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JOISTST IT UTIOISTAIST.
auousta, Q-a.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1808
for governor,
GKElsr. JOHN B. GORDON,
OF FULTON.
an address
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
The Chairman of the Central Democratic
Committee has issued the subjoined Ad
dress. Cogent reasons are given for the
withdrawal of Judge Ik win and substitu
tion of Gen. Gordon :
Rooms Central Executive Committee
Os the National Democratic Party of Ga , *
Macon, Ga., April 7, 1868. )
A recent change in the candidate for the
office of Governor to be run by the Demo
cratic party of Georgia in the election or
dered for the 20th inst., having been made,
it is proper that the reasons which induced
the withdrawal of Judge Irwin, and the
immediate substitution of another in his
place, should bo known.
When Judge Reese declined a candidacy
for the office of Governor, the Central Ex
ecutive Committee found Judge Irwin be
fore the people as a candidate, and know
ing him to be a man in whose hands the
interests of Georgia might safely be en
trusted, in the event of his elecliou, and
not recollecting the fact of ins having been
on the Electoral ticket of his State which
voted for Jefferson Davis for President,
and A. H. Stephens for Vice-President of
the Southern Confederacy, in 1861—and
not being aware that giving such a vote as
an Elector, and the holding of the office of
Judge of the Superior Courts of the Blue
Ridge Circuit before the war, would render
him ineligible to office, according to the
reconstruction acts of Congress—the Com
mittee, without hesitation, recognized him
as a candidate in whose integrity, ability
and moral worth the people might conlide,
and advised all who have the honor and
welfare of the State at heart to cast their
votes for him.
The facts be tore staled, that lie held an
office before the war which required him to
take an oath to support the Constitution oi
the United States, and that in 1861 he voted
as a member of the electoral college of this
State for Jefferson Davis for President, and
A. H. Stephens for Vice-President of the
Southern Confederacy, having been brought
to the notice of Major General Meade,
commanding the third military department,
he has decided that the giving such vote
comes within the purview of the constitu
tional amendment, commonly known as the
fourteenth article, and renders Judge Irwin
ineligible to office under the reconstruction
acts of Congress, and if elected by receiv
ing a majority of the votes cast, he would
not permit him to be qualified and installed
into office.
Under these circumstances, and yielding
to this decision, Judge Irwin deemed it
useless to permit his name to be voted for
as a candidate for Governor, when bis elec
tion, if effected by the voles of the people,
would be unavailing. He immediately
withdrew his name, and so notified the
members of the committee to whom lie then
had access. •
The three members of the committee who
were in the city of Atlanta, and were noti
fied oC tho withdrawal of Judge Irwin, and
the reasons therefor, saw at once that,
owing to the short time to elapse before t lie
election, the immediate substitution of an
other candidate in his place was necessary
—and for this purpose, they proposed, by
telegraphic dispatch, to the members resi
dent in the city of Macon, who with them
selves constitute a majority of the commit
tee, the name of a distinguished Georgian
as a candidate for the office, and asked their
concurrence.
This was given in t ie afternoon of the
same day, as soon as the members in Macon
could be consulted; and therefore, the
chairman of the committee, who was then
iu the city of Atlanta, immediately an
nounced that, by authority of the Central
Executive Committee of the National
Democratic party of Georgia, they recom
mended Gen. John B. Gordon, of the county
of Fulton, as a candidate for the office of
Governor of Georgia, at the election or
dred for the 20 r th inst. And the committee
felicitate themselves that they were thus
able to announce the name of a suitable
candidate simultaneously with the with
drawal of the other.
Before proceeding to do so, however, in
order to guard against a like contingency
to the one which threw Judge Irwin out of
the canvass, a letter was addressed to Gen.
Meade, stating that Gen. Gordon had never
held any office before the late war, which
required him to take an oath to support
the Constitution of the United States—
that he was a Major General in the army
of the Confederate States, and has not
been pardoned, and his opinion as to his
eligibility was requested. lie answered by
letter, that according to representations
made, he considers General Gordon eligible
to office.
And the committee, with pleasure, an
nounce that General Gordon lias yielded to
their recommendation and the solicitations
of a large and enthusiastic meeting of his
fellow-citizens of Fulton county, heid in
the city of Atlanta on the evening of the
4th inst., and consented to be a candidate
for Governor at the approaching election.
.' nd now, fellow-citizens, the committee
hating promptly discharged with fidelity
to .your interests the delicate duty en
trusted to them, and with a desire to' sub
serve and promote the public good, as far
as their power extends, it remains for you
to perform yovr duty, and do your part of
tiie work.
We trust that we have recommended to
yon a candidate worthy of your confidence
—a Georgian who has never turned his
hand against, his native land, and. upon
whose bright escutcheon no spot or blemish
can lie flnnd—one who in sterner times
than these illustrated the character of
Georgia, and gave ample evidence of the
pure and bright, patriotism which burns
within his bosom. We ask men of all par
ties, names and faith to unite in honoring
this native .son of Georgia, and by honoring
him to honor themselves.
We especially call upon the young men
of the State, and invoke them to work con
stantly.. vigorously, earnestly, zealously,
faithfully, to secure the election of him
whom they have often seen tried and never
found wanting.
We inquest the Democratic clubs and the
Democratic party m each and every county
in the State to use all lawful means In their
power to bring the legal voters of their re
spective counties to the polls; to canvass
their counties thoroughly, and see that none
fail to vote, and, as far as this appeal can
be received in time for action, to see that
all who are entitled to register and have
not done so, attend, to that duty without
failure and withoni deiav 'We repeat the
request for the appoint aunt oj challenger,
foretell place of voting. who will not 1.-aw
their posts duriat flit time ihe .-leeiioi, i
being held And in ord.-i that m. rfi,,!
leugers may a-t uucSer-laiMiiiv.iv. , lU .i 11( ,i
violate the order which ha:, bec-n issued for
their regulation, we will add definite in
structions as to the grounds upon which
challengers will be allowed.
Ne challenges will be allowed at the polls
but upon two grounds, and these are iden
tity aud non-residence. If it can lie shown
that a person offering to vote is not the one
whose name he professes to bear, or that he
has not resided in the county the time re
quired to entitle him to vote, either will be
a good ground of challenge, and will be
permitted to be made. But no objection
for any ground existing prior to his regis
tration will be heard at the polls. All such
objections are presumed to have been heard
and decided by the registrars at the time of
registration, and are not permitted to be
opened afterwards by challenge at the polls.
If any one has registered improperly, upon
due proof thereof before the Board of Regis
tration while in session, his name may be
stricken from the list. For instance, if one
under twenty-one years of age has register
ed, the fact of non-age will not lie allowed
as a ground of challenge, but the objection
should be made to the registrars while in
session for the purpose of revising the lists,
and upon due proof thereof it will be Their
duty to strike the names.
These regulations for challenges have
been prescribed by the Major General com
manding the Third District, and all per
sons who may be appointed challengers on
the part of the Democratic party are re
quested to observe them strictly and con
form to them. If any persons are known
to have registered improperly—minors, tor
instance—let all who are cognizant of such
cases make the necessary proof to the
Board of Registration, and have the names
stricken. The objection in such cases will
come too late at the polls.
In conclusion, we again invoke alt who
desire that Georgia shall retain the exalted
character she has always borne, to go to
work at once, and to work for victory.
One united and vigorous effort by ail
who have the honor and welfare of the
State at heart may yet save Georgia from
disgrace and degradation.
E. G. Cabaniss,
Chm’n Oen. Ex. Com.,
Nat. Dem. Party of Ga.
[From the Savannah Republican.
Gen. Meade and Order No- 51
Our views in relation to the dastardly
murder of George W. Ashburn, a notori
ously unscrupulous incendiary, and dis
turber of the public peace, at Columbus, a
few days ago, have already been freely ex
pressed, so that we pass over in silence and
without one word of comment upon the
first line of General Meade’s order, wherein
he alludes to this painful occurrence. But
with the astounding statement that “other
acts of violence and atrocity have been
committed about the same time in various
parts of this district,” we feel compelled to
take exceptions. We simply ask the fair
question, to whom docs General Meade re
fer when he charges the commission of
“ol her acts of violence and atrocity about
the same time in various parts of this dis
trict?” We have been in the daily receipt
of every journal published in the State of
Georgia, with the exception of the vile incen
diary and toady sheet, the Eva r at Atlanta,
and have failed to see any mention of these
“ other acts of violence and atrocity.” it is
true wc have heard that a black fiend in
human form, who ravished the person of a
young white lady near Augusta, some
three months ago, was captured and burn
ed at the stake by the infuriated populace,
comprising respectable white and black
citizens. It is also true that a Federal offi
cer, Oapt. Timoney, while engaged in a
personal controversy, shot one of the Radi
cal delegates to the Atlanta convention, a
few weeks ago. And the whole country is
familiar with the atrocious assassination of
Colonel Shepherd, an old and highly re
spected cbtizen, by one Captain Schaaff, a
Federal officer, who was tried before a mil
itary commission, found guilty, and sen
tenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars
and to be imprisoned a few months with
loss of pay! It is true that a brutal out
rage by ii lustful negro was perpetrated
upon the person of a white woman while
on her way home to her residence on
the outskirts of Atlanta, and that the
villain escaped from his pursuers, it is
true that an inoffensive colored wo
man of ill-repute was brutally murdered in
the'streets of Savannah by one Robert R.
Hopkins, a son of the notorious Radical
perjurer, and that atrocious as it may seem
lieiias never yet been brought to trial, sim
ply because General Meade in his “ good
ness” and “ honesty” of heart really believes
that the Radical murderer could not have
justice meted out to him, if tried before a
jury of liis fellow-citizens and those among
whom lie was bora and raised. It is true—
and we think we have a vivid recollection
of the circumstances —that two of these
valiant sons, armed to the teeth, bravely
attempted to assassinate a law-abiding
citizen, while in the exercise of his rights
and the peaceful avocation of a public jour
nalist, for the heinous crime of denouncing
perjury. It is true that Hopkins, Bradley,
Clift & Cos., have been preaching the most in
flammatory doctrine—have produced several
disturbances and one or two bloody col
lisions. Now, does General Meade intend
to punish these marauders by this order?
We have no just or reasonable ground for
supposing anything of the kind. Had lie
entertained any such honorable intentions,
or felt the slightest desire to prevent the
impending hostilities which now stare us
in the face, and for which tlic.se midnight
incendiaries arc alone responsible, lie could
long ago have suppressed them. He lias
had ample power, and if he reads the daily
journals must have been informed of the
seeds of sedition and mischief which have
been sown and scattered by the hands ot
the very class of men whom he now seeks
to protect.
Certainly General Meade will not dare to
publicly assert before an intelligent people
that he lias not been informed months ago
of the existence of hundreds of these secret
organizations throughout his district.—
Where lias Hopkins, Bradley, Clift & Cos.
received their strength ? From the secret
so-called Union Leagues. Does General
Meade mean to advise the foolisli colored
men who have been inveigled into these
oath-bound secret conclaves by designing
politicians, to beware of “connecting thoni
selves with such evil organisation ” Wei
opine not, and his conduct in the whole j
matter warrants our conclusions.
TriE New Candidate foe the Pope
dom.—A very deeply laid scheme is an
nounced. or surmised, in the intended ele
vation of the Abbe Bonaparte, of the boose
of Lucien, third brother of Napoleon 1., to
the cardinalate. It is supposed that the
prince cardinal may, as a Roman prelate,
succeed to the pontificate on the death of
Pio Nino, which the prophets will hold, in
spite of his good health, to be nearly ap
proaching. In that case, it is further im
agined that he will play into the hands of
his cousin, the Emperor, for the abolition
of the temporal power, and so aid in set
tling the complicated question of Italian
unity. Now, we should, if these events
were likely to be realized, indulge in a
guess of our own. We should suppose
either Napoleon 111. might wish to -estab
lish a French satrapy in Italy under the
guise of a protected temporal power, or the
Bonaparte Pope might have some views of
his own for restoring in all its strength the
might of the Papacy. Bat it is very idle to
speculate. AH these long drawn schemes,
these distant anticipations, are sure to bo
defeated by that whimsical destiny, the
chapter of accidents. Where the disposi
tion and characters of part
of the calculation, it is certain to be par
ticularly unsound. Why, the. very age it
seif, the common opinion twenty veers
lieiice. will he yen unlike vvli.u li l< now
Tin- Bonuparle dynasty, tin- fidelity «*f
'■aea member to ihe house, are qnestloiia
Ilk- Vei ne\l l. > 110 l Id ng iil
point of uneertaiury to the arising ot other
vvtiieh no human prescience cun pro
vide against or decry. —London paper.
Fon Congress.— I The following are Conser
vative nominees for Congress:
Fie t District —Hoc. H. S. Pitch.
Third District —lion. P. W. Alexander.
Fourth District—Hon. O. A. Locliraue.
Sixth District—Hou. J. H. Christy.
Seventh District—Gen. P. M. B. Young. i
[From Ihe Charleston Mercury.
To Vote or Not to Yote.
The following communication on the sub
ject of the coming election for the ratifica
tion of the negro constitution and the choice
of State officers, is from the pen of one of
the most distinguished jurists of this State.
It is admirable in tone, sound in doctrine,
and clear in expression, and we recommend
its perusal to our readers as pointing out
the principles which should guide the helm
of State in this storm of revolution. The
difference between not voting at all and
voting against the constitution, both being
intended as a protest against its legality, is
too slight to divide the white people of
Carolina:
The people of South Carolina are mocked
with the tender of an opportunity to ex
press their wishes respecting, the reorgani
zation of their government, assumed to be
in a stale of dissolution. Mocked—first,
because a large number of the most intelli
gent and virtuous of them, are, without
right or reason, and by sheer force, prevent
ed from uniting in the expression which is
proposed; and secondly, because as everyone
knows perfectly well, if all of them, with
out exception, who are permitted, should
concur in the expression of a unanimous
wish, no effect would be given to it, unless
it conformed to the desire and purpose of
the “ madness that rules the hour.”
It is difficult to know what course ought
to be pursued in response to this hypocriti
cal tender. There is no doubt, great dif
ferences of opinion even among those whose
motives are in unison, and who agree in the
end to be aimed at. The conclusion to
which much anxious thought has brought
my mind is—that every one of the “ people
of South Carolina,” who will be suffered to
register, and has not already done so, ought
to avail himself of the renewed opportunity
offered for this purpose ; that every one who
is or will be registered ought, at this pro
posed election to vote against the constitu
tion ; and that no one ought to vote for any
candidate for anv office which Lt is proposed
to fill.
No one should do anything which would
imply a concession that this violent inter
ference with our State government, in all its
parts, from Congressional legislation to hy
brid Convention and its utterings, in a.iy
thing other than a sheer usurpation without
the shadow of legitimacy. But every one
ought to seize this, the most favorable and
effective opportun.ty, to_j>ut on record, by
his vote, his scorn for and repudiation of
this monstrous product of an unnatural
conjunction called a Constitution. There
should be no chance given for real or affect
ed misconception as to the position of our
people, no room for adverse inference or
even lor doubt. This hideous scheme of po
litical organization, whereby an intelligent
and highly cultivated people are to be put
under the political dominion of an ignorant,
barbarous and hitherto subject (lass, is un
doubtedly to be imposed upon us, whether
we will or will not. But when we are asked
whether we will consent to the consumma
tion of the outrage—the universal answer—
una wee —should be,Mere and now, every
where and forever: Mo! no!! NO!!! It
should be known and put on record, in rei
perpetuam rnemoriam, that, by the mere
power of “ the heaviest artillery,” it is
forced upon us, against our utmost will and
in defiance of our perpetual protest. Our
manhood, our State pride, our respect for
ourselves as individuals, and for the race to
which we belong, our venerations for our
ancestors, our. affection for our families, our
intelligent devotion to constitutional liberty,
our instinct of self-preservation, our experi
ence of the value of social order and lawful
rule, our philanthropy, our religious senti
ment, our Christian principle, our whole
nature, intellectual, moral, and even physi
cal, heave with inexpressible groauiugs, be
neath the burden of this “abomination of
desolation.” Oli! let us give these groan
ings tongue —to acquit ourselves of the in
famy of indifference, and plague the ear of
the oppressor!
It. is conjectured, to our profound humili
ation, that some of our people will be
caught by the artful bait of repudiation;
and, disordered by the pressure of their
thronging necessities, grasp at this means
of escape, blind to all its peril ami its
shame. Let such tempted ones consider
that this is but a deceitful lure. If the con
tracts which this “constitution ” affects to
repudiate are valid in themselves, the most
regular and legitimate convention that
could be assembled cannot invalidate them,
so long as the provisions of the United
States Constitution remains and is respect
ed. If they are invalid in themselves the
reprobation of this document cannot make
them any more so, and is, therefore, need
less.
The supreme necessity of the hour is the
restoration and final permanence of the po
litical supremacy of the white race. This is
the first thing, the second thing, the third
thing to be secured in order to our con
tinued existence and prosperity as a people.
In a sense, it is every tiling, for unless and
until this is ensured, nothing else will be of
value, and nothing else is, therefore, at
present, to be thought of. For this all infe
rior issues should be waived, all minor in
terests sacrificed, all Subordinate differ
ences postponed. For this “the people”
(the terra is only used in its true sense) of
South Carolina, ought alone to live, for
this alone can make life tolerable here ;
for this they ought to be willing to die, for
this is the best inheritance they can leave
to their children. For this, until the effect
ive hour comes, they ought to lie willing to
“suffer long, bear all tilings, endure all
tilings, hope all tilings.” if they prove
themselves unequal to’ tlie self-abnegation
which this overwhelming exigency de
mands, they shall thereby prove themselves
also deserving the “deep damnation”
which the hate that pursues them is prepar
ing- N. S. S.
Arrests in CoLrvtp.ns.—l e=t. afternoon,
between three and fi o’eloe]:, vine e-enilemen
j and a negro were nr.se- tea and placed under a
j guard ntjhe Court Hon-e In Tit.- Inferior Court
•! room, j: rlends were allowed to see them last
; evening, end furnish bedding and food, but
none were released from custody, though any
kind of bond was offered. Captain Mills stated
to sonic of them that he thought they would
have a hearing this morning. The officers ap
peared to evade the direct questions ot why the
arrests were made, and up to dusk yesterday
they were not informed of any charges, except
suspicions, against them. These suspicions
started with the League without a doubt. The
majority of the gentlemen arrested move inorir
highest social circles, and all arc honorable.
The arrests were made by Lieut. Atwood, of
the garrison. He was piloted by one Tom
Grier, an ex-marshal, overwhelmingly defeated
after a twelve mouths of ofnee, a discharged
policeman and, hence, now a Loyal Leaguer.
Grier would point out the men ; the lieutenant
would ask them to come to the Court House ;
aud the pair would go on, while the parties
went to the place designated. This might have
been done without that unnecessary display of
eight or ten soldiers tramping up and down,
first on one side of Broad street, and then on
the other, until the affair was over. Every ar
rest could have been made without this show.
The military men were simply obeying orders.
There was no excitement—only wonder.
We noticed in the Washington papers which
night, that Gen. Grant had di
rected Gen. Meade to have the Ashbarn tragedy
investigated. The Atlanta papers state that
Gen. Meade has issued directions to have sus
pected persons (and we suppose the Leaguers
furnish Ihe suspicions,) tried before a military
commission. Nearly every one. of the young
men arrested prominent member of the
Damorraiie CUib, latelv formed. This t>r,-r- a.
rim to the urn-- (-. Tint the gentlemen had'
iiie -fijihfe.sl liudow of connHCtlnii Willi llle
A-shhiii n ro- i i uul ion, neither white man nor l
in.gro believes |t.r li t- infinitesimal part a j
W a purposely oiult the names ot those who
are in custody. The negro was put in the
guard house. He, too, is “a Democrat.
| Columbus Sun 4' Times, 3d.
The Troy Times, alluding to the statement
that this is the year for the return of the seven
teen-year locusts, says : “ So is every year, as
for that matter. The facL seems to be that
there are seventeen kinds of locusts, and they
come round in turns.”
[From Ballou's Magazin*, f 1 April.
April-
Oh! alail r . „ : - .
W4i. il h.Ms i-xpa-..; ... 1 1 U y hit.l- sing,
Bonn Tiii" llie s< f pr. c tifif-iy eliimo
0( a rs ihit Api i's minsMvisfling.
Ami nature epea!:« hi wm- !s suhiini ■
From the me!- 4 in: -i, *of spring.
Now, ’m-ath Uio nil.’* inspiring lays,
The glasses sj read in emerald sheen :
The streams, iirloctrn.l, resume their vivr.s
Through v, leys of enchanting green
And ad 'lie mild, auspicious days
Pour benedictions on the scene.
The cowslips spangle all ihe mcade,
In alHuerce of green and go! I:
The sweet anemones, snow treed,
Swing joy. ns censers manifold,
And violets the summons heed
That calls them from their secret hold.
The farmer will) his heart aglow,
Turns the rich sward with hope and trust ;
He sees, in faitli, the herbage grow
In beauty from the teeming dust;
He heeds the promise of the bow
Bet in the cloud by one all just.
Feeling that, though man bow the grain,
The increase is alone with Him
Who sends the sunshine and the rain,
To work in earth’s recesses dim ;
Crowning with bounteous wealth the pain,
And glorifying leaf and limb.
The blood asserts a kindling sway
And quicker pours through swollen veins,
Its torpid du loess giving way,
As ice bes re the vernal rains ;
The genial attributes have play,
And healthful happiness obtains.
We welcome with a gladsome heart,
The dawn of natal day;
For though, with a coquettish art,
Bhe trifles wiih our hope alway,
We see with her the germs upstart
That culminate in flowers of May.
And as we feel the genial air
Our broW with grateful touch invest,
The spring-time effluence we share
And breathe one hope above the rest,
That time and worldliness may spare
The hope of summer in the breast
Marketable Girls.
If the “ social evil,” as it is called, consisted
of “ open and notorious lewdness,” and were
confined to the lower latitudes of the demi
monde, it would occasion less inquiry. For
that sort of breach of the law, civil and divine,
ha 6 always existed, more or less. The pecu
liarity ol our period lies in the frightful demor
alization of those regions of society where men
go for wives," not mistresses ; or, as the Satur
day Review better expresses it in the following
admirable pen-picture of a belle of the present
day;
The girl of the period is a creature who
dyes her hair, paints her face, as the first
article of personal religion ; whose
sole idea of life is plenty of fun and lux
ury; and whose dress is (he object of such
thought and intellect as she possesses.
Her main endeavor in this is to outvie her
neighbors in the extravagance of fashion.
No matter whether, as in the lime of crin
olines, she sacrificed decency, or, as now,
in the time of trains, she sacrifices clean
liness; no matter either, whether she makes
herself a nuriarice and an inconvenience
to every one she meets. The girl of the
period has done away witli such moral
niuffishness as consideration for others,
or regard for counsel aud rebuke. li.
was all well in old-fasbioned times, when fathers
and mothers had some authority aud were
treated with respect, to be tutored aud made to
obey, but she i&Jfar too fast and flourishing to
be stopped in mid-career by these slow old
mortals ; and she dresses to please herself, she
does not care il she displeases any one else. —
Nothing is too extraordinary and uothing too
exaggerated for her vitiated taste ; and things
which, in themselves, would be useful reforms
if let alone, become monstrosities worse than
those which they have displaced so soon as
she begins to manipulate and improve, li a
sensible fashiogffifts the gown out of the mud,
she raises hers*midway 10 her kuee. If the
absurd structure of wire aud buckram, once
called a bonnet, is modified to some thing that
shall protect the wearer’s face without putting
out the eyes ot her companion, she cuts hers
down to four straws and a rosebud, or a tag ot
lace and a hunch ol glass beads. If there is a
reaction against an excess ot Rowland’s Macas
sar, and hair glijy and sticky with grease is
thought less nice than if left clean and
healthily crisp, she dries and frizzes and
sticks hers oflt on end like certain savages
in Africa, or lets it wander down her back like
Madge Wildfire's, and thinks herself all the
more beautiful the nearer she approaches in
look to a maniac or a negress. With purity of
taste she lias tost also that far more precious
purity and delicacy of perception which some
times means more than appears on the surface.
What the demi-mode does in its frantic efforts
to excite attention, she also does iu imitation.
If some lashionable dever, ondeo en evidence is
reported to have come out with her dress be
low her shoulder-blades, and a good strap for
all the sleeve thought necessary, the girl of the
upriod follows suit next day; and then won
ders that men sometimes mistake her for her
prototype, or that mothers of girls not quite so
far gone as htrseif refuse her as a companion
lor their daughters. She has blunted the fine
edges of fecliig so much that she cannot un
derstand why she should be condemned for an
imitation of form which does not include imi
tation of fact; she cannot be made to see that
modesty of appearance and virtue ought to be
inseparable, and that no good girl can afford to
appear had, sr.der the penalty of receiving the
attempt awarded to the bad.
SruiiG eon’s College, London. —The
executive ability of the great London
preacher is quite as marked as his
eloquence. Not the least remarkable tiling
about liis great establishment is his Col
lege. This he founded and maintains. It
is located in the basement of his church.
The President of the College is a Presby
terian, but Mr. Spurgeon instructs the stu
dents in theology, church government and
ordinances. The students are ninety-three
in number, They arc required to go out
and preach a portion of each year. Cir
cuits arc assigned them by Mr. Spurgeon,
and they are required to keep up their
studies while thcj r are absent preaching.
To accomplish this, a portable library is
located at certain centres, for the safety of
which the student is made responsible.
When ho is relieved, lie makes over the
library to liis successor. When the student
completes his collegiate course, which is
rather theological than liferary, is an effi
cient preacher. A large number of the
graduates settle in churches that are not
Baptist, they arc so practical and efficient.
Over fifty, pastors arc settled in and around
London. Whitefield’s old pulpitis filled by
one of these men. The Congregationalists
ol London have voted to receive these men
into their churches though they hold Bap
tist view?.- This College is supported en
tirely by contributions made through Mr.
Spurgeon. Boxes are placed in all parts oi
liis church in London for this purpose, and
from f250 to .S3OO are collected on each
Sunday.
It is a fact, and no fiction, that a success
ful Australian digger had a gold collar
made for his dog; that he, like his master,
might put aside his working-dress, and lie
magnificent for the rest of his days. It is a
fact, that another rode from Baliart with
his horse shod with gold. To keep a car
riage and pair of horses, was the great
ambition of a digger’s wife. A woman in
Colso lived in a common log hut, with noth
ing but mud for a floor, and a couple of
stools and a bench or two for furniture.—
Outside the hut was the carriage, under a
tarpaulin, and a pair of horses grazed near.
For a year or more, she was constantly to
be seen on the road to Geerlong. Her son
drove, and she sat, inside, in silks and satins
gorgeously arrayed, a short pipe in her
mouth and the gin bottle reposing on the
cushion by her side.
1 *it‘ iftVc | of bn],- rounil l,it in p »li
are. worn low oti th>- forehead, and vln-n the
liii.ihc, On v|, Wt'.iiu- .lav, drill lo in • . l,,nch
10 he ivueil with lb- the pii.-i- weir
obliged io vigil many of them 'on -the npp.-i
pau of their nosep, their foreheads being cov
ered by the hats. The circumstance has occa
sioned some scandal.
It is said that none of the personal surround
ings of M. Du Chaillu so surprised the native
Africans as the aspect of his hooted feet. The
appearance of a white man, with black feet aud
uo toes, was a phetiomnou which the inhabi
tants, from far and near, crowded the streets to
witness, and beheld with amazement.
LOCAL IDE]? A.R.T JVt HI!N r i\
Georgia Medical Association,
Convened in Augusta, at 11 o’clock, on the
morning of the Bth April, ISOS, at the Presby
terian Lecture Room, Dr. W. M. Chartres in
the Chair.
The meetiug having been called to order by
the President, the Rev. Mr. Wilson was an
nounced, and opened the proceedings with
prayer.
Upon call of roll, the following members re
sponded to their names:
L. 11. Dime, Atlanta ; T. 8. Powell, Atlanta ;
W. C. Asher, Atlanta; W. M. Chartres, Savan
nah; DeSanssure Ford, Augusta; K. P. Myers,
Savannah; J. A. Eve, Augusta; J. G. West
moreland, Atlanta; W. H. Doughty, Augusta;
G. G. Crawford, Atlanta; ,J. D. Fish, Savan.
uah ; E. J. Roach, Atlanta; M. Boring, At
lanta; E. S. Ray, Atlanta ; L. D. Ford, Augus
ta; W. S. Jones, Augusta; R. A. T. Ridley.
The minutes of last meeting were then read
and adopted, when, on motion of Dr. DeSans
snre Ford, the rules were suspended for the
admission of new members, when the follow
ing names were presented, vouched for and
unanimously elected members of the Associa
tion : Drs. Thomas Smith, W. Duncan, E. P.
Starr, M. P. Deadwyier, J. S. Coleman, H. M.
Gumming, T. 8. Lallcrstedt, T. O. Powell, H.
L. Battle, E. D. Newton, S. C. Eve, W. G.
Owen, Adams, Hardman, Petard,
J. O. Le Hardy, J. R. Mann, John A. Mayer,
D. H. Morrison.
The following resolution was then introduced
by Dr. DeS. Ford .
Resolved, That the clergy of the city, physi
cians from adjoiniug States aud the public
generally are invited to attend our meetings.
Report of committees being called for, Dr.
E. S. Ray, on ihe part of Committee ou Revis
ion of Constitution, asked for, and was grant
ed, further time.
Dr. Thomas, on part of Committee ou Medi
cal Faculty of the State ot Georgia, asked for,
and was granted, further time.
Upon motion of Dr. Roach, the rules were
suspended for the admission of new members,
when the following name was presented and
unanimously elected a member of the Associ
ation :
J. B. Baxley, of Savannah.
Au election for officers of the Association
tor the ensuing year was then held, which re
sulted as follows :
President- Dr. L. A. Dugas.
Vice-Presidents— Dr. S. Ray, J. G. Thomas.
Treasurer— E. Newton.
Recording Secretary— B. 11. Owen.
„ Corresponding Secretary —J. B. Baxley.
Upon motion of Dr. Ray, the following gen
tlemen were appointed a committee to conduct
the newly elected President to the Chair :
Drs. W. P. Jones, Powell, Ridley, Fish,
Adams.
UpoD motion, the meeting adjourned to 3
o’clock, p. m.
3% o’clock, p. m.
Meeting called to order by the President.
Minutes read and adopted. After which the
newly elected President was conducted to the
Chair by the committee appointed for the pur
pose ; and upon taking his scat, appropriately
addressed the Association.
Dr. Chartres, the late President, upon retiring
from the position which lie so ably filled, read
before the Association an exceeding interest
ing add ess upon the subject of education,
especially as connected with those contem
plating the study of medicine.
Upon motion of Dr. Roach, the rules were
suspended and tlie following gentlemen were
elected members of the Association :
J. W. Ilerl.v, Milledgeville; H. L. Burt,
Mount Zion ; J. T. Baker, Warreuton ; David
Matthews, Elberton ; J. 8. Wilson, Atlanta.
Upon motion of l)r. Ridley, the appointment
of delegates to the American Medical Associa
tion was referred to the following committee:
Drs. Ridley, Chartres, L. D. Ford, Westmore
land and W. 8. Jones.
Upon motion of Dr. Doughty, the above
committee were directed, in the first place, to
inquire into the expediency and propriety of
sending delegates to the American Medical As
sociation,
Upon motion of Dr. Roach, Drs. Powell and
Doughty were added to the above committee.
Upon motion, Drs. Orme, Myers and Char
tres were appointed a committee to audit the
accounts of the Treasurer.
Upon motion of Dr. J. G. Westmoreland,
the above committee were made a Committee
of Finance, and requested to make an assess
ment for defraying the expenses of the Asso
ciation.
The auditing committee reported Treasurer’s
account correct.
Upon motion, meeting adjourned, to meet at
9 o’clock this morning.
[Special Dispatch to the Inquirer.
Freaks of an Insane Man —A Gymnast Bent
on Suicide—Terrible Scene in a Prison
Cell,
Harrisbi-rg, April 3.
Thomas Hanlon, one of the celebrated Han
lon brothers, gymnast, performers, reached here
yesterday morning, from Indiana, accompanied
by three small hoys of English birth. It. will
be remembered that this Hanlon recently fell
from n trapeze, at Cincinnati, a distance of
some fifty feet., and it. is supposed that he be
| came partially insane. Yesterday evening he
notified the proprietor of the hotel that he was
obliged to leave for New York, because all the
people here were laughing at hi n.
About two o’clock this morning the three
lads were found by the police at the New York
Depot, bewailing the absence of their master,
who at a later hour was arrested at the Market
House for drunkenness, and taken to the lock
up, but the Mayor, on examination, found he
was insane, and sent him back to the hotel.
In the meantime a dispatch was read trom his
brother Richard, in Indiana, asking why he had
left the troupe. The Mayor telegraphed his
condition, and was answered that some one
would be sent to take charge of him.
This morning, after breakfast, be walked out
to the river bank, it soon became evident that
fianion intended to murder t he boys and throw
himself into the river. When the police arrived
he resisted arrest, hut after some strife he was
again caged id the lock-up, and the Mayor
shortly afterwards sent him over to the county
jail for greater security. Soon after entering
prison Hanlon became violent in his behavior.
He asked for a knife, which was refused him.
Mr. Simmons, the jailor, brought him his din
ner on a pewter platter, wnich he seized, broke
in two pieces and attempted to cut his throat
with the rough edges. Fearing that he would
hang himselt on some iron hooks in the ceil
ing, tiie jailor removed him to another cell,
where he heat a fellow prisoner. He was again j
removed this time to a cell lined with boards |
and containing no furniture.
On the floor were iron heating pipes, with a I
large brass nut projecting at a jointure. When
left alone in this cell he attempted to commit
suicide, by a method of which none but a gym
mstwonid think. He sprang into llm air,
about fire feet, and. turning, came down with
his head upon the. brar- proß-oMon. IT-' 1 r<-
pnted ti,D ,en ilfie feai v vrr-.l lime '• and -when
inner .nivediiu floor wi cover.-d villi
blood.
Six -1,01.: lji. il A ,-iV unable Iv. Iwid Ijilij , 1.-
threw them off with the greatest oa.;e, cnove j
them out ol his cell and cut one over..the eye j
and broke another’* nose. When his cell war :
cleaved he repeated his horrible performance. .
His scalp was cut. in a number of places and
hung over his forehead and face. HanlouV
strength now began to wane born great loss of
blood, and the physicians who arrived admin
istered chloroform, he still showing violence.
He was bouud down to a bunk iu -on insensible
condition, hand-cuffed and his wounds were
dressed. The boys are kindly cared for.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Congressional.
Washington, April 8.
Senate. —Colored schools property in the
District is exempted Irom taxation.
Mr. Wilson reported the House bill extend
ing the Freedtnen’s Bureau;
A bill allowing persons who had formed and
expressed opinions from newspaper reports to
act as jurors was passed.
Mr. Sumner proposed a constitutional amend
ment, declaring persons elected President or
Vice-President, who acted as President, ineli
gible to either office.
A large number of private hills were passed.
After an executive session, the Senate ad
journed.
House. —Mr. Robinson offered a resolution
rescinding impeachment resolutions and with
drawing the managers.
The Speaker declared the resolution required
unanimous consent.
Pending another prolonged question to print
forty thousand copies of Butler’s speech, Mr.
Robinson moved the rcgular*order, with the
view of getting that out ot the way, but Die
House adjourned alter quarter hour's session.
W asliinojoii.
Washington, April 8.
Judge Curtis opens to morrow. There is a
greater demand for tickets than since impeach
ment. opened.
Revenue to-day, $855,000.
Michigan.
Milwaukie, April 8.
O’Neil (Democrat) is elected Mayor by two
thousand majority. The Republicans lose
three Aldermen and five Couucilraen.
Virginia.
Richmond, April 8.
In convention the resolution prohibiting the
Legislature from establishing separate schools
for the two races was defeated—67 to 21.
All the propositions lor relief, including the
homestead exemption, were discussed to-day.
A speaker refused to give way to allow Ser
geant, Bates to be invited on the floor, saying
lie did not wish to see the flag brought in'un
der Copperhead auspices.
Sergeant Bates arrived this afternoon, at 4:30.
About five hundred persons were on the bridge
awaiting his arrival, lie went, off in a brisk
trot to the hotel, ami at 6 o'clock appeared on
top of tlie Capitol and waved his tl i*> ,o a large
crowd who hud gathered in the park. A fall
through a bridge having lamed him, he will
not leave lor Washington moil Friday morn
ing. A number ol prominent citizens called ou
him this evening.
The Republican State Executive Committee
meeting to-day resolved to call a convention
on the first Wednesday in May to nominate
State officers.
ISTortli Carolina.
Wilmington, April 8.
Au immense Conservative meeting was held
at the theatre this evening, including a very
large number of ladies. Able and thrilling
speeches were made by Cols. R. 11. Cowan and
J. W. Atkinson and Major J. A. Engelhard.—
Enthusiasm intense.
Registration here first day—whites, 56;
blacks, 179. Second dav —whites, 108; blacks,
100.
Middle Sound precinct two days—whites,
50; blacks, 32.
The excitement is over. The registration is
very great, hut no disturbance. During the
remaining three days it is thought the whites
will out-register blacks.
Alabama.
Mo.ntgomckv, April S.
There was a heavy and general frost here last
night, which hud its effect on young corn, cot
ton and fruit.
Canada..
Ottawa, April 8.
Whelan and Doyle were arrested on suspi
cion of killing McGee. The assassination is
generally attributed to Feninnisin.
Foreign.
(TSV CABLE. |
London, April 8.
It is rumored that Lord Cranberne has been
tendered the Candian Governor Generalship ;
Earl Mayo the Indian Governor Generalship.
Lord Fitzgerald is about resigning the Irish
Appeals Judgeship.
The Irish Hierarchy are preparing a petition
to the Queen against changes in the revenues
of the Irish Church.
Violence against persons and property is
daily reported in Cork.
Letters were received to-day from Dr. Liv
ingston, via Zinzibar. He was in good health,
and returns to England alter a successful jour
ney.
IVlarme USTews.
Savannah, April 7.
Cleared—Ship Tasmania, for Liverpool.
Liverpool, April 8.
Arrived—Brigjsh Queen, from Savannah.
The ship Paul, of London for Quebec, was
totally lost in Dover Strait.
Wilmington, April 8.
Schooner Julia Seals, in command of Capt.
Milton, from Galveston, Texas, for Philadel
phia, is ashore five miles west, of Main bar, on
beach, well up. Cargo consists of horns and
hides, and will probably be saved in good order,
if the weather continues fair. •
Arrived —Jas. A. Gary, from Baltimore.
Charleston, April 8.
Arrived—Neamcr Equator, from Mew Tori:
for Galveston, disabled.
Sailed—Steamer Jo-. Adger, for New Tori',
bark Raleigh, for Philadelphia • brig M. A.
Palmer, for Philadelphia ; schr. C. C. retton
gill, for New Orleans ; sebr. D. 11. Disbee, for
Providence.
New York, April 8.
The steamer United States, hence for New
Orleans, was spoken on Saturday off Ilatteras,
with a shaft broken. She would proceed under
sail.
Mobile, April 8.
Cleared—Steamship Mary, for New York.
Markets.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, April B—Noon.
Consols, 93%. Bonds, 72%.
London, April B—Afternoon.
Bouds, 73.
London, April B—Evening.
Bonds, 73%
Liverpool, April B—Noon.
Cotton quiet and steady ; sales, 10,000 bales;
uplands, 12%@12% ; Orleans, 12%'@12%. Pro
visions and Breadstuff's unchanged.
Liverpool, April B—Afternoon.
I Cotton irregular and easier, with a decline of
; uplands, on tiie spot, afloal, 11%;
Orleans, t2%igil:>%. Laid, 02s. (3d. Pork
firm. Bacon, 47. Tallow, 4”s. 9d.; common
rasln, 7-i. 3d.
Liverpool \prii • — Fveiii,,..
Cotton do -3 heavy, with a decline of a
ti .ciioii: ale , fB,OOo h.i. upland- 1 1 :
Oil eon i Corn 80s. Oj I.,avd fifi So gat
firm. Naval Store firm
Frankfort, April 8.
Ponds, 75%@75%.
New York, April B—Noon.
Gold, Old Bonds, 111%. Virginia
Sixes, 51@01%, Tennessee Sixes, (18. Money
aud Exchange unchanged.
New York April B—P. M.
’62 coupons, 111%. Tennessee Lixes—new,
67%. Gold firm at 138%. Sterling, 9%@9%.
New York," April B—Noon.
Flour s@lo lower. Wheat quiet. Corn ac
tive and unchanged. Pork dull at $27 25.
Lard, 1.7(3)17%. Cotton irregular and easier at
28c. Freights dull. Naval Stores steady.
New York, April B— P. M.
Cotton shade lower ; rather more doing ;
sales, 3,028 bales. Flour s@lo lower; Southern
brands unchanged. Wheat, Corn and Oats
quiet aud steady. Mess pork, $26 90. Lard
quiet. Rice dull at 10%@11%. Sugar active
and firm. Other groceries steady. Turpeu
tiue, 06@67. Rosin, $3 80@7. Freights un
changed.
Baltimore, April 8.
Cotton dull at 28. Flour quiet. Wheat firm
and unchanged. Corn inactive ; white, $1 09(3)
1 11 ; yellow, $1 18. Oats, 87@90. Rye, 80.
Mess pork, $27 25. Lard, 17%. Bacon active
and excited ; rib sides, 10%@li>% ; shoulders,
14%(<3)14% ; hams unchanged.
Cincinnati, April 8.
Flour and Corn dull. Mess pork held at $27.
Bacon scarce ; shoulders, 13; clear rib sides,
16%. Lard, 17.
St. Louis, March 8.
Flour unchanged. Corn advancing, SB@92.
Provisions advancing. Mess pork, $26 50.
Bacon buoyant; shoulders, 13(3) 13%; clear
sides, 17%('ilS ; all held higher.
Wilmington, April 8.
Spirits Im-peutiue closed firm at 60. Rosin
m good demand ; strained, $2 30@2 35; No. 2,
$2 50; pale, ss@(>. Cotton dull; no buyers.—
Tar declined 5e ; sales at $8 15.
Mobile, April 8.
No sales ot Cotton; receipts, 1,569; exports,
530.
New Orleans, April 8.
Cotton dull and lower; sales, 1,200 bales; mid
dlings, nominally, 29; receipts, 770 bales;
exports, 1,574. Flour steady, firm aud un
changed. Corn firm at $1 07@l 10. Oats In
fair demand at 78@80. Pork advanced; sales,
at S2B 50(3)88 75. Bacon advanced ; shoulders
held at 14%@14% clear sides, 19. Lard, 18%@
19. Gold, 139%. Sterling—bauk, 52@52%;
commercial, 50%@51. New* York sight, %
premium.
Savannah, April 6.
Cotton nominal and unchanged ; holders
firm ; no sales ; receipts, 1,630 bales ; exports,
3,325 bales.
Charleston, April 8.
Colton dull and too irregular for quotations;
sales, 315 bales ; middlings nominally 28 ; re
ceipts, 1,113 bales; exports—coastwise, 294
bales.
(Krona the New Orleans Picayune.
The Southern Mechanic.
We laid by, some time ago, certain com
ments of one of out* Louisiana newspapers
on some expressions in this paper “that
the South needs mechanics," and that we
“should educate uui' own mechanics," etc.
To this our friend of Houma Guard puts iu
a demurrer, saving, among other things:
“The South lias at this moment at least
twice as many mechanics as she has work
for them to do. In this parish, even before
the war, when our planters were always
building and making expensive improve
ments, our mechanics were mostly idle, at
least six months out of every twelve. Out
side of lhe city ot New Orleans there is no
prospect for mechanics to make more than
a bare subsistance, and that only by strict
economy. In the country parishes planters
will not, upon any consideration, under
take to accomplish anything until the crop
is‘laid by.” The ‘crop’ is the one idea
that takes possession of their minds to the
exclusion of all others. Generally, about
the first of July or August, after the crop
is laid by, the mechanics, who have been
six months idle, begin to work. They
generally find plenty of work from August
until November, when ‘rolling’ com
mences. The mechanic’s work is then done
until the next crop is laid by. The fact is,
the South is no place for mechanics. A
few mechanics might do tolerably well who
would be able and willing to work in the
field one-half of the year and take up the
jack-plane or trowel the remainder. The
rich alluvial lands of the Gulf States have
made them eminently au agricultural re
gion.”
All the difficulties thus ascribed to the
Southern mechanic are equally in the way
of the Northern one, and even greater.
There he is exposed to the closest competi
tion ; the profits on liis labor being counted
in cents when it is here to be had in dol
lars. There he lias labor quite as incon
stant as here, and, in some employments,
only at certain seasons of the year.
But the mechanic arts flourish at the
North, and there arc multitudes of me
chanics there even in the agricultural dis
tricts, and why?
Despite the meagre pay and constant
competition which sends tens of thousands
of them South during the Winter, to return
in the Summer, they are willing to work
at all times when work is to be had. In
the next place they arc, for the most part,
all farmers; when they have been at all
successful, they are the owners of farms ;
but even when Independent they do not
hesitate to go to work in the shops of
others, when their crops are, as our Houma
friend says of those of the planter, “ laid
by.”
Tims it is that tho shoe factories at Lynn
are able to send, us back our own hides and
leather made into shoc-s cheaper than they
are made here ; because the shoemakers at
Lynn are farmers, who had made their
crops at home during the summer, and go
in the winter to work in the shop of the
manufacturer. Thus it is that , while our
ship carpenters of Algiers, are letting t heir
adzes rust and their docks warp and dry
from disuse, tltcir brothel's in Maine arc
raising wheat and potatoes, poultry and
beef whereon to subsist their families in the
winter when they go to the sea side and
combine together to build such barks, brigs
or schooners, as we sec coming out here
with their twenty or thirty owners, each
having some interest through liis work or
material. Yet each of these mechanics, if
he waited until there was work to be had
at his trade, would find it impossible to live
-riiid the barren rocks and iron-viraged
erononv of Hint mid region
II is hot irne ot all Southern mechanic
, that they go idle, ns onr Honmn friend save
Ids do. for jiv month" of the year, waiting
for “ tiie planter to give them a job. In
the upland, and especially the piney woods
region, there were always men who com
bined agriculture with mechanical labor.—
We recall to mind, now, a carpenter and
ginwriglit, in a large and influential county
iu an adjoining State, who began with his
box of tools and an “ improvement,” for
which lie had no title until he entered the
land some years afterward, who became
gradually a very considerable planter, and
was for a long period the Probate Judge of
the county. He never ceased to work at his
trade dining the winter, whenever he got.
jobs; but his springs and summers were
spent on his place, until lie laid his crop by,
and when his brother planter was ready for
him to work, lie was ready to do the work.
So our Bon them mechanics must learn
everywhere to do. Mechanics in the city,
with the means of travel they notv have by
rail, could have their families on farms from
thirty to a hundred miles off, and make
there a sufficiency of provisions for home
consumption and even for profit, during the
less profitable time for work in the city,
and by improving their places make them
selves gradually but surely Independent,
which is to be rich in its best and truest
sense. Their families would have wealth
and strength, and would have that con
sciousucss of being self-supporting and
“well to do,” which so increases the satV
fxctlon oflife. while thov would have all
.advantage of the country rent, which the
rich man enjoy*, ar far less annoyance and
i-O: I
Win cannot mechanics do as well at the
-oini, a- .Vi Jhe North v I' must be, if thev
Uul, because they are not equally willing
so work at whatever will come to their
hands to do in its own right season Let
litem reform this, and they will be more
respected and become more worthy of re
spect.
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