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About Tri-weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-1877 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1868)
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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