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jairllitj rarer ANTA~ GEORGIa7 tesday, April iO, 1871. i. P. n. B. Yomig’a speech. .• d mtch ol our editorial pace U'-day u excellent pptech H our immediate Rep- repreotatative in Congress II n. P. M. B. Young. It should cou.mai.d the ...teution and careful reading of his people. I'olted States Circuit Court. lion. Wm. B. Wood, United States Circuit Judge, arrived in Savannah last Wednesnay, and will sit with Judge Erskine holding the Circuit Court. Dcmocra'lc Cialnn. It is now prety certain that Governor English has been re-elected Governor of Connecticut, and the returns from the municipal elections in the West, in Missouri and Michigan, exhibit large Democratic gains. These results show that the movement ol the IU micraey is onward both in the East and the West. A Proteat Acolusl the OEatrlct Court. The gnmil jury of Effingham county, pre sented a protest against the District Court, od the gr unds ihat there was no necessity for said court, and that the attempt to organize it ie contrary to both the spirit and letter of the law. White Men t» be Tried by Xejro Juries. The New York Tribune’s Washington cor respondent says that Htorney General Aker- man has expressed the opinion that much ol the force of the Ku- Klux bill, which lately passed the House, was sacrificed when the Hall amend ment, abolishing the iron clad oath, was adopt ed. The telegraphic dispatches of last night in form us (bat, in th>- Senate, that amendment was stricken out before the bill wa3 passed.— The bill in this shape, should it become a law, will practically place persons indicted under it entirely at the mercy of the negroes, in several of the States. In South Carolina, for instance, a corporal’s guard ol white men, who can take that oalb, cannot be found. And yet a South ern wl ite man, an i a lawyer ol some standing, approves such a monstrous law! IIovt & Jones, Bankki s —Among the most euterprisiDg hod accommodating banking corn- pan cs in Atlanta, tire linn of Hoyt & Jones stands conspicuous. With an ample capital, they are ready at all tint's to accommodate business nun with dome-tic and foreign ex change, gold, silver, sticks, railroad securities, &c Mr. D.irvin Jones, as Teller of the Geor gia National Bank, has had much experience in the bal king business ot Atlanta, and is ex tensively and lavi rably kt own to all the busi ness men ol the c ty. This bank is well worthy a liberal share of public pntron-ge. Man Terribly Beaten.—This afternoon, we are informed, that a nun who was intoxi cated, was arr&.ted by iln- | ohea on the corner of Peachtree street. He i esisted a little, and was terribly beaten by the officers with their clubs. Whiic it is the duty of the police to preserve order and arrest defendants, yet to abuse the power and maltreat citizens unnecessarily, is an outrage on the community, and particularly so upon the person abused. Let this case be look ed into, and let the p< ople see whether the city officers are ready to lake fines out of the pockets of their employers as they are to assess them upon other offenders against the law. “ Pater blockade ’’ was an expression fre quently uttered during the war—but the people i on Peachtree ptreet have no sui It adjective as paper to qualify the bit ckai’e of iheirstrcct.— The large house in the t-tr < t It in reaches front pavement to pavement vtitn its huge sides braced up a> ninst the crushed boughs of the 01- natneulal shade Irees on either aide. No vehicle cau pass and (he - old house, us it stands mo tionless and almost immovable, is Voted by all a “ grand nuisance.” Governor Gottry on I' cNldcnt Grant. A correspondent ot the New York Herald has lately interviewed Governor Geary ot Penn sylvania, who, it will be remembered, in his message to the Lcgis'alurc of lit t State, enter ed a very strong and ear nest protest agaim-t the act of Congress which authorizes the inter ference of the military with elections. In the interview the claims of several prominent men lor the Presidency were discussed,and in the Gov ernor’s estimation, “ the man who has the least chance for winning the next Presidential race is Grant.” In answer to the quts i n—"Do you think Cameron is giving him any assistance,” he replied : “ Cmnt rou has politically luTc 1 every one he has taken hold of. Why, Giant lolj me once that he understood Cameron thoroughly ; that he spurned him as he spurned the dust under his teer, yet now we see the two working seem- ingly in perteet h armony. Cameron has Grant under Ida thumb.” Henry Ward Beecher on ’I ho Kn-Klux Bill. Wha'eAcr may be said of Henry Ward Beech- eu’a excentricities, or sensational d splavs in the pulp:', he is ei titled to a high pi tec amongst the bold and original thtr.kers ol the dry. When-, ever he touches a subject he hand!, s it with a masters hand. Upon the qn. stion of slavery, in days gone by, lie has dealt the South many a heavy blow. We consider it one of the favor able sigus ot the times that this pop d tr divine has given utterance to opinions and views ol the situwtion of alia rs in the South, winch are di rectly in conflict with the policy of the Wash ington dynasty. In a leading editorial of the Christum Uuiouto: Ust week be con ie mined the measure, llieu and now pending in Congress, commonly known as the “Ku-K iv bill,” as “fli.gri.ntlv unconst t' tiot’hl,” a 1 u m wise as a measure of policy. Upon the la - r point he aays: “The attempt to secure order and morality in the South by Fn'cra' military suasion, at this day, is an in pert m nee not to be to orated.— Justine and or r in ti e Southern States are ex ceedingly desirable, ’ tit they canoo be im port. d ihtlh< r Tl.t o ly.u.et and th. conscience aremver ni.< d t. > d It may b-. needlui to maintain the frame*' rk of s.»c e y a d the form ot government by ioree But that done, force camot make men Pin i, ju-»i, g.uerous, or peaceable Even ii lore. c> uld vvoiko edience, to use t rce upon Euch u ream in Line u peace wifi ts~inttaliy change the native t our gov- eiun e t, and hi’ i' is too large a j me to pay lor Older n a hundred A .» amasor Lo isianas.” Tbe K.ii Eitix Bill. The tehgraph.o u spaicues ot Saturday even ing bring the intelligence that the Senate amendments to the KuKiux bill, reqriring the iron-clad oath from jurors in the Federal courts and extending the right of the Prc ident to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to tne end oi the next regular s.srion, were rejected in the House; also, the amendment ot which Mr. Sherman was the author, asse&ing damages upon communities tor Ku-Klux outrages. Atter this action, a committee of conference was ap pointed on the part of the Hous i. This action of the House, if sustained bv the Senate, and the clear majority 1 y v hich the amendments were de'eated, renders this result highly probable, deprives the bill t three very objectionable matures; but i: r. 1 still retain pr. visions which areonttag is violations of the Constitution, and dsngeren- to the publ'c liberty. It makes President Gray* >”cfr.tor of the country, by giving him the p w : ' inter fere in the domest c afi r. f t: 6 s, anc to suspend the writ of hub. r. c.uj :;s a: iis discretion. It suiKfcqJfs jLp S’i _■ ; giving the Federal courts JurUdRU n < which rightfully belong to tue jur:s<i the former. There is no authority in the Fed eral Constitution or ary ol Bg aipe/idiuenta lor this flagrant violation oi the rignu t h - S»a»e« One more step has been taken to« a G ihe final overthrow o! R.'i ut.lican icsdoi'iou^ j o,. fStablishment ot on empire, in ihi. co'u.; y. :rts .by •tenses on of Eulorcemeal of Fourteenth Amendment SPEECH OF HOnTp. M. B. YOUNG, OF GEORGIA, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. April 4, 1871. Tbe Ho-«c bavins ander consideration the bin (N. R. No. 310) to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution oi the United States, and lor other purposes — Mr. YOUNG said: Mr. Speaker—I did not intend to address the House on he great questions involved in this bill, but learning that several of my south ern friends who had intended to speak had withdrawn tram the contest for the floor, I feel that, not only as the Representative of my own district, but as one of the Representatives of that class ol citizens at whose honor and whose liberties this bill is particularly intended to strike, I cannot remain silent; and after listen ing to all the false charges, the malignant as persion, and the false accusations made against the | eople ol the south during the debate, I ieel, sir, to be siknt would be criminal. 1 stand here to-day the Representative of a people whom I believe to have been grossly wtotigeu and oppressed; a people who, after lour years of a bloody, devastating war, la:d down thtir arms and intrusted tbeir liberties to your geuerosity. There never was an army dis tanced after so long and so vio eDt a struggle, with such quietness as were these armies of the Confederacy. Worn, weary, hungry, shoeless, and almost naked, and bleeding at every pore, but gailant and still true to their honor, they surrendered to what they believed to be the magnanimity, or, ii you please, the mercies, of whom, sir ? Not to the armies of a foreign prince, not to the purchased hirelings of an in vading despot, but to the armies composed of their own countrymen ; men of their own flesh anil blood, in whose honor, in whose magna- n mity and sense ot justice they believed they could trust. With ihe kind treatment of the Federal gen erals—and lei me say here, sir, that every soldier ot the army of Northern Virginia acknowledges with pleasure the kind and considerate treat ment with which General Grant accepted thl> surrremler ot General Lee and his army—I say, whn this kind tieatment and the lair promises of protection made by tue Federal commanders, these soldiers threw down their arms and re turned in peace to their ruined homes to abite the consequences and accept the situation. 1 quote trom General Grant: “ General Lee’s great influence throughout the whole Mouth caused his example to be fol lowed, and to-day the result is that the armies lately under his leadership are at their homes, desiriDg peace and quiet, and their arms are in the hands ot our ordnance officers.” Than began to be inagurated the schemes of reconstruction. The first was the policy of President Johnson, which was readily accepted by the Southern States, but which was not rat ified by Congress. We then had the recon- slrfiction laws of Congress thrust upon us. Tbe^e also were, alter a time, accepted by the States of the South, and after five, almost six years ot profound peace, these States are at lest admitted to representation in both branches of Congress. You came to the South after the close ot the war and overthrew their State gev ernmi nts, or rather yon required the people to overthrow their own State governments, repu diating their State dehts, repudiating their own p; hate debts and contracts. You required them to ratify the emancipation of their own slav s, thus stripping them, in many cases, of their en tile property, without remuneration or promise of lernune ation. You required them to set up and establish State governments in the lace ot and in defiance of your own Constitution and laws. Y. U required them to trame and ade pt Constitutions for their government which stri p- ped them, t' the right dearest to every American citizen, the right to vote and hold office. You rot only required them to renounce these righ .-, but you required them at the same time to clothe wiiii all tlie rights and immunities of Americ n citizenship the igni rant black man who had so recently been their slaves, and thus, in many oi the States ot the South, placing the black man in government and authority over the white man, whom you deprived of his political rights You sent your Government officers into those Stntes to collect the revenues, and tor months and ye re, while the levenues ot these impov erished districts were flowing into your Treas ury, you pi rsistently retusea them, in violathm of the Constitution, you refused them repre- sen’ation, though they were daily praying lor Admission to Congiess and to be permitted to par cipate in the Government, even under tee proscriptive restrictions you had forced them to accept. A tier putting in motion these State govern ments you sent the armed forces of the United States into these States of the South during the election to awe the people and in many ca es deter them trom coming to the polls, and thus by force ot arms controlling the elections, put ting your instruments in power—men who hud nothing iD common with the people over whom they were sent to rule. Under all this wrong, oppression, and punitive leg slatlon these peo ple have been quiet and peaceable, and they have borne with forbearance and Christian for titude all these wrongs, and volumes of others which it would take me days and weeks to re count. They have prayed to the Government tor relief. This moment, sir, there are ten thou sand applications, praying for the removal of political disabilities lying unheeded in the com mittee-rooms ci this Capitol. In the tit ate ot Georgia, which I have the honor in part to represent on the floor of this House, there is not one white man in every twenty ot the intelligent, law abiding, tax-pay ing cittzt ns ot the State who is eligible to hold a Federal office. But, sir, every black man in the S ate above the age ot twenty-one years is eligible to hold any and every office in the gif ot the people or the Executive ; and yet,sir, tli Slate ot Georgia has the most liberal constitu tion ot any State in the South. But we have borne all this and much more in peace, I can hardly say with patience. I can give a few facts coucernt g the expense to the people of my Mate ot this intsmous rule ot the Legislature ot Gt-orgia, and it affords a tale ot plunder and illegality without a precedent in the hiEtory ot de iberative assemblies. I can only give the records ol the last and fifth session of the Legislature, lasting one hundred and twelve days. I'nis session cost in pay and mileage of mem bers f330,000. Ot this amount $82,807, or over one fourth, was for clerk hire. The clerk hire alone cost more the expenses of former Legis latures. And all this for one session out ol five. Was there ever a greater outrage perpetrated upon a people ? 1 will further quote, sir, from the reports of the Comptroller ot the State oi Georgia, which shows that the expenses of Leg islatures ot Georgia for nine years previous fell far short ot the present ODe Legislature: for )S55 and 1066, (biennial session) J16S.446 08 ForlSST 114,242 25 For 1S5S 95.539 40 For 1S59 115,84 9« For 1 Still 111.42? 53 tor 1861 62,848 36 For ls,C2 94,601 66 Toia' expenses for nine years 866,385 53 Expenses o. last Legislature lor little over two years ", 979,055 00 Excess $112,669 47 “Showing that the expenses oi the last Legis lature for pay of its own memi-ers and officers to be $lld,G(39 47 more than that of other Leg- islatures for uine years ! And, what is more, during one oi these nine years (1863) the cur rency that the members then received was worth but five cents on the dollar for gold. And, what makes the matter look still more extraor dinary, during six ot these years (1855, 1S66, 1S58,1859, and 1860) the number ot the mem bers the Legislature ranged from fifty-four to eighty-two more than the present Legislature. From 1855 to 1S60 each county had a Senator; now there is but one Senator to three counties. In 1855 to 185S there were 11S senators and 155 representatives—273 in all; 54 more than the present Legislature, which consists ol 44 senators and 175 representatives—219 in all; ia 1858.126 senators and representatives—289 in aU; 70 more than the present Legislature In 1859 and 1860 there were 132 senators and 169 representatives—101 in all. or 82 members more ihan the present Legislature. In 1861, 1862. o d l8S3. (tnroe ol :he nine year.-,) there w.-re 45 senators and 169 re pro sen tad ves—212 in all, and only six members less than the presen; Legislature. “ And mark it here that these nine years’ ex penditures were made when the people of Geor gia had from five to seven hundred million dol lars i f property, while the two yens’ expenai- ter s ’.ire made wbaa they had bi t ab. ut two liu: fired mim >’i do!' :rs of property * rii-it o ...st amount, $979,035,000, over $125,000 was tor clerk hire by the tast Legisla ture. “ The comptroller’s reports, from which we obtained the above gross amounts expended for members’ and officers’ pay for the years above stated, did not separate the gross am >unt paid tor clerk hire except lor the years 1S60, 1861, 1S62 and 1803. For these years the pay of the Secretary oi he senate and Clerk of the House : rid their cl< rss, vas as follows : F.r 1860 $15,564 FirlS«i 7 880 For 1863 12,425 For 1863 8,800 Total $43.896 “ Fcrty-three thousand eight hundred and ninety ~:s dollars for clerk-hire against over one hundred and tweuty-five thou ana dofiars for a little over two years, will show an average ex penditure, I think, ot anout six dollars to one by this last legislature, when compared with these other Legislatures, for clerk-hire.” Mr. 8peaker, we are told constantly on the floor of this House that there is no peace en joyed by ‘ Union men ” at the South. We have been repeatedly told that, ever since thec’oseof the war, a spirit of discontent acd disloyalty existed in all the States of the South. General Grant, with no escort but a few members of his stafl, visited, I believe, every one ot the South ern States, and in making his report what says he about the disloyalty acd the discontented spirit of the Southern people ? Hear the Presi dent Mark his words, sir: “ My observations lead me to the conclusion that the citizens of the Southern States are snx ions to return to self-government, within the Union, as soon as possible; that while recon structing they want and require protection from the Government; that they are in earnest in wishing to do what they think is required by the Government not humiliating to them es citizens.” And, sir, I endorse every word ot General Grant here recorded; it wa3 uttered in a spirit of kindness, and it is every word the trutn. They are anxious to do that which is required by the Constitution and laws, but they are not willing to be humiliated. Is it a surprise, sir, that unlawful acts will oc cur while these States are bound down by the proscriptive measures which place such Legis latures in power over the people? And yet, sir, there are, according to the statistics of crime, fewer acts of lawlessness recorded in these States than in the States of the North. Geor gia has always been distinguished for her mod eration and the conservative spirit of her peo ple. Ia the election for the adoption of the new reconstructed Constitution, although a ma jority of the voters were white men, the C n- stiturion was adopted by a large majority; and I firmly believe the Democratic candidate for Governor was elected, and that he was swin dled out of it by illegal and fraudulent means. But we have borne all ot it in peace. Listen to what the Governor of Georgia says of the recent election in that State: “ The election held on the 20th, 21st, and 22d of December last, taken as a whole, was as near a peaceful, fair, and unbiased expression of pub lic opinion and preference through the ballot- box as it is possible to have had in this State at this time. “ So far as my knowledge extends, there was not a voting precinct in the State where votes were objected to, either by the managers or by partisan leaders, on the ground that the persons ofleriDg to vote were colored. All parties and all citizens freely concede the right of the black man to the ballot. But it cannot, and I pre sume will not be denied that, in many cases, improper and unlawful means were exercised to compel the colored citizen to cast ballots of a different character from those cast by a majority ot his race, and in opposition to his own pre ference, but the enthusiastic practice ot various devices to influence the votes of citizens bas been notable, both in this country and abroad, ever since the elective franchise has been en joyed ; and we cannot expect to prove an ex ception to the natural eflect of partisan ambi tion for party success, stimulated by personal desire for afficial position. The great contest in this and other Southern States has been to secure a universal admission of acquiescence in the right of the colored man to vote, and this seems to have been fully gained in Georgia. The question of how or for whom the colored man shall vote, is secondary and local. “ I repeat, that the contest has been to secure from the people of our State a universal admis sion ot or acquiescence in the right ot the col ored man to civil and political privileges ; and, in the presence of the late election, no sane man will deny that this desirable result has been accomplished. To be sure there have been ex ceptional cases in parts of the State where this right has not been fully accorded, but the num ber is comparatively inconsiderable, and should not be allowed to prejudice a judgment in favor of the State as a whole.” This is the evidence of the Governor of Geor gia. Who has read, sir, without a shudder the recent election law passed by the Legislature of Georgia, and under which the election was held ? For three long years of oppression, fraud and maladministration by the Executive and a so- called Legislature we have suffered in silence and prayed for the dawn of day. We have ,-utfered long, keenly, sorrowfully, prayerfully; out, thanks be to God, I believe not in vaiD. From all our suffering, pain, and tribulation, our friends o'f the North have learned a lesson. They have at last discovered the jron hand reached out to grasp their liberties and to crush the Constitution to atoms. They have started from their apathy. They have awakened from a dream, and they are coming to the rescue oi a lorn and broken Constitution. The sun that riso3 fresh-from the mountains of New Hamp shire bids us hope for the future. The day is at last beginning to dawn upon us, atter years ol dark and cheerless night. You have played wild havoc with the rights of the States and the liberties of the people long enough, and when they have complained of your inroads and encroachments upon the Constitution, you have lulled their fears to sleep by crying “ Outrages,” “ Ku Klux,” “ Rebellion in the South.” And while with one hand you pointed to the glowing pictures and eloquent recitals ol wrongs, outra ges, and murders in the South that never exist ed, you have reached with the other deep clown into the Treasury and taken out and squandered hundreds ot millions of the people’s money.— You have not only impoverished the States of the South, but you have levied heavy, burden some, and enormous taxes upon the people of he North. You have not only taken possession by orce of arms of the elections and prostituted the elective francises in the States of the South, but elated with your temporary success in those downir;.fid. n and oppressed eistricts, you have boldly -Jared to try tne experiment with the loy- u! States of tue North. It is fresh in the mem ory of every memoer of this House how the President attempted to take possession of the ballot-box in the state ot New York at the re cent election in that State, and by for force ot aims, by the “ moral eflect ol his guns,” carry the election in the interest ot his own (action. Sir, I thank God that there are but few things in this world out ot which we cannot get some good. During the six years since the war, and while at every step made by the majority ol this House in its wicked march of reconstruc tion, you were told by the small but devoted band of Democrats that these unconstitutional measures would one day come back upon you. You were told that these same acts would in the future serve as precedents to be used by some party or faction to deprive even the loyal States of their rights under the Constitution. But who so credulous, sir, as to believe this prohecy would so soon be verified ? It was all right to override and to sneer at the rights and liberties of a conquered people; all right to send the soldiers of the United States to brow beat and bully the people ot poor downtrodden Georgia; all right to crerte mobs, under the name of militia, composed of cut-throats, hieves, robbers, and scoundrels, to seize and control the ballot-boxes ol unfortunate North Carolina, and place in power such monsters oi moral depravity as Holden, Bergen, an.1 Kirk; all right to deprive the people in ah these States of the Sonth of the right to think freely, to speak freely, and to vote freely. All these out rages were tolerated, countenanced, indorsed; but when in the last election in New York your President thought proper to send over a few scldiers to awe the people and give his friends in that State the “moral support of his guns” the American people stood aghast. Mr. Speaker, the Republican party has taken a stride too lar. The sending of those troops to control the elections in New York, Pennsyl vania, and Maryland was to you the crossing of the Rubicon. You have crossed the river, you have made the passage, and this proposed legis lation to-day shows that you are continuing your invading march. Sir, I hope the House will pause. Why the necessity ot this legisla tion ? Is the President not clothed with all the necessary powers by the Constitution to enforce the laws and insure peace ? Has it come to the pass that the existence ol a mob of probably not more than twenty men in any State or iD any locality can justify us in this hurried man ner investing the President with this imperial power? I ask members topmse. Tc-day we constitute a high court, and the already man gled form of the Constitution stands in trial be fore us; will yon condemn it ? Sir, it is in danger. I fear the result; hut, thanks to God, there is a higher court, a higher tribunal to which we may appeal—the great tribunal ot the American people To them we ■nay appea’ to reverse the decision, acd to re - ore the Constitution to its pristine parity. Mr. -pe lie l appeal to tuis IIuu-x: to give my peo- ;-ls pea,!-. Give them the peace oi liberty; give ’hem the peace you promised when we in augurated your President; give them the peace which can only come from a restoration of their rights as American ci* : z»na. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call the attention of the House to one point in this bill which, to my surprise, has not been fully developed by any one ol my friends on this side et the House. One ot the great frrad mental rights ot the citi zen, and one whicn has never been denied by the Government ot Great Britain, is the right of the accused to be tried by a jury ol his country men or his vicinage. In the first section ot the biil before us, inline eleven, it provides “that all ofienses enumerated in the bill shall be tried by United States Courts.” This, sir, deprives from sitting upon juries for all such trials, and in all the cases to be tried under the provisions of this bill, every man who served In any of the armies of the confederacy, and every one who sympathized with or parti cipated in any way, or in any capacity, in the confederate cause. Though he may have been a youth during the wa^^and never have borne arms, yet he is deprived of sitting upon the juries chosen to try all the cases that may come under the provisions of ibis bill. In doing so yon confer on the black not equal, but superior rights to those enjoyed by the white man. This provision of the bill vinpilly turns over to the mercies of nezro juries every white man, wo man, and child who may be charged with any of the offenses enumerated in the bill, in nearly every State ot the South, white men from sit ting on juries in the United States courts. I here desire to call the attention ot the House to a statute in Brightly’s digest, volume two, page 384, which establishes the qualifications lor ju rors of United States ccuBte : “ 1. Iu addition to thelxisting causes of dis qualification and challenge of grand and petit jurors in the courts of the United States, the following are hereby declared and established D&mely: without duress and coercion to have taken up arms or to have joined any insurrec tion and rebellion against the United States; to have adhered to any rebfiilion, giving it aid and comfort; to have given,^directiy or indirectly, any assistance in money, arms, horses, clothes, or anything whatever, tow for the use or bene fit oi any person or persons whom the person giving such assistance knew to have joined, or or to be about to join, any insurrection or rebel lion, or to have resisted, or to be about to resist with force of arms, the execution ol the laws ot the United States, or who he had good ground to beiieve bad joined, or was about to join, aDy insurrection or rebellion, or had resisted, or was about to resist, with force ot arms, the execu tion of the laws ot the United States, or to have counseled and advised any person or persons to join any insurrection and rebellion, or to resist with force of arms the laws of the United States. “2. At each and every- term of any court of the United States the district attorney, or other person acting for and on* behalf of the United States in said court, may move, and the court in their discretion may vacuire the clerk to ten der to each and evosy- p£?Bon who may be sum moned to serve as a grand or petit juror or venireman or talesman aa said court, the follow ing oath or affirmation, namely: “You do sol emnly swear (or affirm, & the case may be) that you will support the Constitution ot the United States of America; that you have not, without duress and constraint, taken up arms or joined any insurrection or rebellion against the United States; that you have not adhered to any insur- raclion or rebellion, giving it aid and comfort; that you have not directly or indirectly given any assistance, in money or any other thing, to any person or persons who you knew, or had good ground to believe had joined, or was about to join said insurrection and rebellion, or had resisted or was about to resist with force oi arms the execution of the laws of the United States; and that you have not ccuselled or ad vised any person or persons declining to take said oath shall be discharged by the court trom serving on the grand or petit jury or ventre to which he may have been summoned. “3. Each and every person who shall take the oath herein prescribed, and who shall swear falsely to any matterot fact embraced by it, shall be held to have committed the crime of perjury, and shall be subject to the pains and penalties declaired against that crime.” This provision oi the bill is. both unconstitu tional and proscriptive. It is not aimed at vital principle ot our constitutional liberty, but, sir, in the desperation of party zeal, the authors of the bill have dared here, at this advanced”period ol the world’s ci vilization, to declare against a principle of right which was acknowledged cen turies ago by English kings, and has ever since formed the basis of English liberty. Mr. Speaker, with the right of trial before a jury of your peer abrogated, the very genius of our Government is destroyed. Your courts be come but the stage ou which to enact the tra gedy ot refined barbarity, in the torture of vic tims whose doom had been sealed before the act Commenced. You at once inaugurate despotism in its most revolting torm; the despotism malig nity controlled only for partisan purposes, the despotism ot a mob, where passion and preju dice usurp the throne of power, and every means resorted to oppress and destroy a people whose only fault is a love of the liberty guarantied by the Constitution of their fathers. Mr. Speaker, in recounting some of the wrongs under which the people ol the South have sufiered, and which they have endured with such forbearance, I cannot pass on without call ing the attention of the House to the condition of South Carolina—poor, unfortunate South Carolina! How my heart bleeds, sir, when I think ot the condition to which the people ot this noble State have been reduced. Tbe pages of her history blaze with the names of some of the grandest orators, the^figst brilliant states men, and gallant solSiefS thiiT country has ever produced. The Hails ol this Capitol once re sounded with the eloquence of her statesmen, and when she is now, as she often is, assailed on the floor ot this House, we vainly listen for words of el quent indignation to break forth in her defense. But, alas! it is met with silence. I know, sir, that the virtuous, the intelligent, and the tax-paying citizens have no voice in the government ot their own State. The Legis lature that once was justly considered as tne most intelligent and eloquent State assembly of aDy in the Union is now the haunt ot adven turers, thieves, and robbers. It is well known that the last appropriation bill passed by this shameless body was so infamously outrageous and fraudulent that it was vetoed by the present Governor, Scott. Just before the election in October the negro militia, all over the State, were armed and organized ; armed with breech- loading rifles—I cannot name the number. My information is that tnere were seventy thousand rifles issued. In many localities they were in solent, insulting, and boisterous, causing rows and dissensions wherever tbey went. Sir, the people ot this downtrodden State ap peal to be permitted to take part in the admin istration ot their own local, State affairs, and to be relieved to some extent trom the oppres sion aud rum brought upon them by the tnta- mous legislation of plunderers, strangers, and thieves. I desire to have read a letter just re ceived by me, trom a gentleman of that State : Chesterville, S. C., April 1, 187L Mv Dear Sir—By your permission I will revive the acquaintance that once existed be tween us in the days “that man's heart felt ior man,” and ask you to contribute your influence in behalt of the people of this State, and espe cially of the people of the section in which 1 live. 1 have written to Hon. A. S. Wallace, our immediate Representative in Congress, on tbis subject. We have had much trouble here, and it will not stop here, and it will not stop here unless we can have some assurance ot better times. We, sir, have no share in the administration ot our local affairs. We have to pay the enormous taxis imposed upon us by the most infamous, irresponsible, and corrupt Legislature that ever had a pretense of existence, and that, too, with out any share ot representation in that body. We have remonstrated, but in vain ; we have petitioned, but the result has been the same; and what is left to us you, as a Southern man, can readily imagine. We have no need of the bayonet to tell us that all appeal is hushed by its appearance. All we ask is, that our rights as citizens ol a once prosperous Government should have some respect shown them ; that we should have at least a small share in the administration of the government besides the payment of the taxes I have before alluded to. We have no necessity tor any congressional legislation on this subject at ♦his time. It this cau be averted we may have some hope yet. I hope, General, this letter, written in great haste, may not be amiss, and its demands not UDreatoabie, on the part of one who has known so well and so favorably. I am, your very respectfully, W. A. Walker. General P. M. B Young. 1 find, from such statistics as I am enabled to reach at this time, that the bonded debt of the State of South Carolina at the beginning of the present Siate administration was about five mil lion dollas. It has now reached the enormous sum ot $16,000,000. I wish to call the attention of the House to the following estimates: The average tax ioi ten years previona to 1860 was hut - $431,000 The year 1860 being only 392,0<J0 The tax for 1868 was 1,868,000 The taxable value of the property oi the State in 1S60 490.000,000 Taxable vaiue in 1871 184,010,000 “It will be perceived that in 1860 the taxes were not quite lor hundred thousand dollars on a tax ble basis ot a out five hundred million dol lars, whereas the taxes ot 1368 amount to $,858,- 000, on a basis of only $184.000,000; so that » hile tn- prope; ty ol the State was reduced to one third its former value, the taxes are in creased nearly five hundred per cent. “It is true that this enormous increase is com posed, in part, oi the money spent in reconstruc tion expenses, and perhaps some additional in terest on the public debt. I find other items more striking in the year: 1S5S, expenses of the Legislature $51,000 186S. expenses of the Legislature 270,000 X35S, executive expenses. 5,UX> lS6S,execuave expenses 40,Q00 1S58, civil expenses 97,000 186S civil expenses .. . 218,0U) “ And the legislative appropriations ior the four months’ session which closed last month amount to the enormous sum of $525,000. “ Two years’ taxes are required to be paid tbis year, amounting to over four million dol lars, more than sevenfold of the animal tax be fore the war.” This is, Mr. Speaker, a frightfu 1 exhibit for the impoverished people ot that unfortunate State. And yet, sir, they are a peaceable, law- abiding, chivalrouss people, and loyal to this Government. They are, sir, daily de'am.d and maligned because they ciy out and writhe under the tyranny of this ignorant mob miscalled a Legislature. Sir, we want peace; that peace you have so long promised us, that peace whiqh is guarantied by the Constitution, and which to-day is enjoyed bo the people of every State in the North and in the West. We only ask to be permitted to participate in tbe Government, and to feel that it is our Government as well as yours. Restore to us our old Government; we wish to be citi zens of no other. We want no other Govern ment ; it is the Government ot our lathers and of yours; it is the Government we desire to transmit to our posterity. The Government ol the United States administered according to the Constitution I believe is the best Government in the world. For one, sir, I can say without successful con tradiction that since the fail of the banner of the Lost Cause, I have labored zealously to smooth over the bitterness and the asperities of tbe past, and I have done all in my power to bring peace, quiet and harmony to our distracted country. Lawless acts have been committed in some lo calities of the South, but to no such extent bus been alledeed so often in this House. Lawless acts occur everywhere. They are not produced in the South from any spirit of disloyalty to tbe Government; they are but the natural offspring of oppression, insult, and outrage, perpetrated upon the people, and lor which iliey have no legal redress. Mr. Speaker, there is a remedy for all these troubles. Restore to these people their rights under the Constitution ; restore to them the res- ponsiLiUtioa of citizenship in the ’’Government; extend to them Uxo hand of fellowship, and let them know that they aio <>nce more restored to ihe confidence oi the Government. Lift trom them all their legal and political disabilities, pa- don all their political ofienses. Then, sir, you will have a country, not only bound together by its mountains, its rivers, its laws, and its com mon interests, but a country and a Government bound and cemented by the affections ot its peo ple. Padon them. It is the spirit of peace; it is the spirit ol justice; it is the spirit of charity ; it is the command ot God. A Stranse Story. „ Crushed to Death in a Cathedral Clock The bellringer in the Cathedral of Wurtzburg bas perished under very singular circumstances. The church possesses a splendid elock, with ponderous and complicated works, while a pen dulum ol proportionate length vibrates to and fro with a dull and monptonous “ thud.” Re cently the CLOCK NEEDED CLEANING, and the ringer was deputed to superintend tin work, though he ruefully endeavored to be ex cused from the task. It seems that he never willingly approached the beltry,from certain un pleasant associations. About twenty years ago he had killed his predecessor in office, accusing him ot carrying on a criminal intrigue with his wife. When brought to trial he ESCAPED THE GALLOWS, owing to a deficiency of legal proof. The patronage of one of the Canona then pro cured him the appointment vacant through the death of his victim. Hence, it is said, arose his superstitious dread in connection with the ueliry, which was supposed to be haunted by the GHOST OF THE MURDERED RING ER. On the morning when tne clock was to be cleaned it was suddenly stopped, and the bei i ringer was nowhere to be found. A workman from the town was sent lor, and ascended the lower, when he was horrified to find tb.e pendu turn and lower works DRIPPING WITH BLOOD. Upon searching further, the body of the bell ringer was found entangled in the works, fright fully mangled and crushed. One supposition is, that he committed suicide by climbing up the pendulum and then pitching himsell into the middle ot the machinery of the clock. But the wonder-loving gossips of the place, with a thoroughly German PROPENSITY FOR THE HORRIBLE, declare that the guilty man. upon reaching the gloomy chamber wherein the works resolved, was horror struck by the apparition of this mur dered predecessor sitting astride the great bal ance-wheel oi the clock, and had then beeu drawn into the works by a species of horrible and IRRESISTIBLE FASCINATION similar to that which the rattlesnake is said to exercise over its prey. There sat the spectr rubbing its gory haDds with hideous glee as the victim was slowly drawn in among the cogged- wheeis and ratchets ot the machery. An ago nized yell, a crushing ot bones, and all was still! 3uch, according to the Italie, is the newest le gend ot the belfry of Wurtemburg. Small Clippings. The Independent calls the rabid Reds ot Pari3 the French Ku-Klux. A man in Indiana laughed himself to death on reading a funny tale. It was one oi Mr. Greeley’s leaders on salt. After two years of legal quarrelling about the estate ot a Mr. Bennett, late of Troy, N. Y., his will was recently found hidden in an old bu reau. The Saturday Review is anxious to know the sex ot the “ person named Tennie C. Chaflin.” We give it up.—W. T. World. One John M. Pitcairn is making much ado in London because he tailed to receive a letter oi importance, mailed at the posti ffice at 9 a. m., until the next day at 4 p. M. If John lived here, he would be lost in wonder at such extra ordinary dispatch. That was a sly dodge of the Connecticut Re publicans in having deputy United States Mar shals at the poils ou Monday last in order to spot New York lepeatcrs, when no New York repeaters were there to be spotted. It was the “ Sharp game” over again.—N. T. Herald. The following marriaee notice appears in tbe Bangor Whig: “in South piolunkus, by Rev. Hugh Reed, Col. J. F. Mwitchell, of Oldtown, and Clara L. Clemons, of South Molunkus No cards, no cake, nobody’s business. Clam chow- da - this evening, March 22. Friends and rela tives are invited.” A lad, arrested a few days ago for theft, when taken before the magistrate and asked what his occupation was, frankly answered, “ Stealing P “ Your candor astonishes me,” said the judge. “I thought it would,” replied the lad, “seeing how many big ’uns there be in the same busi ness as is ashamed to own up their trade.” One of tbe benefits to the morals oi a com munity ot having a good theatre has been shown in the tact that since the opening of the dra matic temple in Titusville, Pa., the low concert saloons have been compelled to close up. The Titusvillians deserve honorable mention lor this. She had him there.—The New Orleans Picayune is responsible for the iollowing: It is not always the practice of pretty ladies to wear veils. No even coquetry will dispense with ihe phasure of showing a lovely counte nance, and the most modest and retiring beauty likes to be admired for tbe regularity of her features. Tnese reflections passed rapidly through the mind of a well-known magistrate riding up town recently. By his side sat a lady who, by a sin gle glimpse of her countenance, he imagined that he knew. At last he ventured the remark that the day was pleasant. “Yes,” murmured she female. “JiVhy do you wear a veil ?” inquired the dis penser of justice. “Lest I attract attention.” “It is the province of gentlemen to admire,” replied the gallant man oi law. “Not when they are married.” “But I am not.” ‘Indeed!” “Oh no; I’m a bachelor 1” The lady quietly removed the veil, disclosing to the astonished magistrate the lace of his mother-in-law. He had business elsewhere suddenly. Bill or Fare. A gentleman who has just returned to New Orleans Irom Paris, where he remained daring the siege, has furnished the Picayune with the following bill of fare, giving tbe several dishes which were served at a dinner to which he was invited during that tr^ ing period. Without the hope of any practical result to come from it in the art cuisine, we venture to call the attention of Atlanta caterers tc this bill. For several of the dishes, there is an abundant supply of material in this city—especially the hash. The literal translation is as follows: Horse Soup. Reliefs: Cat Mince Meat, Sauce Magynnaise. Entrees: Dog Shoulder, with Tomato Sauce. Cat Stew and Champignons, Dog Ribs, with. Green Peas. Rat Hash, a la Ropert. Roasts: Hind Legs of Dog, flanked with Mice in Pepper Sauce. Vegetables : Salade a Pitalienne, with Bologne Sauce. Dessert: Plum Pudding, with Horse Marrow. imSlTUltiPHIC HEMS Washington, April 15.—The famous coun terfeiter, George Wendel Ken, alias Dutch George, has been arrested in New York. In the Senate, the proceedings on the House Amnesty bill are considered unfavorable. In tbe House, the Ku Klux bill, as amended by the Senate, was put over in favor of the de ficiency bill. Jackson, April 15.—A terrible hail storm passed over this vicinity, seriously damaging gardens, field crops and fruits. Paris, April 15.—The situation of affairs is without material’ change—everything awaiting the grand attack of MacMahon. Plundering of churches continues. The news via London is, that a bill giving municipal rights to Paris has passed the As sembly at Versailles. The concentration of troops continues there. Washington, April 14.—The Senate passed tbe Ku-Klux bill with amendment from com mittee striking out the clause repealing the test oath for United States jurors, and another oflered by Sherman, which, in substance, pro vides that the city, county or parish, in which any damage shall be inflicted upon persons or proper by persons committing Ku Klux outrages, shall be liable to pay the same, and that the United States Court shall have jurisdiction in such cases. The bill as amended passed the Senate by a vote of 45 to 19. Hill, Robertson, Schurz, Upton, Trumbull, voting nay. " House—A resolution was oflered in the House 'o expunge from the Globe a letter read by Rep* resentative Garnet, from the Vicksburg Herald, in a speech made by him in the House, and also reprimanding him for quoting it. The letter stating that Senator Ames was “ a shoulder strap poppy and poltroon, a most consummate liar and lool.” Deficiency debated—and an amendment ap propriating $20,000 to rebuild the Orphans’ Asylum of the Sisters of one Lady Mary at Charleston. Paris, April 14.—The general situation is unchanged, but the Versailles forces have been repulsed at all points around the city. Versailles, April 14.—Several battalions of the national guards have been disarmed on ac count of their hostility to the Commune. General McMahon will remain on the defen sive till his army is greatly re-inforced. The ultimate triumph of the Versailles government is probable. Washington, April 17.—The Republican caucus tabled Robertson’s amnesty proposition by a vote ot 20 to 16, which defeats it for this session. The Senate refuses to recede from its Ku*Klux amendments. Committee of conference ordered. Versailles, April 17.—The Versailles gov* inment says that Paris is completely invested, The Prussians are massing around Paris aud preparing to intervene. The Communists are defiant. There is firing iu all directions. Shells struck the residence ot the American legation. Mr. Washburn’s family have departed. A summons wiil be sent for the surrender of •lie city within 24 hours. Chusuretsays it will be treated with contempt and that gunpowder will bear back the reply. Washington, April 15.—House—The Sen ate amendment to the deficiency bill authorizing the reprinting of National Bank bills and asses, sing banks tor the expense was rejected. The flfenate amendments to the Ku-Klux bill, extending time for the President to suspend the habeas corpus, requiring juries in Federal Courts to take the iron clad oath, and making communities liable for damages for Ku-Klux outrages, were all rejected—the two last by large majorities. Committee of conference ordered. New York, April 15-The incorporators of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company had a meeting to-day, at which Samuel Sloan was appointed Treasurer, and arrangements were made by which Marshal O’Roberts was secured the con trol ox the road and the Presidency it he wants it. Paris, April 16.—The Government troops nave made no serious attack upon Paris. Dissensions exist in the city between the Cen tral Committee and the Commune. Fighting has continued at various points around the city, but the latest news is, that important military events have taken place. Paris, April 15.—Nothing definite as to oper ations about Pans, but Ciureset is commanding the insurgents, and claims to have repulsed the army of the assembly. Washington, April 15.—Mr. Robertson, Senator trom South Carolina, moved to take up the amnesty bill. It was objected to, and finally the toenate went into Executive Session. CITY ITEMS. The project of opening Broad street has been killed. See report of City Council proceedings. Death in the Pulpit.—The Rev. Benjamin Eaton, first and ODly rector ot Trinity Episcopal (Jhurch, Galveston, Texas, was stricken with death while standing in his pulpit on Sunday week. The Galveston News thus describes the aflecting scene: He ascended the pulpit. Announcing his text, “ There is yet room,” all trembling beneath the weight of his last message, he referred to one alter another ot the lriends of his youth and the communicants of his church that had gone be tore. He painted death entering the church door, passing up the broad aisle, laying his bony hand to the right and to the left ; breathing his co’d, clamy breath on the cheek of beauty, and waiter the silver hairs of age; now touching the lather, then the son ; here the mother, there the daughter, as the spectre jo plain to his en tranced vision advanced to tne chancel rail, and as he saw that his time had come, his words struggled for utterance. He faltered. His weakening limbs staggered. A gentleman who advanced to his assistance was waved back.— For ten minutes more he spoke, his words only audible to those near him. The excitement of the audience was tearful. Three times he struggled to continue, saying: “ I am very sick, but I must say.” Again he staggered. He tell into the arms of Mr. C. R. Hughes as he raised his hands to pronounce the benediction. Like Moses, that other servant of God, he was too weak to hold up his hands, which was done by Mr. Hughes, as he said his last pulpit words, “ To God the Father. 1 ’ His tongue refused to speak turther, his hands dropped. He was car ried to his rectory, where he died. The Supreme Court will soon be on the Oc- rnulgec Circuit. Mr. S. H. Hardeman was admitted to the Bar ot the Supreme Court yesterday. Pic-Nics.—We learn that several pic-nic excursions are to come ofl at a very early day. White hats are quite common on the streets now, and occasiolly we see a full suit bordering on summer style. We regret to learn that a little daughter of Dr O’Keife was very painfully hurt this morn ing by falling a^fcnst a stove. We learn that S' me per on entered Smith & Hewitt’s Cafe Saturday night, and stole some money therefrom. A countryman wa3 arrested on Saturday afternoon for refusal to help the police in their assault on Mr. Durand. The Mayor’s Court proceedings are termed by Atlanta negroes “ Council Scrapes.” Perhaps if they had seen the number ot “ scrapes ” ahead they would not have voted so solidly tor Ham mond. The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company has received a handsome new engine irom Philadelphia, named after Gov. Bollock. A very good likeness ot the Governor is on each side of it. An unusually large number of country peo ple were in tbe city, this morning. Mitchell and Peachtree streets were crowded with their wagons, and merchants were busy supplying their demands. The last two days of flue weather have not only improved the condition of the streets, but have proportionately increased the amount of business transacted throughout the city. We Learn that some of the places along the Air Line Railroad are rapidiy improving. An Atlanta painter savs that at one ol the stations he has been employed to paint a large number of buildings. Atlanta will probably try as hard at tbe next session of the Legislature to repeal the law which elected Hammond, as Savannah did .to prevent the passage of a law which would have elected the Radical candidate there. The Result.—A letter was received at the poatoffice the other day directed “ To the Pret tiest Ctrl in Columbus, Georgia.” It was post marked “ California.” Many a follow has begged Fred Wilhelm, the delivery clerk, for that letter, some with cuss words, others on bended knee. There are more pretty girls in Columbus than any place in Georgia, Augusta, perhaps, excepted, and the postoffice men could not agree. Atlanta and Macon can boast some very pretty ones. A young lady from Russell county drew the prize. Friend Fred delivered it to her on condition that he be allowed to see its contents. She agreed. All written was : “ Young Miss, you are mistaken. Epsilon.”— (Jslumbat Han, 13. “If the stars,” writes Emmerson, “Bhould ap pear only one night in a thousand yeare, how would men believe and adore, and preserve lor many generations, the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown. But every night come out these preachers of beauty, and light the universe with their =mile.” We hear of a youcg man in Gloucester county, who, up n being asked why the nair on the top of his head was so thin, exclaimed: “The girls pulled it out, pulling me in at the win dows.” Every observing person will have noticed the great improvement in appearance, as well as strength and duraoiiity, of many ot our pub lic aud private buildings in the past few years. The rapidly increasing use of iron as building material, in place ot wood and stone, has mainly contributed to this result. Its perfect adaption to EVERY STYLE ol architecture, affords the architect lull scope for his taste and genius, and when seconded by the skill and ample resource of such eminent Iron Founders and Workers as the Messrs. Jas. L. Jackson & Bro., 28th Saint and 2d avenue to 29th street, New York, the re suit cannot be otherwise than flattering. Over thirty years successful experience with their most extensive, perteet and complete Iron Works, enables these gentlemen to offer patterns in variety and beauty, worthy the attention ol architects and builders, tebSft—3ia Look a Tbia ! Mr. Editor : A ieeling for all who suffer from Cancer, induces me to give publicity to the fol lowing : On the 16th ol March I called on Dr. EX N. Calhoun to treat a Cancer that was mak ing rapid inroads upon the general health of my aged mother. On the 17tu he applied a plaster that remained on twenty-four hours, it was then removed anu poultices substituted, and at the end of the eighth day, the cancer came out in a plug, root and branch, and at this date the cavity has healed up, and the general health im proving rapidly. Is this not proot that we have, iocated^n our midst, a physician, that can cure Cancer. I do hope that all the editors of papers will copy this for the sake of poor suffering humani ty, and oblige, Martha Robinson. P. S.—This Cancer is suspended in aieohol in Dr. Calhoun’s office. April 7th, 1871. The Mayor’s Court.—This tribunal was booming again this morning and “fines” and ■‘work gang” meted out to those who were so unfortunate as to fall into the clutches ol the Mayor of Atlanta. Since Mayor Hammond’s inauguration the most remarkable features of his administration have been higher fines and a greater increase of the number of cases before his court, and an unrelenting persecution of those nymphs da pave so common in all cities. These heavy fines usually fall upon negroes and the poorer class of the community, and must be burdensome and sometimes cruel in their effects on the families ol the victims. It a poor man should accidentally take a little too much ardent spirits and be pounced upon by the police, his fine ot ten or twenty five dollars and cost would take the bread out ot the mouths ot bis children and teach him no better lesson than half that amount, besides many, very many of the persons couvioied are not able to pay the ones and are put Lo breaking rocks, where it is very probable that they will become rather a burden than a profit to the city, it being very questionable as to whether negro women and others can make enough revenue in that city to reimburse tho eiLy lor tne expense of foeUing and guarding them. In regard to Mayor Hammond’s attempt to rid the city oi me women iu question, we would say amen, it mere was any chaace tor success, but me attempt has ueeu made in this country and Europe, and hus never succeeded— in so much hus it tutted in some places that we are informed, mey are regularly licensed. We have ln-ard some Severe criticisms passed upon the manner ol conducting these prosecu tions, but retrain Irom commaiUug ou mem.— However, it remains to be seen wuomer the successiui accomplishment oi this sebeme has been lelt to form a brignt spot in the present gloomy looking administration ot our city gov ernment. Last Night’s Proceedings of the City Council.—Tne Major and a lull Board oi Al dermen present. The minutes ot the last meeting were read and approved. The charges which had been preferred against a policeman were investigated, and final action by the City Council was deterred. Mrs. Conley’s petition lor tree license was granted. Various reports of committees were acted on, most ot them uninportant. A number ot petitions, which had been pre sented, were laid over until the next regular meeting. A resolution, giving the power to arrest, and pay for such service, to the watchman ot the Western & Atlantic Railroad, was adopted. A resolution, authorizing an electioa by the people ot Atlanta to determine whether the city shall subsetibe tor stock in the Atlanta & Savannah Railroad, was postponed for final ac tion by the Council, at a special meeting to be held on next Tuesday night. A petition to open Wheat street was referred to the Street Committee. THE BROAD STREET EXTENSION. The Assessors reported that they had assessed the damages of opening Broad street, seventy teet wide at a cost of $17,150 00, and at $10,- 750 00 for an opening ol fiity feet. Col. Spencer addressed the Council in oppo sition to the extension, contending that opening the street but fifty teet would do but little or no good, and that if opened at all, it should be opened seventy teet; Lut he. was opposed to either proposition. Mr. Gaskill took the opposite side of the question and advocated the opening. A vote was taken on the fiity feet proposition and resulted, yeas—Messrs. Wells, Cassin, Rice, and Finch, colored. Nays—Messrs. Lowry, Grubb, McLendon, Snyder, Fowler and Graham, colored. On the proposition to open seventy feet the vote stood, yeas—Messrs. Cassin and Wells. Nays—Messrs. Rice, Lowry, McLendon Grubb, Snyder, Fowler, Graham and Finch. A resolution, to pay a tee for the defense of a policeman, who was tried for false imprison ment, was adopted. A resolution, notifying persons on Pryor street to draw in tbeir lenses, was adopted ; A resolution, to extend a sewer on Marietta street Finance Committee reported $6,829 60 as cur rent expenses. Council then went into secret session,