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amend Section 3988 of the Code ; to amend
Section 3604 of the Code ; to alter the rules
of evidence ; to detine the mode of ascerta'n
ing the number of indigent widows and or
phans of soldiers nnd indigent soldiers, and all
other persens who have to be supported by
taxation ;to alter section 1564 of the Code ;
to legalize and make valid certain acts of
Notaries l’ubilc :to increaso the pay of the
Compiler of the Laws, and to provide for the
early distribution of copies of the same ; to
change the line between Muscogee and Chat
tahoochee counties ; to amend Part 4th, Title
7, Paragraph 452 of the Code ; to Tepeal sec
tions 1593 and 2635 of the Code, and all other
Acts which forbid aliens and foreigners to
acquire real estate. ,
jhe annexed resolutions were Introduced.
In relation to the pay of claims of postmasters,
of refusal to entertain any proposition to Bell
or lease the State Road.
The House again took up the bill for the
relief of Indigent widowd and orphans of sol
diers. The bill, after unimportant amend
naents, passed.
SENATE.
Monday February 26.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted :
Whereas, The Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, did pass an act donating
public lands to the several States and Territo-*
ries which may provide Colleges tor th i bencSt
of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, approv
ed July 2d, 1862, provided that the Stale or
Territory should signify its acceptance within
two years from the date of its approval by
the President, and Whereas, an Act extending
the time within which States and Territories
may accept this grant of lands, was passed
and approved April 14th, 1864, by .which the
time of acceptance was extended to April
]4'h, 1866. Therefore.
15-s it resolved by the’,Senate and House of
Representatives oi the State of Georgia in
General Assembly met, That the State of
Georgia does hereby signify its acceptance of
the benfit of the provisions of this Act'
Resolved turther, That his Excellency, the
Governor l>e authorized to forward a copy of
these resolutions to the President of the Uni
ted States.
The bill‘for tho relief of Banks’ waH taken
up as the unfinished business. Pending the
consideration of the bill, tho Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mondat, February 26
The annexed bills wero passed : A hill to
authorize tho Superintendent of the Western &
Atlantic R. It, and State Treasurer to sign a
bond- pledging the faith of the State for the
payment of certain purchases made of the
United States. Passed.
Tho stay law—the special order—was taken
up and utter considerable discussion passed.
Bill for the relief of Lanatic Asylum. Re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The Homestead bill was taken up and read.
SENATE.
Monday, February 26.
This was tho last day for the introduction of
new matter unless by a two-third vote.
The annexed bills were introduced : to
amotid the 11th sec tion of the charter of the
Macon and Western Railroad Company ; to
incorporate the Madison Petroleum Company;
to extend and apply all of the provisions of
the Ordinance passed by tbe late convention,
to make valid privute contracts to all wills
and executed between the Ist day of
June, 1861. and the Ist day of June, 1865 ; to
accept by the State tho donation by the United
States of.certain lands for tho promotion of
agriculture aud tho mechanical arts.
HOUSE.
Monday, February 26.
Tho annexed bills were passed : to allow
Clerks of Superior and Inferior Courts of Mc-
Intosh county to ktep their offices more than
one mile from (lie Court-house; to allow tbe
Interior Court of Bartow county to issue bonds
to raiso rovenuo for county purposes; to in
corporals the Cuthbert Manufacturing Com
pany, to authorize the Inferior Court of Ran*>
doljjli county so ioeuo tonde, to Incorporate tho
town of Springfield, in Effingham oounty.
The annexed bills were lost : to change tho
line between Butts and Henry counties; bill to
change the line between Paulding and Cobb
counties
The annexed bil's were introduced.: to
amend tho several acts incorporating the town
Os liainbridgo ; to amend the.charter of the Ros
well Manufacturing Company ; to add addi
tional sections to the] Code.
SENATE.
Tuesday, February 27.
The titlo of the bill introduced by Mr.
Moore, from tho joiDt Judiciary Committee
is : “A bill to define tho status of persons of
color and to regulate their rights." This bill
proposes to secure to persons of color, the
rights of persons and property, to hold and
convey lands, to inherit, give evidence and
maintain all civil rights before the Courts on
the same tooting as white persons, and further
declares that they shall not bo punishable for
any crime or offense against the laws ill any
niauner different from that by which white per
sons are punished.
The bill to regulate proceedings in winding
up the affairs of insolvent banks, was amend
ed and passed by a vote ot yeas 22, nays 20.
The bill as passed relieves the officers of banks
from the pains and penalties of the law in
curred by the suspension of specie paymeuts.
The bill does uot relieve from personal liabili
ty the stockholders of the banks. It allows
tho banks to go at once into liquidation. It
compels the bill-holders to prove by witness
es at what time they bills ; or
In case they canuot prov&dfllßtme by test!*
nrouy to say ou oath whetr'ffiey received the
bills ; and said bills are io be estimated on a
gold basis at the time they were received.
The anuexcd preamble and resolution was
unanimously a lopted :
Whereas, death has laid his icy hand on the
person of Brig Gen John K Jackson, of the late
Confederate army, therefore, in view of his
exnltt and patriotism, be it
Resolved, That the Senate do now adjourn
till to-monow at 10 o’clock.
HOUSE.
Tuesday, Feb. 27.
The motion to reconsider the stay iaw was
lost. * '
A resolution to hold night sessions was
passed.
The Senate resolution in relation to the
lands derated to the Slates and territories for
colleges tor the promotion of agriculture and
the mechanical art?, was taken up and adopted.
The House concurred in the Senate resolution
to adjourn March 13.
The House took up the Senate bill known as
the -Exemption Bill." Tho Judiciary Com
mittee oi the House reported a substitute for
the same The essential differences between
the original and substitute are these ; The
original exempts trom levy and sale one hun
dred acres of land and live acres for every child
under IS years of age and ten additional acres
for every iuvalid, including homestead not
worth exceeding $2 500, besides household and
kitchen furniture, woikiag tools, books and
provisions to a larger amount than now allow
ed by law, and applies to all judgments, liens,
etc. The substitute only exempts SI,OOO
worth ot proiwrtv and S2OO worth additional
for every child under twelve years of age. and
limits the exemption to judgments obtained
upon coutracts made or torts'eommitted after
the passage of the act. The bill and substitute
were laid on the table for the present
The annexed bills were passed: to alter and
amend chapter 2. title 27th. Code ; to incorpo
rate the Steam Mill Cotton Company ; to in
corporate Little River Miring Company ; to
incorporate the B.airsville M ning and Manu
facturing Company ; to change the time of
holding the Superior Courts cf Worth county;
.to give certain powers to the Judge of the
City Comt of Savannah aud to prescribe cer
taiu practices in said courts, and for other
purposes; to enlarge the powers of the City-
Council of Augusta
Bill to exteuJ the corporate limits of the
City of Rome. Lost.
SENATE
Tuksdav, February 28.
The motion to reconsider so much of the
action of the Senate on yesterday as relates to
the passage ol the bill to regulate proceedings
in winding up the affairs of insolvent Banks,
was lost.
The annexed bills were passed; to incotpo
rate the Macon Canal and Water Works; to
amend the charter of the Cttv of Macon; The
tax bill, as passed by the House, was taken
up, and with immaterial amendments, was
passed. . , , .
Bill to donate the lauds of the State lying in
Okefenoke Swamp as a permanent endowment
for the Georgia Home of Orphans. Made the
order for Monday next.
The annexed bills were lost; for the preven
tion of vagrancy; to allow the legal voters of
Bartow county to change the county-site of said
county; to allow the City Council of Rome to
ifcuo change bills; to prevent the distillation of
grain.
Bill to grant certain lands to the authorities
of the City of Macon. Laid on the table lor
the present.
It was decided that the motion in relation to
the Homestead Bill was one to postoce indefi
nitely, and not to lay on the table for the
present.
It was thereupon moved to reconsider the
action of the House on yesterday cn that bill.
I'he motion prevailed.
The morning session was taken up in dis
cussing the bill.
News by
A plan for the seizure of British Columbia
to establish a harbor for privateers, by the
Fenians, having come to light, the English
Minister has addressed the State department on
the subject. A proclamation will probably be
issued against any violation of tho neutrality
law.
John C Patterson, Internal Revenue Detec
tive, has been arrested on a charge of levying
black mail upon several Broadway merchants
New Yotk.
Two large dty goods boxes of fractional cur
rency notes wtere received from New York on
February 24 for redemption
Fred Douglas writes that an attempt was
made to assassinate him in Baltimore.
A steamboat collision occurred cn the Ohio
river on the 24ih. Forty persons lost their
lives.
The lowa Legislature repudiates the Presi
dent.
A meeting of radicals at Springfield 111.,
passed resolutions denunciatory of the Presi
dent’s late speeches.
There is no doubt but that Sect Stanton’s
resignation is in the hands of the President.
Secretary Seward has returned to Washing
ton.
American fisherman are forbidden the use of
the Canadian shores after the 17th of March.
Boyd who killed Cook in jail at Indiapolis,
has been sentenced to nineteen montns im*.
prisonment. ,
The Indiana Democracy are justly ii«dignaut
over tho manner in which the Radicals tieated
Yorheos.
The Radicals had a great meeting at Chicago,
February 26th. The President was denounced
by all the speakers.
Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina, is in New
York, appealing for charity.
Good authority asserts that tho President
will, in a few days, issue a peace proclamation.
Hon. G. W. Smythe of Texas, is d*-ad.
L. S. Lawrence, banker, Henry C. Lyon and
Peters, have boen arraigned iu New York, for
trial on the charge of having stolen $3,000 in
bonds.
The steamers Dictator, Laura, Leviathsn,
and Peytoaa were burned at St. Louis, on the
2Gth.
The great controversy between the Penn
sylvania railroad and tho Atlantic and Great
Western and the Catawissa and Reading rail
road, has been decided, in favor of the for
mer.
General Grant was accidentally shot and
wounded in the hand, a few days ago, while
examining a newly patented pistol.
The Republican Senators and Representa
tives held a caucus on the evening of the 24th.
The result has uot transpired.
A rumor is current in New York of extensive
frauds and theft of Uuitod States prize goods,
stolen from tho Union Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Ex-Presideut Burnet, of Texas, is preparing
a reply to Gen Gregory, relative to the charge
of coriuption in the Freedmen’s Bureau in that
atate.
Five persons were burned to death in Balti
more, Feb. 24th.
The Navy Department has received informa
tion which quiets the soars entertained lor the
safety of the U S steamer Brooklyn
A grat’d banquet was given to Mr Sefretary
Reward, in New 'York, on the 24th.
Chilian Minister at Montevideo has ar
ranged to send out privateering vessels against
the Spanish commerce.
The New York Fenians are much excited
over the action of the Pittsburg Congress.
It is reported the Western Union Telegraph
lines have been consolidated with tho U. S,
lines, thus making only one company, with
lines to all part of the West. ,
la a conversation with two New York gen
tlemen, President Johnson, reiterated his
views on National ass ilrs as often expressed.
He declared tho test oath to be tao severe.
Thinks the usual oath sufficient.
Ihe loss of the (ire in Philadelphia, Feb. 26,
was insured to the amouut of $495,000
The St. Louis Mailable Iron Works were de
stroyed by fire Feb 26 Loss $15,000
Governor Meagher, of Montana has called for
5,000 men to quell Indian distuibauces in that
Territory,
Newcomb, Burohanan & Co’s warehouse,
Louisville, has been burned. Loss $200,000 ;
insurance $165,000.
The State of Maine, assumes jthe war debts
of her f owns.
A United States Express robber has been
arrested in Missouri.
The Massachusetts Legislature is quite in
dignant at President Johnsons course.
Maximilian h<i3 commenced imprisoning
editors who displease him.
A large meeting which endorsed the Presi
dent’s policy ha* been held at Albany, N. Y;
Washington dispaches say the there will be
no disruption in the Cabinet.
The Cannadian parliament express much
feeling over the abrogation of tho reciprocity
treaty.
In the Federal House, Feb. 24, the day was
occupied in making speeches on reconstruc
tion.
Tho ludiaua Democratic Convention has
adopted resolutions endorsing President John
son’s policy and veto.
Washington is full of rumors about Cabinet
changes.
An effort is being made in Congress to es
tablish a National Militia. All men from
twenty to lorty to be liable to duty.
Os the seven hundred Post Office routes ad
vertised in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas, only one hundred
and eighty four have been established.
Gen. Steadman, of the Department of Geor
gia, has been ordered to Washington, by the
President. It is thought he will be the new
Secretary of \V ar.
Gen. Grant has been presented with a purse
of slooo,’by the citlzms of New York.
Postmaster General Dennison insists that
all mail contractors shall take the test oath.
National Cemeteries are to be established on
battle grounds is the South.
Oa February 27. live persons were killed by
a boiler explosion in Pittsburg, Pa., and sso,*
000 worth of property destroyed.
Anew railroad is to be built between Ne
watk N. J. and New York.
The House Military Committee do not want
to increase the present army but simply re
organise it.
Judge Grahun, ot Kentucky, has rendered a
decision sustaining the Constitutional amend
ment.
Brazil is preparing to make a further in
vasion of Paraguay,
Anew express company called ‘’Union Ex
press Company" has been started at the North
—Gen. Slocum President.
The I»‘publicans " of Illinois sustain Con
gress and denounce the President.
The loss by the great steamboat fire io St.
Louis some time since is said ,to reach $750,-
000.
The Ohio Legislature re-assembled Monday,
February 26.
A large meeting to support the President
has been held in Chicago.
Another new Freedm :u’s bill will soon be
introduced into the House.
In Raleigh, N. C. the ladies refuse to walk
under the United States flag.
The Virginia papers demand the removal
from the Cabinet of Stanton, 'Harland, aud
Speed.
The amount of Government funds now on
hand in the various National Banks ia $24,589,
006, for which the Treasury holds as security
upward of $34,000,000.
A report of the Secretary of the Treasury
shows that petroleum has got to be a great
source of revenue.
The radicals in Washington aro denouncing
the President more bitterly than ever.
The Senate has re'used to confirm some of
the President’s nominations.
Kansas has presented a war claim of four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Voorhees, of Indiana, was ousted from his
seat in the House of Representatives by a vote
es nearly three to one. Gen Washburn was
the successful contestant.
Several new Pacific railroad schemes are be*
ing pressed in Washington.
Anew Freedman’s Bureau bill is being talk
ed up in the the Senate.
Democratic politicians want Gen Slocum ap
pointed Collector at New York.
Gen Grant’s newspaper suppression order
applies only to Southern Journals.
All Government patronage has been with
drawn from Forney’g Washington Chronicle.
Advices received by State Department at
Washington announce cattle plague on the in
crease in England and Scotland. Also in Bel
gium and in Russia.
Maj J H Gee, late keeper of Salisbury, N C
Prison, is ou trial at Raleigh-
The report of the Dexter case, at Mobile,
covered over eleven hundred sheets of legai
cap.
Matters in the Tennessee Legislature are
growing worse daily.
It io rumored Qcu Popoflt buo btJCU bound
over for trial before U S Court at Memphis.
t The Radicals have a majority in the Missouri
Legislature.
There was a heavy snowstorm at Milwaukie,-
Wis , Feb 30.
Delany’s mill and distillery at Peoria, 111.,
were burned Feb 23. No insurance.
Lawlessness is quite prevalent throughout
Arkansas. Murders are the order of the day.
The Republican leaders in New York counsel
moderation.
Gen Grant has returned to Washington from
New York. „
Anew steamship line has been opened be
tween New York and Bremen.
It is thought that Congress will tax tobacco
in leaf before it is manufactured.
Maximilian's prospects are on the decline in
Western Mexico.
A great anti-administration meeting has
been, held in San Francisco.
Mr. B. Kimberly, of Woodstock, Ohio, was
robbed of about $14,000 in bonds, a few days
ago.
Large sutns of money continue to be re
ceived by the Fenian Treasurer from all sec
tions.
Two United States officers have been sent to
jail by the Kentucky juries for carrying out
General Palmer’s orders.
The Conservatives of St. Louis have had a
grand celebration over President Johnson’s
veto.
Tho report that ill feeling exists between
the President and Geo. Grant, is incorrect.
It ia reported six hundred whites in Mon
tana have been murdered by the Indians.
Five men were frozen to death near Kearney
city, Montana; during late cold weather.
The office ot the Provost Marshal of Nash
ville, Tenn., has been abolished.
The Ways and Means committee have
agreed to report ab 11 providing for a tax of
five per cent per lb on cotton, and allowing a
drawback on manufactured goods exported.
Senator Stephens is expected soon to - arrive
in Washington,
The credentials of Senator elect Perry, of S
C., were presented to the Senate on the 28th
February by Mr Johnson of Md.
For four and fifty commissioned vacancies in
the regular army, there are eight hundred
applicants.
Wm Lloyd Garrison in a late speech, de
nounced the President and expressed the
opinion that it would have been far better had
Seward fallen, under the hand of (Payne than to
have participated in the Cooper Institute
meeting.
INITKD S TATHB CONGRKfeH.
Monday, February 26.
In the Senate, Mr. Lane, of Kansas, endeav
ored to obtain the privilege of the fljor tor the
Senators elect from Arkansas, but unsuccess
fully. The concurrent resolution was taken
up atone o’clock and Mr. Sherman proceeded
to matte some cAtcuUca mumms, curing wmcb
he declared his faith in the President.
In the House, Mr. Beaman, of Michigan, in
troduced ab 11 to continue in force and arnond
the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill. Mr. Trowbridge
offered a bill instructing the Committee on
Military Affairs to inquire into the quality of
tho artificial limbs supplied to the soldiers and
sailors. A resolution was introduced to inquire
into the expediency of levying contributions on
the disloyal inhabitants of the late Confederate-
States, to defray the expenses of the Govern
ment. A joint resolution from the Commiltee
on reconstruction was reported by Mr. Bingham
to amend the Constitution by adding tho fol
lowing article : “That Congress shall have
power to make all.laws which shall be necessa
ry and proper to secure to the citizens of each
State all the privi’eges and immunities of citi
zens of the several States, and to all persons
in tho several States equal protection in life,
liberty and property.”
Tuesday, February 27.
In the Senate, Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut,
who is a Union man of Btrong conservative
tendencies, defended the Piesident’s recon
struction policy. Afterwards a lively colloquy
ensued between Messrs. Trumbull of Illinois,
and Saulebury of Delaware.
In the House Mr Morrill of Vermont, re
ported an important bill lor the regulation of
trade with the British Provinces. The expi
ration of the reciprocity treaty on the 10th of
March, renders some measures of the kind
necessary. Mr. Van Horn introduced a se
ries of resolutions, which were referred to the
Foreign Affairs’ Committee, setting forth that
in view of the pledges of Napoleon’s late
speech, the employment of French troops in
further conquests in Mexico would be a vio
lation of his engagements. In a sharp dis
cussion on the proposed constitutional amend
ment providing guarantees for the protection
of citizens in all the States, Messrs. Randall;
of Pennsylvania, and Rogers, of New Jersey,
Democrats, and Price, of lowa, Hale, of Now
York, and Kelly, of Pennsylvania, Union,
participated.
.\K\VB BUMMAKY.
Montana is without a Legislature in couse
quence of the veto of the apportionment bill.
Ihe Registry bill, disfranchizing those who
took part in or abetted with the South in the
war has been passed by the West Virginia
Legislature.
There are at Winchester, Virginia, tea com
panies of United States regular troops who re
cently arrived, bringing with them their
families.
The Fenian Congress continues in session at
Pittsburg. General Sweeney has submitted
military plans, which have been approved by
a general committee.
Five hundred aud eighty persons are stop
ping at the Dry Tortugas, in the Govern
ment prison.
Lt. W. H. Hendricks of the Charleston police
has been presented with a very fine horse. It
is a testimonial for his usefulness in suppress
ing the late disturbance in that city.
A woman in New York recently smothered
three of her children to death. Cause : Ttm
porary insanity.
A fire in Austin. Texas , destroyed property
to the amount of twenty-five thousand
lars.
A young cashier of a house on Broadway,
New York, has been discovered to be a de
faulter to the amount of SIO,OOO, the result of
stock gambling.
Ihe Mexican Liberals are quarreling among
themselves.
Two Cherokee Indians had a fight over a bot
t’e ot whiskey, at Sulphur Springs, Ark., re
cently, which tesulted in the Heath of boih.
A member of Congress was togging a" well
stuffed carpet-bag into the House"and on be
ing inquired of by a colleague, replied that be
was taking in a few amendments to the Con
stitution, as he wanted to show his constitu
ents that he was up to legislation.
Gen. F J Herron has been elected Director
of the new National Bank in New Orleans.
A good vain of oil has been sttuck in Col
umbia county, Ky. The depth reached was
321 teet.
Jas Baker, for many years connected with
amusements in Philadelphia, is dead,
ijjianirif & Hinthul
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORMSG. FEBRUARY 38. t
The Radical War against tub Constitution
and the President.— Seeing how utterly im
possib’e it is to shape the policy of President
Johnson to suit their own party purposes,
and determined as they are to place men in
power who wilhfyieid to party ends, rather
than thefr country’s good, a proposition has
been gravely introduced in Congress by the
Radicals so to amend the Constitution of the
United States, as to render the President in*
eligible to a second tetm of office.
The war against the Constitution and Chief
Magistrate seems to be carried on by the ene
mies of the Republic in a spirit of vindictive
ness and desperation, never b fibre known in
political histoiy. Every and any means to
thwart the wiso designs of the latter«re being
resorted to. Amendment after amendment to
the Constitution, hos been, and is being offer
ed, and still the President is firm. Assail him
where they will, he is ever found ready to re
pel attacks, and prepared, uuj cn P c^tixi s a ie
newal of the assault. In his speech in Brook
lyn, Wendell. Phillips, who belongs to that
acnool of politicians who have done more to
engender strife and discord in this country,
than all those they accuse of being disuuion
ists, declares that the “campaign has to be
“ fought against Andrew Johnson,” and “un
“ less an outside pressure such as has never
“ been known, can be brought to bear against
“ Congress, the President will beat.”
Phillips is now one of the most prominent
leaders of the Radicals. - This expression
comiDg from him means some thing. Inter
preted it would read thus—“war to the knife—
the knife to the hilt.’’ It means a war of piti
less denunciation and unscrupulous defama
tion. That war has already commenced. The
President does not quail before tho attack,
boldly and defiantly he meets the assailants—
the enemies of the Union. With the Consti
tution in one hand and the Union in the other,
he stands calm and collected.
It is painful to think th t, after so much of
strife, and when the country so much needs
repose, there should be a renewal of fierce agi
tation. It is painful to see the head .of
the nation, who is devoting himself with
all his energies, great experience and
abilities, to the establishment of tho con
stitutional status of the country as it existed
b&fore the war, treated by a domineering party
as though he were a misoreaat aud the ‘ cut
purse of the empire.”
With a moderation worthy of tho primitive
days of the Republic, he denies himself powers
that would make him an autocrat, because
those powers are not conferred by the Consti
tution. Ia the same spirit ha denies the same
powers to the legislative branch of the Gov
vernment. Hereafter, TThen fanaticism and
passion shall subside, aud reason shall once
more assert its way, the whole country will
honor him as he deserves to be honored for so
doing. In the present unhealthy state of the
Northern mind, when the frantic passions of
war have survived that war itself, the Rndica
party, demoralized by the habitual exercise of
power, and impatient of 'all .restraints
upon its will, views President Johnson—who
is called by the perverse and vindictive leader
of the House of Representatives, “that man at
the other end of the avenue, 5 ’ —with jealousy,
distrust and avdl-oion. But thoro he otands, and
will continue to stand, a lion in their path.
COaSTIIUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
“Every order, reso
lution, or vote, to
which the concurrence
of the 'Senate and
House of Representa
tives may be necessary,
(except on a question
of adjournment,) shall
be presented to the
President of the United
States; and before the
same shall take effect
shall be approved by
him, shall be repassud
by two thirds of the
Senate and House of
Representatives.”— I
Article, vii section of
Constitution of United
States.
“All that I want is
that two thirds of each
branch of Congresss
shall vote affirmative
ly on this question.
And while I should
take pleasure in hav
ing the President to
approve of our con
duct, yet he has noth
ing to say about it on
this question. We do
not send it. to him, and
ask his opinion about
“The passage of this
amendment by a two -
thirds vote will carry
it before the State
Legislatures for ratlfi
cation, without regard |
to the approval or dis
approval of the Presi
dent.”— Speech of Mr.
Stevens, in the House
of Reps., 31tZ Jan.
1868.
Here are two direct aud opposite opinions
upon a great question affecting the fundamen
tal law of the land. One is the declaration of
a leader of the majority in tho present Con
gress; the other, the decision of a convention
of which Washington was tho president, and in
which Franklin, Hamilton, Madison and others
were members. Can it be possible that this
fanatic has more wisdom and experience than
those who framed the Constitution—or, are
his partizan ebullitions more to be respected
than the calm deliberations of the Fathers of
the Republic ?
The practice aud theory of Mr. Stevens
would reduce the powers of the Executive cho
sen by the nation, and sworn to execute his
high office, to aa empty pageant. It is record
ed of one of the framers of the Constitution, of
North Carolina, in 177 when asked, after his
return from the convention, what powers we'e
given to the Governor? “Power, sir, to sign a
receipt for his pay and no more.’’ Perhaps, if
Mr. Stevens had the power he has the will to
deprive the President even of this.
We trust the people of the Nor s h will sternly
rebuke, at the coming elections, tie radical,
treason hatcher Stevens and his coadjutors.
The utter disregard of law, order, and princi
ple, shown by the leaders of the majority in
Congress are disgusting ; yes, nauseating to
every conservative man in the land. And until
such such men are thrust cut of high places, the
people need not look for that peace and quiet
which are essential for the welfare and pros
perity of the nation.
Tub Honesty of the Tribune. —The New
York Tribune expresses its surprise that
Southern men should hesitate to commit per
jury for the sake of holding office under the
General Government. In this simple stntence,
one can see that the,princip!e of the Tribune’ 3
managers is just no principle at all. There is
no crime against good morals or good society,
of which the Tribune during its career has not
been guilty. It is not surprising, therefore, to
s;e it council others to commit perjury in order
to accomplish their desires.
Brief History op the War.- -In the late civil
war, 220 battles were fought. In Virginia,
80; Tennessee, Missouri, 37; Georgia, 12;
South Carolina, 16;, North Carolina, 11; Ala
bama, 7; Florida, 5; Keatncky, 14; the Indian
Territory and New Mexico, on# each. There
were also 17 naval engagements.
Napoleon on Mexican Affairs.— Tho ad
dress of the emperor of the French, before the
corps legi&latif, at the opening of its session,
contained reference to the state of BHairs in
Mexico, and, as was anticipated, a mention of
the probability of the withdrawal of the French
troops. The picture which he drew of the suc
cess of the imperial arms seems, at this dis
tance, too highly colored for the reality. It
may bo that the throne of Maximilian is firmly
established, but there is a large party in Mexi
co which has not discovered the fact as yet.
Upon this subject Napoleon said:
“Iu Mexico the government fpunded by the
will of the people is being consolidated. Tue
opposition, cocquered and dispersed, have no
longer a chief, the national troops have dis
played valor, and tbe country has found guar
antees of order and security which have devel
oped its resources and raised its commerce
with France alone from 21 to 77 millions.’’
In view of this exceedingly prosperous con
dition, he made a very doubtful allusion to
the contemplated withdrawal from that coun
try. The following were his remarks:
As I expressed the hope last year that our
expedition was approaching its termination, I
am coming to an understanding with the Em
peror Maximilian to fix the epoch for the
recall of our troops before their return is
effectuated, without compromising the French
interests which we have been defending in that
remote uuuuyj-. * * * The emotion pro
duced in the United Statee by the presence of
our troops on the Mexican soil will be pacified
by the frankness of onr declarations. The
American people will comprehend that onr
expedition to which we invited them, W3s not
opposed to their inti rests Two nations equal
ly jealous of their independence ought to avoid
every step which might effect their dignity and
their honor.”
There does not appear to be that amount of
frankness in the declarations of the Emperor
which he would have us see there. We might
ask how long a time he and Maximilian would
occupy iu coming to an understanding; and at
how great a distance lrom that time he would
fix the epoch for the recall of the French
troops. The American people will be slow to
comprehend that the expedition which threw a
sister republic into great difficulties was not
opposed to their interests. All the boasted
frankness of the .Emperor will not avail to
convince us of this, any more than th j fact that
he dubs the usurping empire of Maximilian as
tho “government founded by the will of the
people,” will bring about the belief that the
Mexicans want an Austiian emperor over them.
All that tho Emperor’s address assures us of,
is that the. French troop3 will perhap, be re
called from Mexico at some fufure time. But
we must look beyond the indefinite and mysti
fying words, of the Gallic oracle if we wish to
understand the real drift of his speech. Al
though he is by no means explicit or satisfac
tory ia regard to Mexican affaiis, it is evident,
from the fact of his mentioning the purpose ot
withdrawing, that he is not unaffected by the
general sentiment of dissatisfaction with the
venture. It is, doubtless, an unpleasant ex
perience for him to acknowledge the failure of
his Mexican scheme, and to proclaim that hiß
championship of the Latin race has been un
successful; and hence he can be allowed to
take advantage of the intricacies of rhetorio
expression to modify the harshness of the plain
statement.
The fact that Maximiliau’s government
takes millions annually-from the French treas
ury, while not a single has been re
ceived by France in return, ia not very efi
couraging to the nation, and Napoleon cannot
avoid seeing it. Such a great financial burden
will not be sustained by any people for the
mere propagation of an idea, and for tnie
reason, if for no other, it has become politic
for France so relieve itself of the Mexican em
pire a3 soon as possible. Our Government
cannot recognize (he usurping emperior and
all prospect of support from tho United States
was long since dispelled. All political ad
vantage was precluded ?by the stopping of
the late war leaving nothing to be gained but
a nominal empire, which would require con
stant pecuniary and military support.
Hence it is that we are led to the belief
that Napoleon ia actually intending to with
draw his’support from 'Maximilian, and the
gingerly manner in which he expresses him
self is but a sop to the vauity-of the nation to
disguise the fact that a withdrawal is a con
fession of defeat. When the French troops
leave, Maximilian will be sure to soon follow.
The Austrian sulseby may .take the peace, of
the French contingent, but the mind which
directs the French policy will bo wanting. Let
Franco withdraw entirely from the field, and
no one will be fouad to take the place left va
cant by Napoleon 111. Events seotn to fore
shadow that this withdrawal will soon take
Demonstrations in Honor of the President’s
Veto Message . —Our Northern exchanges are
filled with accounts of demonstrations in honor
of President Johnson’s veto message. Immense
gatherings have taken placo in many of the
large cities, and speeches by prominent men
are reported. A profuso display of flags and
the firing of salutes aro among the incidents
of the occasion. At the Academy of Music in
Brooklyn the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher de
livered an address on national affairs before a
large audience, who testified their appreciation
of the sentiments enunciated by frequent and
enthusiastic appiauso. We have reasons to believ
that the majority of the Northern people side
with President Johnson in the course he has
seen fit to take as regards national affairs On
these important questions, however, it is evi
dent the Northern sentiment is not united.
In opposition to the President and his poli
cy, meetings have been held in a few places
for the purpose of encouraging the Senators
who voted for the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill
notwithstanding the objections of the Presi
dent, also conveyingjan expression of sympathy
to the m cabers of the of Representa
tives who favor the passage of the measure.
We may now say the party line is fairly drawn.
The issue is administration or anti-Administra
tion. Oa th3 side of the President will be
ranged the Conservatives of the country, tbo3e
who desire to see the machinery cf civil gov
ernment in full operation in all the States of
the Union. On the opposite side will be fonnd
oneu who believe, or profess to believe, that the
war is not yet ended, and are in favor of sub
jecting the South to additional penalties and
submissions.
Freight from St. Louis. —Messrs. E, M.
Bruce & Cos, have kindly furnished us with the
annexed list, which gives the correct charges
from St. Louis to Augusta for freight: first
class, 3.20 per hundred; second class, 2 75;
third class, 2.50; liquors and liquids 5.90 per
bbl; flour 3.33 per bbl; salt 66c per bushs
bran, wheat per car load per hundred pounds
38c; wheat, &c, 65c per buahel; peas and corn
51c per bush; oats 4J per bushel; apples 363
per bbl; potatoes 3 03 per bbl.
The Get i Railroad .—But three miles of the
road between Savannah and Thomasville re
main to be completed, and we learn that the
connection will soon be completed.
Insurance Against Accidents. —lt only re
mains to set tbe facts plainly before the com
munity in order to demonstrate that it is even
more incumbent to secure against accidents to
the person than against accidents to property.
There can be but littie doubt that, iu a short
time, insurances against accidents will become
even more general than insurances upon pro
perty. Men wiil set apart a portion of their
income for this purpose as a portion of
necessary expenditure. The premiums are so
low that it is within the me&ns of all to take out
a policy. - The expenses aro less, while benefits
are comparatively greater. A man may insure
inthe New York Accidental Insurance Company
for less than half the cost of a Fire Insurance
policy, and guarartee his family a sum that
will support them c >mfortably in case of his
death, or break the force of the calamity that
throws him upon a bed of pain for weeks and
months.
The schedule, it should be remembered
embraces ten weekly payments of money, in
case of illues3 from residents, as well as ag
gregate payments iu the event of death, at
rat.es ranging from one half to three quarters
of one per cent—half the premiums on fire.
Insurances may be effected against accidents
that wiil absolutely cover all contingencies,
and secure remuneration in case of accident to
life or limb, or both. When we contemplate
the increasing number of kccidents, resulting,
in no slight degree, lrom the increased travel,
it will be seen that it Is a moral an3 religious
duty for men to protect themselves and their
families from consequences of calamities which
cannot be anticipated or prevented. Acci
dents come, unfortunately, within the rango of
every person’s possibilities, and cannot be
prevented j but we can, at least, mitigate their
most serious results by a timely action that
will secure those near and dear, to us from
poverty and ruin.
The New York Accidental Insurance Com
pany has a cash capital of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. It insures against ac
cidents of every description, travel ng or
otherwise. Joseph E. Marshall is the agent
lor Augusta and vicinity.
The Veto Power in the better days of our
republic, was always regarded by tbe people
with disfavor and distrust. Tho time has been
when we considered it one of the most dan
gerous, and objectionable features of the Con
stitution, and believed that it ought to have
been omitted. But at that time we had no
idea that the legislative power upon which it is
a check, could ever so licentious and
reckless as to bo guilty of the open and auda
cious violations of the supremo law aud of
popular rights which now characterize its pro
ceedings from day to day. In the light of tbe
developments which aro now going oa iu Cou
gress, wo can see and admire, and bless tho
wisdom of the great men who formed the gov
ernment, iu providing au instrumentality for
saving the country from tho disastrous effects
of noxious, unconstitutional enactments, aud
for arresting aDd strangling the usurpations o*
a majority hold together only by arbitrary
parly dogmas, and by a sectional spirit entire
ly at war with tho sound maxims and doc
trines enshrined in the organic 1 aw of tho land.
Who can read.the late veto message of Presi
dent Johuson and s not perceive and ac
knowledge the clearness and force of his rep
resentations, showing the illegality and mon
strous lyranuj, of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill,
aud rebuking the course of tbe <t;t In <x
cluding the representatives of eleven of the
States of the Union from all participation in
legislation vitally affecting the dearest in
terests ot these States ? Not only are his
statements all true, but his logic is irresistible.
Used as ho is usiDg it, the veto, instead of
being a despotic, mischief-working power, is
the great Conservative power it was designed
to be-
The President. —Andrew Johnson has been
in public life about thirty years. Commencing
his career a# a tailor in tho little town of
Greenville, Bast Tenuesseo, he has risen unin
terruptedly from poverty and obscurity to his
present exalted station. He was never defeat
ed in any position he ever assumed before the
people. Always taking his ground with cau
tion, and after the maturest deliberation, his
indomitable energy and iron will made him
invincible. The people of Tennessee, the chief
theatre of his political conflicts, can testify to
that bold, unconquerable spirit, which has
ever distinguished him, and to which hi3 un
paralleled success is attributed. He is a man
of the people, in the truest and fullest meaning
of the term, and the position now assumed by
him in the administration of the Government
is bound to bo sustained, overwhelmingly, by
the American people. He will boas certainly
upheld by the masses of the nation in his noble
struggle with the Disunion Radicals, as he was
by the people of Tennessee, when, under cir
cumstances scarcely less favorable than now,
he made two successive gubernatorial contests
in that State, with Gustavua A. Henry and
Merideth P. Gentry as his competitors.
A New York Constitutional Union Party
and the President.— A Committee from the
Constitutional Union General Committee of
the city of New Yoik, waited upon the Presi
dent February 23d, and H. R David, their
chairman, stated that they had been dalega
ted by the Constitutional Union Party ot New
York, to present to him an address and resolu
tions which contained the expression of their
unqualified approval of the course which he
had been pleased to pursuo since his elevation
to the Presidency, He alio stated that he had
Seen requested by the other gentlemen com
prising the Committee to say that they had
listened with pleasure to the address delivered
the afternoon previous, to the people of the
District of Columbia, and that they heartily
endorsed every sentiment expressed by h m on
that occasion.
The Pr. Bident replied that he thanked the
Constitutional Union Party of New York for
this manifestation of their approval of his past
cts, for be required tho support of every pa
triotic citizen in these trying times. He also
stated that he desired only to do his duty to
the whole country.
Rec instruction in I'ennsssse —Judge Pat
terson, the son in-law of President Johnson
and Senatqr elect from Tennessee, was recently
before the Reconstruction Committee, when he
gavea much more favorable account of affairs
in that State, than that rendered by Brownlow
in bis Colfax, letter, in reply to questions on
different subjects, he replied that in East Ten
nessee the p3o*e needed no Freedmen’s Bu'v.du.
The negroes tfhere were treated with great
humanity by their masters before the war. and
he doubted not wou'd be in their new relations.
He said: “AH tho people of Tennessee need is
iborty to protect themselves—they are in nc
danger from rebels.” In deference to the ap
prehensions of'a portion of the people, be would
not recommend the immediate withdrawal of
all government troops from the State, but be
nevertheless believed it might be done with
perfect safety.
The Meeting at Louisvilli, Kentucky —A
large meeting was held in L aisville Thursday
night, February 22, to indase the policy of
the President. Governor Bramlette was
chosen chairman, and made t orlof speech, in
which he expressed trust in the patriotism and
integrity of President Jobwon. Ho believed
that the country at large would give a cordial
support to the Administrstion, His remarks
were received with great applause. A series
of resolutions were adopted, declaring that
the Froedmen’B Bureau bill was both unwise
and unconstitutional, and thanking the Presi
dent for his veto of the bill ; that the right to
fix the status of the inhabitants of a State be-
longs, of right, to the State, and that, as there
is a disposition to treat the freedmen in Ken
tucky with kindness, the President be n q test
ed to remove the Freedmon’s Bureau from the
State ; that the taxation of a people, without
allowing them a representation in Congress, is
incompatible with freodom. and tint the just
rights of States are of paramount importance.
Another resolution was also adopted, express-,
ing the utmost confidence in President John
son, and tendering to him the warmest thanks
of the meeting for the noble stand that he had
taken. Speeches were made by Ex Gov
ernor Helm, Judge Bullock, Hon. Thomas
Crittenden, aud others.
Democratic Victories in Kentccky.— There
has been an exc tinr special election lately in
the counties of Kenton, Campbell, and Pen
dleton, in Kentucky. The election was for a
Senator in the district of Kenton, a Senator in
Campbell and Pendleton, ard members of the
House of Representatives in all three of the
counties. The Senators and members ctosen
at the State election in August last wero turn
ed out of their seats by the Legislature, upon
t”e ground that they had been elected by the
military interfertnee, and owed theiv success to
the power of tho bayonet. This was denied by
the sitting members and their friends, and they
were candidates for re-election before the peo
ple, in that the result would be for
them a’vi d’eatmn. On the contrary, the old
membra who are Radical Republicans, havo
been badly beaten, ar'd Constitutional Demo
crats elected in their places. This vindicates
t ! e action of tho Legislature. This proves
that no fair election was held- in these counties
in Ah ust, and that it ; was decide! by
General’Paltner and his subordinates. This,
therefore, is no mere party triumph. It is a
vindication of the great principle of popular
rights.
Saddles, Harness, Leather, &o.— One of the
largest stock of goods in the saddlery, harness,
and leather line in the South has just been re
ceived by Messrs Sherman, Jessup & Cos., of
this city, A few days siEce, we took a kind
of a survey of the inside of their_salesroom aud
warehouse No 239 Broad street. There was
hardly an unoccupied place ia either. Ia the
warehouse, from the floor to tho ceiling is
stored away immense quantities of every thing
kept in a well stocked saddles, harness and
leather warehouse,
Messrs S. J. & Cos, before the war were second
to none in their business transactions in the
eutireJSouth. Now they aro determined to
maintain the well merited reputation they
then enjoyed.
Dealers of goods in their line will do well
to call on them. Every thing that can be
found in the New York market cast be found;
in their store. The goods sold are of the best
quality. Those desiring to purchase, cannot
help being pleased with the assortment here
to bo seen and the prices asked.
Tiie State Penitentiary.— It is thought by
some Miliedgevillo letter writers that tho State
Penitentiary will not be abolished, but that i
will be moved from Milledgevil'e to Stone
Mountain. If it is not abolished, no better lo
cation could be found; and criminals could
not be put at a work which would yield the
State more revenue than quarrying at the la6t
place mentioned. If wo are to have a peni
tentiary, two objects should be kept in view.
First—that the criminals should not fin 1 it an
easy or desirable place to be sent to. Second
that law-brakers, instead of beiog a tax up
on the law-abiding citizens of the State, should
be so nsed as to make the taxes of the latter
light as possible. The pathway of the crimi
nal should be made a “hard road to travel,”
while the burthen of those who do right should
be mads easy to be borne.
The Railroad Bill.—Wo notice that (he
House Railroad bill has been killed in the
Senate. Every one who desires to see our
railroads fitted up with the conveniences and
equipments they ought to have, will be grati
fied with this nows. • The idea of confining a
corporation to old prices, when everything it
uses is double and sometimes treble what it
was in former times, is absurd—especially
when we take into consideration the fact that
most of the stock of our railroads is either de
stroyed or nearly worn’out. When the rail
loads of Georgia begin to declare excessively
laige dividends, it will be ample time to make
restrictive laws in regard to them —and it
should not be done before.
Their Names:— The following are the names
of the six Republicans who united with the
Democrats in sustaining the President’s veto
of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill : James Dixon,
of Connecticut; Daniel S. Norton, of Minne
sota ; Wm. M. Stewart, of Nevada ; Elgar
Cowan, of Pennsylvania; Edward D. Morgan,
of New Yprk; James R Doolittle, of
sin. These, with Van Winkle and Willej, of.
West Virginia, added to the ten Democrats,,
constituted the eighteen negative votes.
Wright, (Democrat,) of New Jersey, and
Foote’ (Union,) of Vermont, were the only
Senators absent.
Defalcation.— A heavy defalcation, com
mitted in January last, by William Macy,
Cashier, has been brought to light in the office
of the United States Sub Treasurer, at San
Francisco. So far as revealed, the defalcation
amounts to aoout SBO,OOO, of which 9.000 is in
currency, aad the remainder in gold. The de
faulter has fled the country. Evidences left
behind him, establish the guilt of Macy. He
is a young man, about twenty two years of
age, and is a brother in law to Mr. Cheesman,
the Treasurer, who for two or three months
has bSen in the East.
Robbers Shot.— Three freedmen while en
deavoring to steal cotton on Wednesday night,
rom the “Roswell Place,” a plantatiou.be"
longing to the estate of the late T Clanton,
Esq., were fired into by the guard. One of
them was found dead in an adjoining field
the next morning. A large amount of cotton,
we are informed, has already been stolen from
this place, and it wa3 found to be absolutely
necessary to keep a guard on it.
G|oroia Credit in New York.—Wo perceive
that Georgia Six per cents are now quoted in
New York at 93, higher than any other South
ern State,