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PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY
SAMUEL BARD,
Proprietor.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA,
Wednesday, March 22. I 87 I,
ToU PRESIDENT Hi 1S72,
JOHN T. HOFFMAN,
OF NEW YOBK.
(Subject to the decision of the National Democratic
Convention.)
To the I'abllc.
The Weekly True Georgian will be prom) tly
printed as heretofore, on Alabama street, oppo
site Richards’ Rook Store, cn every Tuesday.
My management oi the Daily and \\ eekly
Intelligences will, in no respect, interfere
with its regular publication.
Samuel Bard.
Our Pcolilon.
We are for the present against the past. We
arc also for loyalty to the Government, the en
forcement of the laws, and the perpetuity ol the
Union. This is sound Democratic doctrine,
and no Southern man in his senses, will under
take to retute it, or set it aside.
Juxt tV 1ml They Want.
The Republicans all over the country
praying for the success of Judge
pbens with his party. If the
mockacy " endorse
phens, Grant will b
an eliort. Let us be
it may he too late
are
Linton Ste-
National De-
the views ot Judge Ste-
: re-elected almost without
wise to-day, lor to-morrow
Harmony and Union.
Harmony and.union should be the only watch
words oi Democracy. A house divided against
itself must fall. Let us beware of schisms.
Demurest MouilUy.
ThiB superb magazine for April ba3 been re
ceived. It is fully up to4ts high standard of
literary and pictorial excellence.
A “High ” Commission.
It seems that the Alabama Cla: is High Com
mission is mainly “high ’’ on Wi-.sliingtsn din
ners, and that the matters jointly discussed are
joints ot mutton, etc. W ho pays the bill ?
• * ^
Stand by the tiuuo,
We trust every Democratic Senator and Rep
resentative in Congress will remain at his po6t
of duty, and help to dettat dangerous legisla
tion.
Indian War.
Wo are sorry to Seam that there.is every rea
son to believe that Indian hostilities on the
plains will be resumed this year.
Ulppiucoti’s Masuslne.
Lippincott’s Magazine for April is an excel
lent number. Its contents are varied and de
lightfully interesting. This number contains
the first chapter of new serial sketches by Don-
bavand, entitled “ Wild Ireland.”
Indeed I
“ The Radicals in Congress have determined
to remain in session till Southern afiairs are ful
ly discussed and some law devised which will
satisfy Southern extremists.”
To ascertain when Southern extremists will
bo “ satisfied,” let some one ascertain how loDg
it takes to Batiate a hyena after having once
tasted human blood.
Corrnpilon In tbe Body Police.
Just before Tilton descended from his elevated
tripod on the Independent, he fired the follow
ing broadside into the official corruption from
which our country at present is sos'-rioasly suf
fering. The Independent sayeth:
“The body politic is corrupt trom one end to
the other. Public offices are practically bought
and sold at public auction. Political parties are
supported by an open and shameless tax levy
on the salaries of officials. Influence, patron
age, and a friend at court—these are the pillars
on which our politics now rest The glory
whrch attached to the public service in the days
of Hamilton and Jefierson, lia3 departed. A
public office is now considered chiefly in the
light of furnishing its occupant with an oppor
tunity to earn nis living or to make his fortune,
rather than as a place in which he is to serve
his country and benefit mankind. The nation
asks for a thorough, cogent, ternbic reform in
the civil administration of the Government.
There must be no half-way amendment- Noth
ing short of a radical change will answer the
national expectation, or will save the Republi
can party. Unless this is dene,” says the oracle
further, “the people will call a new man to be
next President.” It is very evident that the
blindness of the Radicals, and their total igno
ring oi the welfare and peace of the country,
will successfully prevent every eflort at total re
form, and that in consequence our people will
turn over a new leaf in the history of this
country. Of course a “new man,” as next Presi
dent is a foregone conclusion.
Curious Simlstics.
Morally, if not politically, it appears that the
puritanical New England States are in greater
need ol “ reconstruction ” than our much abused
Sooth.
In looking over the social statistics oi that
peculiar people, who are everlastingly disposed
to thank their God that they are not like other
publicans and sinners, we find that they have
really small grounds for sneering at the pro
verbial social demoralization said to exist in
Chicago, and other socially ulcerated points.
From the matrimonial records ot that staid and
paragonic commonwealth of Vermont we as
certain that in 1868 there were 2661 marriages
among its citizens, and that 167 pairs ol non
affinities, or 17 per cent, of the marriages es
caped from the holy bonds of wedlock by
means of the divoice courts. These divorce
suits were mainly brought by natives. The
marriages and births among the foreign element
being largely in the ascendant.
In view of the fact the most important moral
status of the New England States is, by official
facts and figures, lamentably low, it becomes a
pertinent question whether it would not be bet
ter for those sublimated philanthropist and gen
eral political intermeddlers to mind their own
business somewhat better than they are in the
habit of doing, in other words, would it not be
better to “ reconstruct ” their own bouIs and
drop for the present their cobbler efforts to re
construct the souls of their neighbors ? We
think such a course would be beneficial to all
concerned.
“THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY.”
THE TRUE GEORGIAN.
THE NEW YORK WORLD.
THE ALBANY (N. Y.) ARGUS.
THE AUGUSTA (GA„) CHRONICLE AND
SENTINEL.
HON. LINTON STEPHENS.
THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC ISSUES ENUN
CIATED.
HOW TO SECURE A BRILLIANT DEMO
CRATIC VICTORY IN 1872, ETC, ETC.
Tbe Glorious Result.
The glorious uprising of National Democra
cy in New Hampshire, sounds like the tocsin of
liberty to an oppressed people. Let the people
of tho South profit by the lessons of determina
tion, wisdom and prudoneo, which, the Demo
crats of the old Granite State have so gloriously
exemplified.
Applying uu Old Adage.
The English House of Commons has passed
a law permitting marriage with a deceased
wife’s sister.
This was probably done to mitigate the in
crease of marital evils. By marrying your
wife’s sister you have but one mother-in-law to
contend with instead of two or more, as here
tofore.
Tbe Savannah Morning; News.
We notice a dirty little squib in the Savan
nah News, of March 16th, in regard to our dis
cussion ol the true Democratic policy, and the
views of Hon. Linton Stephens. We pass it by,
being too slangwangish for notice.
For Victory.
This brief paragraph is simply to advise the
Democracy that wc are for victory in 1872.
Dead men and dead issues are already buried
and“no resurrection” is plainly written over their
graves. Long may they enjoy quiet and repose.
A Lie.
The Democratic press very generally’ charac
terize the Broadhcad lettter as “the true Ameri
can political creed.” — Washington (D. C)
Chronicle.
We pronounce the above a falsehood from the
whole cloth. The Democratic press do nothing
of the kind, and the writer knew he was telling
a bare-faced lie when ho gave birth to the
statement.
Tbe Angutta Chronicle and Sentinel.
As we gave the article headed, “ The South
ern Democracy,” printed in the Chronicle and
Sentinel, of March 14th, entire in these col
umns, we respectiully request that the Chroni
cle and Sentinel will extend the same courtesy
toward us, by printing our leader of to-day.
The well known lairness and liberality of the
Chronicle and Sentinel justifies us iu making
ibis request
Tbe Present.
The National Democracy are now dealing
with living and not dead issues.
Antediluvian advisers will be forced into tak
ing back seals. Tho war is over, and to win in
1872 we must press forward, leaving the past to
take care ot itselt.
Upon this line alone can we whip out Radi
calism, and restore the country to peace, har
mony and prosperity. Let us be wise and push
forward to a glorious and brilliant iuture. Dem
ocratic success is the great necessity ol the day.
Its restoration lo power is the only way we
know of by which the Union can be saved and
perpetuated lor all time to come.
Yfeekly Gwinnett Allan.
We have received the first number of this
journal. We congratulate the citizens of Gwin
nett upon their good tortune iu having so able
and interesting a journalistic representative as
the Atlas undoubtedly is. It is edited and pub
fished by Mr. D. W. D. Boully. Success to him
and his new enterprise.
Political Revolution.
The extraordinary change in the political
status ol New Hampshire, the signal rout of
Radicalism upon its own hearthstone, the com
plete change of sentiment in the people of that
commonwealth, are incontestable signs ot the
rapidly augmenting revolution in the political
situation of the United States; Radical oratory,
its bayonet laws, its swarms ot tax-gatherers,
its satraps, office holders and divers minions,
have failed in all their efforts to thwart a true
expression of the people at the ballot box. The
new Democratic standard is triumphant, and
National Democracy claims another bright
jewel for its imperial crown of success in J872,
now being manufactured by the American peo
ple.
Tbe New Hanipxliire Result.
There is no doubt about the complete disen-
thralment of New Hampshire from Radical con
trol. Weston, the Democratic candidate, will
certainly be Governor. Even should a close
count fail to elect him by the plurality vote,
the Legislature, which is Democratic in both
branches, will insure him the high office. The
Democratic phalanx in Congress, the party of
reform and progress will be reinforced by three
excellent members from this State, making in
all one hundred—this, with the moral efiect of a
democratic victory in the very heart of petrified
radicaldom is victory enough for the present,
and the glorious augury for still greater yet to
come.
This crest-fallen Radical cock has just heard
from New Hampshire. The poor thing has
taken to the gapes, or the gapes have taken to
him. we don’t know which.
Deplorable.
Every lover ol liberty and true Republican
ism must ieel deeply chagrined at the horrit
political chaos now apparent in Paris. Te«
French extremists seem to be eager to plunge
France into fratricidal war, in order to carry
out their dogma of blood and revolution. Lei
os hope that the conservative strength of that
noble country will come to the rescue, and at
once put down the creatures who are now dese
crating its soil, and soiling its national honor.
Tbe KnKlnx In New Hampshire,
It is believed that Butler is preparing a new
KuKlux and outrage bill to meet the recent
New Hampshire political outrages upon Radi
calism, whereby the fatter was prevented from
carrying the ritate.
If Georgia, by reason ot its outrageous Demo
cratic proclivities is to be “ outraged ” back into
the Radical lold, why not bayonet New Hamp
shire back into the same place ? This way that
the people have got into, of publicly condemn
ing Radicalism must be stopped, and Butler
thinks he is the man to do it.
Tbe Merccrian.
We have received a copy of the Mercerian, a
monthly liierary Journal published and edited
by the students of Mercer University. Its editors
are Messrs. J. J. Brantley, Jr., W. T. Brantley,
Jr., F. Tupper, W. H. Norton and Geo. S.
Obear, Jr.
This jmrnal is gotten up in excellent style
and fille<^with very interesting original and se
lected matter. It is an honor to the time hon
ored institution which it so ably represents.
Tbe New Radical Party Standard.
Since the welfare of the country is to be sac
rificed in order to save the Radical galleon from
going to pieces before 1872, It is no w stated that
the administration party have changed their
tactics. It is generally understood that fealty
to the President and his measures, chief of
which is his renomination to the Presidency, is
now the standard of orthodox Radicalism. Au
tocratic imperial military dictation is to over
ride all other considerations, and overcome all
constitutional difficulties.
Practical politicians say that the reorganiza
tion of the civil service on this basis is calcula
ted to divide the Republican party more and
more, and that before the national Republican
convention meets to nominate a candidate for
the Presidency it will be seen that the system
of discipline which is essential iu an army can
not be*so successfully applied to politics. Let
this Radical Kilkenny cat fight progress with
all possible speed.
Judge Whitaker has retired from the
Atlanta Intelligencer, which he conducted
ioi neuilyi wenty years. Dr. 8am Hard assumes
control. VVe wish him much success.—Dalton
Citizen.
ESF'Governor Bard has takc-n charge of the
Atlanta Intelligencer. Judge Whitaker re
tires.
. The pubMcation of the Weekly True Geor
gian will be continued. Success to the Govei-
aor iu his ne w enterprise.—Cartersville Express.
Influence of the Sewing-Machine on
Health.—A note has been presented to the
French Academy on the use ot the sewing-ma
chine, and its influence on the heath ol work
women. It considers that the ill ellects of work
ing with the 8ewing-machine have been greatly
exaggerated, and that the health ot women
working with the machine is quite as good as
that of needle-women. This confirms a state
ment made some weeks since in me columns of
a contemporary, in which it was maintu ned
that, except in rare instances, and these possi
bly induced by temporary derangement ot the
nerves or physical exhaustion, were any evil re
sults known to grow out of the use ot this great
invention.
The Augusta Chronicle' and Sentinel of
March 14th, replies at great length to an
article in the New York World, touening
Southern Democracy and the issues now before
it, to be decided by the action of the
National Democratic party. For the benefit of
our readers we gave the article of the Chronicle
and Sentinel entire in these columns. As the
discussion of the subject was incited by an
article published in the True Georgian of Feb
ruary 28th, contesting the policy enunciated by
Hon. Linton Stephens during a recent speech
at Augusta, and which the World reviewed at
length—in order to ascertain the true position
now occupied by the Democracy of the South
—the True Georgian comes in for a large share
oi the fire, leveled ostensibly at the World, but
in reality at the position ot the National Demo
cratic party of the North.
The superfluous verbiage of the writer’s arti
cle lias a damaging efiect upon the clearness
and perspicuity with which arguments, such as
are involved in the matter now under consider
ation, should be stated, nor does the rather
dogmatical, denunciatory and flippant manner
in which personal acts or considerations are
introduced, add strength to the position taken
by the writer, or add statesmanlike dignity to
his style.
As irrelevant to the subject matter, and un
worthy of serious notice, we class :
1st. The writer’s allusions to the political
record of the editor of the True Georgian,
and his evident desire to create a diversion in
the mind of his readers, favorable to his side ot
the controversy, by impugning motives and
implying doubt as to our integrity in espousing
the cause of the people, and the best interests ol
the Democratic party.
We supported Grant for the Presidency be
cause we believed it to be the best that could be
done lor our common country at the time. We
supported the Republican party, while it was
worth supporting, and withdrew from it when
its legitimate mission was accomplished, and
when it had become plainly evident that its
former well directed power was being prosti
tuted by fanatical extremists, into unwarrant
able oppression, and its banner soiled by corrupt
leaders, and planted upon the bulwarks of fac
tion and anarchy. Actuated by similar mo
tives, the securing ol the political wellare of our
people, we espoused the doctrine and principles
of genuine Democracy, and have nothing to
apologise for in our conduct. iSo much lor
personal allusions at present.
2d. The Chronicle and Sentinel writer states
Judge S ephens’ position touching the invalidity
of the 14th and 15ih Constitutional Amendments,
is iu accordance with ihe expressed policy ol a
majority of the Georgia Democracy, and not the
reverse as stated by tbe True Georgian. He
lamely attempts to fortify this assertion by
quoting the action of the State Convention last
June, which reaffirmed the New York platform
of 1868, declaring these reconstruction measures
unconstitutional,revolutionary,null and void,and
that tbe resolution, so unanimously adopted by
the State Convention,was drawn up by Judge Ste
phens. He lurther says that Judge Stephens
did not resign the chairmanship of the Execu
five Committee of the Democratic party of the
State, but declined to accept that position, when
elected to it by less than a quorum.
We firmly reiterate our well-considered as-
sertion that four-filths ot the Southern Democ
racy will cordially indorse our position con
cerning the accomplished and legally binding
Reconstruction Acts, and contribute their aid to
the efforts ot National Democracy to consummate
the principles and policy of that party, burying
beyond resurrection, the dead issues of the past,
and giving us peace, harmony, and only the.
living issues of the present, which are, a sound
currency, reduction or taxes, retrenchment ol
government expenses, abolition of the protec
tion tariff, non-interference with the reserved
rights of the States, and a foreign policy cocsis
tent with the national dignity and hon
or. The point whether Judge Stephens resigned
or declined to accept the chairmanship ol the
Democratic Executive Committee, a3 stated, is
au empty technicality compared with the no
torious fact that the matter, at the time, created
eons lerable agitation in the ranks ot the De
mocracy ot Georgia, and condemnatory or laud
atory comments, in accordance with the views
of equally sincere disputants, were freely in
dulged m by the Demociatic press ot the State.
Heuce, we reiterate that Judge Stephens is on
many important points, not in accord with the
dominant spirit now animating the ranks of the
Georgia Democracy.
Again, we protest against the forced con-
struciion placed upon the avowed sentiments of
the Northern Democracy, as expressed by
its leading press, the New York World
among the number, when the Chronicle and
Sentinel quotes the latter j ournal as clearly in
timating that the Southern Democracy, if they
choose, have the shaping and forming ot the is
sues which shall enter the canvass ot 1872.
Had the World intimated aDy such dogma as
this, it would have been a perversion of exist
ing facts, clearly evident to any calm observer
of the political situation ; but the World plainly
intimates the reverse ot mis, when it declares
that it “hilly understands the Democratic senti-
meoi i he North on the reconstruction ques
ti'M , uim « ifr its hearty indorsement, quotes
i-eiuneni expression ol that sentiment in the
Aioany (N. Y) Argus, one of the ablest and
most representative Democratic journals in the
Eastern States. The Argus states:
“ The political situation is determined and
unmistakable. There is to be no revival of obso
lete issues—no reactionary movement, or recur
rence to the past—no reconsideration of measures
that the people have decided upon. We resisted
the three amendments to tbe Constitution so
long as opposition was of any avail; but they
are now a part ot the fundamental law, and it
is worse than useless to discuss their character
and tendency,the means by which they were
earned, or the effect produced by them. 'Ihe
provisions embraced in the 13th and 15th Amend
ments are now in operation, and in such a form
that they cannot be abrogated except by another
revolution.
The first of these amendments gave freedom
to the Degro, and we have neither inclinatim
nor the power to remand him to servitude. The
Democratic party cheerfully accepts this as one of
the consequences of the rebellion, and has no desire
to reverse it. The 15th Amendment secures the
privileges of a voter to a negro, and this pro
vision having become incorporated into most ol
the State Constitutions, negro suffrage would
remain, even if the amendment to the Federai
Constitution was rescinded- This issue,
thc.relore, cannot be forced upon us. An act ol
Congress granting universal amnesty as an act
ot justice to the South, equally wise and hu
mane, will be one ot the first measures ot ihe
Democratic party on coming into power; anu
that will remove what is objectionable in the
14th Amendment.”
Here is a very plain indorsement of the views
expressed in the True Georgian, in the articie
oa Judge Stephens, and, moreover, giving a de
cided negative to the rather arrogant assertion
that the Democracy ot the South must, by rea
son ol the inevitable, assume the control ol
National Democratic events lor 1872, and,
though weaker in numbers, and de
cidedly at a disadvantage in point
ot organization and leadership, take
precedence iu action, and controlling influence
in the National Convention. With this lu;l
expression of the governing will ot the Northern
Democratic masses belore the people, how flat
and unprofitable seems to be the assertion of
the Chronicle and Sentinel writer that “upon
tbe Southern Democracy, therefore, it is properly
and wisely conceded, in advance, devolves the
u uh and responsible, as well as patriotic duty
ot ehap’.Eg tale issues, or in other words of deter
mining wuat ui that canvass shall be consider
ed as "living" aod what "dead issues."
The Reconstruction measures laid at rest,
and the issues that produced them buried with
the cause that gave them their essential vitality,
we have time, patriotically and calmly, to turn
our attention to the best ard safest manner by
.siii, h intrirtretnents u; on our atffended con-
ar u cal rights, ss individuals oi a* States oi
.m. Union, can be met and overcome, and how
the prtseui unwise, unnecessary and dangerous
National legislation emanating irom unscrupu
lous and fanatical extremists in Congress, sup
ported by the Administration, can best be
counteracted and made harmless. This is an
herculean task, worthy of the best powers ol
enlightened statesmanship, and of serious
discussion by the best minds ot the nation, in
convention assembled. Individuals, determin
ed upon a denunciatory aud revolutionary pro
gramme, and bent upon thrusting extreme views
iorwaru, no matter how impolitic or unessential
they may be, are clearly not the men whom an
anxious people, desiring peace and unity, should
acknowedge as leaders, or invest with repre
sentative dignity. Of such is the writer in the
Chronicle and Sentinel, whoever he may be; of
such stuff are the “impracticibles” composed,
oi whom the Albany Argus says .-
"And yet half a dozen h it headelimpracticable*
can fore doom the Democratic party to a defeat as
utter and overwhelming as that of 1868, if they
are allowed to put the organization on the extreme
courts which then causedour downfall ”
Again; touching the illegal “monstrosities”
and “infamous usurpations” of the present
Southern State Governments, and the impolitic
“null and void” style of argument pursued by
Southern extremists, and which the writer ot the
Chronicle and Sentinel article'succeeds in dis
playing to fiery advantage, in an entire column
of that journal: The attack centers upon “negro
suffrage,” and the “outrage of forcing” it upon
the Southern States. The writer says:
We refer to the usurpation of power by which
the attempt was made to force “negro suffrage”
upon the States. Suffrage is a question which,
under oar system, belongs to the States severally,
each for itselt, and there is wheie the Democracy
should insist, in its platform of principles, it
should be left. If any or all of the States South
as well as North see fit to allow suffrage to ne
groes, it is their right to do so. It is equally
the right oi each State, North as well as bouth,
to refuse suffrage to any other class of its popu
lation, as each State for itself may determine.
This is the practical issue we wish to see as
serted. It rests upon a fundamental principle
iu the Constitution ol the United states.
Upon this principle the Democratic party has
ever stood in every platform and manifesto put
forth by that parly from the.beginning, and it is
upon the same platform we would have them to
continue to stand it they intend or desire to pre
serve the liberties ot this country. If this most
daring otYril the usurpation* ot those now bear
ing sway be "accepted," then indeed, we repeat,
we see nothing lelt ot popular rights anywhere
secure against the grasp ot audacious usurpers.
Tfie yielding of an inefi invites to the taking of
an ell—this, however, would' "be eventually
yielding the citadel.
This argument is clearly and legitimately met,
and, in our opinion, fully overcome by the ar
gument ot the World that:
“ The State Constitutions formed under the
pressure and coercion of the reconstruction
acts, are amendable by the people ol each State,
like other State Constitutions. The freedom to
make a new Constitution is as -fully possessed
by each of the Southern as it i^jjy each of the
Northern States ; but constitutional changes in
a State cannot properly become a question ol
National politics, or a topic iu the National
piattorm of the Democratic party.
None ot the new amendments prohibits the
States Irom requiring a property qualification,
or an educational qualification lor voters.
Every Statu is tree to adopt either or both; and
it (wfiick we doubt) there is a majority in any
State who with to exclude tbe negroes, they can
accomplish nearly all they desire without rais
ing any question under the 14th or the 15th
Amendment.
It tfie “practical issue” which the Chronicle
and Sentinel writer is aiming at should,
perchance, be a hidden hope that negro suffrage
could eventually, by proper manipulation, be
extirpated trom Southern statute books, we
ca.l his attention to the expressed dissent ol
Northern Democracy to any such proposition,
and the lutility of even hinting any such issue,
as a plank in the piattorm ot the Democratic
National Convention tor 1872. Says the
W orld:
“ Stripped of irrelevant accessories, which
only cloud aud contuse, the real question is
whether the Democratic party will array itselt
against negro suffrage iu the next Presidential
election. It is inexpedient $o do so lor this
plain reason; that in the next Presidential
election the negroes will all vote, and on such
an issue every one of them would vote against
ihe Democratic candidate. It there should be
iu the National Convention any Democrats who
desire the party to make an anti-negro-suffrage
platform, they will come Irom the States where
the negro vote is so large that the piattorm re
commended by such delegates would certainly
lose their own States. Any candidate who
tries to get nominated by appealing to that kind
ot sentiment, will solicit votes Irom the Conven
tion which do not represent electoral votes
among their constituencies. Any candidate
who should get nominated on this issue would
be booked, not lor an election, but a deleat.”
Iu conclusion, we desire to state that our
hope tor the complete disenlhraiment ot our
country trom its present unhappy political con
dition lies in the firmness, the sagacity, valor,
and patriotism of the united Democracy ol the
North; that we look to them as the standard
bearers of the people against wrong and parti
san oppression in the gigantic struggle ot 1872;
that the lessons ol the past will not be lost upon
the prudence and patriotism ot the party; that
its sound and conservative, statesmen will re
press the violence oi schismatics, and reprove the
turbulence ot irresponsible leaders ot taction.
And we again insist, (the opinion of the Chron
icle and Sentinel writer to the contrary not
withstanding) that the National Democratic
party ot the North, il guided in the future by
the light ot the tacts, and in no wise 6wayed
from the path ot truth by the attacks ot ene
mies from without or within, will receive the
active co-operation ol the ‘houghttul and mod
erate masses ot the South, and that lour-dlths
of the Southern Democracy will cordially in
dorse the spirit of this article, and cm tribute
their aid to the consummation oi the principles
aud policy herein enunciated.
As the writer in the Chronicle and Sentinel
impugns our honesty ot motive, and integrity ol
purpose, in espousing the true cause ot Nation
al Democracy, we will allow our recent letter
to President Grant, stating our reasons lor
quitting the Republican parly, to follow in these
columns to-morrow morning.
Clerks ot Conns Eligible—An Important
Decision by Congress.
Hall of the House of Representatives, )
Washington, D. C., March 9, 1871. )
Editor Constitution: I am addressed almost
daily by persons who held the office ol Clerk
ot the Court previous to the war, requesting
to have their disabilities removed. The ques
tion ot the disability ot such persons has been
adjudicated iavorably by the House, and I am
now persuaded that it is unnecessary to offer
bills looking to the removal of the disabilities
of those wlio were Clerks of Courts previous to
the war.
In the case of Hon. A. M. Waddell, repre
senting the'Third District of North Carolina,
the House of Representatives, at the beginning
ot this session, settled the question whethei
clerks of courts ot law and equity in the South
came under the third section ot the 14th Amend
ment. Colonel W addell was a Clerk and Master
ol a court ot equity in North Carolina betore the
war, and aitei wards a Lieutenant Colonel in the
Confederate army. When he came to be sworn
in, Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, objected, and
made an argument to show that he was disquali
fied ; but alter a reply trom Judge Kelley, ol
Pennsylvania, (a leading Radical,) denying the
disqualification ot Colonel W addeli, the previ
ous question was called", and he was admitted
by a large majority.
Although no decision has yet been arrived at
in regard to Postmasters, it is the opinion oi
many leading Republicans that they ate not
disqualified under the 14th Amendment.
Yours, etc., _
W. P. Price.
A LETTER FROM
GOVERNOR SAMUEL BARD
President G-rant,
Political Situation in
Georgia
Centralism.
History establishes the lact that France has
always been better governed and more prosper
ous under an enlightened centralism than when
she eDjoyed the delusive delights of “ Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity.”—Atlanta New Era.
Our contempory, while periorming a neat lit
tle voluntary last Sunday, with France lor his
theme, (as above) inadvertently struck the key
note ot me lune which Radicalism is nowplay-
iDg with so muca unction in our own country,
“ Centralism” is the accepted “ music of the
future” ot our present buffo-politico directors at
Washington, while the glorious, but old-iash-
loned music, “ Liberty, Equality and Fraterni
ty,’’ which once stirred the hearts ot millions,
anu rent the foundations ot incestuous tyrann-
ny to its very base, are ridiculed as “ delusive
delights.”
Heaven grant that our people, by exercising
their God-given rights, will promptly prevent
the consummation of the wicxed schemes and
plots, now being directed agaimt the virtue and
honor of our republic by these political lib
ertines !
The sound of the key-note ot Radicalism, in
advertently struck by our neighbor, is not a
pleasant one to American ears, and like the ta
bled tune, the “ old cow died ot,” may shortly
resolve itself into a requiem ovtuhe entire car
cass ot Radicalism.
“ He’s Busted.”—President Grant reminds
us, as Dr. Bard vuu.d say, ot a pool-player
who Lav. vxiaue a final ourst of it. in his eager
ness to finish up mo ban Domingo joD, in his
impatience tor that tempting pool, ne has alien
ated many ot his strongest Ir.ends—knocked
down more pins than he could afford. In pool
parlance, he is “ busted.”—Savaxnah Eews.
Cameron for Bumner.^—The Cincinnati
Gazette makes the lollowmg brief but pungent
commentary on the Sumner imbtoglio:
“ It is to be hoped that the Republicans of the
United States Senate can find some better way
to reconstruct the chairmanship ot the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations than by substituting
Cameron for Sumner. The descent is so great
that the public mind will dwell wholly on the
loss cf character, and will pass over any rea
sons that may exist lor making a change in the
head of this committee.”,, .
AND THE SOUTH.
“WISDOM, justice and moderation.”
In conformity with our notice in yesterday’s
Intelligencer, that our recent letter to Presi
dent Grant would be reprinted by us, to relute
the unwarranted assertions of the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, concerning our motives
and reasons ior quitting the Republican party,
we publish the letter, and request an earnest pe
rusal of it by our readers.
Atlanta, Ga., December, 1S70.
To General U. <5. Grant, President of the United
States :
My Dear Sir—The New York Tribune, of
the first instant, contains the following tele
graphic dispatch:
“Atlanta, November 30.—At last the true
colors ot the ‘decoy ducks’ in the pay ot the
Democracy of this State, who have so long
caused discord in the ranks of the Republican
party here, and misled the representatives of the
party at Washington and elsewhere, are com
ing to light, bam. Bard, who in company with
Joshua Hill and others, started a newspaper
called the True Georgian, a lew months ago, in
this city, ostensibly tor the purpose ot sustain
ing General Grant’s Administration, and de
nouncing the State ddministration of Governor
Bullock, comes out with a leader this morning,
renouncing General Grant, and hoisting the
name ot John T. Hoffman ior President, aud
Geueral Gordon, ot this Btate, for Governor, in
1872. He also comes out in lavor of the Demo
cratic nominee tor Congress, in this District.
Bard is the man whom the benete confirmed,
last winter, as Governor ot Idaho. It is under
stood that he is now in the employ oi Tammany
Hall, having just returned irom New York.
This dispatch bears the ear-marks ot its ori
gin. I might at once address my reply to the
Governor ot Georgia, who is its soutce and inspi
ration, be the medium ot its transmission who
tt may, but I aiways prefer to address a gentle
man when I have the choice, ana happffy the
language ot the dispatch leaves me a choice. It
states that my paper, the True Georgian, was
started “ostensibly lor the purpose ol sustaining
General Grant’s administration and denouncing
tne btate administration ot Governor Bullock,”
thereby implying a lack ot sincerity iu my sup
port ot yon, while it aoes does not assert that 1
tailed to perturm the latter part ol my assigned
duly. It assumes an idemity ot purpose be
tween the Federal and btate administrations in
Georgia, wnich I had hoped, ior your own sake,
aud tnat ol Georgia, you would have avoided.
No one knows better than yourself how earn
estly 1 have striven to prevent the identification
of your administration with that ot Governor
Bullock; but whether the current upon which
you sailed, led inevitably to that reel, or you
chose to accept other pilotage than mine, 1
couldn’t be expected, alter warning you, to sail
with you to mevitaole wreck and destruction. I
I have told you aud the world that Governor
Bullock’s administration in Georgia was a loul
Diot upon our national escutcheon—that it was a
iraud and a cowmng iutarny; and 1 told you
the truth. It has degraded and tmpoverisned
our btate—plundered her Treasury—dissipated
her school luud—panned her assets anu des
troyed her credit.
It has assassinated and overthrown the re
constructed body politic organized under the
Acts of Congress by General Meade, and toisted
upon the people, a hungry band oi unprincipled
political adventurers, who have eaten out their
substance while depriving tnein ot redress by
preventing their representatives Irom takieg
tneir seats in Congress.
It has kept itsell in power by a series of
adroit aud unscrupulous tamperings with the
laws aud Constitution ol the btate, and by out
rages against the rights ol citizens, and, when
these have tailed, by unblushing usurpation ol
authority, in which, I regret to say, it has re
ceived support trom Washington.
It is a ring—a combination—a band ot politi
cal Forty Thieves—not a government. To call
it a Government in to disgrace the name aud
briug that which men shorn J venerate into dis
repute. It occupies the seats aud wields the
power ot authority, not to protect but to pillage,
and society is only sale where sell-protected.
The order that exists iu Georgia is that ol an
order-loving people—me disturbance ol it is
the result ol maladministration, political op
pression and extravagance, aud driving our cit
izens out ol the bta'e aud preventing immigra
tion into it.
Who cares to risk taking up his residence in
a State, the bonds ol which, issued lor railroad
purposes, cannot be sold, even at a low figure,
without great difficulty ?
1 live in Georgia. The interests of this com
munity are my interests. Tneir good name is
involved in that ol tneir State. I cannot see it
dishonored lor political ends by viie men, who
do not hold their places “ bv the consent ot the
governed,” but through the iufiueuce ol a re
mote power, without protesting against the ini
quity and renouncing all who upnold it.
I have waited long, humb.j’, pitiently, lor
the re-estabiishment ol her rights, and the re
cognition oi her equality among sister btales,
but in vain. Upon each compliance with the
teims oi reconstruction, Georgia nas been re
manded to the political purgatory ol Buliock
and Blodgett; aud powers so utterly at war
with the Constitution have been assumed by
CoDgress to accomplish this, that, il wielded
towards other btales, the Fedeial Republic
must soon cease to be such and become an Em
pire.
It is quite poi-sible I may have erred in sup
posing that you could stem the torrent ot Radi
calism which is sweeping our country on to
destruction. Nevertheless, I did think so, and
lor that reason I put your name up as my can
didate for the Presidency belore you were nom-
nated at Chicago, and supported you heartily
up to the 30ih ultimo.
I had been a Democrat before tbe civil war,
and an advocate ol all the measures ol public
policy wbich that party professed, i was an
officer in the Contederate army. When the war
closed, you, as the conquering General, acted
with soldierly magnanimity. In tne early years
ol peace your word was a protection to Bouth-
ern men against the vindictive spirit cl North
ern non-combatants. You made a trip through
the bouth and reported favorably on us condi
tion to President Johnson, which brought down
upon you the ire ol Senator Sumner, who char
acterized it as a “ whitewashing report.” You
made no political speeches, aud up to the period
of your inauguration as President reled upon
your military record. It was the record that
secured you the nomination ot the Republican
party. They used it as a political capital, the
ultra members tearing all the while tnai you
would prove intractable when President. They
thought you were moderate, and thousands oi
Democrats thought the same. For these rea
sons 1 supported you, and urged the South to
support you, as a powerful breat water against
the destructive*tide of Radicalism. I accepted
in good faith the Constitutional Amendment.
aDd Reconstruction Acts, not as the best meas
ures lor the bouth and the Union, but as the
penalty ot deleat—as terms which the conquer
ed section could not reiuse. They gave us a
hew point ot departure—a new iaoor system,
which is the ground work ot a new political sys
tem. Fiona t'ds point I was eager to work—lor-
w^rd, not backward. I went tor progress not
reaction, and opposed the counter revolution in
augurated by the New York Convention and
the letter ol General Frank P. Blair. What I
desired was, above all things, “ peace,” This
secured, i hoped to see the south develop anew
her energies and resources, lor the benefit not
ot herselt alone but ot tne enure Union. I
could not have known that Georgia was to be
kept in a state ol perpetual bondage, the prey
ot irresponsible demagoguts, the associate iu
misery with B'>uiii Uaionna ano Louisiana,
whose Governors, bcott and Warmouih, lorni
with Bullock a triumvirate of unmitigated po
litical scounarelism, without a precedent since
the latter days of the Roman Empire, and have
cursed the States over wnich they rme with
plagues worse than the frogs and lice ol Egypt
This is Truth and Truth is eternal.
Y our inaugural address, Mr. President, served
to nassure me. in it you declared. “The
office nas come to me unsought. I com
mence ns duties untrammelled; ” and in
your first annual message you urged the speedy
removal ot ail political disabilities, giving
as a sound reason therefor “ that no peo
ple could long be excluded Irom their
rights with safety.” These were an earnest ol
the laith that was in you; but you did not let it
rest there. You lollowed your laith by works.
You appointed men who had been Confederate
soldiers to office—myself among the number.
You nominated me Governor ot Idaho, and I
was conmmed by the benate. 1 would gladly
have assumed the duties ot that honorable of
fice, but I mund that I was stilt needed at home,
to oppose the rotten administration ol Governor
Bullock, and 1 resigned it. In ptrlorming this
duty I have warmly sustained you and your ad-
Bunistration, hoping that the latter plight ulti
mately reflect your personal character and con
victions, as I understood them, instead ol being
controlled oy influences now dominating it lor
party purposes. Y'our inaugural declaration,
that you would “ have no policy to enlorge
against the will of the people,” appears to have
been taken by ukra-sectioaalists in Congress as
an abandonment ot the sceptre, and they have
seized it accordingly, to your decided detriment
aud that of the country.
My high personal regard for you has under
gone no change.
The public policy, of which your are not the
author but the official instrument, I must firmly
oppose.
The people of North Carolina and Missouri
have recently repudiated that policy with un
mistakable disdain, and have pointed out the
path ot treedopi which noble old Georgia is
soon to loilow. Does the English language
turnish terms wherewith to properly stigmatize
the acts ol Governor Holden ? Is it to be
wondered at that a long suffering people, Re
publicans as well as Democrats, should have at
last vindicated themselves, aud overthrown his
corrupt and tyrannical administration at the
ballot-box V
And there, too, is Missouri. Who, sir, did
you the pernicious service to advise your prose
cution ot the triends ot Carl bchurz and Gralz
Brown ? These men are Republicans, dyed iu
tne wool—men who have proven their laith iu
human liberty by early risking their lives in its
support. The fiist an exile trom the land ol his
birth, lor the uever-io-be-lorgotten heroism ot
’48; the second an outspoken abolitionist iu
Kentucky and Missouri, when death wasaswitt
mfiicted penalty for Irce opinion. These two
meu are philosophers, wno believe in the liberty
oi all meu, white as well as black ; and their
antagonist, benaior Drake, may well go to them
to learn the first principles ot Republicanism,
instead ol attempting to proscribe them. Tney
are broad, comprehensive and humane in their
views—he is narrow, croicheuy and vindict
ive. Missouri and the country have judged
between them, aud the credit stands recorded
iu tavor ot universal “ Amnesty ” and Re
publican treedom, as against the Republican
party.
it has been truly said that “ He who would
oe constant iu wisdom must change often.”
The tree mtnd cannot be too muen trammelled
by p^rty names or affiliations. It looks to the
ultimate, not the immediate workiug ; it may
be by devious paths, Dut always with the grand
object in view. The inconsistency ot sueu a
course is more apparent then real. Parties ol
narrower views may hope to efiect it by clamor,
Dut triumph cro wns it at the end. It is ot less
importance to me how my couduct may appear
in this matter than what i may accomplisn by
id The imputation cast upon my motives were
expected, ano, theietore, uiscounted beioie-
xiaud. 1 could nut have united witu the De
mocracy ot Georgia nine, or even lour months
ago, because at mat time they had not advanced
to me point oi new departure, whence, iu my
opinion, they must Work for the iuiuio. They
need lo grow out ot me sectionalism ol their
otd ideas and to become Nationalized. I
think mey have done so. No man is now so
looiish as to mink ol disrupting the Uuion or
ie-esiablishiug slavery in any form. The main
objects desiieu aud sought ior are equality ol
me btates in me Union, anu the right ol local
sell-government, uumliuenced by Federal dicta
tion. 'These rights are as important to Massa
chusetts aud Illinois us they are to Georgia,
and they canuot be denied to one estate with
out imperiling the independence aud lire oi ail.
Reconstruction finished, me Btales must be
equals, or the U uiou will be again aggravated
oy disseuuon, and liable to be warpeu irom its
Liue purpose to serve local or sectional inter
ests. The Democratic party is pledged to this
solution ol the questions tell us Oy the war. It
opposes the attempts to control elections by
means ot soldiers sent per orders irom me cen
tral power. Noimug could Ue invented more
calculated to overmrow lieedoui than to place
au army at the disposal of an ambitious Presi
dent, with auinorny, under tne law, to inter
fere with elections. It tins power continues
it requires no prophet to predict the ultimate
overmrow ol tree government throughout me
United btates.
Upon the questions ol political economy de
veloped iu the history ol our country 1 nave
always been a Diinociat, and still adhere to the
propriety oi applying their system to the ad-
unnisiratiou oi our nuaueiul adairs aud collec
tion oi me revenue, so lar as may be compati
ble with the cuauged relations of trades aud
values now existing.
Governed oy these views I have issued the
tollewiug card lo the public, iu my paper ot the
30th ultimo:
“ A close ouservation upon the conditiQn oi
the country, dui ag my recent visit to the “Fed
eral Hapital,” and me Northern Slates, has
forced u,jou my mind the conviction mat the
mission ol ihe Republican party has ended.
Tne accomplishment ol all its good offices de
volves upon the statesmen ol the country tbe
duty of determiuiug the policy ot the iuture.
stupendous issues are now rising up, having no
necessary connection with the measuies ot the
late civil war, or oi reconstruction consequent
upon it, demanding the closest inv* st galiou and
wisest solution Oy the popular miuu. Many ol
ihose have asmined such shape as lo make it
clearly manliest mat me Iuture weliare ol the
country wul be best secured by the complete
triumph ol the declared principles ot the Dem
ociatic party, as now set lorth by such leadeis
as Governor Joun T. Huffman, aud illustrated
oy his recent triumpuaut election.
“ Acting with the Republican party in sup
port ot tue measures lor ihe Restoration ot me
btates ol the South to their proper relations to
the Federal Government, we have but dis
charged a solemn duty to the people, tor which
we have not a single regret to express.
“Now that Reconstruction has been fully
accomplished, the same h gfi regard ior the wel
lare aud peace ol the whole country which has
aiways controlled iny political course impels me
to declare my unqualified sympathy with,
and adhesion to, the National Democratic
party.
“ With this well considered determination
we place at, our masthead the name ot John
T. Hoffman, ot New York, lor the Presidency
in 1872.
“ This determination has been arrived at
without consultation with Governor Hoffman
cr his tnends, and without regard to personal
consequences.
" On the same ground we also hoist the name
ot John B. Gordon, lar the office of Governor ol
the State ot Georgia in 1872.
“ The policy ol the True Georgian toward the
dangerous Slate Administration will continue
as heretoiore—one ol firm and vigorous oppo
sition.”
It is this card which has occasioned so much
telegraphic activity on the part ot Bullock’s
supporters in Georgia, and gi”en them oppor
tunity to renew their too well established
claim ol owning the Republican faction in this
Slate—lor it cannot be truthfully asserted that
it ever has risen, or ever can rise, to the digni
ty of a parly under such intolerably wicked
leadership.
YV th great respect, Mr. President, I have the
honor to subscribe myself, as ever,
Your friend and obedient servant,
Samuel Bard,
Editor "Ihe Daily True Georgian."
Decisions ot Supreme Court of Georgia—
January Term, 1871.
Order ot Circuits with the number ot cases
irom each:
•Macon Circuit 13
Flint Circuit 12
Tallapoc-sa Circuit lo
Ailai alia 0
Atlanta Circuit 17
Rome Circuit 5
Chtrokec c.rcuit 11
Nortnern Circuit 9
Middle Circuit 0
Ocmuigee Circuit 9
Eastern Circuit 10
Brunswick Circuit 4
Albany 12
Augusta 2
Friday, March 17th, 1871.
Argument of No. 10, Tallapoosa Circuit.
Bill vs. Harris—was resumed and concluded.
Judge B. H. Bigham tor plaintiff in error aud
Col. H. Buchanan lor defendant in error.
No. 8, Tallapoosa Circuit. White vs. Blas-
ianu—was argued lor plaintiff in error, by-
Judge Ezz-.rd, aud lor delendant in error, by
Z W. Harrison.
No. 9, A. C. Ware vs. Daniel Ware, et al—
was argued for plaintiff in error, by Judge
Bigham, and ior defendants in error, by CoL
Charles Mabry.
The first case on the docket from the Atlanta
Circuit will be first in order to-morrow morn
ing.
Tidbits.
A high circle—a ting ia a belfry.
"When the ux is down many are the butchers.
Man doth wnat he can, and God what lie wilt.
A complete cell—to sell celery in a ce l ir.
To live Jong it is necessary to live slo wiv!
Daylight will peep through a little hole.'
Lend your money, and lose your Iriend.
Why are a lady’s ringlets like one of Dick
ens’ novels ? Because they are all of a twist.
“ Do you think that raw oysters are hea! hv?”
asked a lady oi her physician. “ Yes,” he re
plied. “ I never knew one to complain of being
out of health in my life.”
Some lolks talk of economy very naturally.
We know ol an old lady who has tabooe 1 can
dles, and is now burning gas, because the latter
is cheaper. She says that she can get lour teet
ot gas tor a cent, while candles are lour cents a
toot.
“ Halloa! Bob, how are you ? ” Bob, who
had been in jail for debt for some months past,
answered: “Very well, thank you ; but I have’
been in trouble, you know.” “ What trouble
ailed you?” “ A trouble past in durance ”
Mr. Hyde and Miss Taller, of Columbus,
having been married, and the “ tatted call ”
having been killed in their honor, gives the
Louisville Courier-Journal an opportunity to
air a joke about “ killing cattle for the sake of
the Hyde and Taller.”
Prince Napoleon is reported to have lo3t
property valued at 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 francs
by the German war, though he still has quite
enough to live upon comfortably.
Candid —“ How much water do you put in
your milk?” asked a man ot a boy, who de
livered on one ot the milk routes. “ We don’t
put any water in it,” replied the boy. “ What
uo you put it, then ? ” “ Ice,’' said' the candid
youth.
Price Gortschakoff, though in his 73d year, h
as clear in brain and vigorous in body as he was
twenty years ago, and the Czar laughingly gays
ha will live to be minister to his imperial suc
cessor lor years.
Mild Way of Putting It.—The last euphu
ism out is that ot a student, who remarked the
other day ot one iu whose honesty he has no
great abiding laith, that He will hereafter have
opportunity “to examine the sulphur spec
trum without building any special tire lor the
purpose.”
At a California fair recently several bottles oi
strained honey were put on exhibition, wheu a
chap put up a bottle ot castor oil with the res;.
The opinion of all who tried it was that the bee
that laid it was a fraud.
Modern Rapidity.— History itselt must now
begin as Horn a new epoch. All the doings of
the world, through this rapidity given to person
and to thought, must be so altered as to bear no
parallel with the past. The old'ocomotive and
communicating powers are defunct—They are
as the water that has passed the mill. It must
grind with that which succeeds.
Grant’s coffin—San Domingo.
The New Hampshire Pike is a fish out of
water.
Sumner feels much better.
The Hon. Gpothleyohala, of Kansas, is one
oi the most talented nair-r,-risers ot the Pi rius.
Eiji boasts the best dressed—and cooked—
people in the world.
An Indiana editor calls another “ a walking
nihibihty.”
The most fascinating blacksmith in Provi
dence is a young lauy.
The KuKlux are on Boston Common. Bob
beries and assaults there nightly. Where are
the United States troops?
Jacob Methuselah, ot Indiana, tried to reach
the age of his namesake, by laughing, but over
did the thing, and died au untimely death.
Mr. Boussum, ot Pennsylvania, just dead,
weighed 526 pouuds. The wile ot his Boussum
is also very heavy.
A Trojan young lady points to $2,400 earned
by her sewing machine in lour years.
Washington gossip reports tile Hon. C. C.
Bowen about to be married.
Kilpatrick is lecturing in the Western
Stales, and the inhabitants are taking to the
woods.
Swearing oft on gum-chewir.g gives Chicago
girls tue jim—j uns.
Philadelphia ladies are bound to have an ine
briate asylum, aii to themselves.
Circuses in the South ate d eadtully eni>o ed
by negroes that follow them - fl and try to >.o
Inc same uiens mat the p.rmrmers do. One
encus man humored them tii; ho had lout or am
colored luuerais on his hands, since widen he
jlubs them away.
Feeling a patient’s pulse by telegraph is i.e
latest achievement. The sick man was in V/a- .
mgio/j and the physician iu New Y’ork. Ti.e
heals oi the pulae Wore transmitted oy a doc or
with one hand on the patient’s wrist aud me
olUer on the telegraph key.
Sacramento has iton baitings lor a Sunday
sensation. The owner ot the dog killing the
lion nets $25.
A fire in New York originated in a cat
knocking over a kerosene lamp. Cats have uo
business thus to usurp human prerogatives.
a Chicago detective lately bet that Forrester
is not the Nathan murderer, aud itiut he couid
write the names ol three -men, tffci ot whom
would be convicted ol the crime within o ,e
year. The wager was accepted, and the names
secretly written and sealed up for one year.
The chief objeci ot the present session
ot the Forty-second Congress oeiun, according
to the President, the passage ot the Ku Klux
bill, we see the usual machinery put in opera
tion to produce evidence ot its necessity. The
outrage mill again grinds luriousiy, and some ot
us grists have already been placed on the
Nortnein market. 'The reliable loyalist ol Co
lumbia, South Carolina, is hist on nand with a
terrible story of lawlessness, rape and murder,
and his less prompt collabomteurs at oth r
points South will soon have their tales m readi
ness to stud along. Belore we have time to ar
rive at tne trutn ol these matters, it is probable
that the bill which President Grant desires to
aid his personal political amoiuon will oe
passed, aud then we shall have a rebel Irom
these harrowing fictions. The Ku-Klux seem
to have an acute appreciation oi the necessities
ol the Republican party, arising in tneir lury to
slay some unlonunale negro at the very time
when the flagging patriotism of Congressmen
requires a spur, aud retiring as quickly when
th at purpose is gamed.
Cg?*Tt is stated by Republican Congressmen,
who proless to know, that belore the adjourn
ment ot Congress the President will send in a
special message asking lor an appropriation of
one million and a hall cl dollars, to be placed
in his hands, to be used with uiscrettonary pow
er, in the event that a treaty lor the annexation
ot Ban Domingo is made and ratified by the
Senate in an extra session oi that budy, to r.e
convened to consider it. As Congress will ad
journ to December, the President it is alleged,
deems an appropriation necessary to fulfil the
probable terms of a*probabie treaty.
The Boston Journal says: “ The cotton man-
uiaqiories ot New England have had several
years ot rather hard times. While the value ot
their machinery and buildings have never iahen
below the price lor which the stock of the cor
porations were selling in the market, the profits
nave been smalt owing to a combination ot cir
cumstances, and as the dividends regulate the
value ot the stock, the prices tor some time have
been low. Within sixty days these manufacto
ries have, as a general rule, taken a iavorable
start, amt it is believed that under the new sys
tem ot selling goods, and the demand which
exists for thepioductsot the mills, iau dividends
may be expected in the Iuture.”
Said a wine merchant to his porter, whom he
wanted to leave a while in his cellar, “ I’ll chalk
your mouth, so I can tell it you drink any wine
while I am gone,” at the same lime drawing his
thumb nail over the man’s lips as thougn he
were chalking them. The porter drank as
much wine as he wanted, and then chalked his
mouth so as not to be detected, and by that
means exposed himself to his shrewd master.
An emiuent Scottish divine met two oi his
own parishoners at the house of a lawyer whom
he considered too sharp a practitioner. The
iawyer ungraciously put the question, “ Doctor,
these are members oi your flock; may I ask do
you look upon them as white sheep or as black
sheep ?’’ “ I don’t know,” answered the divine,
dryly, “ whether they are black or white sheep;
but i know, if they are long here, they are pretty
sore to be fleeced,”
Mutilated Currency.—It was stated a few
weeks ago that the United buttes Court at
Raieigu, N. O., had rendered a decision, in
which a postmaster in that Bod* was deien :aut,
that a postmaster beiDg a Lu ted Biates officer,
he was compelled to receive United Btales cur
rency, however mutilated, mi puy u 10 nt ot p.jst-
age. 'l he postmaslei a; Kingston has written
to the Department at Y/aeinngtoa and das
received the loilowing reply :
Postoffice Department, Feb. 8, 1871.
Sir—Year letter ol the 2d inst. is at h ..ad.
In accorduhC3 with thb rules oi the Treasury
Department, the Postmaster General directly u
to receive in payment lor postage stamp.- md
stamped envelopes, United Stales no.ea ol woich
not more than one-twentieiu is miasiug, and
fractional notes, ol which not more than c ne-
lenih is missing, it clearly genuine.
You are not required to receive mutilated
notes (by the term mutilated is meant notes not
worth their lull face value under the subjoined
rules), which notes are redeemable by the
Treasurer ot the United States, and by no other
officer. Nor will you receive notes so much
soiled or uelaced that their genuineness can not
be clearly and satisiacierily ascertained.
Very respectfully,
YV. H. H. Terrell.
During the Carnival at Washington an
electric light was shown trom the do ne oi the
Capitol on two evening by which fina print
could be read at the Treasury—so savs -ne
Cnronicle. The light was produced by elec
tricity passing between twocaroou points. Tne
electricity was generated by eighty cells of
Giove’s battery, with twelve and a half square
leet oi platmum surface. It is not improbable
that at no distant time the leading thorough-
lares ol our cities will be rendered as light as
noonday by the usa ol electric illuminating
apparatus.
Keep clear ot a mao that does not value his
own character.