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A.MUIIKW Jiilf.YHOA
This gentleman occupies to-day a grand pot i
-and has the opportunity of placing hie fame
upon the roil of those great heroes and states
men, whom our country remembets with grati
tude, and whoso fame constitutes the glory of
the nation. Called suddenly and unexpected
iytoihetirst tflJoo in the Government at a
period of unnaual excitement and dangey
when the Republic was just issueiDg from a
revolution that well nigh sacrificed its exist
ence, ho was regarded with fear and trembling
by the greater part of the American people
who ility to meet tbo exjgms
cies of so alarming and critical an era in our
history. His political record was before the
country, but ip it there was nothing to excite
special admiration, nor any very marked evi
dence of; superior statesman ship—nothing to
give a.miraueo to the popular mind that there
was a bravo heart and strong arm at the
helm, capable of guiding the hhip of State
salely over the boisterous waters of unreason
ing fanaticism and hitter sectional animosity,
into the peaceful harbor of national security.
The South particularly distrusted and dreaded
Ids administration ; knowing lie bad been
elected to (ho Vice Presidency by a party who
have ever been j atons of our people, and
whoso political creed w.‘m in direct antagonism
to the institutions and interests of our section.
Hut him: ‘ hin accession to the Presidt ncy, by his
wise, prudent, manly and sagacious- states
manship, be has dispelled from every;}patriotic
mind, all doubts and fears, and has nobly
vindicated bis claim to the confidence, respect
•\nu giatitudeof every true patriot in the
land.
This position is a peculiar and tiying one,
and be deservos the sympathy and cordial
cor-operation of iflligood and true men in his
heroic efforts to re-establish law and order
throughout the broad extent ot' our country.
With a debased and fanatical Congress to
oppose him—taunted, jeered at and abused by
venal politicians and a jacobin press, ire
nevi tireless sits calmly and unmoved in the
cat of Washington, undisturbed try the howl
ing of the storm around him, looking steadily
to tire tme interests of tiro whole country,
relying upon the virtue and intelligence of the
American people to sustaiu him; nobly and he
roically striving to carry out those great prin
ciples of constitutional law as laid down and
expounded by our Fathers in the earlier and
better days of tbo Republic, Ho has time and
again stated his policy in language not to be
mistaken. Without passion or prrdjudice he
deals with all questions brought before him in
a spirit of the utmost -candor. In his recent
interview with tho Montana Delegation, he
seemed loir imbued with tire spirit of ’7(l,
and spoke with a moderation, dignity and
wisdom honorable to himself, and boecmiingjthe
chief of a great and ? powerful nation, that he
loved ami wished tojjsave.
iris reply to the colored delegation was .also
admirable in its tone, and leaves no room for
doubt as to Ills position on the negro suffrage
question ; nor do we believe lie witl be driven
from that position by any man or set of nrcu—
no matter what may be their station or irrllu
once. The President has fully demonstrated
that, with the other high qualities that eminent
ly fit liim tor bis high office at this trying hour,
he possesses likewise a Jacksonian firmness
that cannot be shaken when ho ouco takes a
decided stand. We look to him hopefully as
a faithful “sentinel on the watch-tower,” who
will jealously guard the welfare and_honor of
tho nation, and confidently believe he will
succeed in adjusting satisfactorily and harmo
niously tire disordered condition of our un
happy couutry.
Tub Loyalty of tiik South. —There is no
reason to doubt the loyalty of the great mass
of the Southern people. Loyalty does not
mean devoti m to a particular party, but to
the form et government. A futbful support
to that form of government, love of aud ad
herence to the Constitution, constitutes loyalty
in the hignest sense of tho term, lie who
would strike down the great barriers to des
po ■: in the Constitution, is thoroughly dis
loyal. Those who seek to remove these great
safe guards in accordance with tho forms of
law, seek to overthrow tho Government by
unmanly means To bear arms against the
Government, although a high crime, lias at
least the virtue of boldness and chivalry.
Those who seek its destruction by insidious
measures are like tho assassin who strikes in
the dark, hurling missiles of death from places
of security. There has uot boon a time when
the people of the South were not devoted to
the Constitution and form of Government of
the United States. When that most unfor
tunate of all of her - took place,
in lortr iug a constitution they made no mate
rial change iu that greatest of all forms of gov
ernment. The constitution of the Confederate
Government was almost a literal copy of the
Constitution of the Uuitod States.
The great issue iu tbs late war was not as
to the lonu ot the government. It was sla
very. Slavery having (alien beneath the
strong arm of the Government, the South
acquisces in its fall and would not restore it if
they were released from all obligauous from
the Constitutional amendment. The causes
that produced the war having been removed,
the etf ot erases to follow. In th3 future, the
South will bo the most loyal of the States of
the Union. They will support the Govern
ment with the valor of their brave sons against
foreign and domestic toes. As in days of
yore' :hey will be foremost in her defense.
As sad and unlortnnate as has been her fate
for til** hist five years, there are many circum
stances that bespeak hope in the future.
Radicals should remember that wi-est of all
maxims of government given by Mentor to
Telemachus —'• That authority pushed to ex
cess never fails to recoil ou those who wield
it ' The great efforts ot Stevens and Sumner
are but spasmodic acts that precede dissolution.
They were bound to the. extreme men of the
South by ties as close as those of the Siamese
twin.-. They cannot survive their co-adjutors.
Their existence was mutually dependent on
each other. The fuel being consumed, the fire
rnustbe extinguished Radicals .ot the North
must follow the fate of those of the South. Their
destiny is to sink into obscurity. They will
live alone to bo execrated by good men, into
whose hands all powers of the Government
will soon be placed. When Stevens and Sum
ner shall have been forgotten, the name of
Andrew Johnson will be remembered by a
grateful posterity for reconstructing the broken
fragments cf the Great Republic.
The Fins Dti’ARTMtNT. —Some weeks ago,
it was our pleasure to refer, in commendatory
terms, to the efficiency of the Augusta Fire
Department. All that we said then might still
and may ever be repeated. Praise is always
comely when bestowed upon the deserving,
and there is that which graduates this meed by
a constantly elevating process..
A little child may reach its acme, by perfect
obedience. A lover may claim it as his own,
by conscientious devotedness. A merchant
may prove himself worthy its bestowal, by
unwavering integrity; and the same may be
said of those engaged iu the other pursuits of
life.
In those just referred to, the traits of char
acter deserving commendation, are regarded
as tho necessary sequence-of surrounding cir
cumstances, or tbo advancement of individual
interest.
When, therefore, we meet those whq sacri
fice comfort arid ease, and even endat ger
their lives for tho common weal~a sense of
duty, not a desire for praise, being the
prompting motive, wo willingly and heartily
encourage them with our plaudits. Which to
admire most, the soldier who bares his bosom
to the leaden storm, and, joining hands with
comrades, circumvents, a3 with a fleshy wart,
those who are incapable of self defense ; en
dures unmurmuringiy the hardships incident
to such a life, and esteems it glorious to crim
son tho earth with his blood, and, if heed be,
to offir up his life for the country’s welfare ;
the sailor, having under his charge some great
ship, freighted with immortal souls, and having
in his hands tho very lives of hi; passengers—
all dependent for safety, upon his superior
nautical knowledge and experience—an in
stance of the horoism of such a one, as was
lately given to the world, in tire sad details of
the loss of the Steamship London, on which
occasion, when tin steamer was fast sinking,
and tire passengers, preacher and dramatist,
fathers, mothers and children were gathered
together iu the cabin—death staring them in
tho face, the gallant Englishman, Captain Mar
tin, being proffered a means of escape from
the perils that tirreatened and which* ultimate
ly swept overall, declined to ho saved -pre
ferring rathev, in all the nobleness of his great
soul, to die with tho two hundred and seventy,
who wero then bowed for tho last timo, on this
errth, upon their knees before God, and whose
fate was as certainly fixed as are the stars of
Heaven ; or the fireman, who, quick of ear,
is aroused by tiie alarm bell, aA tire hour of
midnight, to see tho llames leaping madly from
house to house, in which, perchance, there may
he, all unconscious, a goutle maid, a darling
ittle innocent, or an aged dame The winds
wail as if saddened by the seen#, yet, iu the
very exhibition of their sadness, like one con
fused, they increase the danger. From the
windows issue forth great volumes of smoke,
and, in fury, the hissing flames follow. Down
the sides and over the house tops, they run as
if rejoicing in their work of destruction. And
they might rejoice over tho charred remains of
love and beauty, but for tho daring and tho
gallantry of that noble class of men-our fire
men.
They are those, who, pressing through al
these fiery perils, enter the burning build
iug, and is lost to sight and hearing amid the
flames and the smoke that surround them. As
he enters the window, tho crowd encourages
him with cheers. Now the multitude waves
in doubt and fear—lest lie be consumed. Ea
gerly they watch to greet him, but he comes
not—and yet a little while he lingers. A
migbty crash ensues. “Hu's lost! He’s
lost!” echoes and re-cchoes every voice.
Now a form is discerned at the window ; and
yet there is hope. A gush of wind clears the
smoke away, and reveals tho gallant fireman
holding in bis anyis a beautiful babe. And
now the crowd is silent and impatient, lest he
should fall. Now ho is on the ground, and
hands to a weeping mother, tynid the oft
repeated shouts of the spectators, her heart’s
jeweL
Wit at is Wantbd. —The greatest want ot
ti® South at present is capital to develops her
resources. The most effectual and surest way
for us to induce capitalist to come hither, or
send of their abundance to this section, is
to repeal at once all usury laws. Anti-
Diluvian regulations iu regard to usury is out
of date, aud should bo blotted from every
statute book.
We have our lands left ; and all that is
needed to make those lauds a greater source
of prefit than ever is mouey.
One thing we are sure of, and we are certain
time will veiify our prediction. Those South
ern States which repeal all usury laws—which
allow the capitalist to make .just such a bar
gaiu as he pleases—will grow aud prosper ;
will ii treasj in population and wealth rapid
ly . Those States which continue to insist that
they shali dictate aud legislate in regard to
tho loaning of money, will neither increase in
population or manufactures, e'r any thing else
that tends to make a great Commouwoaith.
Georgia wants capital. And nothing but
the repeal of her usury laws will enable her
to get it.
A Cask of Trichina in this Country.—A
case of trichina has proved fatal at Detiiot.
The victim was a Gorman woman who had
been infected before she left her native coun
try. Alter her death a post mortem examina
tion was held, which has resulted in proving,
beyond a doubt, that the disease was trichina.
A small portion of flesh, about the sizs of a
pinhead, was examined through the micros
| cope, and found to contain large numbers of
: animalcTu wound round and imbedded in
j the fibres of the muscle, exactly similar in ap
-1 pearaneo to the Uichica spiralis.
It is to be hoped that our country will be
j spared a visit from this terrible destase. Death
from trichina mast certainly be an awful one.
The victim dies gradually iu the greatest sur
! ferings. There is no remedy to cure ; noth
ing thatjwill mittigate the torment felt but
! death itself.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28, 1866.
The True Policy.— The true policy cf the
South, in this her great hour of trial, is so to
shape every deed in such a way that it will
tend to strengthen the President In bis present
position. He and his band of supporters are
battling in anew Thermopylae, for the pres
ervation of civil liberty and the great princi
ples of a Republican government. Every ill
advised word or deed from us, weakens the
hands of those engaged in the combat for
right, and incites the radicals to renewed and
fiercer attacks.
At the present juncture of affairs, it will in
jure us to make factious opposition to inevi
table measures ; or to utter augry murmuriugs
against what is, and what in the sternglogical
sequence of events, must be. The greatest
enemies the South has are those, who, while
with their lips they profess much—uevertho
less by their acts prove that they have not
yet truly accepted the situation ; and conclu
sively show by their deeds that they will not
accomodate themselves to circumstances.—
Men of this stamp injure much the cause they
claim to love by their continued ridiculous
display of, impotent peevishness.
Much better would it be for us, and for those
who are trying to assist us, if we all as one
Vnan would remember “how sublime a thing it
is to suffer and be strong.” The true hero and
patriot endures misfortune with Jjprtitude ;
bears wrong and loss with firmness ; and sub
mits to those things ho cannot prevent with
equanimity.
Let us so act that the rancour ol radical ma
lignity. now being exhibited towards the
South will be neutralized. Let us do all in
our power to sustain the President and his sup
porters at the North. Then, alt will be well
"Yith us-iu the end, add we shall come out of
the great struggle, victors over those who are
uow trying to oppress ua.
—«ae>«a.
Reconstruction in Virginia'— Several dir.
ago, we noticed the action of the General as->
sembly of the Old j,Dominion, approving and
endorsing the policy of President Johnson.
Announcing the‘hearty manner in which
tho result of the late struggle is by them ac
■cepted, they declare that they do not desire to
renetv what has been so conclusively deter
mined ; nor do they mean to permit any one
subject to their control, to attempt its removal,
or to violate any of the obligations, they are
under the United States Government.
The wise, just, and firm policy of the Presi
dent’s meets their concurrence, and they are
resolved to co-operate with him in it, with all
their energy and power.
These declarations, embrace and express the
sentiments and purpose of the people of Vir
ginia ; and tho efforts of those, who represent
their views and intentions to be different, are
denounced as guilty of cruel and criminal as
saults on their character and general interest
Tho presence among them of persons whoso
interests are temporarily promoted by such -
false representations, is sensibly regarded as'
one of the greatest evils that afticts them in
their present political condition, yet they rely
on the intelligence and integrity of those who
wield the powers of the United States Govern
ment Heir safeguard such malignant
influences.
The Legislature also announces that Virgin
ia wiil not voluntarily consent to change the
adjustment of political power as fixed by the
Constitution of the United States ; and to con
strain her to do so in her present prostrate and
helpless condition, with no voice in the coun
cils of the nation, would be an unjustifiable
breech of faith.
The earnest thanks of every Son them State
are due to the President for the firm stand he
has taken against amendments of the Consti
tution forced through in the presect condition
of afiaiirs.
Deterioration of English Cotton Goods.—
The London correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, says a sad revelation has jud been
publicly made, calculated to effect seriously
both the reputation and the pockets of British
manufacturers. It appears that for some t ime
past complaiuts have been accumulating from
every quarter of the globe—from Australia,
India. China and even America—of the condi
tion in which English cotton goods are found
on their arrival in the various countries. They
are said to he greatly discolored, and often
'partially rotted with mildew.
Instead oi being uniferca'v white or grey,
they are bright yellow, or purple, or brown
deepening to black. Some of the stains are in
patterns, some throw out dust. The fabric is
stiffened to the touch; tho fibre has lost
strength; the very texture seems to be changed
The quotation is the exact language of an
official report on the subject made by the
MildeW Sub-Committee of the Mancheste
Chamber of Commerce, who, after investigating
the matter thoroughly, have arrived at the
conclusion that the mischief lies in the cheap
soaps and other materials employed in the
process of dressing tho cloth. At all events
the complaints have been long aud loud, and
in many instances the patties abroad to whom
invoices have been consigned have refused to
receive the goods, and they lie in tho custom
houses a dead loss to the shippers.
Losses in' England by the Cotton’ Famine.—
After a careful investigation, it has been esti
mated that during the four years that the cot
ton tamine lasted in England, the loss of manu
facturers’ profits and of the interest on capital
lying idle, amounted to about forty millions
sterling, or two hundred millions of dollars—
and that the loss of wages to the great
body of operatives amounted in the same time
to thirty millions, or one hundred and fifty
millions ot dollars more. The latter especially,
was a dead loss; nor can the former ever be
thoroughly ret. eved. And the lessons learned
from these facts and figures and others in con
nection therewith, is that England as well as
the balance of the world cannot get along well
without Southern cotton. Although cotton
may net.be king as was claimed until the late
civil war, yet cotton has the power to disarrange
the business and financial affairs of the world.
Therefore, notwithstanding the great effort of
England to ruinthis c iuntr.f in order that she
aud her colonies might reign supreme over
the commercial world in days to come as she
did in days of yore—the great Southern
staple will still in a great measure be king in
future as it has in years past.
The Freedman’s Bureau Bill —The treed
rnan’s Bureau bill, which is now in the
of the President—awaiting his signature or
disapproval—provides or promised land, food,
clothing and protection for freedmen, under
certain conditions and circumstances. There
is much reason to apprehend that it will exer
cise a mdSff pernicious injluence upon them.—
All remember the fineness and vagrancy
caused among them, last year, by the preva
lent belief that it wa3 the" design of the Gov
ernment to support them until Christmas, and
to divide amongst them the lands of their
former owners. None can forget the solicitude
of the officers of the Freedmen’s Bureau to
disabuse their minus of these erroneous
It was found neces.ary to send these officers
into all the counties and neighborhoods
throughout the South, and to appeal to the
most prominent acd respectable white resi
dents to aid them in tho correction of these
false notions. Ail remember the appreheu
eions that were entertained lest a negro out
break should be the consequence of their dis
appointment. With much difficulty the minds
of the negroes were disabused of these ideas
They became convinced that they were not to
receive lands, food or clothing, and that they,
would have to go to work. Many of them
gave up their idle and vagrant habits,* and
sought and obtained employment.
Now conies this great land, food and clothing
bill, whose provisions they, of course, never
can understand. It is enough for them to
learn that tho Congress has voted them land
and other benefits, in order for them to take
up thefidea that Lkey are all to bo provided for>
and when this idea shall come to prevail among
them, then farewell to work. The same con
dition of affairs, only more intensified, will
soon exist that gave so jrnuch trouble before
and during the last Christmas, There is to be
no -rest for the negro, and less for the Southern
whites. This bill will occasion them another
great'disappointment, which may bo followed
by worse consequences than resulted from thoir
former disappointment.
Our candid opinion is, that if it were tho po
licy of the majority in Congress to ruin the
negro, and secure his ultimate extermination in
this country, they could not adopt measures
more certain to effect this result than those
they are setting in operation.
The Alantic & Gulp, Railroad. —The annu
al meeting of the Atlantic & Gulf Railrod was
held in Savannah February 13. The floating
debt of the company is £138,000. During the
war thirty-five miles of the road, and a largo
amouut of material and stock was destroyed.
Since the war the company has raise 00,
000 upon its securities to rebuild the road. The
lolling slock is reported in bad order.
It is now anticipated that the road will be
opened through to Tnomagville in a short
time, tho bridge over the great Ogeechee,
which has caused the delay in opening,
now in rapid process of construction. - £
The following gentlemen were elected DireiF 1
tors: Messrs. John Scriveu, John Stoddard,
William Duncan, Solomon Cohen, R. D. Ar
nold, Hiram Roberts, Charles Green, E. C.
Anderson, Henry D. Weed, Wm. H. Willber
ger, Wm. B. Hodgson,; A. T. Mclntyre, B. F.
Bruton. C. A. Curry, J. W. Spain.
G J. Fulton Esq., who has been Superin
endent for a long time has resigned.
—naUF-Oan—-
A Law Suit of Twelve Years. —Twelve
years ago it was discovered that the President
of the New Haven Railroad Company,- Mr.
Schuyler, had issued two millions of spurious
st®;k of that roau, Lad sold it, and had fled to
Europe. The spurious stock was in all respects
like the genuine, was signed by all the proper
officers, and the holders of it had bought it in
good faith. But tho company repudiated it—
aud although suits were brought against them
to compel them to recoguize it, they contested
the matter, from court to court, until the pa
tience of most of the victims was worn out,
when the company compromised with them at
fifty cents on the dollar. But Cornelius Van
derbilt held over a million of this spurious
stock, and his patieneo would uot wear out.—
His purse wss as long as that of the company,
and ho followed up his suit, through these
long twelve years, until finally, the other day.
he recovered judgment against the company
for the full amount of bis claim with interest.
Georgia Historical Society.— The Twenty-
Seventh Anniversary of the Georgia Historical
Society was celebrated iu Savannah on Monday
night. The following officers were elected for
ensuing year:
President—Rt. Rey. Stephen Elliott, D. D
First Vice President—John Stoddaid.
Second Vice President—Solomon Cohen.
Corresponding Secretary—Dr. R. D. Arnold.
Recording Secretary—Dr. E. Yonga.
Treasurer—Wm. S. Bogart.
Librarian—J. F. Gann.
Curators—Col. W. T. Williams, W. B. Hodg
son, Dr. W, M. Charters, Thos. M. Norwood,
H. A. Richmond, Hon. E. J. Harden.
The officers were all re-elected, except Col,
C. C. Jones, Jr., who was' obliged to tender
bis resignation as Corresponding Secretary, on
account of removing from the State.
After the election of officers, Rt. Rev. B : ehop
Elliot de!ivered*an address on ‘ The Past His
tory, the Present and Future Prospects of the
Society.” The address was worthy the reputa
tion of tbe distinguished Divine, and deliver
ed in his usual impressive and eloquent man
ner.
The people of Augusta. Macon and Miiledge
vilie, aro moving in the matter of the
road which has long been in course of con
struction between these cities, leaving the
Georgia Railroad at Camack, and running
through Mayfield, Sparta, awi Hancock and
Bald win counties to Milledgeville, where it
will meet the Central Road to Macon.
The above paragraph we find in an ex
change. We wish we could announce it
correct. We regret to say that no efficient
movement lor the completion of the road le
ferred to, has yet been made. There is one
thing certain. The read ought to be buiit at
once. And if oar citizens studied their own
interests they would have it completed im
mediately. If this road was in operation now,
the trade of 'our city would be four time s
what it is. A short sighted policy is it indeed
that will not expend a lew hundred thousand
dollars for millions of benefit.
A great quantity of ground in Southern 111.,
will be planted with cotton and tobacco this
season.
LEt*IBIIA¥IV-iS Cl'HßK'l* JND* tifPJCe
LKXTKJI ffRQM HOIS. Jh)S EPH E. BROWN.
Hon. Joseph E. Brows;
Dear Sir—The undersigned members of the
Legislature of Geoffeia, respectfully ask your
opinion In writing, as to the legislation which
is proper, under existing circumstances, relative
to the freedmen of this State. An t-arly
with piivilege of publication, jis respectfully
solicited.
We are very truly, &e.,
_ «•»'/ R. A. T. Ripley,
‘ ■ F. A. Frost, *
.-■< '* H R, Casey,
and. E-. Bun*«,
John D. Stewart,
-Jesse A. Glenn,,
Gentlemen—Your note asking my opinion
as to the “legislation which is proper under cx
isting circumstances relative to the freedmen oi
this State,” is now before me, and as I enter
tain no opinions' which I wish to withhold
from my fellow citizens, who may feel an in
terest in knowing my views on this or any ether
subject of public interest, I reply without
hesitation.
The actions of wise men are always move or
less influenced by the circumstances by which
they are suirounded. The late war has caused
a complete revolution in our labor system in
the Southern States ; and an entire , change in
; the relations which the white and black races
occupy towards each other. Action which
would have been wise under our late system,
would be very unwise now, and much which
would have been unwise then would be wise
now.
The fact is undeniable that those who were
our slaves prior to the war, are now free and,
so far ns legal rights are concerned, are placed
upon terms of equality with us. This is a fact
which is mortifying to our people, but it is none
the less true on that account The sooner it is
realized to its fullest extent, the for us.
Ido not say the negroes are the equals of the
white race. God did not make them so, and
man can never change the status which the
Creator assigned to them.
They are not cur equals intellectually or so
cially, and unless .madness rules the hour, they
will never be placed upon a basis trf political
equality with us. AH intelligent men, who
are acquainted with the race, know that they
are not competent to the task of self govern
ment, much less, to aid in governing a great na
tion of white people. But they are uow placed
upon terms of legal equality with us. If we
desired to do so, we woulc. not lie permitted
by the Government of the United States to
enact and enforce one code of penal laws
for the white race, and aifother for the negro
race, or to establish one law of contracts to
govern them, and another for our own govern
ment. So far as the laws of rights and reme
dies in our courts are concerned, the two races
will have to be placed upon .terms of perfect
equality.
While the negro should not be allowed to
occupy the jury box, or to exercise the elective
franchise at the ballot box, he must have the
same right to sue and be sued, ”and to testify
in all the courts of the State, which the white
man has. The credibility of the testimony iu
either case, to be determined by the jury, un
der the rules of evideuco which govern courts
and juries on that subject. He must be made
subject to the same penal enactments, and suf
fer the same punishment for crime which is
inflicted upon the white man. In a word, his
rights of life, liberty and property, including the
<fuii aud tree enjoyment of the proceeds of bis
labor, must bo amply secured to him, by law,
with all the guarantees necessary to their pro
tection. And in tho administration of the law,
courts and juries must seo to it, that equal and
impartial justice is meted out to him. When
this is done, I have no douht we will be re
lieved from the jurisdiction of the Freedman s
Bureau, and our owri courts allowed to take
eognizance of all cases in which the negro as
well as the white race is concerned. Until it
is done no <*nu can reasonably expect any such
result. *
I thick it unwise and injudicious, for the
Legislature to pass any Freedmeu’s Code, or
any other law that discriminates between the
races so far as sights and remedies in our
courts are concerned. A short statute extend
ing the provisions of the penal code of this
State so as to embrace all persons of African de
scent, and extending to them all'the civil rights
in our courts enjoyed by white persons, except
the right to sit iu the jury box, together with
the same rights of marriage as between per
sons of their own color, and the same rights of
inheritance, with the same laws of guardian
ship, apprenticeship, &e, is all the legislation
relative to them which is expedient or proper.
Hoping that the Legislature may be guided
by Divine wisdom in arriving at a wise con
clusion, and that such action may be had as
will aid in restoring us to our proper position
as one of the States of the Union, and in pro
moting the future peace, posperity aud happi
ness of both races, I am, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
Messrs. R. A. T. Ridley, F. A. Frost, H. R.
Casey, D. E. Butler, John D. Stewart, Jesse A,
Glenn.
Hon. Her;che:uV. Jounson’s Letter. —On
Thursday, February 15, the annexed letter
from Hon. Hershel V. Johnson, was read to
the House of Representatives :
Augusta, Ga , February 5, 1860.
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of yours of the Ist instant,
requesting ine, in accordance with a resoiu
tion adopted at an inform al meeting of the
Senate and House of Representatives, to ad
dress the General Assembly on the present
condition of the country.
My engagements render it impossible for me
to comply with the request for the present.
Perhaps it may be practical beiore the session
closes.
In this connection I must express my grate
ful acknowledgements to the General Assembly,
for the hbaor of my election to the United
States Senate. I did not expect, nor desiie
the position, and I sincerely wi3h the choice
had fallen on some other more worthy and
oapabie. But the fact that It was unsought
enhances my appreciation of the compliment.
For more than twenty years, I have been an
active participant in the politics of the country;
during that tkne I have frequently been trusted
with distinguished official positions. The peo
ple have honored me beyond my desert; but
though conscious oi having served them feebly,
yet I have served them faithfully and honestly.
After a career so protracted and so full of
vicissitude, embracing as it does the years of
the war through which we have passed, it is
deeply gratifying to know that I still enjoy the
confidence .of the people of Georgia. If this
paragraph seem to bo egotistical, forgive me.
The occasion justifies me in giving expression
to the emotion of my heart, not to glorify my
self, but to make a suitable acknowledgment
of the generosity of my fellow citizens.
I have the honor to be very respectfully
your obedient *3rvant,
Herschel V-. Johnson.
Hon. Wm. Gibson, President of Senate,
llon. Thomas Hardeman, Jk . Speaker of
House of Representatives.
The Freedman’s Bureau biil was placed in
■ the hands of the President on the 15th March,
j Interest is excited as to his course concerning
it. It is no secret that he does not approve at
all of its provisions.
An injunction has been issued against Thnr»
low Weed, and others, to restrain them from
disposing certain privileges granted by Sec
retary Stanton, to build a telegraph from
New Orleans to San Francisco.
YOL. LXXV.—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXV NO. 10.
Sound Doctei:>s. —The Democracy of Con
necticut, in their late State Convention adopt
ed the annexed resolutions :
Resolved, That the Congress of the United
States possesses no power under the. Atetila
tion to determine who ShalFbe the
right ot suffrage.. That ig *a i right belonging
ami appertaining to, the States, or the people
of the Stifles as such, aud * that any and all
attempts upon the part of Congress to force
upon ttaypeople of any State or States -any
class aSTitizens thereof, and entitled to thß
rights of’suffrage, are violations of the spirit
and letter of the Constitution and infringe
ments upon, the rights of the States.
llesolvfdf By the Democracy of Connecti
cut, that 'the-distingnished citizen now occu
pying the Presidential chair, by his earnest ef
forts for the 'restoration'ofVhe Union upon its
proper basis—by his manly and statesman like
position in 'opposition to negro suffrage— by
his resistance to the insane and unwise efforts
oi a congressional majority, who seek to de
stroy the Constitution" ot our fathers by mis
chievous amendments—has deserved well of
his country ; and a courageous perseverance in
the course so taken, will place the name of
Andrew Johnson high upon the roll of renown
and second to none of tire great statesmen who
have illustrated the annuls of tho Uniou.
It is gratifying to see that there are some at
the North who are willing ta take a bold
stand against tire aggressions and unconstitu
tional designs of the .radical leaders,
wa -aw
Tribute to the Gallantry cf the Confed
erates —Genera! Hooker, in his testimony be
fore the Committee of Congress oji the conduct
of the War, pays the following tribute to the
gallantry of the Confederate troops : ■
“Our artillery had always been superior to
that of the Confederates, as was also our in
fantry, except in discipline, aud that, for rea
sons not necessary to mention, never did equal
Lee’s army. With a rank and file vastly in
ferior 10 our own, intellectually and physically,
General Lee’s army lifts, by discipline alone,
acquired a character for steadiness and efficien
cy unsurpassed, in my judgment, in ancient or
modern times. We have never been able to
rival it.”
General Meade speaks of “the brave and
gallant advance” of the Confederates at
Gettysburg. Hancock talks of their “wonder
ful spirit”—“nothing could have been more
spirited”—and General, PieasantoD, describing
the disgraceful running away of the Eleventh
Army corps at Chancellorsville, accounts for
it ‘ ‘by the combined effect upon the imagina
tion of the sound of musketry, the yella of the
Confederates and their increasing artillery fire
It was a theatrical effect Stonewall Jackson
could produce better than any othef man I have
ever seen on the field of battle, You could
tell one of hia attacks anywhere—and the turn
of the battle was Stonewall Jackson’s death.”
Good Advice. —Henry A. Wise, a most in
veterate talker as he is, sometimes says a good
thing. In a recent speech to the “Richmond
Blues,” he gave this sensible advice :
“He‘ their General, had surrendered, and it
was a bona tide surrender. If his hearers,
those who fought in the ranks of the Blues,
would allow their General to issue his last or
ders, he would say surrender, and let it be a
bona fide surrender; not a crouching, servile
surrender, but a surrender upon the point ct
honor. If oaths are requited of you in order
that you may return to your occupations, take
them, i you possibly can, and "go to work.
Lay aside your old gray regimentals; they
have served you well, and you never disgraced
them. But go to work. It you oan’t get a
dollar a day, take the half of it; if you can’t
get a quarter, take a cent; if you can’t get
meat and bread, get bread alone; and if you
can’t get a whole loaf, take a halt. But go to
work ! work ! work !
A highly important case was decided by the
United States Supreme Court on tho 14th, in
voiving the validity of tno acceptances issued
by J B. Floyd as Secretary of War to Russell,
Majors and Waddell. The Court held that
even when in the hands of an innocent holder,’
they were not to be paid by the United States.
The President has approved the bill provid
ing that no American vessel, which shall have
been licensed to sail under a foreign flag, and
to have the protection of any foreign Govern
ment during the war, shall be registered as
American vessels, or have the rights and privi
leges of American vessels, except under an act
ot Congress authorizing such registry.
‘ Georgia Legislature.
HOUSE
Wednesday Afternoon February 14.
The annexed biils were passed; to change
the time of holding Superior Courts of Musco
gee county ; to extend and define the corpo
rate limits o f the town of Newnan ; to alter
and amend the charter of the city of Atlanta ;
to iucorporate the Atlanta Canal and Wat%-
Works ; to incorporate the North Western Min
ing Company ; to incorporate the Georgia.Man
ufactoring and Paper Company ; to incorporate
the Dawson Manufacturing Company ; to in
corporate the Georgia Petroleum and Mining
Company*; to incorporate the Vulcan and Coal
Manufacturing Company. *
. SENATE.
Thursday, February 15.
The annexed resolution was taken up and
agreed to, and transmitted to the House :
Whereas, The people of Georgia have quiet
ly and peacefully acquiesced iu the results of
the late revolution, and have with entire
unanimity by their conventional acts, and by
their Legislative proceedings demonstrated
their willingness to ado;it any and all meas
uies demanded or intimated by the National
authority that were necessary or proper to
establish justice, to form a more perfect union,
and ,to insure domestic tranquility ; and where
as, notwithstanding al! these acts of amity,
obedience and fraternity, cur towns, cities
and villages are now being garrisoned by U. S.
colored troops, thus placing «ar former slaves
with in their bands, to arrest, fine and
imprison and lord it over their former owners,
and as a necessary result of recent emancipa
tion and self aggrandisement, to maltreat our
citizens, and insult their wives and daughters ;
and whereas, such conduct will inevitably
tend to irritate and influence the public mii.d,
and produce scenes of disorder, violence and
bloodshed ; and whereas, if garrisons are
deemed necessary no such results would ensue
bv sending here wh.te troops under
officers. Therefore, be it.
Resolved by the General Assembly, That
his Excellency the Governor be Instructed to
immediately send a commissioner to Washing
ton City to properly represent the above facts,
and to urge with ail his power upon the R reii "
dent, the Secretary of War, and General Grant
the justice, wisdom and propriety of removing
the colored troops. . _ ,
Be it further resolved, That this p enel .f‘
Assembly will provide the means to defray the
expenses and pay the services of such com
missioner.
The bill to legalize marriages of first coubiqb
was iecOESidered. , , .
The annexed bills were introduced • to pro
vide for the establishment of an Orphan's
Home reported a biil for that purpose—-the bill
proposes to establish at or near Atlanta such a
home—the orphans of deceased soldiers to
have the preference; to provide for the ad
mission of oral testimony; to repeal section
■4435 of the Code; to give certain powers to the
city judges of Savannah; to incorporate the
Rome Gas Company,
The annexed resolution were introduced :
so provide for raising a commission to fix a site
for the State Penitentiary; that the judicial
committee be instrucsed to inquire into the
expediency of establishing the value of notes,
bills, &c during the late war, and report by
bill or otherwise.
The annexed bills were passed ; to reduce
the sheriffs’ bonds of Baldwin, Hancock and
other counties; to extend the corporate limits
of the city of Rome; to incorporate the Oosta
naula Steamboat Company; iu relation to the
City Council of Augusta; to incorporate the
Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement
Company.
Bill to require licenses for the distillation of
spirituous liquors. Lost.
Mr. Owens submitted report adverse to bill
to change the charter of railroads with refer
ence to charges.
HOUSE. *
Thursday, February 15.
Bill relating to jttie requiring solicitors to
have lived twelve nffVhths in their judicial cir
cuit betore being eligible to office was r 3-con
sidered and passed.
The annexed bills were passed :to author
ize Inferior Courts to fill vacancies in boards
of trustees and in ail private corporations ; to
declare Olivia K Wallace adopted child of
Stephen B Jones ;me king it penal for rail
roads to charge more for freights than allowed
by charter ; to legalize certain unlawful mar
riages in the State ; to incorporate tho Musco
gee Insurance and Industrial Association.
The annexed bills were lost : to reduce the.
bond of sheriffs of Clay and other counties ;
for the relief of Asa C. Jackson ot Muscogee
county ; to authorize ordinaries of the State to
administer oaths.
Bill for the reliqLpf Lester Masham, Thomas
Hollis and David Dyer, of Morgan county ; re
ferred;
SENATE, •
Friday February 16.
A resolution was introduced providing for a
recess after February 20.
The resolution instructing the Judiciary
Committee to report by bill or otherwise,
some measure to establish rules for estimating
the value of notes, drafts, bills, &c., made
during Confederate times, was passed.
Resolution authorizing the Governor to ap -
point a commission to select a site for the Pen
itentiary., Laid on the table for the present.
Bill to authorize the payment of certain
c’aims against the Western & Atlantic Rail
road. Lost.
The annexed bills were passed : to relieve
from jury duty persons above sixty years of
age ; for the relief ot Isaac Hardeman,’ of
Jones county ;to perfect service against ex
press companies ; to allow the redemption of
lands within tho last six years for taxes—it
allows non residents whose lands have been
sold during the war tor taxes, to redeem such
lauds by paying taxes at the rate such lands
were taxed in 1860, and ten per cent addition
al, if redeemed within eighteen months ; to
amend section 1.350,0f the of the Code ; to
amend the charter of the Oglethorpe Insurance
Company of Savannah ; for the pardon of
Terry L Cox
A resolution was introduced authorizing the
Governor to appoint "one or more competent
persons to aid the Hon David Irwin in revis
ing the Code.
A bill was introduce 1 to add an addi
tional clause t ejection 2521 • of the Code.
■HOUSE.
Friday February 16.
The annexed bills were introduced; to in
corporate the Columbus Manufacturing Com
pany ; to change the line between Putnam and
Jasper ; to incorporate the Biunswick and Al
tamaba Company to allow Joseph J. Kirkland
to peddle without license in certain counties.
The annexed rosolutions were introduced ;
that on and after the 17th instant, no member
shall be alloweu to speak olterler than twice
on the same subject, nor longer than ten min
utes, except on the tax bill; to appoint a com
mittee to examine the State library ; also, a
bill to alter and amend section 648 of the Code;
requesting the Comptroller General to furnish
the Legislature all the information in his pos
session as to the amounts of money loaned by
the. banks to the State, when and for what pur
pose ; that the Legislature adjourn on the 2d
proximo ; that on and after 21st instant no
new matter-be introduced.
The annexed bills were passed : to repeal
paragraph 183 of title 4, chapter 1 of the Code ;
to submit the question of the abolition of the
penitentiary to the voters of the State ; to
authorize an extra tax in the county of Clarke;
to change the line between Pulaski and WiL
cox ; to place the county of Scriven in the
fifth Congressional District; to change the
line between Pulaski and Dooly ; to revive
the military code of Georgia ; to abolish the
office of Adjutant and Inspector General; to
change tho time of holding Superior Courts k fo
Lee county.
The annexed bills were lost: to abolish the
Penitentiary: to reduce tbe number of mem
bers of the Legislature; to alter the line be
tween Newton and Jasper counties; to relieve
certain counties overrun by the enemy.
A resolution to require banks-to make a re
turn of the business operations was adoptsd ;
also a resolution in reference to the ’ Deaf and
Dumb Asylum.
A resolution relative to the appointment of
a committee to examine the State library was
passed; also a resolution in reference to money
loaned by the banks pas ed.
Bill to alter and amend section 1307. It re
fers to inebriates. Referred to Committee on
Lunatic Asylum.
Bill declaratory of the law touching debts,
contracts, liens and obligations, made and en
tered into piior to l3t of June, 1865, when the
credit given was based in whole or in part
upon slave properly, and prevent the collec
tion of the »ame, except in the ratio which the
value of all property other than slave, bore
to the value of slave property. Referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
The annexed b ! lls were passed; to incorporate
the Georgia and Alabama Mining and Manu
facturing Company: to change the line between
Lee and Terrell county; to change the line be
tween Terrell and Wilcox counties; incorpora
ting the Chattabooche Mining Company; to
incorporate the North Georgia Mining and
Manufacturing Company; to incorporate the
Kenesaw Mining Company of Georgia; to
amend the charter of Smithville, Lee county;
to incorporate the New Era Manufacturing
and Mining Company; to incorporate Ellijay
Mining Company; to incorporate Atlanta and
Boiling Mill; to amend the Act incorporate the
Brunswick Improving Company; to incorporate
the Bucks Manufacturing Company of Schley
county: to incorporate the Southern Mining
Company; to incorporate Grand Bay Manufac
turing Company ot Berrien county.
SENATE,
Saturday, February 17.
The action of the Senate in the rejection of
the bill to allow certain claims against the
Western & Atlantic Railroad to be audited was
reconsidered. ,
On the call of the roll no new matter was
introduced.
The special order for the day—a bill to re
lieve from personal liability the stockholders
of the several banks of this State.
Mr. Bowers opposed the bill in a speech of
considerable length.
He was followed by Mr. Gibson on the op
posite side.
HOUSE.
Saturday, February IT,
The action of the House on the bill to in
corporate the Kennesaw Mining Company, was
reconsidered. ,
Mr. Ridley, of Troup, introduced a resolu
tion that no new matter after the l&th instant
be entertained by the House. ,
The special order of the day—the bill from