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Tri-Weekly Republican.
Americua, Georgia:
u . W . IHA N <5 OG K~
Editor aud Proprietor.
SATUKDAV, JUL.V 13, lii«7.
‘ From tile C'lronlc.to & Sentinel.
Notes on the Situation—No. 13.
et n. ti. min.
I hav. said in all cisos of doubtful
constitutionality the Executive De
partment could not become a court or!
judare in the matter. Neither can j
Congress boa court, Uut it was j
necessary there should be a final arbit-,
er, and, therefore, the Constitution i
provided a third departmentt, of gnv
ornment called the Judicial. This
This Judicial power is expressly
declared to extend to all eases ar
ising under the Constitution, the laws
of the United -States and treaties, Ac.,
&c. But here again differences have
arisen, and it lias been insisted that
the word “ casts" has a legal technic
al signification and most bo confined
■within it, and, that the judicial power
docs not oxtc: J to. nil questions aris
ing under the Constitution. This po
sition was a favorite one with persons
of the strict Construction State-right:,
school.
When South Carolina declared tlic
Tariff Act plainly and palpably un
constitutional she refused to refer the
question to the Court, but proceeded
to nullify the act in her borders. Ihe
Union men and Federalists insisted
that she could refer the question to
the Supreme Court as the final arbiter,
but South Carolina refused to do so, j
insisting that that State was an inde
pendent separate sovereignty, outside
of the express powers granted to Con
gress —that this was a political ques
tkrti, affecting her separate sovereign
ty; that in this respect South Caro
lina stood to the. United States as she
did to France or England.
It was supposed that the peculiar
doctrines ol Staid Rights had been de
cided by the v. ar against the position
taken by South Carolina, and that
hereafter the Supreme Court would
become, what the old Union men
always contended it was intended to
be—the final arbiter upon all ques
tions arising under the Constitution,
so as to leave no excuse or necessity
for an appeal to arms to settle contro
versies between the General Govern
ment and the States.
Georgia and Mississippi were the
first to act on the new idea 1 hey
did what South Carolina refused to
do. They applied to the Supreme
Court (in, I think, a proper c made)
to enjoy the enforcement of bulls pal
pably unconstitutional—admitted to
be so—in the borders. The reply
was the question made is a pollticcal
question , and not a judicial case. The
Supreme Court refused to entertain
the jurisdiction, and thus simply af
firmed what was called the ultra
citato rights doctrine of South Caroli
na. lam glad the question was pre
sented. 1 aig especially glad they
were presented by Southern States,
showing a disposition thereby to j
abide the decision claimed to have i
been made by the war, and to recognize |
an arbiter of future disputes short oil
arms.
These decisions, therefore, so far |
from showing there is no remedy |
against these .Military Dills, shows!
clearly the reverse. They proceed on
the very basis that the States are still j
separate political Communities, and as
such it necessarily follows that their j
internal domestic governments can- :
not be abrogated, regulated, or inter
fered with by Congress, lienee the
way is clear for every State, citizen j
and corporat ion to make a ease and I
test these Mditary Bills, when any 1
person, by their authority, shall inter
fere with a right of property, or of
person, or of libert y.
I, therefore, beg every citizen, black
and white, even the humblest of the
ten millions who inhabit these States,
to remember—never to forget—that
it is his right —his glorious, unpunisha
ble, unimpeachable iugut—to resist
every interference, by any officer ,liigh
or low. with his property, or his. per-]
son or his liberty, under these Milita
ry Bills ; and that each citizen owes it :
to every other citizen and to his State,
and to posterity and to Constitutional
liberty, to assert the right boldly and
fearlessly against every such interfer
ence. Nor have Military oil ice re in
such cases one particle more of protec
tion from such resistance than civil
officers. The few is superior to all—
is master of ail; and the strength, the
majesty and the merit of the lave make
the citizen’s panoply in the issue.
Hear what a distinguished Amejicnn
writer says on the subject :
“It is now settled in England and
the United States, that an officer of
the forces who executes the unlawful
order remains pernor, ally answerable.
If the highest in command, the Jirit
ish monarch himself, order, contrary
to law, an officer to quarter his sol
diers upon the citizens to annoy and
oppress them, as Charles I. did, the
officer remains responsible in the full
est sense of the term, to the law of
the land. All that has been gained
by the arduous and protracted strng
gle w-bich began to show itself most
signally under Charles 1., may be
summed up in a few words, that the
law shall be.superior to all and every
one and every branch ot Government;
that there is nowhere a mysterious,
supreme and unatainnble power,
which; , despite of the clearest law, j
may still dispense with it or arrest its
course. This is the sum total of mod
ern ei\ il liberty, the groat, finn and
solid ciifnnionrt liberty.’*
Our Oonstii ution—oursupreme law,
which no Congress, nor l’reofacnt.,
nor other earthly powers can v iolate
or authorize to he violated with im
punity—is our ruler, our only ruler,
and all the highest office-holders- -civil
and military—are but its servants and
are bound, rfruler penalties, to obey
its cominaitd-s.
Our Cotist.itution declares.
“The privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus shall not be suspended, unless
when in case of rebellion or invasion
the pubic safety may require it.”
“No bill ofat abater or expost facto
law shall bo passed.”
“ The trial of all crimes except
in cast sos impeachment, shall be by
j
“No soldier shall, in time of peace,
be quartered in any house w ithout the
consent of the owuev.”
“Congress shall make no laws
abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press.”
No citizen “shall be held to answer
fora capital or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment of the
grand jury.”
“No warrant shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation.”
Tliese are t lieeomntnnds of the only
imperial power in America—the Con
stitution. They are so plain that
a wayfaring man, though a fool cannot
err in reading them. They cover
every State, and territory, and prov
ince and loot of soil over which the
jurisdiction of the United States can
possibly go. Yet every one of these
positive commands, and others besides,
i are violated and ordered to be violated
by.these Military Bills. They are,
therefore, assaults —unmistakable, trai
torous assaults—upon the Constitu
tion ; and every man, woman or child
or officer, civil or military, in the
United States who votes for those
Bills, or approves them, or accepts
them, or executes them or passively
submits to them, is an enemy of the
Constitution and an enemy of every
citizen whose rights are protected by
the Constitution. I care not what ex
cuses are made, nor what pretences
are whined out about the power
ol Congress and the progressive Had
ieal party. Such pretences only show
cowardice or the treasonable intent in
those who use them. The only way
to crush the Radical party is to bring
down upon it that power which is
greater than the Radical party —the
constitution. If the President is a slave
and bound to execute the orders ol
traitors, the people are freed men and
entitled to resist the only question
and, therefore, the only danger is,
have they the courage to resist ? A
freeman should know no master but
the law, and. bend the knee to no
earthly power but the Constitution.
As the result of reason ami settled
authority —I affirm.
That every officer, high or low, who
seizes the property of a citizen under
these Military Bills, is a trespasser,
subject to indictment and suits for
damages as individuals.
That every such officer who arrests
citizens under these .hills is guilty of
false imprisonment, and subject like
wise as an individual ; and is amena
ble to the writ of habeas corpus before
any court, State or Federal, having
jurisdiction to issue the writ.
That if a single citizen white or
black, is tried by a military commiss
ion and executed, the officer ordering
the court, the individuals composing
the court, the counsel prosecuting the
case, the officer approving .and execu
ting the sentence, up to and including
the President, each and all are guilty
of murder, and indictable in the coun
try where the crime is committed.
And T again beg.our citizens, every
where, to assert these roinedi, ~ and
assert them 1 earless!y. Ho not be
prevented by the sickly, cowardly,
criminal statements, that the courts
are prohibited from taking jurisdic
tion. This is the poor defence with
which those authorizing the crimes
have sought to shield those sly crea
tures who may obey them, and itself’
unconstitutional. The power which
cannot violate the law cannot annul
or escape the processes, or remedies
and penalties of the law.
Sue in damages for every injury;
indict for every crime. Bo sure and
include the theiving treasury agents
who were lately stealing your cotton
or other things. Due or indict in the
county where the injury was er may
be done, or the crime was or may be
committed. Whether defendants are
present or absent, get the true bills.
Don’t let lapse of time bar you.—
When ever you see me at a court, un
derstand I will aid you without fee or
reward. The written Constitution is
my client, and the preservation of its
protection the only fee I shall ask.
The time for the law’s triumph over
passion will one day come. If our
people everywhere, assert these rights,
not by again abandoning the Coiisti
tutution, but by claiming its reme
dies, that time will come quickly ;
and then we shall demand the crimin
als wherever found and they will be
delivered. If the President himself
should commit murder in the manner
I have indicated, I do not hesitate to
say that I would urge a true bill
against bint and demand him for
trial when his term has expired. We
owe it to ourselves, to our children, to
free institutions, to teach all, however
high or low, who take advantage of
degenerate times like these to violate
the great guaranties of the law, and
trample on the rights of- The citizens.
that when the political spasm is or or
they can find no hiding place from the
law’s avenger nor take shelter from
its penalties anywhere in the jurisdic
tion of theiConstitution. “
Let this generation teach this lesson
now and teach it faithfully and well,
and we shall have no returns of such
periods of sorrow and crime for us in
fer our children. li'wedonot teach
this lesson, then sorrow and crime
will increase their coming and prolong
their stays, because rogues will steal;
tyrants will oppress ; little officers
“will cut fantastic tricks ;” anil trait
ors will use fraud and force to perpet
uate their power, just as often and
long as they think they can do so with
impunity.
I also earnestly ho[>e the people of
each of the ten States will go boldly
forward, and preserve and continue
their existing State Governmens, and
hold all elections in the manner and at
the time prescribed by existing State
Constitution and law. If any citizen
or officer shall he interfered with in
exercising his rights under these laws,
or in discharging the duties of any
office to which he may be chosen let
him make the issue fearlessly.
f would have them continue this
until, and ever alter, pretended consti
tutions may be formed by deluded
negroes and their designing inferior
under these Military Bills; and if an
attempt were made to displace exist
ing Constitutions and governments
by pretended constitutions so formed
and officers chosen thereunder, I would
indict every officer so attempting to
subvert existing legal State govern
ments, and 1 would then have our
Governors or the Legislature (if
in session), make applications to the
President, under tlm Constitution; to
protect existing State governments
“against domestic violence,” and thus
compel the President to decide wheth
er he is bound to displace by force
what he admits to be existing legal
State constitutions and governments
for those he admits to he illegal, un
constitutional and fyranical.
I will add two important consider
ations why our people should thus
resist and never consent to thcselisurpr
lit ions :
In the first place, if we once allow
these new governments to become le
gally fixed on us by consent, we can
never get rid of them. Tiro power
Will be in the hands of those who make
and administer them; aud, though
destroy, as they will, they will hold on
to their iniquity, li will also require
three-fourths of the State to concur in
the adoption of tlris odious Constitu
lional Amendment, but if adopted it
will then require three-fourths of the
States to get rid of it.
But in the second place, if, as is
clear, these bills aie so grossly uncon
stitutional, then they can never he
legally established if we continue to
resist them. Let us commence eases
now and continue cases as fast and as
often as they arrive, and if, even after
these military constitutions are framed
and organized, and have oppressed an
unwilling people for years, the Court
finally decide the acts authorizing
them to-be unconstitutional, then un
like the ease ol onus between billiger
ents, everything done undertnem will
be duelraod vo’d—the Wicked govern
ments will lie displaced, every man
who has administered them will lie a
criminal, and our existing State Con- •
ritutions will be restored to us.
• Then will patriots meet again at
Washington and a 1 every Mate eapitol,
and, gathering the records of these
Radical traitors, and of all their State
subordinates together, will do as our
fathers in Georgia did when corrup
tion had usurped power and soiled
our honor as a people once before—we
will catch fire from Heaven and burn
them up.-
If, then, we yield now, our remedies
are gone and we arc conquered forever; j
but if wo refuse to yield, our rente- j
dies will continue, and we can never
be conquered.
Pass Him Arottud.
The Covington Examiner says an in
dividual calling himself Harris, visited
Covington on Saturday last, and offerccL
for sab; a horse. Failing to find a
chaser, he placed his horse in a livery
stable, and stopped at the Clemmons
House. Ingratiating himself in the con
fidence of the proprietor, and pawning
his horse, he succeded in boriowing his
watch and a small amount of money, and
left, taking the cars toward Augusta. It
turns out that the animal was a stolen
ore, belonging to W. J. & P. W.
Wooten, of A'lantu. Harris is well
dressed, exceedingly talkative, -and if
ch sely observed, conflicting statements
will bo detect! and in his conversation; red
complexion, light hair, five feet eight
inches high, and weighs about. 125
pounds. Ha has nil the marks of an in
famous scoundrel, and the press will fa
vor the public by passing him mound.
83?" If a man sells a watch for fifty
dollars, buys it back for forty doliais,
theu seils it for forty-five dollars, how
much does he matte Ly the transaction ?
It looks as if he made fifteen dollars, but
be diun’t.
As Misses Loula Poullen and Rosa L.
Engle, aged fourteen and fifteen, were
bathing in the St. John’s river, two miles
below Jacksonville, Fla., they got beyond
their depth, aud were drowned. Their
bodies were recovered.
Mrs. King and her niece, Miss Cooper,
were knocked down and brutally beaten
on Saturday, in Thomas county, by a ne-'
gro "woman, aided by two Soldiers attach
ed to the Bureau,
from the A Suntioel. {
Points Decided by the Supreme Court
of Georgia, July Term, 1867-
George Washington, ] Indictment for car
. Plaint iff Ufa Error, | ring Concealed
va. j Weapons. —
The Stale of Georgia. J Dougherty.
Warner? Chief Justice,
the trial of a defendant for having and
currying upon his person a concealed pistol,
the (Joint, charged the Jury ■‘thatjif the pris
oner bad a pistol aud it was in docte parris
during the morning, he was guiliy and they
Biurt so find.” Held that this charge was!
error. Judgment reversed.
IT. Morgan lor Plaintiff in Error.
N. A. Smith,(solicitor (or State.
C. W. Hind, and Others, 1 Mutton to Dis-
Plaintilfs in Error, I miss Appeal. 1
vs. f —Sumter, j
Janies Armstrong. !
Warner, Chief Justice.
When it appeared that Band, one of the \
plaintiffs in error, on the Kith day ol April,
IHB6, presented his bills of exe> ptions to the
Circuit Judge, which was duly certified and
'signed by bun, and ou the 17th day of the
same month, ordered his appeal from the ver
dict of a petit jury, in the same cause accor
ding to law, iiridrtiH the I9ih dav ot the same
month filed his hill for exceptions in the
Clerk’s office, after entering said appeal,
whereby the said cause was heiod in the Su
preme Court without objection, 'lie opposing
counsel having' knowledge t hat an appeal hud
been entered in the court below.
! leid that the canto was still pending in
the Coiul iif-low. and that the Supreme
Court acquired no jurisdiction >o .hear and
decide the cause upon this statement of farts,
arid that llie Court below erred in dismissing
said appal. Judgment reversed.
Hawkins mid McCuy for plaintiff in error.
Cobb and Jae atm for defendant in error.
Y. G. Rust, Survivor, 1 Petition for rehear
vs. > ing a cause in the
G. \V. Gartnuny. ) Sup. Court.
Warner, Chief Justice.
When parties have been heard before this
Court, and its judgment rendered npGn the !
law and the facts involved in it. this Court
will not grant a rehearingorTthe cause upon !
the alleged ground that thy Court misapplied j
the law to the facts,’or misunderstood the j
facts Tlie judgment of this Courtis eon j
elusive upon the rights of the parties in that
case, so far as the same were involved in it. '
Motion overruled.
Judge J you lor petioner, 11. Morgan, eon- j
ha.
Samuel Adams, ]
Plaintiff in Error, ! T ANARUS, ,
V 5 1 Habeas Corpus. — j
W, 11. Adapts. J Dougherty. I
Warner, Chits Justice.
Ui der the pwivisfons of the act of ISCG, !
tho-e.onnty Judge has no jurisdiction to bind .
out colored minor children as apprentices, j
unless such minor children are residents of;
the comity, and whose parents reside out of j
the county or are dead, the profit of w hose
estate are insufficient for their support anil j
maintenance, or who e parents, from age. in
firmity, or poverty, are unafi e to support
them When the (pother and reputed father
ol illegitimate ehiluren have intermarried,
and the father recognizes the children to he
1 1 is and the mother be dead, such father is
entitled to the lawful custody of the children.
Smith & Strozier for Plaintiff in Error.
Wright and Warren contra.
The Mayor and Aldermen )
of Savannah, Ga, j Mo , to
j- tabus/i lust
Eliza G. Burroughs. j papers.
Warner, Chief J ustiee.
By the act of ,th March, 18(>G,!o.rt papers
may be established w.thout requiring a bond
of indemnity, although the Com ts have the
power to require indemnity. Yet in view
lof the condition of the country at the time
I the act was passed, it was obviously not the
j intention of the Legislature to require that
| it sliou and be done in advance, but leave the
parties to adopt such precautionary meas
ures as their future safety might require.—
Judgment affirmed
E. .T.'Hardin for Plaintiff'jn Error.
Law and Lovell for defendants in Error.
Andrew J. Floyd )
vs- - From Burke.
The State of Georgia, j
Harris, Judge.
] Unless there should be great suporioritv in
physical strength of an assailant, who strikes
| another a blow with his fists, or ill-health in
] the assailed at the time or other cireum
i stance prod: cil g relatively great inequality
j between them for combat, tiie assailed can
j not justifiably resent a blow by stabbing
Ilie assailant. The general rule on the sub
ject is that given by the Circuit Judge in his
► charge to thy jury—“thttt, whether the stub
bing amounted to self defence; depended on
! Ihe nature and vio'nncc of the assault nude.
, Judgment affirmed.
Jno. 11. Newton and )
; Jno. J. Mctlullbck, | From -Western
vs. f Circuit.
Jno. M. Bailey'. -j
Harris, Judge, delivered opinion of the
court. Judgment affirmed.
Worthey, )
Worthev I' roin Crawford-
Next Friend- J
Harris, Judge,
A suit for a total divorce brought in the
name of a lunatic wife, by her father as her
next friend, against her busbaud, cannot bo
maintained.
The i ight to institute such suit is strictly
personal. It is at the volition of the wife
only, whether such suit shall be begun and
prosecuted er nut.
Tlie will of a prochienomie or guardian of
a confirmed lunatic, may not be hers.
Her w ill, intelligent will , can only he regar
ded by a court. Judgment reversed.
I _
Mclntyre, )
vs. J- From Bibb.
Dr. James M. Green, j
Harris, Judge.
The action of Trespass vi et amis does not
lie against a surgeon of a military post who
makes a requisition of a commanding officer,
tor a particular house, us in his opinion is
suitable for a Hospital, it not appearing that
be participated personally, or rendered aid
or incited the forcible dispossession of the
plaintiff. Judgment affirmed.*
Judge Walker Dubitante.
Augustus B Raiford, ]
vs > From Sumter.
James Hyde. J
Harris, Judge.
Possessory warrants cannot be sustained
when bi ought against public officers, as Sher
rill's and Constables, to recover possession of
property levied on by them in the course ot ,
their official duties.
A person aggrieved by a levy on bis prop
erly, he not being a party defendant to an
attachment or execution, has his remedy by
claim or action of trespass against the officer.
Judgment reversed.
N. A.-Smith I r Plaintiff in Error.
W. A."llawkius, edntra.
George Sehuto, )
vs. S-From Sumter.
State of Georgia. )
The vesting by the Legislature in County
Courts the trial of minor offences, including
simple larceny, does not confer on such
Courts exclusive jurisdiction: Under the
Constitution ccncninnt jurisdiction remains
in the Superior Courts. Judgment affirmed.
It. F. Lyon for plaintiff in error.
N. A. Smith, sol., contra.
Mordecai, )
vs. J- In Sumter.
Stewart. )
Where parties make an agreement by
which one pays, and the other receives a cer
tain amount is entered as a credit on a prom
issory not-, the note is extinguish'd prat ants,
and ihe remainder‘due upon the note stands
unaffected by the credit. The amount thus
credited cannot be enlarged in the absence of
any agreement of Ihe pirties so as to extin
guish a greater nominal amount of the note
than the amount named in credit'.
In this case the credit of $15,325, extin
guished that amount only of Ihe note, leav
ing the remainder unaffected in any wini-'hv
it. Judgment reversed and new trial order
ed.
Scarborough and Howell Cobb for plain
tiff in error.
Hawkins ami .MeCay for defendant.
Pol f us 1
Vs. - From Drogher'v.
The State- f Georgia.)
Harris, Judge.
i lie offence of “keeping a common, ill-gov
erned and disorderly house” is not legally es
tablished by tlie pi oof of noise and disorder
"on one or two occasions. Judgment rovers
0(1.
H- Morgan for plaintiff in erior.
N. A Smith, Sot., contra,
J.*T. Dickerson, ct a/, j
v 's- > In Equity ill Dongh-
Taliaferro Jones. ) erty.
Harris, Judge.
Threatened waste or destruction of timber
It nd by sawing up the timber or deadening
timber land preparatory toopmiing it for,cub
tivation, or cutting the "timber for firewood'
and sale, by any life tenant, or person claim
ing through such an one, will be promptly
and tEfficiently restrained by a Court of
Equity upoo application by any remainder
man
Wright and Warren tor plaintiff ill error.
Strozitr and Smith, contra.
Win, Newsom )
vs V From Lee.
Jesse Tucker, j
Harris, Judge.
Whilst the recognition by the State of
Georgia of the abolition of slavery within its
borders, may have been destructive of lega
cies of that species ol'property, as also the
general testamentary scheme of a testator,
such facts furnish no sufficient giounds of
caveat to the probate of a will. Judgment
affirmed.
J . West for plaintiff in error.
Wright and Warren contra.
j A Scoundrel done to Paris Unknown.
I A CASE OF HEARTLESS ABANDONMENT.
During the war a petty officer in the
j Federal array became smitten with
the charm’s of the wife of a worthy,
| industrious, Southern man who was
i soon afterward taken out of his house
| at dead of night, by Federal soldiers,
and shot. It was suspected that the
officer instigated the deed, widen ren
dered the w ife a widow and two chil
dren orphans, but there was no proof
ot it, and after a time suspicion died
| out, In the course of-a few months
the officer became very attentive to
tlie widow, and pressed his suit so that
after a time §he married him. A child
was born of this second marriage,
and the family lived happily until
about ten months ago, when a strange
girl from Illinois Carrie to the house
and represented herself as the cousin
of the husband, a relationship that lie
Emitted. The girl was very pretty,
sly and artful, and the husband paid
great attention to her. He walked
to church with her, he took lier out
riding, and he made costly pres
ents to her. This caused no sus
picion, as the consulship accounted for
it. The husband carried on extensive
business, employing a number of
hands, and had such credit that he
went in debt to every body. He
turned all his wife’s property into
cash, and pocketed it. lie got bis
wife s relations to become bis bonds
men to considerable amounts, and,
having secued all the money he could,
he, a tew days since, left for parts
unknown. On the day before be left,
the cousin went out to do shopping
and didn’t return. It was undoubted
ly arranged between her and the
guilty husband that they should meet
at some designated point and go off
together. The wife who is a most
worthy woman, is in extreme distress,
and has three children to care for.
Such cases as these are rare in this
section. The guilty partii m this
instance both came from Ulinuis. The
absconding husband was quite a
strong Brownlowite.
The latest Paris fashion .or bounds is
a June bug, perched upon a frizzled wa
terfall. 'They are very much admired—
by tbc blind, " ,
TELEGRAPHIC.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 11.—The recip
rocity treaty between the United
States and the Hawaiian Islands will
be sent to the Senate for ratification.
Advices from Fort Wallace report
another Indian defeat. Thirteen sol
diers were killed.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day
6wO!>,oO<h
It is slated on good authority that
Air. name goto the Sen
ate as Mexican minister.
A letter from Fort Gibson, Chero
kee county, dated July Ist. reports the
existence of cholera, and four or five
deaths. The soldiers stationed there
are unaffected.
RADICAL -CONGRESS —EXTRA SESSION..
Washington, July 11. —Senate.—
Mr. Howard withdrew lus amendment,
which specified certain classes as cn
: titled to register, with the remark that,
l as there was a large share of judicial
[ power left in the hands ofthe District
i Commandos : t would perhaps be as
well to leave them to determine this
matter.
j The fourth section was amended by
i adding that any appointed by the
District Commanders may be removed
by him.
Mr. Drake introduced an amend
ment demanding some additional
guarantees preliminary to the admiss
! ion of Representatives, but it was
ruled out of order. Drake appealed
from the Chair. The Senate sustained
the Chair—2l to 13.
! Mr. Buckshaw offered bis amond
| meat making the vote for Congress
| men cumulative, giving eacli elector
| as many votes as there was Congress
j iofial Districts in the State, and allow
ing him to cast all the votes for one
I candidate, or divide them at pleasure.
Ruled out of order—2l to 27.
| The Senate continues in session and
! will probably not adjourn until a vote
is obtained.
i Later. —At 8 o’clock the Senate
; passed the bill and adjourned.
House.— After unimportant business
the llousc resumed the eonsolida on,
of the concurrent resolution ot
adjournment. Elaborate arguments
with regard to impeachment ensued.
Mr Stevens moved the previous
iMssfon on the resolution that
tl- Judiciary Committee be ordered to
nVirt, partially to the House at this
sc.moil. I he demand for the previous
qumtion was not sustained.
■r. Wilson moved that the Com
«iiftee be ordered to report at the next
■s"ion, and that the Committee be
allowed to print 300 copies of their
report, lie moved the previous qr.es
-tion which was sustained, and the
resolution passed.
Mr. Stevens said he abandoned the
matter, and moved that the resolution
lie on the table.
The House adjourned to meet at 8
o’clock this evening.
NEW ORLEANS.
Xnw Orleans, July 11. The Aus
trians from Maximilian’s army, in this
city.are supported by the Austrian
government, which also authorized
the charter of a vessel to convey its
subjects from New Orleans, Mobile,
Havana and Vera Cruz to Trieste.
Special orders 85, from Gen. Sheri
dan, orders the boards of Registers at
once to select suitable persons to act
as commissioners of .election. Throe
persons will bo selected in each pre
cinct whose names are to bo submit
ted to the supervising officers for ap
proval. In order to accommodate
largely the increased number of votes,
two days will be given to the voting.
The boards of Registers are ordered at
once to proceed to make up their pol
books. „ 1
Masses for the repose of Maximili
an’s soul were said in several of the
principal churches in this city.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
London, July 11. —The Russian
Cabinet lias issued a circular to its di
plomats in Franco, England and the
United States, "urging a joint, inquiry
regarding the condition’ot Ireland.
Gen. I'lim has landed in Catalonia,
Spain, causing considerable apprehen
sion at Madrid.
GENERAL NEWS.
Savannah, July 11. —The' total of
registration to date is, whiles .1410 ;
colored 2,093.
Louisville, Juiy 11 .-A reliable dis
patch dated twenty miles below
Natchez, says the army worm appear- 1
ed two months earlier than usual,'
threatening to destroy cotton on
overflowed lands.
Richmond, July 11. —A telegram
to tiic U ldg, from Lynchburg, says,
a general meeting of the Stockholders
of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail
road was held to-day. The meeting
split in two, one assemblage passing
resolutions denouncing consolidation
with the South Side and Norfolk
Roads, and the other adopting resolu-j
tions protesting against legal meas-i
ures being taken to defeat consolida
tion. The consolidated meeting rep
resented nearly four thousand shares.:
A republican meeting was held in
the Square this evening and was ad
dressed by Dr, Sterling, who caution- ;
ed the negroes against insisting oil [
social equality.
Mr. Danner also spoke.
A meeting of Governors to-night, and |
a Republican club organized with J. ]
0. Danner, a German Lawyer as Presi- j
dent.
A Young Minister Gets Hugged
Against His Will—He Gets Mad and
Goes Home to Te’l His Mother.
A most ludicrous scene tan spired in a
place not a thousand miles from the city of
Louisville, one nighl last week, which, tho'
u little annoying to tho parties immediately
concerned, was yet so innocent and funny
that we cannot refrain from giving the gen
eral outlines, suppressing names of course.
Two sprightly mid beautifUl young ladies
were visiting their cousin, another sprightly
and beautiful young lady,who,like her guesls,
wns ol that happy age that turns everything
into mn and merriment. If the truth were
told we far that we should huve to record
the fact that these three misses were just n
little hit last, t hey wi re fond of practical
jokes, and were continually playii g all sorts
of mad |.ranks w ith each other. All three
occupied a room on the ground floor and
cuddled up together in one bed.
Two of theyout g ladies attended a party
on the night in question and did not get home
uniil 12 o’clock, at night. As it was late
they wnffluded not to disturb the household,
ho they quietly stepped into their room thro’
ihe low open window
In about half an hour after they had kft
for the party, a young Methodist minuter
called at Ihe house where they were staying
arid craved a night’s lodging,which of course
was cheerfully grunted. As ministersal uvs
have the best of everything, the old lady put
h’m to s’eep in the best room, and tbe young
lidy (Fannie) who had not gone to the par
ty. v,.is entrusted with ilie duty of sitting
up for the absent ones and ol informing them
of the change of rooms. She took up her
pis’ in tiie park.r and as Ihe night was sul
try, si ■( p overcame her nnd she departed on
an excursion to the ht-d of dreams.
Vv’c will now return to ihe young ladies,
who Had gone into .their room through the
window. By the dim light of the moonbeams,
as‘they struggled through tile cur tains, the
young liuli s were enabled to descry the out
line-of Fannie (as they supposed] ensconced
in the middle ot tbe bed. They saw more,
to-rtut: a pair of loots. They saw it all.—
Fannie laid set the boo's in the room to give
them a g aid scare. They put their heads
tcgoiiier, and determined "to turn the tables
on her. Silently they disrobed.and ns steal
thily as rats they tool; tla-ir positions on each
fid" of the bid. At a given signal they both
jnnridinlo bed. one on eaeli side of the nn
eo sad, us | aison, lunching and screaming,
‘Oh. what a man ! Oh, what a man I” They
gave the poor bewildered mild ter such a
prom: ennus hugging and touring as few per
s ns are able to brag on in tbe course of a
1 f- time.
i'iie poise oft 1 is proceeding awoke the old
1 dv. w. ■ was sleeping in an adjoining room.
She comprehended t„e situation in a mo
ment. and rushing to the room, she opened
the door and exclaimed': “My God. gals it
is a man '. It is a man, sure enough !’’
1 Here was one pi dunged, consolidated
sere; in : a tl is'i ol mus in through o the:door,
and ail was'over.
'i’iie lies! of the joke is that the minister
took tho whole th ug in earnest. He would
lisUMp to a.i apolog.es the old lady could nuke
hr the gills- lie would hear no excuse, but
he solemnly fold'd his clerical robes around
him and silently -lole away.
Query—Was he mad at Ihe girls, or
at the old woman?—Lott. Cou.
%im JUlmnsnucuts.
Head QTs. Heard ol' Registration.
13th SENATORIAL DISTRICT I
Americus, Ga., J uiy lath, 1807. j
Special Or Per, )
No 1. j
Positive instructions arc herein- given to
employers, to notify their employees, that
this hoard will meet at this place oil Wednes
day, Thursday, and Friday, tlie 24th, 25th
and not ti inst for the purpose of registerin<'aJl
unregistered voters ofthe Countv. Who lias
pot had previous opportunities. ‘And in any
instance whore the order is not carried into
eWcct by the employees, they will have the
extent of the taw enforced by a Military Com
mission.
The special attention of the 753 Dial. (Da
vidson’s null) is called to the above order.
Hy order of tho Hoard.
_Jnlyl3.lt. JONES, Clerk.
G 1 EOKGI.V— SVMTEK COUNTY.
f Ordinary Office, July 10th ’67-
To Executors, Administrators, Guardians and
Trustees:
Hy tiie laws' of the United Slates, all
Bonds and Letters, issued from or made in
my office, since October Ist. 18ti2. are re
quired to be stainpei with Internal Revenue
stamps.
You are hereby noliiied to come forward,
(at my office) by the Ist of Seotember next,
and have stamps affixed to your bonds and
letters.
After that time, citations will issue, at the
costs of tt;e parlies, in eitcli case, and the ap
pointments be vacated, unless tiie bond be
stamped. L. P. DORMAN,
july-13 ts. Ord nary
PERRY HOUSE
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
11 POPULAR HOUSE is now open,
j _g_ and I will be pleased to accommodate
: all who may feel disposed to patronize it at
Ihe following rates, lor the present:
Transient board per day, $ S 00
Day Board, per monili, 30 00
» “ “ “ •* payable in
advance, 25 00
Rooms furnished on reasonable terms.
All papers friendly to Ibis enterpriso
will please publish once and send us a paper,
and wii-n they visit Columbus call at the
l’er y House acid their bills are settled.
_ july 13 It ACTON YOUNG & CO.
stolen"^
IffltOM my lot, al tho Douglas House, in
_ the eily of Albany, on Ihe night of tho
Z'.hli July, a large gray 110RSJC.' He is uap.
pled gray on the rump, and a little flea bit
ten on ihe nook and shoulder; has a very
fine inane and tail—nntne (lispo-ed to flow a
liltle. His back was a little sore where the
buggy saddle had rubbed it, his shoulders
were also hurt from driving last week. Ho
was in good order when stolen.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD is offered
for the recovery of tho Ilorse.
D. J. OWENS.
july 2 If Albany, Ga.
Iff VKHYTHLNG in the DRUG LINE
at DU. ELDRIDGE’B
june 18 If Drugstore.
Wagons ! Wagons!
FOEI SAIsE.
O>.K TWO HORSE wagon, new and war
ranted, in e\ery respect
Also, One FOUR-lIORcE Wagon strong
nnd serviceable. lioth to be se*n at Mr.
Price’s Warehouse, and will be sold very
cheap for cash, or Warehouse acceptance.—
Apply toJ. V. PRICE, on the premises,
june ‘22 ts