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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT 1T.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY’, APRIL 13. 1870.
NUMBER 15
UVfkli) Jatflligcufrr
published daily and weekly by
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
1* i* o i» r 1 o t o r •
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, Apri' 13, 1870.
Allaln ■( IVimliltisiou
Thai our readers may see Low Georgia affairs,
and other political and personal matt era are pro
greasing at Wanhington, aa given Iroui a Repub
lican atandpoint, we lay before tbeui tbis alter
noon the following letter addressed to the New
Kra, which appeared in that paper on yesterday.
The “Georgia question” will doubtless be re
sumed and disposiid ot in the Senate during the
present week, and whatever may tend to throw
light upon the r-t>uit, even though it does nor
come Irom a Democratic source, will doubtless
Interest our Democratic friends:
Washington. D C., March 30,1870.—'The
agents of the Georgia Ku Klux now in this c : ty
were startled out oi their propriety a tew days
ago, hy the announcement in the focal papers
that the Postmaat'-r-Geneia! had paid the lion.
Poster Blodgett fifteen months salary as Post
master at Augusta, the time be was suspended.
This nice little plum of about $5,000 set heavily
on the stomaehsof these pinks oi chivalry alia*
ruffians, alia* Ku Klux, and made the watered
gruel upon which they are compelled to feed in
cheap hoarding bou-*es, by reason of the n<v] ot
of their confreres at bone, less pnlaiable than
usual. Their cup ol griel was fail when they
firs' heard ol the money being paid, hut they
actually gDat-lied t heir teeth with rage when the
tact i e ame known that the Attorney-Gem r il
ol the United Staley to whom the subject was
referred, iu determining this,practically decided
the witnesses who swore before the Augusta
Grand Jury in Mr. Blodgett’s case, guilty ot per
jury. The President, long ago, iu offering to
re-appoint Mr. B^oflgett,decided tin-question iu
the same way, for no person disqua'ified as
alleged in the charge made, could hold ihe office,
nor would he he entitled to pay according to
decisions lien lolore rendered in numerous ca^es,
it lie did by accident gel pmseasiou for a tune.
The Ku Klux agents arc now boasting that at
an early day the scales will be tumid on the
Georgia question, and that the Bingham amend
ment will be adopted; or, tailing in this, the
Mute will be returned to military control. They
reckon without their host. No influence they
can bring to hear will ever induce the Senate to
pass the House amendment; and I do not think
they can accomplish the alternative prediction.
Republican Congressmen have as little confi
dence iu the renegade memliers ol the party as
they have in uurepeniant rebels. The tone ol
the Georgia press during the last lev/ months
has softened the hacks ol a great many men
heretofore a little weak on the Georgia question.
Unwillingly, your so-called Democratic editors
have done the Union cause a heap ol gi>od;
they have hi en beirayed into an expression ol
their real sentiments. This was all that was
necessary to perfect the reconstruction policy ot
Congress in the State. How well they Lave
succeeded you will know when a vole is taken
iu the Senate on the Georgia bill. Irksome as
the delay to act on this measure may he to per
sous more directly interested in the end will be
lost by the delay, but much will be gained.—
l’ailiu^ to secure the udinisston ol Georgia so
that the adoption of Ihe XVlh Amendment to
the Constitution could be promulgated iu season
to atfect. the election lu Connecticut on Monday
in xi, the policy oi ihe admiuistralion is u<>\v to
let that question rest until alter the States o!
Texas and Mississippi have been admitted.
Then the proclamation will be issued, and Geor
gia affairs can be considered by Congress at l.s
leisure.
Governor Bullock, Lion. Foster Blodgett, and
other delegates here continue their active opera
tions, and have thus lar succeeded in thwarting
the enemy at. every point. The good eltect ol
the Lincoln Hall meeting is already leit by Con
gressmen who are plied daily with questions
irom their constituents askiug if the siaiemeuts
made at ibis meeting can be true; tmd if so,
why was the Bingham amendment voted lor by
auy Republicans in the House?
1 see that Democratic papers in your section
still give as a reasou lor a hope lor a favorable
action iu tbe Senate, that the Judiciary Com-
nntiee reported in tavor ol tbe Bingham amend
ment. It is true a majority ol the Committee
do or did tavor that measure; but that tact
should uot give the enemy any encouragement,
tor they have net carried a single proposition
relating to reconstruction yet. In a word, their
■ eporl in gins to be looked upon as intention
ally hostile to the Republican plan of recou
structiou. Hence, they were defeated iu ihe
Texas uud Mississippi hills, and will be on the
Georgia lull Only yesterday, the Senate snubbed
me Committee by taking out ot their bauds,
before u report could be made, the case ot ad
mitting Texas, which had been relerreJ to them,
aud :u this proceeding Menator Sherman took
the had, and it is weil known represented the
administration !
'I he President, l have reason to know, con
sider the committee something of a nuisance —
an obst.notion lo legislation.
The bail Domingo treaty bill hangs fire, and
the opinion continues that it canuot be ratified
at tbe pieseut time. Many prominent men
think there is a little joker concealed somewhere
iu the shape ot la'ge claims not at pren ul visi
ble; others believe the annexation project im
practicable as liable to lead to difficulties with
other nations My opinion is that the opposi
tion proceeds solely from the Mpauish mtitiencts
Tin re are terrible rumors from Virginia as to
■what the reronstructed of that State propose to
do. Their disposition is undoubtedly to unt o
much that was proposed by the recot-structiou
laws Ilow far her Legislature dare go iu the.r
revolutionary schemes remains to bi seen.
Pablo.
Yuorlieea on Negro Suflfiaee.
On Tliurbday night last the Hon. Mr. Voor-
li*-i~ made a 8|>eerh at Indianapolis, Irom which
we innke the lollowiog extract, embracing his
views on negro sudrage, aud effects ot Ihe “ Fit
I* entn Amendment,” and to which we invite the
I attention ot our readers:
“ 1 believe, as I have ever believed, that the
admixture ol the races is ever Iraught wiiheviK
| and errors to both, and with blessings to none.—
All history lefts this f-ad, calamitous story, aud
sustain- d Governor Mortou when he occupied
the same position 1 do now. There is not a spot
ol earili t,* uealh the bun where the experiment
has b en tried that has not been b’ighted, olten
with ashes aud blood, and always with a dele
miration of both races, and acceleration oi all
the vices ot in mg rets, and a backward flow ol
Hie ride of civilization. Nor will we, in ibe tu
ture year-, escape this revolting doom it we per-
s s> iu ibe attempt to absorb in the body politic
ihr- e millions ol a degraded and inferior race.”
“ The wretched results may come slowly here
in Indiana, hut they w'ill as surelv come as the
footprints of true continue to advauce into tbe
unknown years. There are some perhaps desire
ihe votes ot this people. 1 would treat them
At a called meeting ol the Executive Com
mittee of the Georgia State Agricultural Socie
ty, the following gentlemen were present:
The President, Hon. B. C. Yancey, Messrs.
Filten, Livingston, Rawson, Steadman, Waring
and Fanuiu, and Assistant Secretary T. C. How
ard.
Upon the motion ot Mr. FiUen, the Commit
tee endorsed aud approved the supplemental
and explanatory understanding ot the contract
with the Council ot Atlanta, ana the Georgia
State Agricultural Society entered into, between
the Mayor ot Atlanta and the President of the
Society, B. C. Yancey, on the 29th ot March,
1870, which was as follows:
Whereas, The Executive Comtnidee ot the
State Agricultural Society of Georgia, entered
into a contract with the City Council ot Atlanta,
with relerence to holding the Fair of said So
ciety for the year 1870, and the terms aud con
ditions ot said contract between said parties, are
day, the publication of Ihe perfected Premium
List.
The Judges haring failed at the last Fair to
report upon Mrs. A. P. Welts’ system of dress-
cutting, upon her application, it was ordered
that the Secretary prepare and issue, in her be
half. a certificate ot the simplicity and value of
her system.
The salary of the Chief Secretary of the So
ciety was declared to be two thousand dollars
per annum, and that of his assistant one thou
sand dollars.
Whereupon ibe Committee adjourned.
B. C. Yancey,
President G. S. A. 3.
T. 0. Howard,
Assistant Secretary.
To Rcsnlaro the Hlrlne ot Servant*.
Tbe lCcnftiii; ot H«use», etc., under tbe-
KiiteenfIt .%mettdiueiil.
Mr. Mortou introduced the following as a
substitute lor a lorruer bill.
We look upon this measure, tor a variety ol
reasons, as out* ot great importance, aud believ
ing that it will become a law, inviit the atten
tion ot our renders to it:
Section 1 Be it enacted, etc., That it any
person shall prevent, hinder, control and imimi
date, or shall attempt to prevent, hinder, cou
trol or intimidate auy person iroui exeroiaiug
the right ol sutlrage to whom the right <>l sul-
Irage is secured «»r guarauteed by the Fifhenlh
Amendin'lit to ihe CoustilUlh.no! tin- United
Slates, by means ol bribeiy or threats ot de
priving such persons ol employ meat or occu
pation or ot t jeering such person Irom rented
houses, 'auds or otbei property, or by threats ot
refusing lo renew lease or contracts to labor, or
hy threats ot violeuee to himself <t family;
such person so offending shall be deemed guilty
ot mis'knuaiu.r aud upon cnnvietiou theiei t
shall he imprisoned not less than sixiv day’s, nor
more than six months, aud tiued in a sum not
less than five hundred nor more lhau oue thou
sand dollars.
Sec 2 That if auy persou shall hinder, delay,
prevent, or obstruct,or attempt to binder, dei ty,
prevent or obstruct auy person ir- nt voting at
any Presidential, Congressional, State or Couutv,
Town or M uuicip .1 election iu any State, Terri
tory » r ! istrict,on account of race, color or
previous condition of servitude, or sha l, acting
iu the capacity ol a State. County. Township,
Municipal, Territorial or DLstiic ! oili- er, fail, re
lose, or iH ”!eet to perform any ctfi -ial a I, wi.h
>ulent to prevent, hinder or delay any persons
as alotesaid, ln.uu voting at anye ec i-m as afore
said, such person rhall be deemed guiby ot inis-
clemcaot r, and iq on conviction ibc-re*.!. sh ill be
imprisoned not less than sixty diva uor more
than six months, and line I in a sum not less
than five hundred nor more* than a thousand
d<> lais.
Sec. d. That < iicuit and District
II.c Ui net! Stales shall have ju.i-u
< timat S t ie tied Uy thishet.
m all kindness, as 1 ever have, hut the wbi-c | sp) . citied iu writing, dated the 12th of February,
mam ol mV o*n great race-great m all tin- i. , . , , . .. ^ .
world*it hiatorv, great m peace and great iu war. i I®'®* * UJ< ^ signed, on the part of tbe Executiv
gieat. iu science, letters, tree governments, aud j Committee, by Ben C. Y’aucey, President ot the
Christian progress—cau better coutrol the desti ! Georgia Stale Agricultural Society; aud on the
s ot ibis pi<>ud commonwealth without their j part 1)f lhe oity Council ot Atlanta, by William
Ezz ,rd, Mayor of said city; and whereas, the
parties who dratted said paper to express the
agreement of said official bodies, did not use
language so explicit as to exclude all doubt as to
some ol the conditions; and whereas, it is desir
able that there should be an explicit understand
ing, now, we, the official heads of the con
tracting parties, da hereby agree upon the fol
lowing construction ol the contract, so far as we
construe, (the rest of said contract being left- to
its plain import,) to-wit:
The Executive Committee does not surrender,
but retains its complete jurisdiction, control and
management of the Fair and of the Fair
Grounds, until the close of the Fair and remo
val of articles exhibited in October next. The
President and Executive Committee will ap
point the Chief of the Police to be furnished as
well as the General Superintendent and Mana
ger ot tbe Fair Grounds, and all the other nec-
e-sary officers ; all ot wbona will be accounta
ble to and be under the control of President and
Executive Committee. But the Mayor and City
Council may appoint persons to collect all the
money due at the gates of the Fair Grounds
and rent and collect rent due for the rents of
booths and stands for selling things (the word
stall» in contract is improper so far as it might
be used to refer to horse, cattle or other animal
stalls;) and to collect for side shows of all
kinds, admitted to said Fair Grounds daring
the Fair, but no shows or amusements to
be admitted save by order of Executive
Committee. Charges for entrance to Fair
Grounds Bhall be the same, as well as for the
season tickets, as heretofore prescribed by rules
of the Executive" Committee, but members of
the Society shall enter the Fair and exhibit arti
cles free from aoy charge with the immediate
members of families of President, Vice Presi
dents, Executive Committee, and other officers
of the Society, as privileged. Said City Coun
cil has the right to re ; ain the money so collect
ed ; their collectors or agents to be subject to
the control, a3 to proper conduct, of the Presi
dent and Executive Committee.
As witness our hands and seals this 29th day
of March 1870. B. C. Yancey,
President G. S. A. S.
William Ezzard, Mayor.
Witness:
Wm. M. Williams.
The President reported that he had arranged
through Dr. P. C. Culver, the agent of Dent &
Paige,the claim held by them against the Society
for services rendered in procuring the Laboratory
building for the last Fair at Macon, and that he
had compromised said claim at five hundred
dollars ; whereupon it was
Resolved, That the President be empowered,
and authorized to call upon the City Council of
Atlanta for an advance of five hundred dollars,
with one dollar aud twenty-five cents for pre
mium on draft, lo be charged to amount agreed
to be advanced on premium list, and that he be
instructed to receipt tor the same.
The President reported that he had purchased
a dralt on New \ r oik for five hundred dollars as
directed, which was then transmitted through
the mails by the Assistant Secretary.
Hul, and into his hands least my tate, and with j
a whim man b party 1 will stand or tall. Already
ili vagiaui negroes, the black lazaron, ol Ki-u-
lui ky arid olli< r Southern regions, are in iruna-
p<‘nation to Indiana.” '•
“ Alreidv it is loudly announced that their
votes arc to encompass my deteal it 1 am again
a candidate. It will be for the laborers ot the
Ht ite—tlie white men who till the soil, the me
chanics in the shops—to determine whetherthey
desire this population in their midst. It will be
foi me oppressed workingmen of every avoca
tion and calling, who have nothing left save the
civil rights of citizenship, to decide whether
they wi-li to share them equally with the Alri-
< an 1 will appeal to them whether Indiana, a
holder State, shall be overrun with the reluse
black element ot the South. I will appeal to
them whether they will encourage lhe presence
ot these elements in their fields, their workshops
and at their firesides. Nor do 1 tear the result.”
The people will be true to the rights of their
Slate, true to the wise and safe traditions of the
lathers, true to their own lofty blood aud history,
true to the purity of their industrial pursuits and
social organizations, and true to that highest
type ot civilization which springs Irom a sepa-
ra'ion ol the races. And it bad and designing
men are flooding Indiana with a negro popula
tion which, ot right, does not belong here—if
this nefarious scheme is at work to control elec
tions. I warn and implore the agents of this out
rage to desist.”
“ I implore tlipm in the name of humanity to
stop, or the predictions ot Senator Morton in re
gard to the sanguinary evils that would attend
negio srltrage may be nearer their fulfilment
limn the prophet imagined when he uttered
them. It is enough for the bona fide resident
hitick man to vote here under the fraudulent
adoption ot the fifteenth amendment. I fear
that au imported mass ot this race would over
come the patience of the laboring white man.”
>urts ol
" over
Tuk 1 uism Emigrant Wave Flow to
America ins increased vastly an.i nrnst lem iik-
nhly iu volume during the past lew iLy-t. A
cable telegram intimates that the ueop e (ear
theopeiatuii) ot the Gladstone ooeic-.ciou or new
pains and penalties bdl ll so, they are adopt
ing ihe veiy speediest slid most i th-clual luears
of t ure. Let them come. "Ore hundred thou
sand mon.” “Who's afraid:”—Ntw Ymk
fueruld.
Nr. John Stephens.
We clip the following communication, from
Mr. John Stephens, giving the details ot the
fucts aud circumstances connected with his ar
rest and trial betore the United States Court.—
ll is a matter in which the public have taken a
lively interest and*ve publish it for the informa
tion of all who tee> an interest iu the case.
[communicated ]
Atlanta, Ga., April 4, 1870.
Editor Constitution : In your notice ot my ar
rest and imprisonment, which appeared in yes-
terday’s issue of your paper, 1 noticed some
errors, which I ask to correct, and as the best
way of doing so, propose to give a brief state
ment of the facts connected therewith.
It is charged that in the fall of 1867, a Major
Thompson, ot the U. S. Army, was killed in
Texas, ami that my kinrman was engaged in
the broil. Tuis is, I suppose, true. But from
reliable information in my possession, I am led
to b lieve that the killing was done iu selt-de-
fense.
On or about the first oflast January, my feins-
tnau arrived here, remained here tor ten days,
appeared publicly on tbe streets, and was re
ceived as m3' kinsman. I made no attempt to
conceal him. Nor did he ask or desire it. 1 had
never seen him previous to that. time.
Mr. Taylor left here on the llth January, pub
licly, ou the Western & Atlantic train. About
six weeks after he left, this detective Bell, ar
rived in Atlanta, and called on me, stating that
his name was James Foster; that he was a
sportsmau—was. on his way to New York to
purchase some material. He stated that Tay
lor’s father had sent him $200 in gold by him,
to be delivered iu person. 1 told him that Tay
lor iiad left here some six weeks previous, and
would be back in about a month ; that if he de
sired to leave the money he might do so. This
he. declined, and left, aDd I thought no more ol
the aflair. Ou tue 2l9t ot March, I left this
place to be absent tor a tew days—was det lined
03- sickness, which confined me to my bed tor a
short time. I reachi d home on Sunday, the 27th
ot March, and on my return I received telegraph
dispatches announcing the dangerous illness,
and death ot my brother, Major M. H. Stephens,
ot Americus, and asking for my immediate pre
seuce there. I was to have gone that even
ing, hut, about ten o’clock. General Terry sent
for me to go to his headquarters. I went there
with my triend and partner, Captain John H.
Flynn, sent in our names, and were met by Gen.
Terry, who said that he desired to see me
alone. He then introduced Detective Beil,
whom I had previously known as James Foster,
and demanded to know where I had been dur
ing my absence from the city. This informa
tion I decUued giving. Gen. Terry then stated
tlint under the acts cf Congress, he had the
power to compel me to give the desired infor
mal i n. Stating at the same time that he be
lieved that my absence wes caused by a desire
on my part to conceal Taylor, and save him
Irom arrest, and that I, unless I slated where I
had been, who I saw, or if I had seen Taylor
during my absence; also, where he now was. if
I knew it, he would arrest me and hold me
until l made a lull statement. 1 declined, believ
ing then, as l do now, that no set ot men have
any right to question me in that manner, or
on anything connected with my private husi
ness, unless as a witness in Court. The result
was, l was sent to prison. On arrival at lhe mil
itary guard room, I was searched, and every
thing in the way ot memorandum books, money,
letters, knite, pencil, etc., taken Irom me by this
man Bell. Amongst the rest, a letter Irom a
party iu Texas, in repiy to one ot mine, to the
man with w hom he (Bell) said he was connec
ted, which letter staled that troin my descrip
tion, the man was most likely a detective, Bell,
who had been out there, slated that he was ol
exceedingly di reputable character, and hnd
black mailed the people out there to a consid
erable extent. This letter Bell said he intended
to keeo to prosecute or imprison the writer. So
far as I know, General Terry had nothing to do
with the takirg of my papers, and it is only
proper that 1 suould state, that outside ot my
arbitrary arrest and his unwarranted interfer
ence in my private aflairs, and my right to go
sud come as l pleased, I have no complaint
to make. The officers aud soldiers who had me
in charge treated me as kindly as their ordeis
or rules of discipline would permit;
and lor this they have my thanks. It may be
proper to add, that ou the day of my arrest, 1
acquainted Gen. Terry with the tact ot my
hi other’s death, and offered to eive bail in any
,mount he would name tor my r return, asking to
be allowed to go to see my dead bro:h. r, aDd
give bis affairs the necessary attention This
much General Terry refuseJ. I ‘.lieu asked to
be permitted to tell graph the reasons ot my not
coming. Tibs he also refused.
In conclusion, I desire to state that in con
i' sting this matter I was actuated by a desire lo
know it I had any rights, and if 30, what they
Wire. Tiffs matter is now settled ! I desire to
| return my sincere thanks to the public, ior the
fciud interest shown during mv imprisonment
i and Uial. Also, to my counsel. Judge Loch-
' r.ue and Col. Hopkins, for their iailhtul and
very able cth.rts in my bthalL
Rrspeelluliy,
John Stefitkn'f,
Of Stephens, Fit’un Co.
An Exchange says that a novel sight ot the
bin ning ot a powder mi.l without an explosioo,
» witnessed at Luzerne Works in Wilkesbarre,
! I‘a., on the 2d inst. The powder manufactured
the e is so consliiuted that it will not explode
1 unless confined in a gun or blast hole.
Afbil 1, 1870.
The Committee met at 10 o’clock, A. M.
President B. C. Yancey, Messrs. Fitten,
Livingston, Waring and Rawson. Mr. Stead
man was absent by permission of the Committee.
Mr. Rawson reported the draft ot a bill orga
nizing a Bureau ot Agricultural Chemistry, un
der the control of this Society, which report
was adopted and ordered to be presented to the
Legislature.
Mr. Livingston offered the following :
Resolved, That the Secretary, in conjunction
with Council, open au office at once in this city.
That the Secretary’s office shall be open from
9, A. M., to 4, P. M., on each day, Sabbath ex
cepted, for such business as should, or may be
transacted therein. That the Secretary shall
bring up all unfinished business in a systematic
torm as soon as possible. That the Secretary
shall be careful not only to reply to all com
munications, but solicit by correspondence all
and auy information that may in the least de
gree advance the interests of the S 'Cietv.
The following resolution was adopted :
Whereas, A vacancy exists iu the office of
Chief Secretary by the resignation of Col. D.
W. Lewis;
Resolved, That the Assistant Secretary, Thos.
C. Howard, do control the office and discharge
the duties thereof till the Chief Secretary is
elected, and that all claims for Premiums, or
oih< revise, be promptly attended to on presenta
tion at the Secretary’s office in Atlanta. The
Secretary will advertise at once for one month
in one prominent newspaper in Augusta, Macon,
Columbus, Savannah, Albany, Athens aDd
Rome, and the Intelligencer, Constitution,
Era, and Plantation, in Atlanta
Aprtl 2d.
The Committee met at 10 o’clock, A. M.
Present—the President, Messrs. Fitten, Living
ston, Rawson and Waring.
The following resolution was adopted :
Whereas, Col. D. W. Lewis has this day
tendered his resignation as Secretary of the
Georgia State Agiicultu'a' Sv*ietv;
Resolved, That the same be Accepted b3* this
body.
The following resolution was adopted upon
motion of Mr. Waripg:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com
mittee that an interchange ot ideas on agricul
ture and agricultural iinprov nvnfc>, with our
sister States, is of great importin' e to us, and as
a beginning we will send iluee delegates to the
approaching great State Fair at New Orleans,
under our official sanction, to represent this So
ciety and its interests, and that our President,
Colonel B. C. Yancey, the Rev. C. W. Howard
and Mr. Liyingston, of this body, be requested
to act as delegates.
The regulations of the Fair, as amended,
with instructions to the judges, were adopted.
(Thrse will appear in the published Premium
last)
The influx of negroes irom Virginia, Caro
lina and Kentucky into this State continues,
and still the demand for hands is far Irom being
eatii-fied. The large amount of plant-cane in the
sngar region is the main stimulus to this de
mand. Very lew planters are full-handed.
Many have made to Virginia to recruit
their force. Ayonta are employed, who are
doing a large business is- the transportation of
hands. The mode ot operations is as follows;
The planter agrees to accept and does accept
tor tbe transportation, commission and rations
from Virginia s and takes the risk of “jumping
on the way. The agent here who is to receive
the hands obligates to land them at the planta
tion at so much a head. He b'as, therefore, an
interest in keeping them together and securing
their delivery. The hands further bind them
selves to reimburse tbe planter ior the costs of
transportation, etc., by installments deducted
from their monthly pay. These, and the costs
of the delivering agent sum up about $55 a head.
As long as these several agreements are kept
and honestly carried out by ail parties, they are
advantageous; but ol course there is a tempta
tion to violate faith on the part of the hands,
who, after having their transportation paid, may
conclude to engage themselves to other parties.
This is the great evil to which p’anters are ex
posed, and against which they ought to be pro
tected, as ship owners are protected in like con
tracts, The evil might be remedied through the
guarantee of the parties who collect and engage
the Degroes, and whose duty and business it
should be to hold them together and prevent
desertion. There ought also to be an under
standing among planters, which would render
it dishonorable to seek to seduce hands from
those who have already paid advances lor trans
portation. We have heard of several cases ot
this sort, which call tor reprehension and excite
very unfavorable remarks. We presume, how
ever, this whole business will regulate itself in
time. In any event, it seems as if. all negrodom
were about to descend upon this State, a fact
which politicians are not likely to ignore, and
ought to profit from.—New Orleans Times.
Gtve us Relief.—It is truthfully said by the
New York Times, Radical, that seldom has
there been a stronger or more unanimous ex
pression on any question than has been elicited
on this subject within the past few weeks.—
From one end of the country to the other, the
expression ha3 been almost unanimous, showing
conclusively that, the great business interests
have become roused to a sense ot the absolute
necessity of immediate relief. So great a de
pression in almost every department of indus
trial and trade enterprise has not been expe
rienced for years as now exists, aud the people
are looking anxiously to Congress for relief,—
The policy of depleting the people at such a
time, and paying off our debt at the rate ol an
hundred millions a year, seems worse than folly.
It was well enough just after the war, when the
national credit stood in need ot a demonstration
of our ability to pai>
But that time has passed bj r , and there is no
longer aDy necessity lor evidence upon that
point. What we need now is recuperation of
over-tasked energies. The country demands
rest Irom the gratuitous liquidation of its debt,
at least till it shall be able to adjust itself to the
rapid financial depreciations which have been
going on for tbe past year. That result can be
materially aided and expedited by Congress,
through a liberal and discreet reduction ot im
posts and internal revenue taxation. It should
be done to the extent of at least fifty millions a
year, which would be equivalent to adding that
amount to the resources of the country, and
thereby stimulating trade and industry. We
trust that Congress will yet heed the demand of
the people and concede the reliet they sorely
need.—Montgomery Advertiser.
Supposed Murder at Tybee.—In the city
papers, yesterday, was a brief notice of the find
ing on Tybee Island, Friday morning, ot the
dead body ot the Carpentet’s mate of the British
ship Chance, lyine at Tybee landing. The
cause ot his death was not then known, but it
was stated, in company with several persons
from the ship Chance and the Light Ship, de
ceased had been on a severe spree the night
previous. Yesterday evening the U. S. Revenue
Cutter Nansemond brought to the city the fol
lowing persons: Alexander McKenzie, Stephen
Haggard, George H. Kenshaw, Joan Anderson
and John Loyd, suspected ot being concerned
in the murder of the mate. Ou reaching the
city the Commander of tbe Cotter sent word to
Justice P. M. Russell, Jr., who issued the neces
sary warrants for the arrest of the parties City
Sherift White called upon the Mayor for four
policemen, with whose assistance he conveyed
them to jail to await an examination upon tbe
charge of murder. While at the office ot Jus
tice Russell one of tbe accused commenced
to tell bow the aflair occurred, bnt tbe magis
trate very properly cautioned him against
any confessions, implicating himself, until at tbe
proper time and before the proper officer. From
what is known of the affair it is supposed that
the mate was killed by some of these parties in
a drunken row. One of them has a blackened
eye, while the face of anotber is badly scratched.
Savannah Advertiser.
We have been favored with the photograph
of a colored gentleman who was lately drawn
on a Southern jury. Being handed the proc ss
notifying him ot the necessity of h s attendance
at the coart house, our friend dropped the agri
cultural implement, with which he was, at the
time, peacefully hoeing his employer’s garden,
and, not stopping to see more than that it was a
bailiff presenting him a paper, fled into tbe
house, there to exclaim in the following words :
“ Misses, they have tuk me to court. I neber
sto.e anything in my life. Fo’ God’s sake, sen’
lor de white folks to save me.” It being ex
plained to him that he was required, not as a
ci iminal, but to act as a juror m certain mooted
cases of life and property then depending, he
was with tore difficulty prevailed upon to put
in appearance. Struck with his looks, au admi
rer of the cuiions wrought with him to sit for
his picture, the consideration being a remission
from tbe panel to the agricultural implement
above noted, and in testimony ot his contract
having been carried ont in ail its articles, our
friend was, days since, dropped from the jury
list, and we now have that marvellous s mial
similitude, his photograph.—Nets York World.
A case wa3 decided by the United States
Supreme Court some days ago, which will, no
doubt, create a sensation among holders of con
fiscated propeity in the Sontb, many of whom
made their purchases without tuliy understand
ing tbe law on the subject. The care is
that of Bigelow vs. DeForrest, in which ci rtain
real estate in Virginia was seized under the con
fiscation laws and sold, its owner being adjuged
guilty of treason. That person having since
died, his heirs brought snk in ejectment to le-
cover the property. The claim was resisted on
the ground that the tittle of the original owner
was forfeited by his treason, and his lights in
the property thoroughly divested. But the
United States Sapreme Court decided that it
was only his estate during his life which was
divested, and since his death his heii3 nay re
cover the property. The decision is in accord
ance with clause two, section three,article three
of the Constitution of the United States, which
says: “Congress shall have power to declare
the punishment of treason, but no attainder of
treason shall work corruption ot Mood or for
feiture, except during the life of the person
attained.”
The Lynchburg (Va) papers record the sud
den death ot W m. Waller, Esq., a prominent
citizen ot that place. He was a graduate of the
ancient college of William and Mary. In 1342
he was married to the daughter of the late Hon.
John Tyler, President of the United States.
This marriage is said to have been the only one
ever solemnized in the White Home,
A Feminine Weakness.—The most difficult
thing in the world ior a woman to do is to get
ready to go anywhere. And there is nothing a
woman will resent quicker, or more fiercely,
than an iutira&tion that she may possibly miss
the train. Our liiend, it raying le, gives us an
instance of this. Mr. Bra3’ was supposed to
take the ten o’clock train ou the Bee Line, to
visit some relatives in au interior town. Having
suffered on previous occasions for injudicious
suggestions, Bray thought that, lor once, he
would let things take their natural course. So
he sipped his coffee and ate his eggs on toast,
while madame curleu and powdered, and danced
attendance on the looking-glass, and tied bark
ou the back ot her head. Then Bray sat by
the stove lor an hour and read the morning
paper, while the madame still continued to get
ready. At last, just as he had reached the final
paragraph of reading matter, and was begin
ning on tbe advertisements, madame tied her
bonnet strings under her chin, took one long,
lingering, loviDg look at the image reflected in
the glass, and sweetlv announced:
“ Well, 013* dear, I’m ready.”
“Ready tor what?’ asked Bray, in well-
affected astonishment.
“To go to tue depot, to be sure," said Mrs.
Braytogle, tartly.
“Oh,” said Bray, “ Fd forgotten. Well,
madame, (looking at his watch) that train has
been gone thmeen minutes. Just keep on your
things, and you’ll be ready tor the train to
morrow morning.”
We draw a veil over what followed. We are
assured, however, that next morning Mrs. B.
was ready an hour ahead ot time.—Indianapolis
Herald.
Crow, Chapman, Crow—Its Origin.—In
the rpring ot 1830, the Indiana Democrat was
issued by Alexander F. Morrison, in Indianapo-
liSj and it was continued under various pro
prietorships until 1841. During the Presiden
tial election in the year 1840, a campaign paper
was issued from the same office, called the Con
stitution. edited by George Patterson. Daring
this year Patterson wrote a letter to a leading
Democrat of Greenfield, Hancock county, in
which he communicated some important piece
of election news to his correspondent, conclud
ing his letter by using this expression:
“ Tell Chapman to crow.” The Chapman re
ferred to was Joseph Chapman, a prominent
Democrat ot that village, who died afterward in
Mexico during the war. The Whigs got hold ot
the letter, and it was published first in the Jour
nal and Spirit of Seventy-six, in Indianapolis,
and afterward by all the Whig papers in the
West, until the words, “Tell Chapman to
crow,” got to be a bye-word. This was the
origin of the phrase which the Chapmans sub
sequently used, and to great advantage on many
occasions, by turning it on the enemy at every
Democratic victory, and which is supposed to
have originated with them.
A Crow Drowned by a Clam.—The Cam
den (Me) Herald says the following is said to be
true story, the occurrence having been wit
nessed by two old citizens of Camden, John
Welch and a Mr. Sherman, the latter since de
ceased. It took place some years ago, and is
related bv Capt. John E. Daily. One summer
Mr. Sherman had a field of corn near Sherman’s
Cove, which the crows troubled very much.
One day when the two men named above were
in the field, they discovered a crow which seemed
to he stuck in the sand on the beach. Compre
hending the “ situation ” at once they determined
to await the result. The tide was coming in, and
gradually overwhelmed Mr. Crow, who straggled
hard to avoid his fata, but unsuccessfully Tbe
men waited patiently till the tide receded,
when they visited the spot and pulled up the
carcass ot the crow, with a large clam attached
to his under jaw or bill ? It appears that the
crow, in search for lood, had seen ibe head of
tbe Clam sticking out of the shell and made a
dive for it, but the clam knew a trick worth two
of that, and shut pan on his would he destroyer.
This is a solemn warning to crows i
Dirt Scientifically Considered.—Old Dr
Cooper ot South Carolina used to say to hii
students, “ Don’t be afraid of dirt, youDg gen
tlemen. What is dirt? Why, nothing at all
offensive, when chemically viewed. Rub alii tie
alkali upon the dirty grease spot upon your coat,
and it undergoes a chemical change and becomes
soap; now rub it with a little water and it dis
appears, it is neither grease, soap, water nor
dirt. That is a very odorous pile of dirt you see
yonder; well, scatter a little gypsum over it and
it is no longer dirty. Every thing like dirt is
worthy your notice as students of chemistry.
Analyze it 1 It will separate into very clean ele
ments. Dirt makes corn, com makes bread and
meat, and that makes a very sweet lady that I
saw one of you kissing |last night. So after all,
you were kissing dirt—particularly if she whi
tened her skin with chalk ot Fuller’s earth.
There is no telling, young gentleman, what is
earth; though I may say that rubbing such stuff
upon the beautiful skin of a young lady is a
dirty practice. Pearl powder, I think, is made
ot bismuth —nothing but dirt.”
Fire proof Furniture.—A German chem
ist fas discovered that impregnation with a con
centrated solution ot rock-salt renders all tim
ber fire-proof. The salt also renders wood proof
against dry rot and the ravages of insects.—
Thus furniture, it is claimed, can be made fire
proof, and the losses to families burnt out in
this particular prevented. This discovery may
work in Germany, but with ns, where pine cov
ered with the tbinest of veneering does duty as
rosewood, mahogany, black walnut, maple and
all the other woods used in manufacturing tbe
sham make-believe furniture with which Ameri
can houses are cia nmed, the amount ot com
bustible element iu the knobs alone would be
too much tor all the concentrated rock-salt that
could be had.
The Determination ol the Supreme Court
to reopen the question involved in the recent
decision on the Legal-tender act, will be hailed
with general satisfaction, The majority decision
promulgated by Chief-Justice Chase has never
received the hearty acceptance ot the best legal
minds of the country, and the minority opinion
delivered by Justice Field has generally been
conceded to have been the more logical and
sound. It is to be remembered that the decision,
as announce d, is not binding on the Court any
longer than it chooses, aDd that it can be reversed
on the very next occasion which may come be
fore it. We are glad that the Court has conclu
ded to grant a reargument of the question.—New
York Times.
A Pictnre Well Drawn.
The Boston Post, in one of its late editorials,
draws the following excellent picture ot Henry
Ward Beecher, the parson, politician, lecturer,
and contributor to the current Northern litera
ture ot the day. It says:
“ The pastor of Plymouth Church is unde
niably a success as a preacher, and no reason
able man can wish to detract from his standing.
He hf*s achieved his success by steadily pursuing
novelty as a means and sensation as a proxi
mate end. His very “ make np ” is artistic in
this view. Cut Mr. Beecher’s hair in tbe mode,
put a less expansive collar and less effusive
neck tie cl< ser about his throat, clap a dres3 hat
ou his head, and an individual would be pro
duced quite out of character with the role which
he undertakes. Rifles for Kansas and free love
marriages are quite in keeping with the exag
gerated freedom of attire and openness of coun
tenance which this popular preacher exhibits.
So are bis terv ces, in which conventionality is
discarded, and .striking (fleets soueht even in
tlie reading ol a hymn and the form of invoca-
tian. Llis s'rmons, many of which have been
published, are better than those of Spurgeon but
ot a simdar cla*s, donbi'e 3 effective, but
depending for their immediate effect upon tbe
individual peculiarities with ivl.icb iliey are
dieuched. Indeed, in the preface to this last
edition of his discourses, Mr. Beecher claims the
infnsion of “ the personality of the speaker ” as
one of their chief merits, and suggests that the
sermons ot less fortunate preachers are stupid
simply because they lack such personality. His
affectations and eccentricities are, as he claims,
no t light cause of a success which, if measured
according to Butler, for “just what it will
briDg,” is worth an exceptioDa’ly large sum.
Tbe clergyman who refuses an addition ot
thousands to his salary is certainly a success in
these days, and Beecher is that clergyman.”
Liberal.
In Wilmington, Illinois, a Catholic Church
has just raised nearly $3 000 by a fair and lotte
ries. An elder in the Presbyterian Church and
the Superintendent of a Sunday School presi
ded as judges at tbe draw : ng of the lotteries,,
and the superintendent of the Methodist cchool
drew a prize.
The Age ot Progress.
Truly this is au age ol progress—progress in
art and science—progress in everything. ’ Tis
new era indeed; a new one politically, finan
eiall3’, religiously ; we dare not say, in either of
lliese respects that it is a better one, or that
what it pre&ents tor the consideration of the
wise L encouraging aa to its probable beneficial
effects upon the morals and happiness of com
ing generations, as compared with the past and
presen*, viewed from a Christian staud point
Nevertheless ’tis an age of progress—of scien
tific and artistic invention and development
Take lor instance the railway system as it is
now, and what it promises to be on this sido ot
the Atlaulic, aud compare it with what it was
ten years ago; how vast its increase in extent,
and how vast its increase in the facilities it af
fords to the traveling public, as well as in the
trans, o. Ja’iou cf ireights By it the Atlantic and
Pacific are not only connected by iron links,
but one may now, at Cincinnati, purchase
ticket that will enable him to make a tour round
the world without interruption for lack of con
nection at any point, and assured of every com
fort—we may add, of every luxury—which he
may desire. This being now reached, we see
promised still greater progress. The
New York Mercantile Journal, now be
fore ns, tells the following story. It says that
a Pennsylvanian has applied at Washing
ton for a patent covering a new style of railway
and machinery by which, he claims, the trip
from New York to San Francisco can be made
in sixty hours. The single track to have four
instead ol two rails, aud be laid iu such manner
as to serve for many purposes. Cars 17 feet
wid(>, to be safely and pleasantly drawn by dou
ble locomotives ot six'3* tons, capable ol con
veying 1.000 passengers and their baggage per
train, the road costing but $7,000 per mile more
than the present lines, or au aggregate extra ex
pense of $24,000,000 on the 3,000 miles between
the two great termini. Such are the main fea
tures ot the project, and it the road could be
prolonged to the farthest point’d Newfoundland
conveniently accessible to steamers, the ocean
could thence be traversed in the latter, in less
than six days. Thus, under favorable circum
stances, the trip from San Francisco to Liver
pool might be made in about nine days—the
best average time now consumed in crossing the
Atlantic. The Pennsylvania papers make en
couraging comment on this bold proposition,
which, with our greatly improved modern ap—
aliances, and the use of sufficient capital, would
not seem impossible.
Many wdl sneer at this, just as many as
sneered at Morse when he proposed the tele
graphic system, or at Fulton when he proposed
to navigate the Atlantic by the use of steam
power. For our owu part, we have become less
skeptical than we were a long time ago. The
march of events has taught us many a valuable
lesson, aud what tlie scientific and enterprising
tell us now they can do, we are rather inclined
to think they will do, or somebody else after
them will. Archimedes said let him have a
place lor a fulcrum, and he, would place a lever
sufflcjpnt to move the world. The fulcrum
needed by the Pennsylvanian to construct his
great railroad is money. Let. him have that,
aod we have no doubt that we will soon see
completed a railway upon which the trip from
New York to San 'Francisco can be made in
sixty hours, provided friction and human endu
rance will permit it.
Biiildint; ui> Hie So mil.
We invite the special attention of our readers
to the article which we publish in another col
umn, headed as above, and which we copy from
the New York Mercantile Journal. Especially
do we invite the attention of those of our read
ers to it, who have manifested an interest and
enterprise in the matter of immigration into our
State, and of the landholders throughout Geor
gia, who have enough and to spare, and who
need ODly a working, agricultural population to
make their “ waste places blossom as the rose.”
The Florida success, referred to in the article,
will teach them a hston from which we trust
they w ill profit.
•« meeting the ’.Tempter.”
A New Y r oi k paper of a late date says that it
is the curse of a local reporter’s lile that every
body asks him to take a drink, and whenever
they go in search oi information they meet the
tempter, and after a little while they become
more intimate with him than is well. The bale
ful influences of thus “meeting the tempter”
are thus summed up by the said exchange:
“The station-houses know these fellows, the
tombs can give their biography; the lerryboats
smell of them, and ot late years they are the
faithlul ally.”
With regard to the application of this s'ate
ment to prints beyond New York, the Memphis
Appeal remaiks— and its views will do for this
locality just as well: “It such be the case (and
we cannot doubt the conclusion alter perusing
the local columns of the New York papers,)
the reporters and saloon keepers, etc., there are
very different classes of individuals from what
tfcey are here. As to the reporters, there is not,
as a clarS, a harder working, more quiet and
sober set of men in this community. As to “the
tempter,” when they meet him in these regions,
it is generally at the expense ol fifteen cents out
of their own pockets lor every drrnk. With
the proverbially limited pay which they receive,
ever>’ body knows that the said “tempter” can
not be interviewed very frequently at that rate.”
The remarks ot the Appeal in the foregoing
are applicable in every sense to the Locals of
Atlanta. A harder working class of men are
not to be touDd.and we are sure that “ the temp
ter’’has but litile.it any influence over them.
Their “ limited pay ” precludes extiavagant per
sonal indulgences, and their situations depend
ing upon their sobriety “ tlie tempter ” we are
gratified to say, from other, as well as the cause
referred to, has no influence over them. Some
of them “ do take a drink,” but generally
when they do so, it is at their own expense.
NEW YORK.
BUTLER AND HIS ORGAN.
New York, April 4.—The fact has just leaked
out that Gtneral Butler will, in a very few weeks,
establish an organ in this city, its main object
being to counteract the influence of the New
York Tribune upon the Radical party. Butler,
though well aware that he himself cannot re
ceive the nomination lor the Presidency, is pre
paring for the fight ol 1872, and wants to run a
man under whom he can be Secretary of State.
Tte new organ will also urge iree trade upon
the Radical party, and denounce Grant’s lor-
eign policy.
CROWDS OF POLITICIANS
went to Albany last n'gbt There promises to
be lively work there 'luring the week. The
Tweed charter is to be reported in the Senate
this evening. Its consideration begins to-mor
row.
A MASS MEETING,
in behalf of Cuban in teoe ideiice, is to be held
to-night at Cooper Institute, under the auspices
of the Cuban league.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
to the National Constitution was the leading
idea in the miads of the colored people in this
city yesterday. Services were held at all places
of worship, and large congregations attended
each.
The Tribune says that it is impossible that
there can be a particle of tru'h in the story tele
graphed that Phillips, the embezzler, just cap
tured in Ireland, aud Mr. Paul T. Forbes, our
negotiator at Madrid, are one and the eame
person. Mr. Forbes is too well known to make
this story other than ridiculous.
THE M’FABLAND TRIAL.
‘An immense crowd assembled at the Court ol
General Sessions when the trial of McFarland
opened this morning. A jury was being em-
pannelled. It is evident there will be consider
able difficulty experienced in securing a jury.
ron Til 3 ATI.IN PA INTKI.MaENCER.
Jonesboro’ iiorrc8ponU.eu.ce*
Jonesboro, Ga., April C, 1S70.
It will he perhaps interesting tothe readers of
your valuable ionrnal, to hear something more
from Jonesboro.
Last night the council met. Present—Mr. J.
Johnson, Chairman of Council. Aldermen—
Messrs. McConnell, Hodge Morrow, Haynes,
Humphries and Morris.
The first case ou docket was Council vs.
W&tersou.tor disorderly conduct in the streets of
Jonesboro on the night ol the 23d ultimo, to
which charge he plead not guilty.
Witnesses being sworn testified to hearing
Mr. Water3ou singing loud, but not sufficient to
disturbe the peace and quietude of the city.
No question being asked by delendant, he
moved to dismiss the case on tho ground of non
sufficient proof to convict him, alter an able
argument by Mr. Waterson, iu which he illus
trated tho law by which disorderly conduct
should be known uuder their ordinance. Though
able and logical the argument ot Mr. Waterson,
it was determined by the council previous to tho
hearing of the case, to render their verdict,
which was $5 and cost. Mr. Waterson intends
to briDg this decisson to a higher tribunal. The
council then adjourned uutill nest Tuesday
night.
Mr. A. J. Ha3’es, oue of the members of tho
council, sent in his resignation, which was ac
cepted, and the appointment of a member to
fill the vacancy postponed until next meeting.
Meningitis still prevails in this little place,
but not to such au extent as it was some time
past. The only c^se now is the son of N. G.
Hudson, the courteous and well known proprie
tor of the Hudson House. He was taken down
with the disease on Thursday evening about
4 o’clock, P. M., and at 44 o’clock it took four
men to hold Lim still in bed. His attending
physician, Dr. Tenable, administered to him
the same treatment as lhat communicated by
Dr. Kuott, of Griilin, through the columns of
press, and at present the patient is considered
out of danger. Wc are glad to chronicle the •
fact, lor it would be a pity to see a youDg man
just merging into the primed manhood stricken
down while all tbe promise of a useful and
brilliant lile looks so bright before him.
The business of the city is somewhat dull at
present, but the firms of Hayes, Phipps & Betts
and Hawkins & Steinheimer, are doing a thriv
ing spriDg trade. Wc have never seen a more
brilliant light than that shown by tho Chrystal
Rock Oil, of which Messrs. Ilayes, Phipps «$s
Betts are agents.
There are some very Iiandsomo saloons and
buildings under construction, and our opinion is,
in the course ot time, Jonesboro will rank
among the first of those little cities on the line
of the M. & W. Railroad. I trust when I leave
Jonesboro I will return to Atlanta with many a
subscriber to your valuable paper.
G. W. O’B.
CONGRESS—SENATE.
the last tribute.
The Vice President submitted the order of
arrangements for llief memorial services ot Gen.
Thomas, it provides for a meeting of the Sen
ators and Representatives in the hall of the lat
ter, Tuesday evening, and the appointment of a
joint committee ot six Senators arul coven Rep
resentatives to attend the funeral.
The Georgia bill was taken up.
Mr. Stewart moved to strike out Mr. Bing
ham’s amendment.
Mr. Wilson offered an amendment author
izing the continuation ot tlie General Legisla
ture tor two years from its reorganization iu
January last, provided the clause of the Consti
tution on the subject shall never be exercised to
extend aDy official term beyond the regular con
stitutional period, and the legislature to consent
to this condition before any act shall take effect.
Mr. Willey spoke in favor of the provisional
government for Georgia. II the present bill
was to pass, he would move to insert as a sub
stitute Mr. Bingham’s amendment. The pro
vision is designed to be a warning to the State
that Federal ‘ intervention would follow any
attempt to set up a perpetual government under
the authority ol the present Legislature.
Mr? Stewart agreed that Georgia should either
be kept out under military rule or the present
loyal State organization be given sufficient time
to establish itself and provide means for a fair
election.
Mr. Saulsbury, in repiy to the reference made
by Mr. Stewart to the Ku-Klux-Klan, expressed
a desire to see a Ku-Klux. This convenient
class seemed to him to appear and disappear for
the purpose of supplying political arguments lor
parly purposes.
Mr. 'Wilson asserted that since Lee’s surren
der more men Lave been killed in the late rebel
States on account ot race or color than were
killed in any battle during the rebellion.
Mr. Saulsbury read from a private letter of a
Pennsylvania Representative in contradiction of
the newspaper reports ot outrages there, and at
tributes them to sinister motives.
Mr. Howard thought that the interests of the
country required intervention of Federal power
to prevent Georgia from passing into the hands
of a party influenced by revengeful motives to
wards the Union party.
Mr. Thurman asked whether tho Senator
meant to asseit that the majority of elections in
Georgia were opposed by the Radical party.
Mr. Howard replied that, according to the
best information he had, he was not only satis
fied lhat the majority of the voters ol Georgia
were opposed to the so-called Radical party,
but were opposed to ihe Government of the
United States.
Mr. Thurman—Docs the Senator then pro
pose to reject the provision iu the State Consti
tution which makes these men voters.
Mr. Howard did not propose to reject any
such thing. He proposed to have the State
Government in the hands of a loyal State ma
jority, and not in the hands of a traitor minority.
Mr. Sherman opposed the amendment of Mr.
Wilson, as a greater stretch of power than had
yet been claimed in any unreconstructed States,
as its purpose was lo continue men iu office ior
two yearn, not by the votes ol the people, but by
tbe act ol Congress reierring to alleged act3 of
violation ot the Constitution. He said the time
was when the American people would bavo
been roused almost to frenZ3’ by any one of these
acts, now of almost daily occurrence. The ap
parent indifference of the country, he thought,
was attributable to the fact that we were now
passing through a reactionary period of quiet
and tranquillity, which invariably succeeds
great convulsions like civil war. He would not
deny that such organizations as Kuklux existed
in the South, iu communities where military
demons overpowered the people and where negro
ignorance was made paramount to white intelli
gence and virtue. The wonder would be that such
organizations didn’t exist. Human nature was
human nature. It was nature to rebel against
seeming oppression. The impulsed the heart
could not be trampled down. He then went on
to show that, according to the decision of Sena
tors, since the rebel States had passed into loyal
hands, peace and order had been unknown
within their borders. He had held, as a neces
sary sequence, that, under Democratic adminis
tration, law and order did prevail there, and he
advised the Senate, as the only means of re
storing the former condition of things, to beat
out radicalism in the South, and allow the peo
ple to elect their own rulers, aud thus re-estab
lish Democratic government.
Tbe Reconstructed Senate.
A cotemporary says, that there are three Sen
atorial positions still vacant in the Senate,
one Senator from Mississippi and two from
Georgia, to make up the full Senate. When these
have been admitted, the Senate itself will have
been fully reconstructed, and will present a full
delegaiion from all the States for the first time
since the day that Senators Hammond and Chest
nut, of South Carolina, stalked out of its halls,
nearly ten years ago.
Amuesif.
It i3 reported in Washington, as coming from
official sources, that the President submitted to
the Cabinet at their meeting Friday, his pro
posed message to Congress suggesting general
amnesty. It is not slated what the yiews of the
Cabinet were.