence of the Democrat*
s . by a Pemocytle Seaator.
A tew days since, Senator Morrill, ol New
Hampshire, look an occasion to make an attack
upon the Democratic party as follows:
I have nearly as much confidence in tbe reb
els of the South in relation to our financial ques
tions, 88 I have in the Democratic party. I be
lieve that they will support the honor of the
country about as taithiully, perhaps, as will the
Democratic party, and when it comes to the
question ot the emancipation of the colored race
at the South, I believe that the Southern rebels
will be as true, if not truer to the cause of free
dom, than the Northern Democracy.
To which Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, re
plied :
Mr, President: The silence ot the Democratic
members ot this body during this debate has,
on several oc&sions, met with animadversions
on the other side. I, tor myself, air, am tired of
it, or rather, I should say, 1 am tired ot some
things which constantly, notwithstanding our
silence, have been said in reference to the party
to which I belong. There has not been a single
day since this debate commenced that some per
sona, very wise-in their own conceits, have not
seen proper to speak in very disparaging terms
ot the Democratic parly. We have heard to-day
irom one Senator that he has more confidence
in the people of Virginia than he has in the
Democratic party. I do not know what his con
fidence in ihe people oi Virginia is, but his re
mark evidently was intended to mean that there
was not muen confidence to be reposed either
in the people ot Virginia or in the Democratic
rtrttv. I am exceedingly sorry that that Senator
maoo^hat remark, showing his want of confi
dence in two million Democrats in the United
States. Sir, when those two million Democrats
shall hear it, when the telegraph shall flash that
news to them, I am afraid they will be terri
bly pained; I am afraid they will weep at
the idea that confidence from so distinguished
a source cannot be afforded them.
Sir, it is time that such remarks had ceased to
be made in the Senate of the United States, es
pecially when nothing is said on our part to pro
voke inem. Who cares ior tbe lack of cofl-
dence thus expressed / W bom does it hurt ?
Mr. President, when the party to which these
Senators belong have done as much to exalt the
character of this nation, to build it up, to make
it respected at home and honored abroad, as the
Democratic party have done ior it, then it will
be time tor them to insist upon a comparison
between their party acd the Democratic party.
Sir, the Democratic party took the manage
ment of your country in hand when you num
bered but fifteen Slates and some five or six mil
lion people. Every foot of territory that has
ever been added to the United states has been
added by Democratic administration; every
foreign war that has been fought, heroically
tought, every triumph over a foreign foe that has
ever been achieved, has been achieved under a
Democratic administration.
What has the Republican party done that
its advocates should tauut Democrats on this
floor with a want of fidelity to tbe country, or
that it should set itself up as the great judge of
the Democratic party, its policy, and its admin
istration ot the country ? A brief existence of
eight or nit, e years; a land deluged in blood;
almost every acre of your soil lreshened with
graves; a debt amounting to billions ol dollars;
a people crushed to earth by onerous taxation,
and every saieguard ot civil and constitutional
liberty set at defiance, ignored, and trampled
upon—these are its achievements 1
You cannot look at the history ot the Demo
cratic party and charge it with the violations of
the fundamental law of the land of which your
party has been guilty. During the period of
sixty years in. which it almost unbrokenly ad
ministered the aflairs of this Government, it
never arrested one, uo, cot even tbe humblest
American citizen, and tried him on a criminal
accusation except by due process of law. No
man’s house was invaded except under legal
authority, during the whole sixty years that the
Democratic party administered tbe Government;
not one public press was ever suppressed. This
party of yesterday, when they camp into power,
round a Constitution under which the people of
th<s country had lived tor seventy-five or eighty
years in the enjoyment ot all the blessings ot
civil and constitutional librr.y, they lound this
Constitution, made by the great and wise men
who laid the tonudation ot your Government
deep in the principles ot constitutional liberty;
and, without any experience in so great a work,
they set to work patching it up, and patching it
up, until now, if the great men who made it
could rise irom the dead or descend from
heaven, they would scarcely recognize the in
strument which they framed.
But, sir, I will not, unless further provoked,
indulge longer in this line ot remark. It is
foreign, I admit, to the subject which ought to
be the legitimate Bubject under discussion. I
have only made these remarks because day after
day, we in the minority in this Chamber, have
heard denunciations ot the party to which it is
our pride and our honor to belong, by gentlemen
on tbe other side of the Chamber. Sir, it blows
hereafter are given, blows shall be re ceived.
Tht Vbcicte BUI m Parted.
The toDowing is the Virginia bill as it passed
Congress:
As Ac* to admit the Slate of Virginia to rep
resentation in the Congress of the United
States.
Wbuxu, The people of Virginia have
framed and adopted a Constitntion of State
Government which is republican; and
Whereas, The Legislature ot Virginia, elected
under said Constitution, have ratified the Four
teenth and Fifteenth. Amendments to the Consti
tution of the United States; and
Whereas, Tbe pertortuaucj of these several
acts, in good faith, was a condition precedent to
the representation ot theritate in Congress:
Therefore, be it enacted, etc. That the said
State ot Virginia is entitled to representation in
the Congress of the United States, provided,
that before any member of the Legislature ot
•aid State shall take or resume his seat, or any
officer of said State shall enter upon the duties
of his office he shall take and subscribe and file
in tbe office ot tbe Secretary ot State ot Vir
ginia, for permanent preservation, an oath in
the form following:
I, , do solemnly swear that I have
never taken an oath aa a member of Congress,
or as an officer of the United States, or aa a
member of any State Legislature, or as an execu
tive or judicial officer oi any State to support
the Constitution ot the United States, and after
wards engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against tbe same, or given aid or comfort to tbe
members thereof, so help me God.
Or such person shall in like manner take,
subscribe and file the following oath:
I, , do solemnly kwear that I have, by
act of Congress ;of the United States, been re
lieved of all disabilities imposed upon me by
the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States, so help me God, which
oath shall be taken betore and certified by any
officer lawfully authorized to administer oaths;
and any person who shall knowingly swear
falsely in taking either-pf such oaths shall be
deemed guilty ot peij inl and shall be punished
therefor by imprisonment, not less than one
year and not more than Ben years, and shall be
fined iiot less than fig£■$, and not more than
$10,000, and in all trunMbr any violation of this
act the certificate of the raking ot either ot said
oaths with proof ot tbe signature ot either ac
cused shall be taken and held as conclusive evi
dence that such oath was lawinllyand regularly
administered by competent authority; and,
Provided further, That every such person who
Bhall neglect for the period of thirty days next
after the passage of this act to take, subscribe
and file such oath as aforesaid, shall be deemed
and taken to all intents and purposes to bave
vacated his office.
And provided further, That the State of Vir
ginia is admitted to representation in Congress
upon the following tonal mental conditions:
That the Constitution ot Virginia shall never
be so amended or changed as to deprive any
citizen or class ot citizens, of the United States
ot the right to vote wbewe entitled to vote by
the Constitution herein recognized, except as a
punishment tor such crin$s as are now felonies
at common law, whereof they shall have been
duly convicted under laws equally applicable
to all the inhabitants of said State, provided
that any alteration of said Constitution, pro
spective in its effects, majU^e made in regard to
the time and place of residence ot voters; that
it never shall be lawful tor the same State to de
prive any citizen of the United States, on ac
count ot his race, color oi^nrevious condition ot
servitude, of the right to hold office under the
Constitution and lawsot said State, or upon any
such ground to require ot Jiim any other quali
fications tor office than such required oi all
other citizens; that the Constitntion ot Virginia
shall never be so amended or changed as to de
prive any citizen, or cIsr of citizens, of the
United States ot the school rights and privileges
secured by the Constitution of said State.
DECISIONS
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A Hard HU.
The Labor Reform League have had a session
la Boston. The proceedings of the first day
* <-re marked by personal verbal squabbles and
by much queer matter in the shape ot speeches.
One gietleman said:
“I-.ee women in tbe street every day; they
do not weave; they do not spin; acd yet I say
to yon, ‘Solomon in all his glory, was not ar
rayed as one of th se.’ ” (Laughter and ap-
planse.)
A bard bit this, well suited to apply to more
cities than “ the hob ol the universe ”
A Daniels, who spoke at the same meet
ing pitched into Massachusetts in this wise:
“Massachusetts to-day is a whited sepulchre
It is full of dead men's bones and children's
bones. Go through tbe factory towns to day
and see the care worn operatives. Tbeu the
fashionable churches. Ain’t they an abomina
tion to everybody ? I tell those gentlemen who
are so fond ot capital that we haven t begun our
work yet. When we get under way, let them
look out. We are asked why these working
women don’t go into the kitchen. That is a
bard question to answer. It a giri goes into
the kitchen she to sneered at and called tbe
Bridget; but if she goes behind tbe counter,
she is escorted by gentlemen to the theatre,
dined and coiled a lady.’’
Good for Mias Daniels i
From the Memphis Avalanche.
Sketch of ihe Colored U. 8 Senator
From BlMlwippl. .
Seven cities contended for the honor of bang
the birth-place oi Homer. How many will
struggle lor the honor of having given birth to
ReveJs, the colored United States Senator from
Mississippi, is yet an open question. It is un-
dei stood that he tiist saw the light ot day in the
good old State ot North Carolina. He was ed
ucated at Oberltn, ot course, but now acknowl
edges Natcin z as hi9 home.
As suddenly as a rocket darts toward the
heavens has Revela darted >ulo lame. Thurs
day night the telegraph was busy Kith his name.
Yesterday every daily in the United States an
nounced his election. A week ago five thousand
persons had never heard his name; or, if heard,
it was only to be iorgotton. Now it will be the
subject of five thousand “ leaders,” and when
Revels reaches Washington, the reporters of all
the. great journals will “ interview ” him. Hap
py Revels.
Revels, who is s “Reverend,” was once a res
ident ot Memphis. How long he remained here
we have net ascertained, but he happened to to
on hand when Moody, Captain Perry’s mur
derer, was swung off in the jailyard. He was
the colored person who officiated when Moody
was brought out, and his invocation to the
Throne of Grace was the subject of much com
ment. It was moat fervid and impressive.
Rev. W. H. Revels is said by those ac
quainted with him to be highly educated, hav
ing graduated at Oberlin. He is ot popular
mauner, and speaks with great ease, fluency, and
generally in good taste. In bis intercourse with
all classes he conducts bimaelt with a decorous-
mss that has won tor him the regard ot all his
neighbors at home, and of the members ot the
Mississippi State Senate, ot which be is now a
member. In the balloting his name was not
brought forward at first. It was determined to
beat Mygatt and Flournoy; and Revels, who
was quite popular personalty, and in point ot
ability the peer of Ok her contestants, was pat in
as a compromise. Besides bis nomination was
desired by the ultras as a tbJ to the African
whale to which nearly all were indebted for
their legislative positions.
Will tbe Senate admit him ? we were asked a
hundred times yesterday. Of course. When
Miaas>ippi saiis in. Revels will sail in. And
when once there he should be assigned a seat
next to Senator Chawlee, of Massachusetts.—
There would be fitness ot things in this—a bit
of poetic justice, whatever that means.
Judf« Black’s R$yelation*.
The Hon. Jere. S. Black publishes a lengthy
and interesting card to the public detailing his
reminiscences of tbe official conduct ot the late
becretary Stanton daring the latter's association
with him in the Buchanan Cabinet.
The political attitude ot Mr. Stanton towards
the Buchanan administratio&previous to his ap
pointment aa Attorney General, Judge B. pro
ceeds to say, is wholly misunderstood, or elo-
wilfully misrepresented. He was tally with us,
says the Judge, at every stage of the Kansas
question, ana no man felt a jpore loathing con
tempt than he did for the knavery of the aboli
tionists in refusing to vote upon the Lecompton
constitution, when nothingwbut a vote was
needed to expel slavery iromJfhe new State, and
thus terminate the dispute bm deciding it in the
way which they themselvesAretended to wish
He wholly denied Mr. Dcdpas’ notions, and
blamed him severely for th^’cnreasonable and
mischievous schism which hethad created in the
party. The Know-Nothingi^n of Bell and Ev
erett found no favor in his ey
In the canvass ot 1860, he regarded the salva
tion of the country as hanging upon tbe forlorn
hope of Breckinridge’s election. We knew tbe
Abolitionists to be the avowed enemies of the
Constitution and the Union, and we thought the
Republicans would necessarily be corrupted by
their alliance with them. Ak we saw the march
of these combined forces upon the capital, we
felt that the constitutional liberties oi the coun
try wete in as much peril as Rome was when
tbe Gauls were pouring over the broken defenses
of the city. Whether we were right or wrong,
is not the question now. It is enough to say
that Mr. Stanton shared these apprehensions
fully. He mere than shared them; to some ex
tent he inspired them, for he knew Mr. Lincoln
personally, and the account he gave of him was
anything but favorable.
HIS OPPOSITION TO WAR.
Daring the angry excitement following the
election of Mr. Lincoln and the warlike attitude
assumed by South Carolina, the question arose
in the Cabinet as to how the difficulty should
be settled. The President was bound to do
both parties the best service he could in spile of
their teeth, and that service consisted in pre
serving the peace of the nation. It was his special
and most imperative duty not to embroil the
incoming administration by a civil war which
bis successor might be unwilling to approve or
tc prosecute. It was undoubtedly right to leave
the President elect and his advisers in a situa
tion where they could take their choice between
compromising and fighting. In fact, Mr. Lin
coin was in favor ot the former, if his Inaugural
be any sign ot his sentiments.
The mind of.no man was more deeply im
bued with these opinions than Mr. Stanton’s
The idea never entered his head—certainly
never passed his lips—that the President ought
to make war upon States or put tbe whole people
out ot the protection ot the laws, and expose
them all to indiscriminate slaughter as public
enemies because some individuals among them
bad done or threatened to do what was incon
sistent with their obligations to the United
States.
The card concludes with a refutation of the
reports that Mr. Stanton engaged in dragooning
the President and hectoring his colleagues, the
writer being unable to recollect that he ever had
one word ot serious controversy with the Presi
dent or anybody else. During tbe discussions,
which concluded in the determination to rein
force Fort Sumter, Mr,jStanton “was always
true, but the pait be took was by no means a
leading one. He said many times that be was
there only that I (Judge Black) might have two
voles instead of one. Ou no occasion was there
the slightest conflict between him and me.—
* * * It woold be a wrong to the memory
of Mr. Stanton not to add that, so iar as I know,
he never gave countenance or encouragement to
thote tabulous stories of his behavior."
Murder in New Orleans.—About 8 o’clock
last night, the corner of Thalia and Dryades
streets was made the scene of one ot those
startling tragedies which ot late, in rapid suc
cession, has shocked and appalled the commu
nity.
The victim last night was Charles Horn, the
Assistant Foreman ot Fire Engine Co., 20. In
company with a friend, he was returning from
the Dryades Market, when at the corner of Tha
lia street they encountered a party of negroes.
As usual with this class ot the community,
when such a thing is possible, ot late, they oc
cupied the entire sidewalk, forcing all whom
they met either into the street or jostling them
as they passed by. When Mr. Horn and
hto companion approached the persons
in question, someth ng was said by him
in reterence to the impertinence ol the negroes.
At this tbe negroes paused, and one ot them
asked, in an insulting manner what was said.
Whether or not Mr. Horn m*de *uy answer
wea not ascertained, bat immediately one of the
negroes stepped back and drawing a pistol fired,
the half entering a little to the left ot the mppie
on the le t side, penetrating the lung and caus
ing almost instant death. Another shot was
fired, but missing the object aimed at, it crossed
the street, wounding an old negro man in the
leg-
As soon as the shots were beard, a scene of
tbe wildest contusion prevailed, and the police
arriving at tbe place, made several arrests; bat
as they themselves allege, in doubt as to whether
they were getting tbe really guilty parties.
Death supervened so quick alter the wound was
inflicted that a dying declaration was not
obtained. 8till, the ptelence that, on a well
lighted street, in tbe early part of tbe evening,
with hundreds of persons passing, there was
nay difficulty m apprehending the real criminals,
is simply a subterfuge, no doubt designed to
screen tne assassins irom justice.—N. O. Pica
yune, Jan. 23,
DAILY PROCEEDINGS.
Tuesday, January 25, 1870.
The Court met pursuant to adjournment.
The following judgments were rendered:
John W. Duer, Ordinary, plaintifi in error,
ve. Peterson Thweatt, Administrator, defendant
in error—Mandamus from Muscogee county.—
Judgment ot the Court below affirmed.
L. Margolius and Jas. Kirlin plaintiffs in error,
vs. Lockhard & Ireland, defendants in error—
Claim horn Muscogee.—Judgment affirmed.
Benjamin D. Bryan, next Mend to Mrs.
Winifred Bryan, plaintifi in error, vs. Thomas
Whitsell, defendant in error—Possessory war
rant from Dooly —Judgment affirmed.
Hannan & Brothers, plaintiffs in error, m.
Moses & Garrard, defendants in error—Motion
tor new trial irom Muscogee.—Judgment
affirmed.
John J. McKendree, plaintifi in error, vs.
Jesse H. Sikes, defendant in error—Assumpsit
trom Muscogee.—Judgment affirmed.
George H. Bryan, Administrator, plaintifi in
error, vs. Myrah T. Hickson, et al, defendants
in error—Equity, dismissal of bill from Harris.
—Judgment affirmed.
John Carughi, plaintifi in error, vs. The At
lantic Fire Insurance Company, defendant in
error—Assumpsit from Muscogee.—Judgment
affirmed.
Lawrence Rooney, plaintifi in error, vs. John
J. Grant & Co., defendants in error—Motion
tor new trial from Muscogee.—Judgment af
firmed.
R. M. Gunby, et al., plaintifis in error, vs.
Madison Bell, et al , defendants in error—In
junction trom Muscogee.—Judgment affirmed.
S. W Belcher, al al., plaintiih in error, vs. De-
Witt, F. Willcox, et al., defendants in error—
Equity, from Muscogee.—Judgement reversed
on the ground that the Court erred in ordering
the distribution to be made pro rata among the
bill holders and the depositors. And on the
further ground that all bill holders should take
in the distribution in proportion to the quantum
of consideration paid by each for his bills, and
not pro rata upon the face of the bills as ruled
by the Court. It being the opinion of this Court
that, bill holders of all classes are preferred to all
other creditors of the Bank, and that they should
share ou the distribution in proportion to the
price paid by them for their bills. And that
each should be required to state on oath in writ
ing that, he is a bona fide holder, and to state
what he paid for his bills, and of whom he pur
chased them, and when and where, or as nearly
as possible. And that every person interested
have leave to controvert the statement of every
other claimant.
W. A. Tignor, Esq., of Atlanta, was admitted
to the bar.
No. 8, Macon Circuit—Jesse R. Horne and
Andrew J. Pound vs. Thomas Young, et al.—
Complaint from Dooly.—Was argued by CoL
Samuel Hall tor plaintifi in error, and by Messrs.
W. A. Tignor and James Armstrong for defend
ants in error.
Pending argument in No. 4, the Court ad
journed till 10 o’clock, A. M., of to-morrow.
Wednesday, January 26,1870.
The Court met pursuant to adjournment.
Sidney Lanier, Esq., of Macon, was admitted
to tbe bar.
Argument in No. 4, Macon Circuit—The Or
dinary of Bibb county et. tbe Central R. R. and
Banking Company, et. of.—Liability ot corpora
tions to he taxed.—Was resumed and concluded,
Messrs Samuel Hunter and O. A. Lochrane for
plaintifi in error, and Samuel Irwin, Esq., and
General Lawton tor defendant in error.
No. 5, Macon Circuit—Hoye et. tbe State—in
dictment tor murder, and verdict tor voluntary
manslaughter, irom Bibb.—Was argued by Col.
Rutherford, for plaintiff in error, and by Samuel
Hunter, Esq., lor defendant in error.
The Court adjourned on oonclusion of argu-
mant last mentioned.
Thursday, January 27,1870.
The Court met pursuant to adjournment.
A rule waB granted requiring the Clerk of tbe
Superior Court of Crawtord county to certify
and transmit to this Court the records in the
case ot Harwood vs. Colbert, and in the case ot
Persona t>«. Viascner.
Argument in No. 5, Macon Circuit—Hoye vs.
The State.—Was resumed and concluded by
Judge O. A. Lochrane.
- No. 6, Macon Circuit—The Southwestern Rail
road Co., vs. Oscar Thomas, et al.—Bill and de
murrer from Bibb.—Was argued for plaintifi in
error by Judge R. F. Lyon and Gen. A. R. Law-
ton, and for defendant in error oy Col. A. L,
Whittle and Mr. B. Hill.
No. 7, Macon Circuit—Preston C. Bowdre vs.
The Macon & Brunswick Raiiroaa Co.—Mort
gage fi fa., levy and traverse from Bibb.—Was
argued by Col. Washington Poe, and CoL S.
Hill for plaintifi in error and by Col. A. L.
Whittle for defendant in error.
Pending argument in No. 8, the Court ad
journed till 10 o’clock, A. M., to-morrow.
Friday, January 28, 1870.
The Court met pursuant to adjournment.
B. C. McDaniel, Esq n of Griffin, was admitted
to the Bar.
Argument in No. 8, Macon Circuit—Parker vs.
The Macon and Council of Macon.—Was re
sumed and concluded. A. O. Bacon, Esq, for
plaintifi in error, and Judge I. L. Harris for de
fendant in error.
No. 9, Macon Circuit—McBumey vs. Hollings
worth.—Was argued for plaintifi in error by
Judge R. H. Clark and Judge O. A. Lochrane,
and for defendant in error by Sidney Lanier.
">q.
Pending concluding argument in No. 10, the
Court adjourned to 10 o’clock, A. M., to-mor
row. «
Saturday, January 29,1870.
The Court met pursuant to adjournment.
Argument in No. 10, Macon Circuit—Huson
vs. Roberts & Starke, Survivors—Assumpsit and
new trial, irom Bibb.—Was resumed and con
cluded. Judge K. F. Lyon & Col. John Ruther
ford, for plaintifi in error, and Col. W. K. De-
Grafienried tor defendant in error.
No. 11, Macon Circuit—Mrs. Day vs. Solomon
—Petition for Dower, from Bibb.—Was argued
for plaintifi in error by Col. L. N. Whittle, and
ior defendant in error by Judge Lyon.
Pending argument in No. 12, Macon Circuit,
tbe Court adjourned till 10 o’clock, A. M., of
Tuesday next.
Prince Arthur to tiiscribed by the Boston
Post as tbe perfect picture ot an English “swell, 1
exactly as represented by tbe late John Leech
in the pages of the London Punch. His whis
kers are of the long blond kind, toll, wavy, and
abundant. Hto features are rather sharp than
otherwise; his nose is acquiline, and in stature,
though rather above the medium hight, he yet
bears a strong resemblance to hi9 brother, the
Prince of Wales. His dress smacks of St. James
Street, London, (not St. James street, Montreal,)
and he has the precise, gentlemanlike, correct
appearance ot those loungers in Hyde Park,
who ogle the ladies over the railing of Rotten
Row, or hold sly converse with pretty Anonymas
in pretty broughams. To particularize, he wore
an olive-green broadcloth surtout, dark panta
loons, a standing collar, light scarf, and on his
head a black silk hat was rakishly cocked;
f loves and cane completed bis whole get-up.
[e appears to have a careless, easy, affable way
about him that seems natural and not assumed.
All the members of his suite are nobs of the
first water. CoL Elphinstone is a man ot the
highest fashion, of large fortune, a fast liver,
and well known in London and Montreal
lor gallantry, prodigality and courage.—
He is a cool duelist, a good soldier
and a thorough-paced man of the world.
In point of looks he is as prepossea-
sing aa tbe Prince himself, and as royal in air
and bearing; but of coarse yields in birth. Not
so tail as the Prince be is more foppish in his
dress, his ey* is black and placing, hto beard
and moustache dark and fell. The balance of
the p-rty were ordinary-looking enough and
the odor of royalty vanished with their presence.
Four liveried footmen, regular Jeemses, of the
true yellow plush breed, brought up the rear.
Nothing could be more gorgeous and impressive
than their appearance in blazing livery, hair-
powdered, calves ot prodigious size, lull-
whiskered, pompous, imperturbable and scorn-
fuL”
Speaking of the prosperous condition of Mor
een county, Ala., tbe Huntsville Democrat says:
“CoL Giera to bringing into the country quite a
number of industrious Germans, and a nucleus
of a 3 win colony has been formed at Yalher-
mosa Springs by Messrs. Buol, Gaven and
Egger, and their families Several delegations
trom Ohio and Pennsylvania have visited Morgan
county with a view of makw locations for quite
a cumber of Western New York farmers, who
expect to establish dairy sod stock farms.”
WASHINGTON.
JOHN EATON, JR.
Washington, January 26.—The President
nominated John Eaton, Jr., of Tennessee, Com
missioner ot Education, in place of Borns to be
removed.
explaining.
Secretary Bout well was to-day at the Capitol
presenting hto views before the Finance Com*
mittee.
sworn in.
John F. Lewis was sworn in this morning as
United States Senator trom Virginia.
FRIEND ENOCH.
Enoch Hoag, Superintendent of the Kansas
Indian Superintendeocy, and a committee of tbe
Society of Friends, including George W. Wistar,
of Philadelphia, appeared before the Senate
Committee on Indian Allaire this morning to
snbmit their views as to the proper treatment of
Indians in that State, and to urge appropriations
to carry oat their plan for control and civilizing
various tribes under their charge. The com
mittee promised careful consideration.
A BAD CUSTOM.
The receipts of customs last week were $3,731,-
426.
AGRICULTURAL.
The Committee on Agriculture are unable to
accommodate applicants for supplies ot seeds,
plants, etc.
DISMISSED.
Brevet Col. Bloodgood, convicted by a court
martial ot assaulting Lieut. O’Connor, has been
dismissed from the service.
DISPOSABLE NEGROES.
All disposable colored troops at Carlisle Bar
racks have been ordered to Fort Leavenworth
for assignment to the tenth cavalry.
THE TWO-HORSE ACT AGAIN.
The Mayor ot Washington, and Register oi
Deeds, have had an interview with the Presi
dent in regard to District matters, in the course
of which, the President to represented as saying,
referring to former visits of citizens, he did not
know how they came to suppose that he would
recommend to Congress, that appropriations
ought to be made for this city; such had not
been, nor was it his intention now. A recom
mendation of this character at present would
be disregarded. The Western members are
specially tenacious in regard to this subject.—
Time and more information would soften tbe as
perities of the moment. It had been his desire
for years, and was his wish now, to see, before
the close ot hi& term of office, the capital to take
the rank with the first in the world, to beautity,
adorn and improve it, so as to be the source ol
pride to the nation, and worthy of our great
achievements, and the admiration ot foreigner
visiting the United States.
CORBIN BETICIENT
A. R. Corbin, of New York was before th“
Committee on Banking aud Currency to-day,
and examined at some length in reference to tike
recent gold panic in New York. His examine
tlbn will be concluded to-morrow; but he de
clines to divulge any of his testimony on tbe
ground that it would be showing disrespect to
the committee.
MR. ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT
GUELPH.
The reception at the Executive Mansion, to
have taken place this evening, was postponed
until next Tuesday evening, on account of the
ball at Masonic Temple in honor or Prince
Arthur, which was attended by the President
and Mrs. Grant. This afternoon, by invitation
ot Gen. Ramsey, the Prince and Mrs. Thorn
ton, and his suit visited the arsenal. In tbe
evening he dined with Secretary Fish and wile.
KANSAS.
STATE AMNESTY.
St. Louis, January 17.—The Kansas Senate
yesterday passed in Committee of the Whole a
bill to remove disabilities from disfranchised
persona The Senate also passed House resolu
tion asking the United States Senate not to
ratify the Osage treaty.
IOWA.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Chicago, January 27.—The Iowa Legislature
have settled the differences about the fifteenth
Amendment, by adopting the Committee of
Conference report.
NEW YORK.
A LOUISIANIAN KILLED AND $60,000 MISSING.
New York, January 27.—In the Morgue
yesterday afternoon the body of Gapt. John
Alexander, formely of New Orleans, supposed
to have been murdered, was examined by Coro-
BY TELEGRAPH,
NSW YOUA ASSOOIATMD PHMSf D1SPATOBXS
8 UN DAT'8 DISPATCHES.
Washington, January 30.—Senator Ravels
has arrived, and to tbe guest of Mr. Downing,
Restanranter to tbe House of Representatives.
Tbe steamer America, hence for Fort Smith,
with the 19lh Infantry, sunk. Four deck h» n 4,
lost
The Herald’s special from Havana, 28th inst.,
via Key West, says: “ Gen. Jordan, after defeat
ing Puello, killing forty officers, and killing and
wounding loor hundrtd men, shooting Poello’s
horse from under him, and hurting Puello’t leg,
was placed in command ot the army, superse
ding Queeada. The Montezuma has arrived at
Neovolas bringing 120 wounded, including two
colonels.
“ There was a severe fight near Santiago de
Cuba on the 21sL
“ The mule trains with provisions tor estates
near San Luis were ordered back, because the
insurgents were in force between Santiago and
the Spanish troops.”
Another account says that the late fight with
Puello occurred on New Year’s Day near Quai-
mairo, and that the insurgents left for Nantusa.
Memphis, January 30.—J. J. Ramsey, a well-
known citizen of this place, was murdered by
negroes, near Cherokee, Mississippi.
NIQH1 DISPATCHES.
Washington, January 31—It is stated that
the President will nominate Judge Strong, of
Pennsylvania, to-morrow, vice Stanton.
The gold investigation continues. Opdyke
testified to-day.
The Joint Retrenchment Committee is con
sidering the transfer of the Freedmen’s Bureau
education work to the Board of Education, to
which General Eaton was recently appointed.
Revenue to-day over million and a quarter ;
for the month, nearly twelve millions and a
half.
The President nominated Lloyd Moore, Col
lector ot Customs at Cherrystone, Virginia, and
Francis A. Walker, of Massachusetts, Commis
sioner of Census.
The Treasurer hereafter must swear to an ac
tual outlay for mileage and expenses. The gov
ernment gets benefit under this order of courte
sies extended to officials by taverns and rail
roads.
The General order creates a department of
Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Canby
commanding, comprised ot Maryland, Virginia,
West Viiginia and North Carolina.
Five hundred men were dischaiged from the
navy yard to-day.
SENATE.
A bill reorganizing the marine hospital laws
was introduced.
Mr. Sherman presented the Ohio ratification
of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Mr. Morton’s bill admitting Mississippi, im
poses the Virginia restrictions, except no oath
exacted from State Legislatures.
Currency bill was resumed and the Senate
will vote to-morrow. The bill, among other
things, provides forty-five millions ot additional
currency tor the South and West.
Several resolutions of enquiry regarding
Georgia have been introduced.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
A resolution declaring five-twenties payable
in greenbacks, and censuring the Administration
for buying five-twenties at a premium, was
tabled by a vote of 122 to 41.
The President asked for all the papers in the
Yerger case.
Ayer, from Virginia, was seated. McKenzie
after a contest was also seated.
Madrid, January 31.—In the Cortes, Figueras
defended the recent insurrections as an act for the
people to maintain their rights, asserting that
the so-called insurgents killed by the govern
ment were simply assassinated.
Prim demanded a reiteration, and Figures re
fused. A duel is threatened.
New Orleans, January 81.—The consoli
dated bank ot Louisiana, has been robbed of
nearly fifty thousand dollars, evidently the work
ot some experienced crackmen.
A peremptory mandamus order was issued in
Fifth District Court, requiring the State Trea
surer and Auditor to receive only lawful money
for taxes, licensee, etc, ordering a sufficient
amount to be set aside to pay the constitutional
officers of the State.
Savannah, January 31.—In regard to the
reported assassination of a revenue officer, the
Morning News, of today, contains the following;
“ A report has been industriously circulated
in Radical circles that .Wm. Brunt, an assistant
ner Flinn, and Dr. Doremua toek charge-ot the ^assessor of the- internal yevenne, at Blackshear,
stomach for chemical analization. Nobody yet
knows what has become of Alexander's $60,000,
and the mystery deepens.
Conesjxmdenee ol the Baltimore Gazette.
From WaBbinglon.
Washington, January 24,1870.
Prince Arthur, accompanied by the British
Minister, visited the Capitol building this morn
ing, and occupied a seat in the Senate Diplo
matic gallery lor some time. Every opera glass
in the ladies’ gallery was directed upon him dar
ing his stay. He could hardly have gained a
very lavorable impression of American elo
quence on this occasion, for few of the Senatore-
were in their seats, and the proceedings were
unusually prosy. He afterwards visited the
House, whither he was followed by so large a
number of persons that many thought the Sen
ate had adjourned.
The Prince visited the Executive Mansion
this morning and was presented to the President.
At seven o’clock this evening he appeared at a
dinner party given by Minister Thornton, at
which were present Vice-President Colfax, the
members ot the Cabinet, General Sherman and
Senator Snmner. Later a reception was held,
which was attended by the families of the mem
bers of the Cabinet and the Diplomatic Corps.
Collector Thomas and his Deputy Collector
were at the Treasury Department this morning,
and it is said their business is in relation to in
ternal dissensions in the Baltimore Custom
House. 1 he Treasury officials are reticent.
It is stated this morning, on good authority,
that the Reconstruction Committee favor the
passage of the Virginia bill as it passed the
Senate.
It is considered quite certain that no geueral
amnesty bill will pass daring the present session
of Congress. Persons desiring to have their
disabilities removed must apply by formal peti
tion to Congress.
Messrs. St. Martin and Ryan, Democratic
Congressmen from Louisiana, whose seats are
contested, file their briefs betore the Election
Committee this week. It is understood that tbe
two Democratic members on this committee,
who had intended to withdraw from the com
mittee, have decided to remain.
A resolution constituting the Eleg.ion Com
mittee a judicial body passed the House this
morning by a vote of 128 yeas to 25 naya. It is
to be hoped this will secure more righteous de
cisions in contested election cases than have
been given in the past Y.
Scarcity of Labor.—Complaints of a lack
of sufficient force to carry on the plantation in
terests the present year, come np from every
part of tbe State. In talking with members of
tbe Legislature, a week or two ago, we found
that tbe evil prevailed in every county that we
could hear from. Many planters, who had a
full force last year, have only half a force thi*
while some are ntterly destitute, and will be
compelled to abandon planting, and go tc some
thing else ior a living.
This is a serious state of aflairs. Where bave
the negroes gone to ? Many have died; very
many have flocked to the numerous railroads
completed, or now building; the towns bave
absorbed a good share; some have hired or
bought lands and gone to work on their own
account, and the women, as a general role, bave
deserted the fields. The vacant places must be
supplied from some source, or else our agricul
tural interests will suffer most seriously. We
perceive that the interior planters are clubbing
and sending on to Virginia and North Carolina
for hands, the States we used to bny them from
before the war.—Savannah Republican.
The Death op Ex-Senator Green.—James
Green, formerly United States Senator from
Missouri, died in St. Louis on Tuesday, in his
fifty-third year. He was born in Fauquier
county, Virginia, and removed to Alabama when
twelve years old. On his removal to Miasoori
he was admitted to the bar. and in 1846 elected
to Congress, serving two terms. In 1853 be was
appointed Charge d’Affaire at Bogota, and in
1856, on his return, was again elected to Con
gress, Before taking his seat he was chosen to
the Senate, where he served nutil the breaking
out of the rebellion. Sir. Green’s sympathies
were with the South, and daring tbe war he
lost the savings of his lucrative practice. He
leaves a wife and two daughters. " In social Hie
he was of kindly and generous dispositon, and
bis personal friends were warmly attached to
him.
It is said that Mr. Blacque, tbe Turkish
Minister at Washington, has recently purchased
upward of 400,000 stand of arms and a large
quantity of machinery for making and alter
ing arms, all ot which has been shipped to Tur
key. Indeed, we are told that he has expended
over $5,000,000 in the United States daring the
past six months. Turkey does not wish to de
pend upon Europe for her war supplies.
Ga., was assassinated Gn Friday night last, by
parties unknown.
From a reliable correspondent at that place,
we learn the following particulars, which were
brought out by the coroner’s inquest, composed
ot the leading citizens ot Pierce county.
It appears from the evidence, as stated by our
correspondent, that the deceased committed
suicide, as his own revolver was found within a
few feet of his body with one chamber dis
charged.
His wife testifies that she only heard one pis
tol shot. The cause of this rash act is unknown,
but already the unfortunate man’s death has
been turned into another rebel outrage, and tbe
information has probably ere this, been sent to
Washington and Atlanta.
The Republican |of this city will publish to
morrow, proof conclusive, that Brunt, Assistant
Assessor of Revenue at Blackshear, committed
suicide, and was not assassinated.
NO RESURRECTION.
Death of Free Government—An Eloquent
Extract.
The following beautiful extract is from a
speech delivered trom Hon. D. W. Vorheea, of
Indiana:
It is a melancholy spectacle, to behold a free
government die. The world, it is true, is filled
with evidences ol decay. All nature speak the
voice of dissolution, and life is strewn with the
wrecks which Time, the great despoiler, has
made. But the hopes of the future, bright vi
sions of reviving glory are nowhere denied to
the heart of man, save as he gazes on the
downfall ot legal liberty. He listens mourn
fully to the autumn winds, as they sigh
through dismantled forests, but he knows
that their breath will be soft and vernal as the
spring, and that the fliwere and withered foliage
will blossom and bloom again. He sees the sky
overcast with the aDgry Irown ol the tempest,
but be knows that the sun will re-appe&r, and
the emblazonry of God can not perish. Man
himself this strange connecting link between
dust and Deity, totters wearily, wearily onward
under the weight ot years and pain, toward tbe
tomb, but how briefly his life lingers around
the dismal spot. It is Ailed with tears and grief,
and the willow and cypress gather around it with
their loving but mournful embrace. And is this
all ? Not so! It a man die shall he not live
again ? Beyond the grave in tbe distant
Aidenn, Hope provides an elysium of the soul
where tbe mortal has assumed immortality, and
life becomes an endless splendor. But where,
sir, in all the dreary regions ot the past filled
with convulsion, ware aud crimes, can you point
your finger to the tomb of a free commonwealth
ou which the angels ot resurrection have de
scended, or from whose sepulcher the stone of
despotism has been rolled away ? Where, in
wbat age, and in what clime have the veins of
constitutional freedom renewed their yonth re
gained their loet estate ? By whoee strong grip has
the dead corps of the republic once fallen, ever
been raised ? The merciful Maker who walked up
on the waters and bade the winds be still, left no
ordained apostle K ith power to wrench apart
the jaws ot national death, and release tbe vic
tim ot despotism. The wail oi the heartbroken
over the dead, is not sad to me as the realization
ol this fact. But all history, wi*h a loud, un
broken voice, proclaims it; and the evidence of
wbat the past baa been, is conclusive to mv mind
of what the future will be. Wherever in the do
main of humane conduct a people once pos
sessed ot liberty have surrendered these
great gifts of God at the command of the
usurper, they have never afterward proven
themselves worthy to regaiu their forfeited
treasure.
Figaro tells two new stories of the Pope. A
lady of Lyons comes into bis presence closely
veiled in black. “ What do you wish ? " asked
foe Supreme Pontiff. “ Your benediction. Holy
Father.” The lady made vain attempts to raise
her veil; the Pope stretched forth bis band -
holy father, wait a moment." “ Do yon believe,”
said he smiling, “ that my benediction cannot
penetrate that thin veil ? ” and he continued the
formula. The second anecdote concerns an
American lady—a Protestant—who desired the
blessing ot Pins IX upon an armfnl of beads —
“ Is that all ? ’’ patiently asked the Pope. “Holy
Father, yonr photograph.” “ fL-re it is : any
thing more ? ” “ Your aulograrih, if you please,
upon the carte de visile'' The Pop*, hesitated a
little, but signed nevertheless, “Now is there
any other favor you were going to ask ? ” “ Oh,
flofy Father, give me if yon will the pen with
which you wrote your name ” Tnis was too
much even for the Pope’s good nature, and be
said, “ Yes, take it. Carry awav the penholder,
too. Here, take the inkstand!” The Ameri
can coolly rolled all the articles op in an old
newspaper, carefully placed them iu her carpet
bag, and departed with a sweet smile and rever
ence to the Pope. “ What a great people, nev
ertheless ! ” exclaims Figaro.