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‘CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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pjRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 4,1870
PROGRESSIvrBLACKNESS.
The election of the mulatto, Revet,, In
Mississippi, to the Senate of United
States, has been promptly, folJowe<n?ythe
South Caroljpa so-^h^’,
the choice ot a negro hartftw W
fill the unexplred term of a white ad
venturer called Hogs on the Supreme
Bench of the State. In Mississippi the ne
groes claimed their share of National
honors on the solid ground that, consti
tuting five-eighths of the Radical.element
of the State, they were entitled to aj, least
one seat In the Senate. Hence the election
of Revki,, a bright mulatto. Had he been
a typical negro, the selection would have
been more consistent with the demand. If
Mississippi negroes can thus make good
their claims on the Radical party, how
much more should the South Carolina
blacks require such honors and emolu
ments ? They are the Radical party, pure
and simple, for they are ninety-nine hun
dredths of it, and, without them, the hand
ful of native and Imported vermin could
not stand a single hour. ,lt appears that
this idea is rapidly making itself felt; for,
a8 we said above, Wright, a negro, has
been sent to the Bench, to the utter dis
comfiture of Jas. L. Orb, and Whipper, as
“ black as Vulcan’s smithy,” will no doubt
press his claims very shortly as a Repre
sentative in Congress.
Now, though the Radical party in Geor
gia hSS a better and fuller white banking
than Mississippi and South Carolina, the
negroes constitute the backbone of it, and,
without them, tfee trooly 101 l ranks wonld
resemble the mimic armies occasionally
exhibited on the boards of our Opera House.
So, the Georgia blacks have an unques
tionable right to demand that a substantial
Share of the high offices of the “ nation”
shall fall to them. We therefore suggest
that the Hon. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley,
late of Sing-Sing, but of undoubted loyalty,
has a perfect right to Insist upon at least
one senatorship. Indeed, he has a further
right to claim that this distinguished place
shall accrue to himself. Let him lpy pipe
for the guccesslon. His beaver bat is of
the latest style. His dress clothes are unex
ceptionable. His overcoat is a trifle shabby.
His dirty yellow kids simply damnable. Let
him look to the yellow kids; change them
instantly for something newer and better.
Thus presentable as to dress, and backed
by the blacks who really keep the party
alive, let him peg away at the Senatorship.
Heaven forbid that we should have the mis
fortune of being a Georgia Legislator, so
called ; but, if we had met with that evil
fortune, and it became incumbent upou us
to choose between Bradley and some
white knave or conspirator, we should not
hesitate a. moment in the premises. In
deed, it would be rather a good thing if
the National Congret» could be crammed
with negroes from every reconstructed
State. The fiery civilization of the a nglo-
Saxon is fast destroying them with its un
natural experiments, just as moles are ex
terminated by being thrust into the sun
shine. It is now or never with the negro.
And so, we insist that Bradley shall
take time by the nape of the neck, as well
as the forelock. Present those yellow kids,
Alpeoria, to Benjamin Conley aq a kee>
sairr; and, it needs be, go ror tfte sun<**oi
ship without shrinking and without gloves.
x A STUPENDOUS FARCE.
The adoption of the XlVth and XVth
Amendments by General Tebky’s Legisla
ture was one of those wretched farces
which “make the judicious grieve.” A
more complete mockery has not been per
petrated In this and, though done
under the Action of authority, it is none
the less a fraud, an imposition, a humbug
and a crime. It is not Georgia’s ratifica
tion, but Terry’s. As such, the people
repudiate, spit upon and deny it. So long
as the country permits a military despot
ism to have full swing, these Amendments
may pass muster. Beyond this, they will
have no virtue and shall not stand- Why,
what a monstrous infamy is this ratifica
tion, and, as inconsistent as monstrous !
Georgia can not be trusted to come into
the Union and ratify amendments in due
form -, but she is enough of a State to
ratify and then come in. Even the New
York Herald., which has shown some zeal
in hurrying up these matters, has the hon
esty co treat such a ratification as bogus.
And now that there-is a consummation
reached, Mr. Bennett does not hesitate to
pronounce the entire affair inconsequential,
. and, when the test shall have come, revo
lutionary, uull and void. The case may be
put sharply thus: Georgia is not enough of
a State to participate In the Government;
but she Is enough of a State to ratify, an
Amendment. Not being represented in
Congress, she is out of the Union ; but, by
assuming to pass upon an Amendment, she
is in the Union. What follows ? Either
that all the Reconstruction acts are in
valid, or the amendments thus ratified are
fraudulent and illegal. If Georgia was in
the Union—as the war decided—what need
of admitting her ? If she is out of the Union,
as the Reconstruction acts declare, how can
she make laws for and impose conditions
upon States that never were out? Now
that’s a very pretty dilemma. How is it
solved? By Grant’s order, t the will of a
perfidious Congress, the apathy of the North
ern people, and Terry’s discretionary bayo
nets. We point out this absurdity, this
vile hypocrisy, this outrageous sham, not
In the hope of stopping its present execu
tion, but that the exposure may be on re
cord, and that the protest of the pen may
be wrapped about the bayonet Side by
Bide we leave them. The future will settle
the fate of -both, and it may happen, in the
time to come, that the scrap of paper shall
prove more powerfhl than the hit of crooked
steel.
Ames’ Election.— General Ames virtual
ly electecniimself a Senator of the United
States ajpie point of the bayonet. Presi
dents, so-called j Will be chosen In this way
in the future, if the people permit it. Still,
■we must do the military men justice. They
have not corrupted the people. The peo
ple debauched themselves, and shoulder
straps are only assuming what swallow
tail coats have thrown away.
Leaders Wanted— The Washington
correspondent of the Courier-Journal says
the Democratic party In Congress is perish
ing for want of a leader. One-half the
speeches published are never delivered In
either House. Buncombe* is the deity in
fashion, especially on the Democratic side.
Blodgett— The New Era declares that
Capt. Blodgett left his compatoy in Vir
ginia so soon as he could do so “ with &
reasonable show of prosperity.” It makes
no mention of his running for the Majority
of the regiment.
Bullock's Message.
We have not room to publish the whole,
of this document this morning, but we give
the main points. Bullock, after quoting
his note to Terry informing him of the or
ganization of the Legislature, and Terry s
reply of the honor of receiving the same,
goes into a resume of the action of Congress
on reconstruction, and quotes in full the
act of Congress of March 2d, 1867, the
proclamation of General Meade, command
er qf the district, in his General Qrdcrs No.
90, With selected parts of the report of the
Reconstruction Committee of Congress, and
concludes as follows:
If our legislative had been
perfected - as required by the laws, there
would have been no power resting in Con
gress to totejrfere which would not apply
equally to the adhering States —New \ork
or Massachusetts —but when it was ascer
tained that we had not complied with the
laws, and had not organized the Legisla
ture by excluding men who were disquali
fied by the law, Congress could in nowise
be bound by the action of such a body, and
the right, we may say the duty, of Congress
to adopt such measures as seemed to them
proper to enforce their own laws, was not
only indisputable but freely admitted. As
will be subsequently shown, Congress and
the President concur in requiring us to
commence again the work of reconstruc
tion at the precise point where a failure in
the execution of those laws becomes ap
parent, vie : the fourth day of July, 1868.
That both Houses of Congress moved in
harmony upon this subject is established
by the adoption of the .following preamble
and resolution in the House of Representa
tives of Congress after the report of the
Judiciary Committee was made in the
Senate:
“ Whereas, It is reported that the Leg
islature of Georgia has expelled the-colored
members thereof, and admitted to their
seats white men who received minorities
of votes at the polls, and that members of
said • Legislature who had been elected
thereto by the votes of colored men joined
in such action, and that twenty-seven dis
qualified white men hold seats in said legisla
ture , in vio/fition to the Fourteenth Amends
meat to the Constitution and of the Recon
struction Acts of Congress; and Senators
from Georgia have not been admitted to the
Senate of the United States,
“ Resolved, That the Committee on Recon
struction be ordered to inquire and report
whether any, and if any, what further ac
tion ought to be taken during tlie Fortieth
Congress respecting the representation of
Georgia in this House.”
[Adopted January 28—yeas, 127; nays,
33J
While this action was being taken by
Congress, indicating plainly the desire, the
judgment and the purpose of the Govern
ment, this illegal legislative organization of
ours, on the 13th January, 1869, re-apseffi
bled and after being in session until the
18th day of March following, refused to
heed the recommendations then repeated to
perfect its organization in accordance with
«e laws of Congress, by the exclusion of
e disqualified persons and-the restoration
of members expelled on account of their
color. , ~ ..
All that has since been done could then
have been avoided. We all knew what was
required of us, and should have promptly
complied.
Valuable lives would have been saved.
The peace, good order and good name of
our State would have been maintained, and
our material prosperity greatly enhanced,
by following the dictates of wisdom and
ceasing useless and fruitless opposition to
the inevitable. But unfortunately other
counsels were heeded and the policy of re
action and resistance prevailed at that time.
Congress assembled again on the first
Monday of December, 1869, and in accord
ant with the recommendation of the Presi
dent proceeded promptly to prepare and
adopt an act to promote the reconstruction
of Georgia, and nm* overcome the obsta
cles which had been pi»ood in the way of
restoration by the taen Who had embraced
every previous opportunity to defeat th»t
wise and just policy which is involved in
the Congressional enactments for the estab
lishment of civil governments in this and
other Southern seceding (States,
The act under which you are now assem
bled and organized was adopted in the
United States Senate on the 17th of Decem
ber, 1869, by a vote of 46 to 9, and in the
House on the 21st of the same month by a
vote of 121 to 51, and became a law by the
approval of the President on the following
day, thus displaying the united determina
tion of Congress and the President that the
machinations of defeated rebels should not
prevail by civil proceedings after their
armed opposition had been so signally de
feated.
In accordance with the letter and the
spirit of the action of Congress, the Presi
dent on the 24th of December, 1868, as
signed “an officer of the army, not below
the rank of Brigadier General ’’ —Brevet
Major General Alfred H. Terry—to the
command of Georgia as a Military District.
I have thus recapitulated the facts covering
our political history from the time of the
adoption of the act of March, 2d, 1867—which
declares “that until the people of said rebel*
States shall by law be admitted to repre
sentation to the . Congress of the United
States, the civil governments that may ex
ist therein shall be deemed provisional only,
and shall be in all respects subject to the
paramount authority of the United States,
any time to abolish, modify, control and
supersede the same,” &c—up to the present
hour, and it will not, I think, be seriously
argued that the right reserved by Congress
in that act has ever been withdrawn by
the. action of Congress, or expired by rea
son of any legal act of our o#n.
But the argument made by General Terry
in his report is. so cogent and conclusive
that I repeat it here! I quote from Major
General Terry’s report, dated “ Atlanta,
Ga., August 14th, 1869. * * *
[We omit Terry’s report, as we have here
tofore published the glstof it ]
That the foregoing presents the correct
legal view of the case, and that Congress
and the Administration have so decided,
is fully established by the fact that Con
gress has assumed to legislate upon this
subject, and that the President has ap
proved such legislation, and has assigned a
commander to this district, by the follow
ing order:
Headquarters of the Army, 1
Adjutant General’s Office, >
W ASi|rN gton"! January 4,1870.)
General Orders No. 1.
By direction ot the President of the
United States, so much of General Orders
No. 103, dated Headquarters Third Milita
ry District (Department of Georgia, Flori
da and Alabama), Atlanta, Ga., July 2,
1868; and so much of General Orders No.
55, dated Headquarters of the Army, Adju
tant General’s Office, Washington, July
28, 1868, as refers to the' State of Georgia,
is hereby countermanded. Brevet Major
General Terry will, until further orders,
exercise within that State the powers of
the Commander of a Military District, as
provided by the' act of March 2, 1867, and
the acts supplementary thereto, under his
assignment by General Orders No. 83,
dated Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant
General’s Office, Washington, December
24,186 V
By command of General Sherman
* E. D.‘ Townsend,
Adjust General.
That it is a political question, upon which
Congrfess is the sole and final judge, will
not be denied.
It therefore follows that, having perfected
an organization as required by law, you are
prepared and required to pass upon the
several subjects submitted for your action
by the acts of Congress, known as the re
construction acts, and to elect Senators
These subjects are the ratification of the
Fourteenth Amendment, giving the assent
of the State,to certain modifications of the
Constitution, and the adoptiou of the Fif
teenth Amendment. Should it be urged
that we have already acted upon the Four
teenth Amendment, etc.; It is a sufficient
answer to quote the action of Congress
wherein they hold that no legal organiza
tion ot a Legislature has heretofore been
perfected. And should it be argued that
Georgia was counted as having ratified the
Fourteenth Amendment, it is answered by
the following joint resolution of Congress;
adopted before Georgia acted, and in which
Georgia is not named:
Concurrent Resolutions of Congress respecting
the ratification of the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, July 21,1868 :
Whereas, The Legislatures of the States
of Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey,
Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Kansas,
Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Minneso
ta, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island. Michigan, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
Maine, lowa, Arkansas, Florida, North
Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina and
Loc'siana, being three-fourths and more of
the several States of the Union, have rati
fied the fourteenth article of amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, duly
proposed by of each House of
the Thirty-Ninth Congress; therefore
By the {Senate (the House of
tiepreseLtorives concurring), that said four
e«*hth article is hereby declared to be a
part of the Constitution of the United
States, and it shall be duly promulgated as
such by the Secretary of State.
July 21—Passed the Senate without a
count.
Same day the House passed the resolu
tion-yeas, 126; nays, 32; the preamble
yeas, 127; nays, 35.
Such .action having been accepted and
approved by Congress by the admission of
Senators and Representatives, we will,
after nearly ten years of wandering estray,
lie once more a State in the Union. Our
constitution will then become of force, and
upon the election by your now legal or
ganization of the officers provided for by
the constitution, the State government will
become a government de jure; the mem
bers of your honorable body Will enter upon
the terms for which they were elected, and
it is hoped and believed that nothing will
ever again occur to disturb the harmonious
relations which should be forever maintain
ed between this State and the National
Government.
I transmit herewith authentic copies of
the joint resolutions of the Thirty-Ntnth
Congress proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United Spates, known
as Article XIV, and the joint resolution of
the Fortieth Congress proposing an amend
ment known as Article XV ; also the act
of June 25th, 1868, which requires the as
sent of the State to be given tp certain
modifications of the constitution of the
State.
The party in this State which has pro
moted reconstruction may properly be men
tioned in a communication of this charac
ter, because party lines here, as in all the
Southern States since the rebellion, have
been drawn between those who favored re
storation of State governments under pon
gressional enactment and those who op
posed such restoration, the former party
being in favor of and the lat
ter party opposed to any settlement which
did not practically yield all the issues
which the General Government had estab
lisjied by force of arms. *
This party, therefore, has been and is the
party of peace, and the other the organiza
tion of all the elements of discord, discon
tent and defiance. And I speak of the party
favoring the reconstruction measures, now
to recognize the fact that its course has
been consistent and persistent in support of
the measures provided by Congress as a set
tlement and for a restoration' of civil gov
ernment in the South, and the party has
been equally as determined in its opposition
to every scheme which the old political
tricksters Save devised to defeat this wise
and just policy qf Congress.
In pursuing their oppositlou to Congress,
these political charlatans have resorted to
every conceivable baseness, abandoning ar
gument to-take up with murder and assas
sination ; disregarding principles to indulge
in viliiflcation, and now, in their hopeless
despair, we find them endeavoring to grasp
a Republican livery, under which they
hope to hide their nefarious purpose. They
now loudly proclaim their hot bqste to pro
mote reconstruction and to adopt measures
which will successfully perfect it.
While we congratulate the State, and
the country, even upon this outward evi
dence that wisdom is returning to our mis
guided brethren, the party door is wide
and open for any aqd all who desire to en
ter and support the great principles of
equal rights and republican liberty, which
have triumphed over secession and rebel
lion.
We desire the good of the whole people;
that the rights of the poqr laboring men
shall be equally protected with those of the
rich ; that the avenues of intelligence shall
be open for all, anti that a citizen’s worth
shall be determined by his own efforts and
his own character, neither advanced nor re
tarded by his birth, his color, his religion
or his politics. Upon (his platform all can
unite. The industrious, the intelligent aud
those who love peace rather than strife,
will soon abandon the lead of disappointed
politicians, and aid in sustaining the Gov
ernment.
The wrings *yhich have been done, the
lawless outrages whipl) have beep commit
ted In many parts of the State, ape the acts
of but a few irresponsible persons. When
all good citizens exert their influence in
favor of just ! ce, lawlessnesss will cease.
Let us, therefore, unite in a complete re
cognition of the rights of men, irrespective
of birth, color or previous condition, and
frankly admit that under and before the
law all men are equal—that sll are respon
sible—and see to it that by future legisla
tion the requirements of our constitution
are recognized—that free schools are estab
lished and maintained, and that protection
is secured for person and property, and for
the free expression of political opinions.
•Let party lines be extended so as to wel
come and include all who sre in favor of
Impartial suffrage and universal amnesty.
Under our State constitution no man is
disfranchised, and under the Constitution
of the United States no mau will be dis
qualify from holding office who is ready
to maintain and uphold the Government.
I would respectfully recommend that the
Fourteenth Amendment and the funda
mental conditions required by the act of
June 25, 1868„ and the Fifteenth Amend
ment be adopted at once, and that your
honorable body then take a recess until
Monday, the 14th inst.
Should it be deemed desirable by any
member to attempt general legislation at
this time, his attention is invited to the
following extract from the opinion of the
Honorable Attorney General of the United
States in the case of Virginia:
“It is required under the previous law
to act upon the question of adopting the
* * [Amendments] to the Constitution of
the United States before the admission of
the States to representation in Congress. 1
am of opinion, therefore, that it may come
together, organize and act upon that
Amendment, but that until Congressrshall
have approved the constitution, and the
action under it, and shall have restored the
State to its proper place in the Union, by
recognizing its form of government as re
publican, and admitting it to representa
tion, the Legislature is not entitled nnd
could not, without violation of law, be al
lowed to transact any business, pass any
act or resolve, or undertake to assume any
other function of a Legislature, if the test
oath has not been required of its members.”
In a subsequent opinion the honorafflfc
Attorney General decided that the election
of Senators, at the proper time, was a part
of the work of reconstruction.
Your organization having been reccfg
nized from to-day, the time fixed by the
United States for the election of Senators
will occur on Tuesday, the 15th Instant,
and as is unwise to attempt any general
legislation while the government Is pro
visional, and pending our recognition by
Congress, the recess recommended seems
desirable.
I shall esteem it a personal and an official
favor if your honorable body will authorize
a Joint Committee to sit during the recess,
and investigate the indirect charges made
by the Treasurer through the public prints
against the Executive, as well as any and
all charges he may now have to present. I
would respectfully •Recommend that the
committee be authorized to send for per
sons and papers, and to administer oaths ;
and r am confident that such validity will
he given to the acts of the committee, by
the Commander of the District, as may be
necessary to insure justice.
Ruyus B. Bullock,
1 Provisional Governor.
Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 2,1870.
A correspondent of the Washington
Chronicle draws attention to a grammatical
error in Byron’s “Prisoner of Chillon.”
He says he discovered it in a dream. It
occurs in the fourth of the following lines;
“My hair is gray, but not with years,
Nor grew It white
In a single night,
As men’s have grown by sudden fears.”
The error is in the use of the plural verb
“ have grown,” when its nominative hair is
in the singular. It is rather strange that
this error has never been noticed before,
and now only in a dream. —Harford Times.
" {From the New I
General Tate. Mm
The rise and fall of General
equally sudden and surprising. We*foter
heard of the General till a couple of tflughs
ago-, when, without a moment’s waK»,
he appeared in Washington as
traordinary and Minister
from the Republic of Hayti to
ment of the United States. As he
proper credentials from President
and as he was the first high diplfflMic
functionary of the colored school
ever been sent to this country,
ceived with distinguished
State Department made
his reception, and the President “
him an audience” which was
worthy of a glowing description^^Efe
newspapers. In his address to Gen^^Eii l !
he descanted on his mission, onKisTBHE,
inent, on his country, and on its pnSKs.
He complimented the President and -Hgp] e
of the United States, and assured
distinguished consideration in
were held in Hayti. His rhetoric wa£V>p
ical, his language glowing, and ht|X>a
triotic aud personal eulogies very affeaK»
Grant replied to the Extraordinary Bfoy
by one of the longest and profoupfest
speeches he ever delivered ; and we tfflgfree
to say that we did not think any the WSk 0 f
the speech because its learned
niatic sentences gave us assurance ERit
had been composed for him by Sectary
Fish. Grant welcomed Tate warmljlJiam
plimented him sweetly, referred in tonawnn
terms to tfie colored race of which hSsvas
a distinguished example, and express* his
hope, in cone'usion, that the bonds ofapity
between Hay a and this country wot® be
close and enduring.
Os course, General Tate was imlliigh
feather. He soon took occasion to visjOfee
departments, to make the acquaintarnTof
Senators, to display himself in
matic gallery, and so forth. Everything
was lovely, and the Plenipotentiary Ex
traordinary of Hayti was evidently affian
who understood himself,
It was not loifg, however, before it be
came known to certain parties in Wash
ington, as well as to certain persona in
New York, that General Tate’s mission
was quite as “ extraordinary ” as his offi
cial title implied; that, in fact, he had not
come here to defend his country’s! rights
and honor, but to try to setl out his coun
try. president Sqlnaye, whom he repre
sented, was in trouble, and needed money
desperately. He had been at war with the
Cacos, uuder General Saget, for over a
year, and his power was endangered hjr the
progress of their savage arms. Money
alone could save him ; five millions vyould
be sufficient, but a million would do for the
present, apd a hundred thousand, dollars
cash down would he better than nothing
This would be an easy matter for General
Tate to negotiate. We were known to be
engaged in negotiations for the purchase of
numerous ports and islands in the West
Indies. President Salnave could sell us
the Mole St. Nicholas as President Baez
had sold us the Bay of Samana; or, if we
wanted the whole of the half of Hayti
which Salnave ruled over, he could sell it
to us on as good terms as Baez had offered
to sell the other half of the same island.
The bargain was easy, the opportunity was
excellent, and Tate was hyppy inthe’pros
pect of being able to sell his country cheap
for cash.
But hail, horrors! aud what is this we
see and hear right in the midst of business ?
It is nothing less than the news that Sal
nave and Salnave’s power have been utter
ly overthrown, that the price of $5,000 has
been offered for his head, that his principal
geueyals are bejng executed with all possi
ble rapidity, and that General Tate himself,
the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Washington, ha* been
outlawed, so that he can only return to
Hayti to suffer death! Surely this is the
wreck of matter, the crusli of worlds, and
the cruel discomfiture of Tate.
Farewell, Plenipo! Adieu, General!
Good-bye, Tate. AH hail! colored man and
brother! This is a hard and uncertain
world. Such is fame. Hayti is a great
country.
- If Tate’s career was glorious, it was also
brief. If he was the first colored minister
to Washingtou, he will quite certainfoinot
be the last, for President Saget wilt soon
be as anxious to sell out. his country
Salnave, whom he has overthrown.
A Villain Confessed—Tiif. Truth of
the Gold Conspiracy.— lt seems that Mr.
Corbin squarely owns up that he acted the
full part of the villain in the gold conspira
cy throughout. He cheated all around.—
He cheated Gould; cheated Fisk, and if
Mrs. Grant had any interest in the specula
tion, he cheated her. Ije sv/ears that she
had not * but while be floes this he asserts
that he falsely represented that she had ;
and by so doing obtained, fraudulently,
from Gould and Fisk, twenty-five thousand
dollars, which he pocketed i
Mr. Corbin’s excuse is, that he consider
ed that he was dealing with unscrupulous
men, and therefore was at liberty to prac
tice fraud. Saint Corbin! Th'* a pret
ty doctrine for the canting old hypocrite!
If it is right to be dishonest because deal
ing with sinners, it is not often that a man
will have occasion to be honest in the
world.
It is impossible to read the testimony—
extraordinary as that testimony is—of Mr.
James Fisk, Jr., before the committee, with
out feeling that it is true. And Mr. Corbin
himself has confirmed it in most'respects.
Whenever he contradicts the statements of
Mr. Fisk, Mr. Corbin will receive little cre
dit ; because a witness who confesses to
such villainy as he does stamps himself as
a man unworthy of belief.
The choice spirits of the Administration
who figured at the Prince’s ball must have
felt depressed amid the festivities of that in
teresting occasion as they reflected on their
late confrere, sad and lonely" at his lodg
ings on Capitol Hill.
If it were only possible now for some
other Corbin to come forward and get
Grant out of the matter of bestowing of
fices on people who had given him money
as successfully as this Corbin has sworn
him clear of the gold speculation, the Ad
ministration might get on its legs agaia.
But, unfortunately, the facts of the case do
not admit of any such escape In that case.
Exit Corbin, who sold the house that
Grant bought—and sold out Grant, Fisk,
Gould and his own soul!— N. T. Sun.
The Negro Exodus from Southside
Virginia. —Persons arriving here by the
Danville Railroad, on Saturday, report hav
ing as a fellow-passenger a colored man
who seemed to be employed to encourage
negro emigration Southward. At every
station he addressed the crowd of negroes
assembled to meet the train, setting forth
the glories of the Sunny South, and repre
senting it to be a land of milk and honey,
corn bread sfhd molasses, little work anc
big pay—this “ land where the good dar
kies go.” He succeeded in arousing no lit
tle enthusiasm among his auditors, even
though his speeches had to be short. Giv
ing notice that he would be along the same
route and speak again on Tuesday, he
will doubtless have more to hear him on
that day.
The Southside farmers fear a direful re
sult unless this tide of emigration can be
stemmed. Though less has been said about
it in the papers for the last week or two,
the exodus continues and the number of
emigrants daily increases. From Pittsyl
vania county we are informed that there
are semi-weekly shipments, and the colo
nies average perhaps two hundred persons,
a proportion of whom are able-bodied
laboring men or hearty women. MeckWS*--
burg, Charlotte, Halifax, Franklin, Pyince
Edward and Lunenburg,’ have all been
more or less depleted, and some farmers re
port that all their hands have deserted.—
The worst of it is that a furore has taken
possession of the blacks, and emigration is
becoming almost as popular as “ leaving
the old place” was just after the war.
[Richmond Dispatch.
Revenue Frauds in Virginia On
Saturday the trial of F. Bannasch, indicted
for dealing In counterfeit tobacco stamps,
was concluded in the United States Circuit
Court, at Richmond, and the prisoner re
manded to await sentence.
Charles Brooks, of Norfolk, was hrought
before Commissioner Chahoon, on Satur
day, on the charge of violating the,internal
revenue laws, by manufacturing cigars and
without keeping the books prescribed by
law. He waived an examination, and gave
ball in the sum of SI,OOO to appear before
the United States Circuit Court inflHay to
answer an indictment.
Georgia State Lottery
jfOK THK BKNKFIT OK Tbfi
Orphan’s Horn.- and Free School.
Thefollowiug were the drawn numtkira. In Uiu -eup
plementary Scheme, drawn at Arianuta, Georgia,
- _ February 3. ,
MORNING DRAWING— GIass 57.
45 47 15 OS 36 30 19 *3 40 18 76 34 36
13 Drawn Numbers.
EVBiNING DRAWING—GIass 68.
TO 35 39 41 36 46 »3 33 3 33 53 1
12 Drawn Numbers.
feb4-l
SPECIAL NOTIOPGiB,
MILEAGE TICKETS.
Charlotte, Columbia 4 Augusta V
Railroad Company, l
Gbksbal Fbsiobt and Tiokst uffiob, j
Columbia, S. 0., January 28,1870. J
MERCHANTS AND OTHERS DESIRING
fiILKAGK TICKETS, good for Five Hundred or
One Thonsand Miles, can procure them by leaving
their address with any Station Agent on line of road,
or upon applicitlon to the undersigned, at following
prices:
For One Thousand Miles - |3O 00
For Five Hundred Miles.. 18 00
K. R. DORSEY,
janSo-6 General Ticket Agent.
aM - , ■ ..n WIRE RAILING, FOR
a /A /X !l* Knc'es ng Cerae’ery Dots,
jfl |1 C twgec, Ac.; Wire Guards
i&sflfel v for - tore Fronts, Factories,
Asylums, &c; Wire Webbing, Rice Cloth, and Wire
Work. Also, Manufacturers of
FOURDRINIER CLOTHS.
Every information by addressing
M. WALKER A BON,
No 11 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
jan29-ly
BdT GETTING MARRIED-Essrys f r Young
Men, on the delights of Home, and tire propriety or
impropriety of getting Married* with sanitary help for
those who feel nnfltted for matrimonial happiness.
Sent free, in sealed envelopes. Addrrss,
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, *
jan2B-j!m Pox *\, t htladelphia, Pa.
JEST OET.
CHERRY PECTORAL TKOOHKB, superior to
all others for Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Bronchitis
and Hoarseness.
None so pleasant. None cure so quick.
Manufactured by RD3HTON A CO., Astor Home,
New York.
No mare of those h orrible tasted, nauseating Brown
Cubeb things.
For sale by W. H. TUTT A LAND at Proprietors’
Prices. jantf-d*c3m
HERITABLE INVALIDS,
Indigestion not only effects the physical health, but
tbe dispositions and tempers of- its victims. The
dyspeptic becomes, too, in a measure, demoralized by
Iris sufferings. He is subject to fits of irritation, sul
lunness or despair, as the case may be. A preter
natural aensitivem ss, which be cannot control, leads
bim tp- urrsoonstme the words and aete of those
around him, and bis intercourse even with those
uearest and dearest to himisnotuDfrcquently marked
by exhibitions of lestine l * foreign to his real nature.
These are the mental phenomena of the disease, for
which the invalid cannot be justly held responsible,
but they occasion much household discomfort. It is
to the interest of the borne circle, it is essential to
fauiily harmony, as well as to the rescue of ihe prin
cipal sufferer from a state not far removed from in
cpieot insanity, that these symptoms of mental dis
turbance be promptly removed. This can ODly be
done by6emoving their physical cause, a derangement
of the functions of the stomach, ard its allied viscera,
the liver and the bowels. Dpon these three import
ant organs Hostetter’s fctomach Bitters act simulta
neously, producing a thorough and salutary change
in their conditlou. The vegetable ingredients of
which the preparation is composed are of a renova
ting, rcgnlaiing and alterative character, and the stim
ulant which lends activity to their remedial virtues is
the purest and best that can be extracted from the
moct wholesome of all cereals, viz: sound rye. No
dyspeptic can take this genial restorative, for a single
week without experiencing a notable improvement in
bis general health. Not only will his bodily suffer
ings abate from day to day, hut his mind will recover
rapidly from its restlessness and irritability, and this
happy change will manifest itself in his demeanor to
a 1 around him. tebl-tfebl6
MERCHANTS, PLANTERS, GARDENERS
AND HOUSEKEEPERS
to _get the BEOT and Moat Reliable Va
rieties, should boy
ONION BETS,
REAL BONCOMBK CABBAGE,
THE CHOICEST EARLY IRISH POTATOES,
—AND
Our Seed are Warranted FRESH audQENUINE-
No Humbug 1 Send for Catalogues.
PLUMB A LEITNER,
dec2ldod*c2.n 212 Broad street, Augusta.
Mayor’s Office, )
Augusta, Qa., January 2Sth, 1870, \
From and alter thin date, all purchasing for account
of the city will only be made upon onlsrs issued frtrm
this office. J. v. H. ALLEN,
jan‘2s-if Mayor.
COTTON STATES MECHANICAL AND AGRI
CULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATION.
aecretary’s Office, )
Augusta, Ga, February 1, 1870. \
AT A MEETING of the Executive Committee of
this Association, held THIS DAY, an installment of
ten (10) per cent on the Capital Stock was ordered to
be called in.
Stockholders will please call at the office of the
Treasurer, Messrs. J. J. Cohsn A Eos, and pay their
assessment.
By order of the Board. E. H. GBA Y,
feb2-wfsu Secretary.
DANCING CLASSES, AUGUSTA HOTEL.
PROFS. NICHOLS’A MILAM, in order to secure
certain days for the Le sons, have removed from Ma
tonic Hall to the above Hall. Classes for Ladies,
Misses and Masters on FRIDAY and SATURDAY
AFTERNOONS, at 3X, p. m. Classes for Gents
THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENINGS, at 8, p.
*“• jarr2s-tf
NOTICE.
The Company, or Copartnership, knowu
as ‘he DORN MINING COMPANY, and here
tofore carrying on business at the DORN
MINES, so-called, in the Abbeville District,
and State of Sooth Carolina, was dissolved on
the 14th day of October, 1869, and no longer
exists. C. H. McCORMICK.
feba-J R. M. FUNKERHOUBE.
POPLAR LUMBER. .
The undersigned is prepared to furnish
POPLARJLUMBER, in any quantity, at $3 per
hundred, delivered at Leesville Depot, Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. For
lnrther information, address
AARON TAYLOR,
Gilbert Hollow,
feb2-6 C„ C. <fc A. R. R., 8. C.
TJse Russel Coe’s Su
perphosphate. It is the
Choice Family Groceries,
Plantation Supplies,
Tuba, Churns, Buckets, Measures
Hair and Straw Brooms, Dusters, Brushes
Baskets of all kinds
Boots and Shoes.
.’fife Invite the attention of the Citizens
of Augusta and Vicinity to onr new Fall
Supplies of the ahove Goods.
All of which arc of Good finality.
Fresh Supplies received Weekly.
J AS. G. BAILIE A BROTHER.
sepßo-6m
New Advertisements
GIRARDETS OPERA HOUSE,
benefit
AND
Last Appearance but One
Os the. Distinguished English Tragedian,
MR NEIL WARNER,
When will be presented Bulwer’s Grand His
torical Play, entitled
RICHELIEU.
Richelieu, Prime Minister—Mb. WARNER,
And a cast embracing every member of the
Company.
TO-MORROW (BATURDAY), LAST NIGHT,
Shabspeare’s Historical Tragedy of tbe Life
and Death of
RICHARD 111,
Ending with the
Battle of Boswortli Field.
In announcing MR. WARNER, the Manager
unhesitatingly endorses -him as one of the few
Grand Actors of tbe age. He has been secured
at a heavy cost, to secure tbe presentation of
Sbabspearian and other plays in the very best
style.
NO PLAT WILL BE REPEATED!
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Dress Circle and Orchestra Chairs. ..$1 00
Reserved Beats 1 50
Gallery 50
Colored Gallery, 50c. Entrance on Ellis
street.
Seats can he secured at Geo. A. Oates’ Book
aDd Music Store. feb4-T
DESIRABLE SECURITIES
FOR HALE.
The attention of parties having funds to
invest is invited to the FIRST MORTGAGE
RONDS of the MACON AND AUGUSTA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
These BONDS bear Seven per cent, interest
—coupons payable January and July—have
ten years to run, and are GUARANTEED,
principal and interest. BY THE GEORGIA
RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY.
Inquire of
J. A. S. MILLIGAN, Treasurer,
At Georgia Railroad Bauk.
feM-lm
CAUTION.
The merits of the
Soluble Pacific Guano,
Manufactured by the Pacific Guano Com
pany, having been attested by so great a
number of our Planters who have used it
for the past four years, its superior excel
lence is no longer a matter of doubt, and
as spurious articles of the same name are
being offered for sale, I take this method of
informing the public that
Pure Soluble Pacific Guano
Can not be bought in Augusta except from
myself, the only authorized Agent for its sale
in this city, and that noue is genuine unless
branded John S. Reese & Cos., General
Agents, Baltimore, Md.
feh4-2w J. O. MATHEWSON.
Stock of the National Bank of
Augusta.
115 SHARES of the Stock of the Na
tional Bank of Augusta for sale, in lolb to suit
purchasers. Apply at.
JOHN J. COHEN & SON’S,
Stock, Bond and Exchauge Brokers.
feb4--3
GROUND PEAS.
500 BUSHELS GROUND PEAS on
consignment and for sale by
feb4-3 J, 0, MATHEWSON.
LARD.
50 TIERCES PURE LARD
50 KEGS PURE LARD
In store and for sale by
feb4-3 BLAIR-, SMITH & CO.
MOLASSES.
100 BRLS. MOLASSES to arrive, and
for sale from wharf.
fet>4-l BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
and Tender
I WILL have at my Stall, on SATURDAY
MOkNING aDd EVENING, some of the finest
MEAT that has ever been seen in Augusta. Be
prepared for it, and do not fail to stop at my
place at the market.
_■ JNO. P. FOSTER,
feb4l Stall No. 1, Lower Market.
MULES AND HORSES.
tT UST arrived from the Western markets, a
splendid lot of well broke MULES and
HORSES, both Saddle and Harness, which will
be sold at the most favorable prices.
JOHN B. POURNELLE,
fcb4-3 Grey Eagle Stables.
FERTILIZERS,
11} POLLIRD, I'OX & CO.
AUGUSTA PRICKS:
L. S, Hoyt's Improved Ammoniated
Bone Superphosphate.
(Substitute for Peruvian Guano.)
Cash S7O 00
Time 80 00
Glasgow Company's Soluble Phosphatic
and Ammoniated Guano.
(Equal to Peruvian.)
Cash S7O 00
Time 80 00
Dissolved Bones Ammoniated.
Cash $65 00
Time 75 00
0. C. Coe’s Phosphate..
(Substitute for Sea Fowl.)
Cash $65 00
Time 75 00
Merryman’s Raw Bone Superphosphate
(Soluble).
Cash... S6O 00
Time 70 00
Sea Fowl Guano (in Savannah).
Cnstf. $67 50
AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES.
By John Mbkryman * Cos.
Cash
Time
Land Plaster.
Time.... . . 25 qq
Albo, Agents for JOHN MERRYMAN *
CO., Baltimore, Md.
Time Sales are payable by Planters’ Drafts
g°°d Factors, maturing Ist November,
1870, without interest. Drafts to be signed
and acceptance arranged when goods are ship
ped. 1
Pollard, Cox & Cos., ‘
Sole Agents for Middle Georgia,
278 Broad Street,
feb3-lm Augusta, Ga.
COAL CREEkTCOAL.
I HAVE Inst received a fresh supply of the
Very beat quality COAL CREEK pOAL ever
brought to this city, which will be dpivered
(free from dirt) at sll per ton.
G. S. HOOKEY,
fcbß-8 810 Broad St.
• NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
v.ayr • ■ —« *
JLNNTJJLJLi STATEMENT
OP THE
GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE CO.,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
INCORPORATED 1859 CAPITAL, $350,000,
Assets J" an nary 1,18 70 468,071 4r2.
Receipts and Disbursements for Twelve Months ending January 1,1870.
RECEIPTS.
Premiums $229,001 80
Interest .• 10,920 67
$239,921 97
Balance from January 1,1862 44,657 00
- $284,578 97 |
DIVIDEND TO HOLDERS OF PARTICIPATING POLICIES, 25 PER CENT.
• The above statement exhibits,ln a manner most flat
tering, the growing prospects of tbe above named
Company. Since the close of the war the Company has
paid ont over $300,000 for losses. With a constantly
increasing amount of assets, it presents its claims tor pa
tronage to the public. Apply to
A« Gt HALL, Agent,
331 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
feb4-2m
W. H. GOODRICH. • GKO. E. GOODRICH
W. H. GOODRICH & SON,
265 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
STOVES, GRATES, TUV WARE
And House Furnishing Goods of ail Kinds,
TO WHICH WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OP THE PUBLIC.
The Celebrated Cooking Stove “ Olive Braneh.”
THE FAVORITE COOKING STOVE “ HENRY CLAY,”
We have also the PREMIUM, or STEP STOVE, and HEATING STOVES, in great
varietiesi. We would call special attention to our fine assortment of GRATES.
Mr. E. E. SCOFIELD, long and favorably known in this line, will be found with us,
and will have charge of the Mechanical Department.
Our facilities for ROOFING and OUT
TERING are unsurpassed’
oelS-rtAcHin
New Dry Goods Store.
P. & M. GALLAHER
I)EG to announce to their friends amt former patrons in Georgia and South Carolina
that they have once more resumed the
dry goods business
AT
!STo. 190 Broad Street, A_ngusta, G-eorgia,
Where they are now opening a magnificent Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
Comprising DRESS GOODS in ail the latest styles and novelties; such as Reps
Ottomans, \elours, Bearrittias Boubait, Poplins, Bombazines, Alp teas, Black Silks’
&c. Also, a splendid line of Shftwls and Cloaks, Irish Linens and Table Damask, White
Goods, Hosiery, Gloves and Trimmings. Also, Blankets, Flannels, Kerseys, Cloths and
Cassimeres, in great variety.
We beg to say that we will be in daily receipt of new styles from the New York
Auctions, and that we will endeavor at all times, by strict attention to the wants of
our customers, to merit a fair share of patronage.
P. & M. GALLAHER,
octl3 * tf 19& BROAD STREET.
MILL POND
AND
CHANNEL OYSTERS
I3uPPLIED in quantities to suit purchasers.
Orders from all parts of the interior solicited.
Address Tbos. McCrady, Agent, P. O. Box 839,
Charleston, 8. C.
References.—Janies Adger A Cos , Hon. J. B.
Campbell, Dr. St. J. Ravenel, David Jennings,
McCrady <fc Son, W. G. Dingle, John 8. Rvan.
oct29-8m
Carpets and Shades.
For a Large and Choice selection of new
Carpets and Shades, at low prices, go to
James Gt. Bailie &. Brother’s.
CARPETS MADE AND LAID PROMPTLY.
dec3D-8m
J. L. HIIIS,
DEALER IN
HORSES AND MULES.
RRMANENTLY at J. B. Pournkllb’s
Grey Eagle Stables, Ellis street, Augusta, Ga.
N. B—Will also SELL and BUY HORBES
and MULES on commission. nov2s-3m
BARGAINS.
AJI kinds of "Walking
Coats.
A.ll kinds of Sack
Coats.
Will be offered at Reduced Prices, by
A. T. Q-ray,
jan26-eodlm Opposite Masonic Hall.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Losses .\... $98,763 17
Reinsurance and Return Premiums. 10,618 65
Commissions to AgeDts 29,361 32
Taxes and all other expenses 89,251 44
Balance January 1, 1870 106,534 39
$284,578 97
I MARY ANN Btflß INSTMUTE,
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
At Whitesville, (JVb. 3, Central Hailroad ,) Ga.,
Commences January, mo.
First Term ends in JUNE, 1870.
For particulars, apply to
Miss MARY ANN BUIE,
jau2o ts Whltesville, No. BC. R. R., Ga.
WANTED,
PLANTATION of from 200 to 500 acres
conveuieot to this city or railroads. Must be
well adapted for Cotton and Grain, with im
provements and necessary Woodland.
Apply by letter, giving rail description, to
decll - tf P. O. BOX NO. 188.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY.
jVe Invite the attentlo* of the citi
zens of Augusta and vicinity to a large
stock of tke above Goode, just opened.
In Quality and Style, they are unsur
passed by any House In the United States.
James G. Battle dt Brother.
JanO-lin
Exemption of Personalty,
GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY :
OSDISASV’S OVFIOB ros SAID COPNTV, ?
Augusta, February 2,1870. $
Nellie Christian having applied for exeniptton-uf Per
sonally, I will pass upon the same ut my office, in
Ampisia, on Momluy, the 14th day of February next,
at 10 o'clock, a. m.
Given under my hand and official signature, this 2d
day of February, 1870.
SAMUEL LEVY,
feb3-2 Ordinary.
Marbleized Slate Maotelst
RICH AND ELEGANT DESIGNS.
More durable and at half the price of Marble.
Carefully packed and shipped to any part of
the country. Send lor circular.
T. B. STEWART & CO..
jauSO-Su • 605 Sixth Ave., New York,