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Keller.
We publish to-day aqpther article fron.
our correspondent at Buckhead, on t l
important subject. The speech allu'l '
in the close of his letter failed to reach m.
We would be obliged to our correspondent
for the name of the “merchant, not a
thousand miles from Augn-ta, ",io sc
tied his own indebtedness at five or ten
cents on the dollar, and then brought suft |
against his debtors for,the full amount due j
tin, If we cm get l*is name, we promise
that to the extent of our circulation, we
will ventilate the transaction.
Our correspondent does not seem to like
the position we' occupy on this question.
We have not a.s yet decided upon any plan
of relief. We have invited discussion on
the question, in the hope that.it
lead to some practical measure. '* e
simply stated in noticing our correspon- ,
dent s former communication that we were j
not then prepared to favor a .State Con
vention. We are still of the opinion that
such a convention could afford no relief ,
which could not be legitimately acted upon j
by the Legislature.
The provision against the passage of |
laws, impairing the obligations of contracts j
is found in the tenth section of the 3d j
article of the Constitution of the United
States. Neither a State Legislature or a
State Convention could violate this plain
provision of the Federal Constitution.
We dp not pretend to say that the present
stay law is unconstitutional. On the con
trary. we believe that it does not conflict
with either the letter or spirit of the
State Constitution or that of the United
; r W<> ar ■- • r “ 1 that our Supremo
c urt will u-stain the .- tit law when- |
, i-r a . u.vo.vii • . vtfo for, !« prop- 1
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Weuaon unis-sit w*o U - ade fe appear
over this question than tne Legislature.
Upon this point we invite the opinions of
those who have given to the subject care
ful reflection. We arc in favor of extend
ing to the debtor class all the relief that
can lie legally and constitutionally obtained.
Our warmest sympathies are with the peo
ple in this their hour of trouble. We be
lieve that a great deal can he done towards
relieving the country by voluntary and in
dividual action. In this connection we
commend to the careful consideration of
our people the communication in another
column, signed “F.
We would be glad to have county meet- j
jngs held in every section of the State, to
promote harmony and accord in the settle
ment of ante helium contracts. In each
county a system could he agreed upon
which very few would dare to violate.
The vox populi is still strong, and not to be
rudely tampered with. If a schedule ot
settlements should be adopted, in each
county, by a respectable majority of the
people, very few would he found with suffi
cient temerity to oppose such a plan.
Public sentiineut will inevitably enforce
whatever scale may be agreed upon in the
different localities.
Hut, if these voluntary plans for the
adjustment of the 4 present indebted
ness of the country should fail, the
Legislature might afford a temporary
remedy by postponing tho collection of the
lirst payment required to be made under 1
the present stay law until the Ist of
January, ISGS. We only throw out the
foregoing as tl,o result of reflections of
our own mind upon the subject, without
committing ourselves to any particular
Mode or method of relief. We desire to
examine the subject a little more closely
before we adopt any particular lino of
policy.
We a grin invihy temperate and fair dis
cussion of the subject, and offer the use of
our columns to all who l’eel sufficient in
terest, in the matter to lay their thoughts
before the people.
U ■.location —-11,mv It Is HiLuiUO !!
It.! •*. Imu Uui (he qiMstion of restora
tion I 'opim-m-il by it : O ngo-ssioi o!
» -piriii'oii. t .rpimi live the Kx-Vi ■•> Prt-i
--,!ent o'' the r bo I (onv-teracy. Kin cue
' • mmi, y* wors- when ui.parfonuvl p
live* la ii
they are not permitted to enjoy them. In
mem! of abusing tiiv Nationai Government,
they should be grateful for Us magnanimi
ty and the safety of their unworthy necks.
--Mew York Times.
It is not very surprising that the public
mind at the North exhibits a high degree
of exasporation against the youth, when we
find such journals as tho Now York Times
giving publicity to such statements as we
present above. We would like very much
to Imve the Times inform us how it is that
the Congressional aspirations of .Mr. Ste
phens have complicated the question of
restoration. Is the State of Georgia ex
cluded from representation in the Federal
Legislature, because of the character ofits
representatives elect? Would representa
tives he admitted to their seats in Decem
ber next, if they could take the test oath?
The Times knows that they would not, yet
it distinctly states that tho return of such
members as Senator Stephens has retarded
the restoration of the Union.
We shall not quarrel with the Times
about the very elegant epithets it uses in
describing Southern officers. Admiral
Seuimes' friends do not feel in the least
discomposed by anything which the “little
villiau" may say of him. Tlis name and
fame are high above the mean and malig
nant efforts of .Raymond to blacken and
defame, lie has asked from the Federal
Government no position, and we doubt
from our knowledge of the man if he could
be induced to accept one if tendered. The
object of the Times is very distinctly un
derstood by our people. It is to prejudice
the Northern mind against the restoration
of the Union unless the South accepts the
proposed amendment to the Constitution,
which, in one of its provisions disqualifies
Senator Stephens and Admiral Setumes,
from ever holding office under the United
States Government.
While ueither Jthe South nor its dia
tinguished citizens are disposed to abuse
the National Government, we are very
sure that none of us feel in any degree
grateful for the way in which we have
been treated. The magnanimity of the
Federal Government we entirely fail to
perceive or appreciate. Perhaps if the
little “villain would point out some act
of magnanimity on the part of the Gov
ernment we might be induced to become
properly grateful.
The fit) Tax on Cotton.
A few days since we were informed by a
gentleman of this city," who is connected
with our municipal organisation, that re
ports were in circulation in the interior to
the effect that cotton sold here was taxed
one dollar per bale by the city. He also
informed us that the city had annulled the
tax of'6s, which did levy one dollar a bale
upon cotton sold here. M e tirade the
statement in our paper that there was no
tax levied now upon cotton bfttught to
market, upon the information thus re
ceived. . . . ’
We learu, however, upon inquiring ot
the City Treasurer, that the city tax ordi
nance of 1666 levies a tax ot one-lourth ot
one per cent, upon the gross amount ot
cotton f lies mad«in the city. This is col
lected from the warehousemen, who are re
quired to make returns of the whole
amount of their gross sales.
Thus it will be seen that wo wore strictly
correct in the statement that the taxon
cotton had beeu abolished. Mew ere not
advised of the tax on sales until yesterday.
The questiou as to who should paj this
tax oa sales is a matter to be decided by
the warehousemen and tbeir patrons. M e
think that it is so small that our merchants
would best consult their own interests by
agreeing among themselves not to include
this tax on sales in their list of charges to
the planters. However light the charge
may be, planters will not feel that they are
under any obligations to aid the city govern
ment in the way of taxes, and the con
tinuance of the charges for city taxes in
their account sales, will perhaps cause
many es them to seek other markets for
jtheir crops.
In regard to the statement of the War
renton Clipper, that some planters have
beeu charged a city tax, while oth^have
not. we would say that this impression has j
doubtless been made from returns on cot- ’
ton stored in 3 SCO, aud recently sold, j
Such cotton is subject to the city tax of $1 !
a bale, while that stored this year is not j
Then again, the tax on cotton sold from ■
wagons—if paid at all, Is paid by the buy
er ; hence the impression has been made
that some planters are male to pay a city
tax while others are not. The impression
made on us by the article in the ( Upper, j
was that some parties when buying cotton
in the country have spread the report about ,
a city tax. in order to get a reduction in ;
j the price ; and it was to expose them, that •
we called on the £ Upper for their names. .
The public needs no assurance from us
, that the cotton factors of Augusta are
I above practicing any imposition upon
; their customers, or resorting to any dis
! reputable devices to secure business. No
city in America has a more honorable or
high-toned class of business men than the
cotton factors of Augusta.
Troubles ln the May of Impeachment.
The recent elections have not, in our j
opinion, been of a character to embolden j
the Radicals in their impeachment designs.
We doubt very much whether they will
attempt such an extreme measure, now
that tho returns from Pennsylvania and
Ohio, the'r strong holds, show that there
have been decided Conservative gains
upon the popular vote of last year. Ii
these great middle States should have
rolled up an increased majority in their
favor, we believe it was their intention to
! proceed early after the opening of the next
session of Congress to the enactment of the
most Radical and destructive measures.
We hope and believe that these plans have
been dislodged by the recent Conservative
gains in the .States where elections have
The J misrule Joimial, spe king nfthe !
j matter *<4 the it. ikals hav< two-third
; yfth unbelt of C ,cli House of (jfougfiS? j
a* ‘Mr We-tbc fait newer to get up 1
■an impeachment J ; U- TVa font if they
j,-t< r.j .- on it. V • .ve the will,
the desire to impeach him —a desire in
1 flamed into passion. The only question in j
j regard to the matter is a question of
1 daring, a question of moral courage, a
j question of nerve. There are some things j
| from which the most infuriated of men
and monsters will shrink. I'eroeity and
fear are often yoke-fellows.
If, as the Albany Argus says, an im
peachment be successfully prosecuted, the
office of President will become vacant, the
weak kneed Foster would give place to the
Ohio tiger, Abide, and the Government be
conducted by caucus dictation. In sueli
hands it would be managed for vengeance
and plunder. Difference in political
opinion would constitute grounds for a dis
tinction in rights, and the hand of power
would soon measure out the punishment
fur unbelievers. The physical power
exists, and the will to exercise it clearly
manifests itself.
Rut there is one material difficulty in the
way of carrying out the design. The iui
peachers must agree and report a cause of
impeachment which will stand the test ol
legal scrutiny and satisfy the judicial sense
of the word. It will be conceded that an
impeachment will not lie for mere errors of
o; inion, even if the standard of opinion
could be agreed upon, bucli an attempt
would arouse the sympathy.and justice of
the people and consign its authors to mer
ited oblivion. Neither party rage, thirst
for vengeance, nor lust for spoils, has dis
covered an impeachable act in the life of
the President. He keeps within the Con
stitution and laws, enforcing both, and
violating neither. Henceno impeachment
will be undertaken.
Is the Senate an impartial tribunal ?
Can the radicals in it, on organizing a
court, swear that they have neither formed
nor expressed an opinion ? Will they ven
ture to sit and try where they cannot do
so ? Will they venture to go into caucus
to agree upon an impeachment or judg
ment ? This would soon be exposed, and
M'iUcr those jim .-aged to the four wind?,
and place them out of the reach of politi
cal resurrection. Their will is good, but
jibe hazard istoogreai. 1 hey oannot by
j hi a? close eyes ami cars everywhere
: open, p r withstand the searching logl ol
: eouc-ii - uMriodfu! of the k*v«,
scrutiny of the press, or the honest criti
cisms of common sense and honest people.
Such a trial, whatever may be its result,
would bring the death agony upon them
and their party. The consequences are
too fearful and the difficulties too numer
ous for tin m to dare to venture upon such
an act, when their motives are too appa
rent to be concealed, and too monstrous to !
be defended.
liar: ail’s Cherokee Liiml Sale.
Attorney General Stanberry has pub
lished a lengthy opinion on the late sale of
Cherokee lauds by Secretary Harlan, just
before he retired from office, in which Mr.
Stanberry shows the sale to be in violation
of the terms of the treaty, and lie directs
the Secretary of the Interior to notify the
Emigrant Company that the contract will
not be carried into execution.
The law originally passed, in- reference
to the sale of these lands, provided that
they should not bo sold for less than
SBOO,OOO cash. On the 27th of July, 1866,
an amendment was made, providing that
such of the lands as are not occupied by #
actual settlers might be sold at not less i
than $1 per acre. Mr. Harlan sold the
lands on a credit, at $1 an acre, payable in
annual instalments, with interest at five
per cent, per annum, in sums which will
extend through about nine years. This,
it is argued, is not equivalent to $1 per
aero, as the interest is below the legal rates,
and is in violation of the law requiring the
sale to be for cash, and also in the fact
that no exception or reservation in any
where stated concerning the lands in the
hands of actual settlers. The Attorney
General, therefore, feels bound to declare
the sale illegal and void.
It is stated that the Indians paid $500,-
000 in gold for these lands in 1835, equal to
nearly $9. <0,000;' and it is further stated
that Mr. Harlan is interested in the Emi
gration Society to whom he sold the lands.
Radical TiOvt* for the Negroes.
The Louisville Journal says in com
menting upon the protestations of their
peculiar love for tlm negro by the Radi
cals that because the Southern States, in
the exercise of their free discretion, will
not give the negro the right of suffrage,
the Radicals propose to take from him the
right of representat ion! They would con
sole him for the deprivation of a right
that he has not, by depriving him of a
right that he has. The Radicals befriend
tlie negro with a vengeance. They back
him, as Prince Hal and Poins backed Fal
staff. by showing him their backs. “Call
you that backing of your friends? A
plague upon such backing !“
\ To the Radicals the negro has been a 1
profitable servant, but they ineteout to
him the hard measure which Christ ap
plied to the unprofitable servant, taking
away from him that hath not even that
which he hath ; and, if not seasonably
checked in their mad career, they will ere
long finish the scriptural measure, by cast
ing him into outer darkness. The negro
is not a saint or a demigod, but he deser
ves better treatment than this, espeeially
frorn his particular friend-. He, however,
is likely never to receive.
Tire Cholera in Memphis.--The sta
tistics of the cholera in Memphis, from the
Ist of September to the sth of October
inclusive, show the following results :
Total white eases. 551
“ deaths, 322
“ black cases, £23
“ deaths, 530
This shows the total number eases re
ported to be 1,174, of whom 826 had died.
This is a fearful mortality. The mortality
among the negroes was terribly fearful, 1
less than one hundred of those who were
attacked having survived.
Hard Times is Alabama. -The Sher
iff of the large and wealthy county of Cal
houn. recently resigned because he could (
not collect fees enough to pay the expenses
of his office. The office has formerly been
worth in that c*uuty between twoaud three
thousand dollars a year.
[communicated, j
Relief to the People.
Messrs. Editors : As you have opened ,
your columns for discussion of the great j
and vital question heading this article. I |
send this short communication in favor of j
Relief. In your editorial comment on my
article, favoring a convention, you say you •
do not feel just now willing to endorse my j
views of the propriety or nec s.-utv of a !
convention on this subject. Now, it is well '
known that this question was not made i
an issue in the election of the members of :
the Legislature, only in a few counties.
Consequently, having no instructions, they
did not feel free to act, and even had they
acted, must have done so without knowing
the views or wishes of their constituent-.
This is a great question, ri-ing far above
all others —paramount to every other issue
before our people. As to national politics,
| of course every man must feel a deep
j concern for the success of President John
! son’s reconstruction policy ; but, it is clear
1 to rny mind, the least we do or say the
better, for the present, more than to give
I our hearty approval to the President’s
1 patriotic and magnanimous efforts to save
the country from ruin.
On this cause is suspended the temporal ,
salvation of our race and color, blood and '
kindred, in this country. To emancipate
a man’s negroes, thus destroying three
fourths his wealth; to blot out every
dollar he had on earth in the way of
money, is indeed a serious matter; but
when you deprive him of home, and all
that is desirable in life, turn him out a
1 cor, penniless bankrupt in the world,
i this, I say, is a thousand times of more
vital concern.
The great masses of our people are in
volved —hopelessly involved — and without j
relief must be reduced to financial ruin. |
Should the present laws remain in force, j
in a tew jo- nths more t .an half the lands ]
in t> rgia will b lr ,Ofht t > the block j
aid . riiieed for a.me pHtauee- -frem '
ten cents to • ne dollar nfer »••'> —jiai yei j
the debts remain unpaid This U nothing
more tor less than a contest between -
landed aristocracy and the people. With
out relief we will present the si and and sor
rowful spectacle to the civilized world of
mankind —a nation, turned houseless,
homeless wanderers on tho earth. Great
God ! where is the man to rejoice at such
a sight? A poor, conquered, vanquished,
poverty-stricken people, tied hand and
foot, and prostrate on the earth, with no
possessions but a pitiful ownership in the
soil; and yet, that to be torn way —the
last vestage of hope to be blasted forever.
High Heaven, in all thy majesty, forbid!
Open the eyes of our people to the vast
j importance of this question oi “Relief
to the People!”
You remark that the “people themselves
can do much towards extending the relief
demanded,” and furthermore “that you can
hardly believe that any considerable num
ber of the people of Georgia are less
I generous to their debtors, who are their j
; neighbors and friends, than the great body !
| of our Northern creditors, who have al- j
ready accepted settlements from their j
j Souihern debtors at a rate corresponding
with their real present ability to pay.”
Now on this supposition you are labor- ]
ing under a mistake at least iu regard to
merchants in the interior, in our country
towns and villages. In the large cities this
may be true, but I suppose the credit
system has never been extended to such a
runious extent as in tho country. To in
stance one case of an extensive merchant
not a thousand miles from Augusta, whom !
I am well informed settled his debts in
New York at five cents in the dollar, and
at the first term of the Superior Court
brought one hundred aud twenty-five cases
to suit, thus seeking to collect the last
i dime which would sell out not less than
! fifty families. This is only one of a thou
| sand cases of tho same stamp now going on
i in all portions of the State.
Millions of nogotiable paper lias been
bought up during the war by shy
locks with Confederate money at a mere
nominal value, who have turned their
backs, and refused to take the currency
with which these claims were purchased :
thi-, traftc ha.-; been carried to al!
I have visited quit'
' uumbt v of .a.until • •.<> 1 addressed the pec
J civilization, and have been informed that
j the indebtedness in some counties was
I double the amount of the value of the
! property, ] n others there is more in suit
j than the tax receiver has taken in for the
I present year.
With these facts staring us in the face,
it is a matter of astonishment that the
| masses should be moved on the subject,
j Compromising and compounding debts
] cannot give relief, it wffl sever do it;
j thousands may compound but it .will only
leave the more for old Grab who has no.
soul nor heart, to sympathize for a distress
ed, unfortunate and suffering people.
While 1 only favor entire abolishment
of laws for collection of .ft II debts made dur
ing and prior to the war as y; hist resort —■
yet of two evils ehoose the latter —“a wip
ing out and new beginning” if we cannot
have a just and equitable settlement of'tliis
vexed question. Messrs. Editors, I in
close a copy of rny remarks before the
Legislature last winter—will you give it an
insertion : ?T, W. J.
Buck Head, Ga., Oct. 10 1866.
[communicated. ]
Troubles In Henry County Georgia.
McDonough, Ga., October Sth, 1866.
After- adjournment of the morning ses
sion of the County Court, of Henry county,
Ga., to-day a meeting of the citizens of
said county was called, and organized by
calling Elijah Foster, to the Chair, and A.
M. Camp Dell requested to act as Secretary.
On motion, the Chairman requested
Col. Geo. M. Nolan, to explain the ob
jects of the meeting, which he did in a
clear, concise and forcible manner.
It was then moved tiyit a Committee of
thirteen be appointed to report matters for
the consideration of the meeting, which
Committee consisted of the following
citizens: Col. Geo. M. Nolan, Chairman. A.
IV. Turner, Archibald Brown, Robert M.
IValker, Henry C. Merritt, John Johnson,
('her, TANARUS, Zachry, Levi 11. Turner, Lewis
Coleman, Smith ll. Griffin. E. Cayle, Wm-
R. Henry and Benj. N, McKnighb
The Committee then retired, and after
a few moments deliberation, reported
through tbeir Chairman the following
preamble and resolutions :
Whereas, For months past reports have !
occasionally reached our county, that as !
citizens we were charged with disloyalty
anJ lawlessness, tlm our opposition to '
the Bureau of Freedmeij, Ac., was open
and hostile : that night-hawks or jay hawks
literally swarm within our borders : that
the press in some parte of the country, and
a prominent ..ournnl in the city of New
\ork, has published that three hundred or
ganized jay kawkers infest the county: that
it is impossible for public offenders and
violators of the law to be brought to justice,
that the Courts and Juries are alike, slow
and unreliable in tbe administration of
the law : And whereas, a detachment of
l nited States soldiers are now quartered
iu our county : their appearance among us j
is doubtless attributable to the above or !
similar reports. And whereas, longer
silence on cur part, or a failure to express 1
ourselves would be great injustice to us as
a county; therefore, iu public meeting be it
Pc.*oh-c ! Ist, That as a county we have been
terribly misrepresented, that morally,
' daily 'and politically : we have nothing
to fear in comparison with- nr sister eoun~
, ties of Georgia : and certainly nothing to
j tear from any section, North or South, that
' would thus wantonly traduce u-.
| Jt, - ■.l Cud, That'he citizens of Hen
ry. are law abiding, and that the Courts and
.1 urias are ready in e, - ry ease to measure
out justice with an even hauu, without re
! gard to position, person, or color , that we
; indignantly repell the reported change
which slings our honor and pride, tfiat,
! impartial juries cannot be obtained in
j Memy county.
Recoil ed 3<i. That v e suppose it is in
j consequence of such aspersi-ds upon 'the
integrity and impartiality of Jurots of the
eoantv, that the Commanding o-ficer of said
deindWent here iu pursuance of orders,
has. after making some arrests, forwarded
I the prisoners to distant posts without a
, days notice to said prisoners, arid without
; specification of the offenses where withal
they are charged; and this too, when the
! civil authorities had expressed in writing
j to said Commander a perfect readiness and
willingness to take cognizance of the eas
es, and fully investigate said charges.
But it is due to state that said Commander,
Capt. Lord, has courteously proposed to !
• 1
forward the said communication of the j
civil authorities to Gen. Tillson.
Resolved ith. That, so far as we know
and believe, even the occasional ditiicul- :
ties which have occurred between the ;
whites and blacks, have been magnified ; ;
yea, shamefully misrepresented by evil, j
designing persons, and by none more so
Uian by the Agent of the* Bureau at this i
place, lie, doubtless, having thought it i
necessary thus highly to color (and per- !
haps to manufacture reports, in order to' 1
establish, as a fixed fact, vhe necessity of an j
agency here, aud al-o, by his apnarent j
fidelity and promptness,’ to secure to '
! himself that agency or appointment.
! Resolved oth, Until thi- date we have
! foreborne a public expression of opinion of ;
this agent, because it was unpleasant so to j
do. We now declare, as our cool and set- j
tied opinion, that a large proportion of the !
trouble which has occurred in the countv,
is directly traroable to him and his indis
cretion—that we believe, from having i
known him for years (many of us)—that
. he is morally and intellectually, utterly
disqualified for the position he Folds. We, i
: therefore, respectfully recommend to the j
! proper authorities his eafiy removal, and
the appointment of Quinces It. Nolan, Or- 1
dinary of said county, or any other gen- j
tleman of h< ne-ty or intelligence, as his
successor, believing that such action would j
j be as oil poured upon the troubled waters, ;
l ami would restore perfect peace and i
; quiet.
Resolved C>th Though in this, as in other
counties, there have been occasional acts of
violence, yet such action on the part of any
man, or set of men, we heartily condemn,
and trust ere long, by honest endeavor and
stern enforcement of the law, to prevent
the perpetration of such offences.
Resolved 7th, That the authorities con
trolling the same are requested most re
spectfully to return tothis comity any citi
zen that lias or may be arrested under any
| charge cognizable by the Courts, in order
i that tho loyal rights of defendants, and the
j constitutional guarantees vouchsafed to
I them may be observed, and wq believe
I that the law will be as fully vindicated in
! this as in any county in Georgia, or any
: where else. ’ •
Resolved ( ith, It is stated that the citizens
of Ilenry county recommended the agent i
: here for said appointment, but we have la
bored in vain to find a single man who
j signed said recommendation.
| Resolved 9th, That the proceedings of this
! meeting be published in the Atlanta Intel
; ligeneer and Savannah Herald, and that
| the Griffin and Augusta papers be request-
I etl *• .->[>; . and that a . ; f tin :u '■
I fbrwardc’d to Gen. Bavis ' ison.
'• 1 v reading tin r--iut.ti.ins seriaton^,
they v n u-!y adopted by tho
. m urtitcii war. cotuph-ed a 'urge
I imp' er of the citizen tof Henry county.
Ei jah Fo-t£r. Ch um.
I A. M. Campbell, cseeietary.
[COMMUNICATED.]
brand Jury of Warren County.
In order that the action of the Grand
Jury of Warren county in their general
presentments may he made public, and es
pecially that clause which is a. recommen
dation to the next General Assembly rior j
action, in order that the relentless hand of j
creditors may be stayed, is the object of this
communication. It is not to be presumed
by their action in this respect, that owing
to the short crop of nearly every tiling, they
are in favor of the repudiation of tho en
tire debts of the people, but it is known
that a majority of this body, and of the
j people of the country are in favo - of some
measure of relief. The short crop of near
| ly everything is not the sting which pro
j duces the greatest pain in the
i While it is admitted that the short crop
j will prevent many collections, and will be
| keenly felt by the farmers, it is readily and
| generally admitted by all those who have
| no claims to adjust, that there are a class
! of debts the payment of which is a great
j hardship. I. allude to the debts of our
j brave men who enlisted in the war, and
| the debts of the families of those who per
ished in it. It is generally the ease that a
few men in all the counties hold all the
claims upon the people—which claims were
not solvent at the times they were created,
j except upon the basis of slave property,
j Now when the whole fabric is broken
j down, and the few men surviving the wreck
come stumbling home, exhausted with fa
j tigue and hardship, and before they can
fully realize their penniless condition, and
before the disconsolate widow and orphan
can fully realize their delusion in the vain
j hope of the return of their long lost hus
band and father, they arc stung by the ap
proach of these money-seekers, who had
no share in the exposure, and whose unho
ly ambition is to prey upon and devour
them, and drive them to and fro in the
land without anything except a name.
Os late, a few of these money servers are
assuiiiiu;* the appearan being satisfied,
inu.. theirvi t. i
-1 r.-.r. Saying, th. _ if the; will ;
r.n every thing, they can go free—thi.-
, Monition is made in vie-r of tin f t
stop tho sting of the asp.
A rigid test oi’ magnanimity and for
bearance is brought to bear withs ul! force
upon our people, and it is with pride we
; witness such manifestations as are exhibit-
I ed by our much esteemed fellow-citizen,
Dr. Hubert, He is a Christian gentleman,
whose example is worthy of imitation. Who
will be next in example. Let propositions
be made by those holding claims, and let
them bo exceedingly liberal. Let the fetters
of bondage be unloosed and let every man
have the chance of a white man. Let
every man foci that lie is a freeman. Let
no man have cause of complaint. Let
everything bo done in harmony, Let all
the scaling and compounding be done
without the court house and by the parties
thoiJlgelves, face to face, with perfect good
will one towards another. Lot a day bo set
apart for this purpose, and every one go
to work in earnest. Appeal no longer to
lawyers and to the Legislature for relief— '
| relieve yourselves, and bring to bear in full
| force the application of the following lines
! and all will yet be well with our people :
7'eaeh me to feel another*’ woe,
l To hide the faults I see,
j a'hat mercy, I, to other shows
j That ’Mercy show to me.
Barnett, Ga., October li, 1366,
Slander! Slander!
“Gen. Wright, of Georgia, sn vs lie was
j on the Committee that drafted the resolu
j tions in the Johnson Philadelphia Conven
: tiou in favor of duly rewarding the Union
I Soldiers, and that he took care to have them
j so worded as not to commit the Govern
| meat; for, if the South ever gets into pow
j or again, all pensions to Union Soldiers
! shall be cut off unless the Confederate Sol
diers are put on the same footing.” r
We clip the above f-o.u the editorial
columns of the /Standard. We have often
: thought that paper, under the baneful in
fluence of its senior editor, was, with reck
less indifference to both truth and results,
giving «/(Vor/uZsanction to the mischievous
falsehoods of the Radical presses and ora
tors in their bitter warfare against the
j honor and interests of the South.
It requires no denial of the above from
i the gallant gentleman to whom it was at
tributed, to prove to us that it was totally
false. An acquaintance with Gen. Wright
in the trying ordeal of the past few years
enables us to endorse him as the verv type
of honor and truthfulness. His conduct
as a gentleman and officer was such as
would convince anyone that deception was
not an clement in his nature. His course,
unlike his slanderer, has been such as not
to deceive Northern citizens or soldiers, du
ring the war, or since its termination.
Gen. Wright, through the columns of
the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, of
which he is an editor, thus refers to this j
matter:
-The above statement we ilud in the '
Troy Daf;/ Times of the 22nd. It is per
haps useless to deny a statement so aUs urd,
1 for a denial here is unnecessary, as indeed
: it is anywhere that the character of the
[ Troy Tones is known. We have no idea
! that one who is base enough to perpetrate
) such a slander will have the manliness to
j publish a denial of irs truth, and, ifhe did,
would be sure to invent some other canard
equally r-usciuevous. General Wright
I never wrote a line that could be tortured
into any such sentiment. Hr- does not ex-
I pect to cut off the Union soldiers from their
; pensions, nor has he any hope that Con
i federate soldiers will ever be allowed anv
1 place in the pension list.”
It thus appears that the Standard has
given edit’- rial sanction to the base slander
of the Troy 27/.:.Me can well under
stand why these Radical papers publish
such a wilful falsehood upon our leading
citizens, for such is the capital by which
they arc attempting, and tie tear with too
much success, to freak uowo the Adminis
tration of President Johnson and the ci
torts of the Conservatives i-j restore th-;
T uioa upon honorable and constitutional
j grounds, but we cannot appreciate what
truthful and honest ajntive a A orthCaroli
nian. who has held high civil po4Pou and
: has yet higher aspirations, nay even con
soit’itiouslv desires to be respected among
his feliow-meil, can hate to f, lve P?^ Clt - v
’• to tl:c statements cfthesWßuse witnesses
• against our own people, the rer !r, dnttyrts
< which prompt such conduct must be BT.'j- -
fascinating, but alas what have we to say
of the in ■ which conceives it.— II it
n imjton Daily Joo:r.i:d.
Fred. Douglas is said to _he about •
!to commence the publication of a
j miscegenation paper in Alexandria, Vir- :
- ginia, with a white man for a foreman.
Rev. Peter Cartwright writes that he
has spent sixty-two years as a regular
itinerant preacher, and during that period
received but two years salary.
I
Aid lo the Southern Poor.
An association was formed in Lexington.
Kentucky, on the 3d inst., for the relief
of the suffering people of the South. Rev.
Dr. Rambaut and Rev. Dr. N. M. Craw
ford, both known an 1 honored as patriotic
and disiingushed Georgians, were on the
committee for preparing a constitution and
bylaws for the society. Dr. Crawford,
now a resident of Georgetown. Ky., is alto
one of the Directors of the society. It is
called the Kentucky Baptist Association
for the Relief of the South. It is pro
posed to solicit contributions of provisions,
clothing and money, to be distributed
through such neighborhoods in the South
as are most destitute. The President in
his address referred to a letter Lorn Ex-
Gov. Brown of Georgia, setting forth the
great destitution of large districts of the
; State, in which, without relief, the people
j must starve.
This is a noble movement, and increases
| the claim of the Kentucky people to the
! admiration and latitude of the people of'
the f*mth, in whose behalf they have al
ready made heroic sacrifices.
* Georgia.
A writer in the Macon Telegraph do- j
scribes a visit to a cave in Randolph i
county, of considerable size and interest. j
Messrs. Elaln Christian and James P. ;
Sawtell, propose publishing a weekly news- j
paper at Cuthbert, Ga., to be called The j
Appeal.
A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph, j
writing frou! Baker county, says that the
negroes arelso busy forming Loyal Leagues ,
that they jeglect the crop, and think it
hard to pick 25 lbs. of cotton a day. Tiiey
are nSt only idle, but impudent and law
less ; lie gives two instances of white men
who were shot by negroes in two days,
i One was in the act of civing a necro *
! The yithcr <-. c incurred near tho ame
r.l-H'v -hot at >n t;ri O'.'ii
j house, the ball bitting a little negro boy,
1 who was striding near.
At liic auction Kiie oi rc:u estate chat
took place recently in theNorthernsuburbs
of the city of Atlanta, thirty-nine lots were
sold for an aggregate of $12,000. being
something more than four hundred dollars
per acre.
The interest manifested in the gold
regions of Georgia, is bringing to light
some interesting deposits. Our friend
Troup Taylor, who seems to be pretty good
on the gold scent, lias struck a vein 'of ex
ceeding richness in Paulding county. We
congratulate our friend on liis golden
dreams, which we are persuaded are not
all dreams.
The Bainbridge Argus , of the Cth
inst., announces, that an arrange
ment has been effected with a firm
in New Orleans, by which through bills
of lading can bo signed from an points
on the Chattahoochee, and also from any
landing on the Flint river, as high as Bain
bridge, for cotton at $4 50 per bale, and
return freights to the same points at $1 75
per barrel. The arrangement is to go in
to effect the middle of this month.
The Atlanta Opera house is being push
i ed forward with surprising rapidity, and
the Directors are determined that it shall
be opened os New Year's night.
Col. Slaughter of the Savannah and
Memphis railroad lias recently visited
Cuthbert, to engage an engineer to sur
vey the route. He also obtained subscrip
tions to the Stock to the amount of sever
al thousand dollars. He found the cotton
crop of Randolph county excellent, and
the planter) in goo-1 condition.
Coosa & Tenmessei* Rivers Rail
road. —Tlu Rome Courier says that this
road, extending from Gadsden to Gunter’s
Landing, a distance of thirty-three miles,
and which was nearly all graded before the
war, has recently been put. in way of early
completion in the following manner:
A Pennsylvania Company agrees to
complete tile road within two years—and
arc to receive the State bonds appropriated
to this road, amounting to about $400,000
—and the al run < -motions if public ! -•
! donated by me General Gowran.-nn, and
1 to die ■"•.■•'Vi.M SIX) - hri Nr
a v.-Mints thev hiv u-.ina 'v to -tr>ce
, .■ the road when eompleto-l.
Thi- a trii, gen! uit was ral.iL i by die
l*u- *■ : 1 rsville on u,.. 20tu of
September.
Meeting in Randolph. —A large meet
ing of citizens was recently held in Cuth
bert, Randolph county, in which resolu
tions-were adopted instructing their Sen
ator and Representative to use their best
efforts to abolish the county courts. They
declared it to be the duty of the next Leg
islature to devise some means of relief for
the people, and failing to do this to call a
convention. They deem it the duty of the
Legislature to stop the collection of debts
until tlio people can meet in convention.
They ask the co-operation of other coun
ties.
Tiie Famine In Flight— Sad Sights In the
CitlCß-‘*CpawlHijf” from the Rural Dis
tricts to Die,
There are sights to be witnessed in Cal
cutta which would lead the stranger to be
lieve that the city was perishing of famine
and pestilence. Since the. famine has been
allowed to attain such hideous proportions
in the rural districts, it is inundating the
capital. All who can craw! from the inte
rior, from the afflicted sub-division of Je
hanabad, in the rich country of Hoogloi
and the misery of what was once the flour
j ishing indigo district of Nuddea, as well as
from the 15 ore wretched Midnapore and
distant Orissa, flock to the clarities of
Calcutta. They would receive food at their
own homes, but they hear that they will
get more in Calcutta, and clothes as well,
ai ;6 so at the present moment no less than
two and firty famine stricken
wretches a day seek ; ' ie unnochutturs or
Bengalee feeding houses ol the native
quarter of Calcutta. So late as the Oil; of
J uly last the Bengal Government a second
time refuse'! to encourage the formation of
j a public relief committee, and soon again
i retired to the bills.
But the city was being so crowded with
j paupers, a pestilence was so imminent,
i that the municipal commissioner, Mr.
i Stuart 1 logg, and one or two merchants or-
I ganized a committee, and on Monday last
j a public meeting of all classes was held in
the town hall to raise subscriptions. Judges,
merchants, barristers, chaplains, and zem
indars urged the claims of the starving,
and eulogized the charity of the native
gentlemen, who had already done so much,
with an eloquence hardly required, but
quite justified. Official reports were read,
giving statistics which, completed to date,
show that at twenty-two places 17,475 poor
arc daily fed, in addition to the sick in the
hospitals, and as this number is ineieasing
by about two hundred and fifty a day, it
may be said that twenty thousand starve
lings are :m charity daily in
Calcutta. A sum of £150,000 is required
to grapple with the misery, and of this,
within four days of the meeting being held,;
more than one-half has been subscribed. ;
Got, Geary Congratulates Himself, a
Philadelphia, October 10. —Forney s ;
Press publishes a speech made by General |
Geary, in honor of the Radical victory in j
this Suite, in winch ho says: It perma .
nently establishes these tacts 1 That the
j government of the United States is vested j
in the American people and their Repre- .
: sentatives in Congress assembled, and not
,in a corrupt Executive: that cruel and.re- i
, vengeful traitors, defeated in battle, shall ■
! not be restored to citizenship to rule the !
country they attempted to destroy; that j
j when our forefathers declared men capable
: of self government they expelled the here
sy of human slaverv, and pledged equal;
political rights to all their successors; that
hereafter citizens represented in the State
and national legislatures must be clothed
with the rights of citizenship; that all the
agencies ofthe government, civil and mili
tary. must be pcTsereringlv and sternly ex
ercised to protect, vindicate and, if needs
he, avenge our oppressed brothers in the
South against savage persecutions of
Rebels, who are still so impertiwut and
defiant that even A. Johnson fears to par
don them. Having fortified these great
truth.- again#!. J] future dangers, it is for
us of Pennsylvania to c aintaii? the forward
position we have so proudly and gloriously
assumed.
■ Manly Fibmxes-.- A Virginia writer
states tic/ 'ten- Grant has written a letter
. , V ~ * ■ iu whieii he says
' L> Ui , L. mv. ” -tea ConfL-d
--among other things, that an
j erate officers and soldiers paroled, eann.j.
* tried for treason or molested, so long as
’!*:• "bteryc- their obligations. Good for
Gen. Grant, and just the sentiment to be
expected from a brave man.
< Rev. J. Knowles, a former minister of
the Methodist Church, and at one time
the editor of the Journal and Mexsenyer
‘ M i in. was ordained a Deacon in the '
Prote. -ont Episcopal Church in Atlanta, .
on la#f Sabbath.
Impeachment and Removal of the Pres- j
Idcnt—Some Plain Tulk from General '
Stecdaian.
General Steedman made a speech at '
Toledo, Ohio, on Monday night last, from j
which wo make the subjoined extracts.
After showing that the President was
carrying out the policy of Mr. Lincoln, and
of true restoration of peace and Union, he
proceeded: .
For ddtng that they propose to impeach
Andrew Johuson, and remove him from
office, and put one of their own men in his
place Well, now, I don't want to tight
with anybody. 1 have had fighting
! enough myself, and I suppose you have.
Still I have no objection to a little fighting.
1 If the men who did not fight in the last
war choose to have a little shindy among
themselves —we will hold their hats ; but
if they suppose that the American people
will quiety look on while a faction deposes
the President of the United States, and
take possession of the Government with
an armed mob, I say to them here that
they are mistaken. [Cheers.] And they
had better not attempt it. [Applause.]
For while we do not want any trouble
while we prefer peace—not a painted
peace, but a real bona fide peace—while
we do not want to discuss war with any
body, it Mr. Ashley supposes that bv
coining here and throwing his head back
as he did in 1801. and talking about war,
he is going to frighten any body, I say to
him lie is very much mistaken. [Ap
plause.] While we do not wanj to fight,
we will never permit them to organize
armed mobs, start to Washington, and
take possession of the Government, that
they may telegraph all over the country
that a loyal and patriotic Government has
deposed Andrew Johnson. They won’t be
i permitted to do it. [Cheers.]
The President is the Tribune of the
whole people. He represents the whole
| people, and he is doing his duty faithfully
. and constitutionally. He is laboring to
restore peace and harmony to the country,
; and to maintain the Government, as we
I ourselves eofltended we had left it when
the war ended. We hold that the Govern
■ i has preserved it —that it needed no
•ii: teal doctrine to be applied to it—that
i the army was discharged the Union
preserved, (applause,) and all that
necessary was for loyal men to put
nachinery Sf government in motion,
e gtate governments in the South,
wore obstructed by the presence of the
military, were there, ready for the people
to resume their work under them, and to
put the machinery in motion, just as it was
| before the war, or else if that were not so,
then indeed the war was a failure, then
indeed the rebellion was a success.
If the rebels succeded in destroying the
government of the States, the rebellion
was a .success, and the war was a failure,
and every man here ought to have voted
for the Chicago platform. Novo, Ido not
believe it is the intention of the people of
this country—the masses who are following
the lead of these fiery men--to engage in
■any such unholy work as attempting to
take possession of the Government. I
know that distinguished Massachusetts
General, Benjamin F. Butler, [laughter,]
| says he is going to march from Massachus-
I etts t# Washington wi*h his militia.
Well, now, lie didn't hurt anybody during
i the war, and I have no idea that he will hurt
anybody now. [Laughter.] If he marches
i and there is any fighting going on, I war
i rant you he will march in the rear of his
I column. [Laughter.] I have searched that
gentleman’smilitary record in vain to find
a place where he led a column. He never
i did lead it any where. Perhaps he thinks
as lie didn’t make any reputation in the
| last war, it is necessary for him to get up
i another one, in order to redeem himself.
I | Laughter.] No doubt General Butler
liad a good many fierce people to deal with
i during the war ; no doubt he was provoked
1 a good deal during his administration at
j New Orleans, and goaded to say a great
many things that do not look well on
paper. I do not like to comment on any
thing done by a Union General, but I am
bound to say that, throughout the war that
General was remarkable only for his
severity to women and children. [Cries of
“Spoons.”] He was very fierce to defence
less people. That required no courage.
People who were within our lines, and
whose .rofceetors were gone—he was very
harsh to them. It is true, their protectors
had no right to go, and they deserved, per
haps, all they got, but no brave man would
take an advantage of that kind against
women and children ; and Gon. Butler is
the only man that ever did it. I under
stand he complimented me in his speech
to-day. He says ho approves some things
that t said lie approves of my proposi
tion to give the negroes the ballot, who
had fought, as well as I had. Well I can’t
return the compliment about the fighting,
for every negro that I saw in the army
fought better than Butler did. [Cheers.]
T wtiß Wi 1 >inO- rn qjfl norrrnno Knf T
‘ have never the time in my l:je when
; i y.r offered *; negro to a white man, fbr.uy
thing. ; \ • •filaUti'O. j 1 have iie vOA oeen
;V. tha* ? •' have •'Ou.-V'. to give
t!m negro 10 bounty and the wite man
i only SIOO.
I'JM) Southern Relief Fai. Tlia bril
liant Inauguration-—An Immense
Throng of People.
Our St. Louis exchanges, of the 4th
inst., are filled with glowing accounts of
the successful inauguration on the preced
ing evening of the great Southern Relief
Fair, and devote a largo portion of their
space to descriptive defails of its grand
teatures, and the rich and lavish donations
which have been sent by the generous
from all parts of the Union. To give an
idea of the manner in which the fair is
patronized we copy from the two leading
papers of opposite politics. The Radical
organ (the Democrat) says:
The Southern Relief Fair, for which ex
tensive preparations have for many weeks
been making, opened yesterday, and on
last evening was visited by immense
crowds, The friends of the enterprise
have achieved a success that cannot fall
short of the expectations of the most
sanguine of them. On its initiation the
object of Southern relief was carefully pre
served from being .embarrassed with any
thing like political demonstrations, and to
this fact is due the great and generous out
pouring of the wealth of St. Louis on the
occasion.
Last evening every street passenger car
going south was crowded on both the
Fourth and Fifth street lines, while streams
of carriages were flowing and pedestrians
in unwonted numbers were moving in the
same direction. The mammoth building at
Fifth street and Chouteau avenue, fitted
and decorated as stated in our paper yes- !
terday, was soou surrounded by a mass of
vehicles, and a swaying multitude striving
to gain ingress through the two entrances
on Sixth street.
The Republican commences its long four
column description as follows :
Nothing in the history of St. Louis can
compare with rhe grand signal triumph of'
this great enterprise. ‘ It in
weakness, with a thousand bad prejudices j
to battle against. Although its objects
wepe the highest and holiest known in the j
language of earth—the suooqf gs helpless j
widows uuu orphans made such by tlm i
events of a terrible war—yet many shrank j
from its liberal and open espousal, while i
another attempted to cast odium upop the j
whole project because the effort, wus in :
favor of a people that were, lately in arms j
against the Government. The latter, how- j
ever, compose a lean minority oi A "I'oat j
hearted people, and the magnificent popu- j
lar demonstration of last night is a terrible |
rebuke to the whole race of political and]
social Pharisees.
! The whole community seemed intent
j upon being present at the inauguration of
i the great festival. The passers on every
■ avenue leading to the locality of the Fair,
; all seemed going in one direction, and. for
hours the anxious multitude clustered in
j the front and upon the steps of the fair
i building, and struggled for admission with
!in its portals. Many ladies, with their
i escorts, became discouraged at theccntinu
. fid pressure, and, although provided with
tickets, abandoned their purpose of enter
! ing for the time, and retired from the j
i crowd. We cannot estimate numbers, but
; feel sura that two buildings like the im- i
j moose one occupied by the l aw, could have ,
i been well filled, if' the entrance to each had :
! been easily acsessible. The moral influence i
!of this Fair is its grandest feature. For
above its mere charity—the succor it can
bring to the helpless and homeless—will he
its reuniting power upon the whole mass
I of the people who may contribute toward
its success. Better and more powerful
: than a thousand sermons upon Christian
! charity will be the practical lessons of love
i and forbearance drawn from this noble
enterprise. Families that have been sepa
rated. for years by political feuds, have
already struck hands in peace over this
j altar dedicated to God and humanity. It'
will prove to be the scene and occasion of a
• glorious reunion of thousands of hearts ,
that have been estranged or embittered by j
the painful events Os the ia.se five years.
Let every one go, see for yourself, contrite 1
i ute his mite to a glorious cause, bask j
; aw hue in the light of beautify, gaze upon]
the untold splendors of this brilliant palace,
and then go home a wiser ami a better ;
mao.
A Herald Canard N ailed. —There is
uotone word of truth in the special tele
gram nuu2 elr Orleans to the New York
>/".j I -> ' stating that the
Picaitt. ad cWed'eJ::- ™
favoring the constitutional amenumen...
The Picayune is a thorough supporter of
the President’s policy of restoration.
The total receipts of the American Board
' for the year ending September 1, were near
• $420,OoO; more than SIOO,OOO less than
: last.
Reply of the People of New Orleans to j
Gov. Wells.
There was, a large meeting of the mo:t
intelligent and respected people of New
Orleans hold at the Olympic Theatre on
the 9th insjt, for the purpose of correcting
the mistatemeut made in the letter of j
Governor Wells to T. 11. Jones, in relation
to the present condition of public sentiin ent i
in that city. The following address pro- j
pared and submitted to the meeting by a j
committee appointed for that purpose, 1
gives a clear and full account of the pro- j
sent condition of affairs there, and must
tell with damaging effect upon the unfair, ;
partizan and prejudiced letter of the Gov ■
ernor: r
TO THE PEOPLE OF TtlE EXITED STATES.
The statement in an official letter of his
Excellency Gov. Wells, to T. 11. Jones,
Esq., evidently written for publication, !
are of such a startling and extraordinary j
character, and cast such unsparing obloquy ;
on the good people of Louisiana, by repre- j
senting them as inimical to the constitu- !
tion and laws of the United States, and as
being fatally bent upon undermining the
very foundation on which the great Gov
ernment rests, tlwt they N require to be
noticed and answered.
The charge that Northern citizens are
persecuted in their social intercourse and
business avocations, is known to have no
foundation whatever in truth. Northern
capital is needed, and it is constantly in
vited within the limits of out State, and
the numerous citizens hailing from the dif
ferent States North feel a sense of perfect
security in cur midst, both in person and
property, nor need they have any recourse
for protection to the courts any more than j
our own citizens, for the plain reason that j
it they have recourse to limitation such is
also the necessary result of commercial rela- i
tions in all countries and at all times, As j
to the record of crime and offences, we i
challenge any city of the United States,
North or South, to compare statistics, for
no where is there less crime daily commit
ted than in New Orleans, when numbers of
population are kept in view.
It is the imperative duty of the people of
Louisiana to refute these asperatious by
reference to incontrovertible facts.
In the first place, wc assert it as an
undeniable fact, that the distinction be
tween Union men and secessionists has
been entirely obliterated. We are all con
stitutional Union citizens, desirous to
restore and revive the happy days of the
Kepublic, when it was an fconSr indeed to
say, “I, too, am an American citizen.”
This is the feeling, and these are the senti
ments of the vast majority of the people of
Louisiana. There is an insignificant mi
nority of wild and restless agitators and
revolutionists who lately attempted, with
unparalleled impudence, to subvert both
the State and municipal governments, by
the instrumentality of certain individuals
who bad been members of a convention
that had long ceased to exist, and who
were encouraged in their deluded course
by misguided freedmen, surreptitiously
brought from the neighboring parishes.
The riot and consequent bloodshed was
commenced by this class of persons, and
they alone are responsible for the dreadful
calamity flowing from it. Ail the state
ments that have boon so industriously
fabricated and circulated, that innocent
and law-abiding people were deliberately
murdered, is utterly false, and those who
made them know that it is so.
Heretofore riots for very many years
have been unknown in New Orleans, and
were it not for the riots, originating from
the attempt to resuscitate the Convention
of 1864 —riots which were confined to the
immediate vicinity of the Mechanics’ In
stitute, and were quoded by the police of
the city in less than two hours—we would
not have on record for very many years
one instance of bloodshed and riots in our
streets to offset the fearful massacre of
poor unoffending negroes in New York
city, besides Philadelphia and Boston
riots.
This naturally suggests the question of
the military, an increase of which is de
manded by the Governor. If the object
of having troops quartered in the State bo
to maintain order and tranquility, and to
protect the freedmen or so-called Union
men, all we have to say is that an increase
of troops is wholly unnecessary ; indeed,
if there were not a single company of sol
diers in our midst, the result would be the
same, as the people are not disposed in the
least to let law-breakers and evil-disposed
persons interfere with public order, and the
courts are fully able and willing to enforce
the law, preserve public tranquility and
protect all and every one in the full en
joyment of life, liberty and property,
without regard to color or nationality.
Should the troops now here be continued,
or even increased, wc shall continue to ex
tend to them the amenities and civilities
to which they are entitled, and which are
always extended to them with pleasure
the -amc time in the <pn ion
committee, their presence is m. > .... •.■es'-vry
the city and -’,<Ute an Unities U ing fd.rt.o~
dahwy capable of] reservin'' order and pro
tecting the inhabitant* colored and white,
in all their rights. In support of which
we refer to th.: fact that within tl: ; <
eighteen months, the aggregate value of
the property of the city of New Orleans
has neaiay doubled the value it had before
the unfortunate civil war, and the rents
have greatly increased—in some cases
doubled during the same period.
Even-handed justice is administered to
all men, without regard to color or race;
and the Judges, most of whom are of the
Governor’s own selection, arc men of
integrity, ability, and impartiality. If
men disaffected to the union are in office,
it is generally, the fault of the Governor,
as he made his own selections, with which
the people had very little to say, nor were
they consulted ; hence his Excellency has
not any one to blame but himself if' un
worthy men arc in office.
The free colored man has always been a
competent witness in our courts, no
matter whether the parties litigant were
white or otherwise ; they have always had
the same capacity of acquiring, holding,
and disposing of all kinds of property, as
persons of the Caucasian race. All the
slaves ha«iug been emancipated, they, by
the operation of law, become morally and
legally entitled to. the same rights, privi
leges and protection as though they had
been born free. And we refer to the fact
that the most friendly relations exist be
tween the free colored people and their
former masters —so much so that if the
elective franchise was conferred on the
colored men to-morrow, we are of opinion
they would most all vote for their former
. masters in preference to Gov. Wells or his j
co-operators.
The Governor’s appeal to Congress to
] invade our vested rights in reference to
{ franchise is par tcularly objectionable, and
' in no wise authorized by the powers vested
in the Executive. If the inhabitants wish
anew constitution, they are competent to
frame it in their own time, without flic
intervention of Congress.
Your committee are unable to account
for his Excellency’s attack on President
Johnson, except it be tor the President’s
good sense in refusing to confer on bis
Excellency the appointment of a Military
; Governor of Louisiana. The Governor
! knows full well that the President's hu
mane, intelligent, patriotic and conciliatory
course has the entire approbation of a vast
majority of the citizens of Louisiana.
Unjust as it ispo be taxed without rep
resent' tion. they cannot consent to pur
chase the right with the sacrifice of their
honor,
Sledge-Hammer Preaching.
! The most popular of English preachers
i is the celebrated Dr. Spurgeon—celeora
i tod because of the homely and forcible wav
'he has of*approaching f ho understanding
|of his congregation. The following pas
| sage occurred in one of his recent discours
j es :
A certain tyrant sent for one of his sub
] jects, and said to him : ‘‘What is your
employment?” lie said: ‘J am a
| blacksmith.” “Go home and make me a
j chain of such a length. ” He went home ;
j it occupied him several months, utd he
j had no wages ail the time he was making
j it. Then he brought it to the Monarch,
and he said : “'Go make it twice as long.”
] He brought it up again, and the monarch
j said : “Go make it longer still.” Each
I time he brought it. there was nothing but
: the command to make it longer still. And
j when he brought it up at last, the nion
j areli said : “Take it, and bind him hand
j and foot with it, and east him
; in a furnace of fire.” These are the
wages for making the chain. Here is a
meditation for you to-night, ye servants of
the devil. Your master the devil, is tell
ing you to make a chain. Home have
been fifty years welding the links of the
chain ; and he says : “Go make it lon
ger.” Next Sabbath morning, you will
open that shop of yours, and puil another
link ; next Sabbath, you wiil be drunk,
and put another link ;. next Monday, veu
will do a dishonest action ; and so vou will i
keep on making fresh links to this “chain :
an ! whenyouhave lived twenty years mcr*
the devil will say ; “Morelinksonstill.” j
And then, at last, it will be ; “Take him.
and bind him hand and foot, and cast him I
into a furnace of fire.” “For the wage-.
oPsin is .Lath." There is a subject for
your meditation. Ido not think it will be ■
sweet ; but if God makes it profitable, it
will do you good. You must have strong
medicine sometimes, when the disease is
bad. God apply it to your hearts.
A division of the Sons of Temperance i
was organized at Wintervilie. the six mile
station, this side of Athens, on Wednesday
evemng. The following are the officers
elected for the present quarter • L S
Fittard, W. P.; E. F. MeMannaman,'
} A-; W ' 11. S.; John
\\ inter, I. ft., VV esley .Johnson, TANARUS.: Jno
R. Tuck, C.; A. C. Christian, A. (.'.
The proclamation of President Johnson
relame to. the blockade, was looked upon j
»s an electioneering dodge.
The Second Roman Catholic Plenary •
Council.
This eminent body of Roman Catholic I
divines assembled in Baltimore on Sunday
last. The Gazette says that the procession, j
Ac., of prelates, which is a marked feature 1
of the occasion, attracted to the vicinity of
the church an immense concourse of pco- j
pie. The streets and sidewalks were dense
ly packed, while the windows of the dwell
ings in the neighborhood and every ;
available spot where a view could be ob
tained were crowded with ladies and gen
tlemen. It was estimated that some twen
ty thousand people were congregated out
side of the edifice. The congregation num
bered at least two thousand persons.
At half past nine o'clock all the Most
Reverend and Right Reverend Prelates
assembled in the upper halls of the Arch
bishop's residence, the other members of :
the Synod meeting in the basement of the j
South wing. Everything being arranged,
j the clergy proceeded to the large had,
I where the Most Reverend President of the
| Council, having put incense into thecenser,
j and kneeling without his mitre, intoned the
j hymn I ent Creator , all present kneeling
. and uncovering. At the end of the first
verse the procession was formed in the fol
lowing order :
The censer-bearer with thurible, and on
his right hand the third master of ceremo
nies ; ecclesiastics in white surplices,
seventy-four in number ; four monks ;
theologians, priests, vicars general and
priests of higher rank, numbering one hun
dred and twent .--two ; superiors or religous
orders and communities}; two mitred ab
bots ; thirty-eight bishops, in the order of
their rank, walking two and two : seven
archbishops, including the Most Rev. Mar
tin John Spaulding, D. I)., President of
the Council, apostolic delegate. Preceding
the archbishop was the subdeacon, vested
I in tunic bearing the archbisuopal cross ;
accolyte choristers, Very llev. W. B.
Coskery, 1). I)., Vicar General, and Revs.
James Gibbsons and Thomas Foley, secre
taries. Following were chaplains bearing
books, caudles, Ac. The procession moved
to Franklin street, and then making a
.counter movement, passed along Charles
street to Mel jerv, to ’.Cathedral, and then
into • the*church. The magnificent ap
pearance of thefeanonical robes and vest
ments of the bishops and clergy formed a
grand spectacle never witnessed here on
any previous oocasion. The procession was
Hanked on both sides and in front and rear
bv the members of the Young Catholics’
Friend Society, who acted as a guard of
honor.
When the first portion entered the
Cathedral, the congregation rose to their
feet, the organ playing the grand march
from Mozart’s o#era of Titus. When all
were seated, Poutificial High Mass was
celebrated, the Most Rev. J. B. Purcell, j
of Cincinnati, officiating. The singing,
under the direction of Professor Gegan,
was truly grand, the choir being increased
for the occasion by the addition of several
distinguished amateurs from other cities.
The Most Rev. J. MeCloskey, Arch
bishop of New York, then delivered an
eloquent sermon, taking for his text the
following selections from the Psalms:
“Glorious things are said of Thee, oh,
God ; the dwelling in thee is, as it were,
of all rejoicing.”*
Then followed the chanting of psalms,
prayers, and the litany of the saints, and
the singing of the hymn biii Creator.
Archbishop Spalding, after tlicse ceremo
nies, delivered an address in latin to the
assembled Archbishops and Briests.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the
procession reformed and returned to the
Archbishop’s residence in the same order
! as mentioned before.
The following are the names of the offi
cers of the Council:
Promoter—Right Rev. P. N. Lynch,
I). D., Bishop of Charleston,
Assistant—The Very llev. Wm. O’Hara,
I). ])., Vicar General of Philadelphia.
Chancellor —Rev. Thomas Foley, D. D.,
of Baltimore.
Secretaries —The llev. James A. Cor
coran, 1). 1)., Vicar General of Charleston,
S. C. ; the Rev. James Keogh, I). D., of
Philadelphia; Rev. 'Thomas A. Becker,
D. I)., of Richmond, Va.
Notaries—Very llev. F. J. Pabosh,
I). I)., of Cincinnati ; Very llev. F. S.
Villarrasa, 0. 8. I)., of California; Very
Rev. M. Heiss, D. D., of Milwaukee; Rev.
M. Accolti, S. J., of California; llev. W.
Wayrich, 0. S. S. 11., of Baltimore; llev.
J. J. Foley, 1). I)., of Baltimore ; llev.
P. J. Ryan, of St. Louis; Rev. A. Slier
wood Healey, of Boston.
Masters of Ceremonies —Rev. Francis
McNeirry, of New York; llev. S. Ferte,
of Baltimore.
_ There were vespers at the Cathedral last
night, and a sermon preached by the
Right llev. I‘. N. Lynch, Bishop of
Charleston, his subject being “The mira
culous existence of the Church.” There
will be vespers and a sermon every night
during the sittings of the Council, except
on Thursdays and Sa'.-.rJav.-,
it: -tg '.ous Suuunarj.
Bishop ; -ok-vso writes to the London
Tmu.* defending h;s hymn book ii - not j
containing the name of Christ.
I The pastoral relations existing between ;
Rev. R 0. 'Rdl. -I ;i, • 'ii Ci’U-ra! Pres
| byterian Church of Atlanta has been 1
dissolved. Mr. Mallard has accepted
'a call from the Presbyterian street Church,
New Orleans, and will, in a few weeks,
leave for his new charge.
The American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions convened at Pittsfield,
Mass., on Tuesday afternoon. Over two
thousand persons were present from abroad.
Thirteen members were reported deceased
during the past year. The Treasurer re
ported the total income for the past year
at $446,942 41; balance now in the treas
ury, $6,666 97. President Iliekock, of
Union College, preached the introductory
sermon on the “Divine Idea of Christian
Life.”
At the recent Convention held in Rich
mond, the pastor of Ebenezer Chapel bap
tized forty-eight rejoicing converts. The
Convention, which lasted eight days, was
one of the most remarkable ever held on
this continent. The whole of the first day
was spent in prayer and exhortation, from !
sunrise to near midnight. Such prayers, j
singing and speaking was seldom heard; so !
say all who were privileged to attend.
The Secretary of the English Church j
Missionary Society says that “-the number
of the communicants gathered from among
the heathes, in connection with the mis
sions of that Society, \ as, in 1845, over
nine thousand ; now the number is twenty
six thousand. This increase exhibits a far
larger proportion, it is feared, than that of
the increase of zeal in the Church at
home. ’ ’
The largest .Protestant congregation in
Boston, if not in the whole country, wor
ships at the Tremont Temple. On Sun
day morning the house, which seats 2,800
persons, was packed. Not less than 3,000
souls were present. At half-past one
o’clock the Sabbath school, numbering 700,
convened.
The Baptists in England have secured a
location, and building for establishing a
theological school in England for the pur
pose of training young men for the minis-,
try. It is near the residence of the late
Sir Bobert Peel.
The Russian Ambassador at the Court ;
oi' Victor Emunu 1 has given $6,000 to the i
Waldear.iau Educational Establishment, as j
a token of gratitude for the spiritual bene- I
fit he received while attending the Walden* ,
sian worship ::: that city.
The Amc fi : Ohri. states
that in Peru. tnl. there are two Metho
dist churches - ■•■ on : poorer, which the poo- i
pie of the town eaii "the. Calico Methodist j
Church”—-or* The:- which they call “the
Silk Methodist Church.”
Prof. 1). H. Selph, of Danville, Ky,, l
proposes to establish an institution for the I
education of orphan girls, an 1 the datigh- i
ters of poor Baptist ministers; arm to do I
this be asks for $25,000 to begin with.
The University of the couth—under the
the auspices of Bishop Quintard —has
opened at Winchester with five professors, j
lour,tutors, and nearly a hundred students. 1
It embraces a Divinity School.
Tea. —Mr. M. Jftncs, of Liberty county,
1
South. The editor of the Cultivator says:
"Our correspondent has favored us with a
sample of the tea prepared by him. In
appearance, fragrance and flavor, it pre
cisely resembles a fine article of Chinese
Black Tea. If our plantations can pro
duce tea as finely flavored as this, with as
little trouble a- Mr. Jon:-; state 1 is requir
ed in the process, it is the most profitable
crop we can grow. In conversation with
him. another point was elicited, to wit:
that when tea is raised in localities near
the coast, when the plants are once es
tablished, nearly all the laborcomes during
the healthy seasons of the year, and after
.rui1,..,-Inc. the nlantev/>_ ‘-.1-,, „..,i —i
<= , - -- -fnru...,^ s^uu
most of the summer m a more health'-
ycality. ’ ’ s
\nsit to Jefferson Davis —The V
0- Picayune makes the following extract
from a letter from a nephew of Mr. Davis
written to a fiend, and dated Newport,
September 1 3th, uit :
to ' m" 2 W ‘ th J i° u ’ Icalne directly
and thi r . Mon T roe i thence to New York
mv in'Jo-h’d” - ' J remained two "days with
ffiG.lr tn l’ i OU “ d i 1!IU bravo in spirit but
“7 ir ' body, and not at all hopeful of a
siL.eijj re *°ase, Never wus I more im
pressed with the dignity of his character
than during the few hours I passed with
him in prison. Calm, brave, and firm in ■
his convictions of the rectitude of his past
conduct, he asks only for the opportunity
of a public trial to justify himself before
the world. This, I fear, will never lie ac
corded him. The only thing then left him
wall be to vindicate himself and the people
he represented, through the medium of a
publication of the history of our struggle.
“Mrs. IDavis is living comfortably in the
Fort with one u/ her children.
Peasant Lire in Prussia.
The Prussian tier. act. as a rule, wo~hs
a* iiaiu a;, .ue nearer, oil. u hauler, when
greedy to save, and the living and outward
appearance is not very diitirent. 'The
laborer wants his coat an ! all his garments
m the same cut as the peasant and the
landlord, and if the material is of rougher
I cloth oi mixed material, and if the finer
Wedding coat, reserved for church-going
omy, does not remain in the newest fashion,
there is in a .eruiati laborer no class look.
No more wnl you meet in his countenance
tlm bonne took and unintelligent stare
which you encounter twenty miles out of
London m the agricultural population; nor
have 1 6r heard or seen (icrnian laborers
begging the largess, as English will, when
you go in autumn to the seaside and stroll
along a country road, where men are
: Investing. Most, people, if not burdened
with large families ot children, manage to
save money for times of sickness, or, if
preserved therefrom, to give the children
an easier start. Doctoring is contracted
for by the landlord, and costs nothing t*
the laborer. There are i\o poor fates or
unions in the country. The family tics are
very close, ami protect aged, infirm or
orphan relations from want, these being
often still ot use at hocie to look after the
smaii children and prepare meals when tin
wile is out earning wages, 'i he landlord
will keep those who have no other sup
port ; lie cannot drive them from his estate.
Many laborers arc born and die on the
same estate, and good landlords will have
lew changes. The more exacting and
worse-paying landlord will get more notices
t -0 . quit, and as a necessary consequence
will have a less efficient staff of laborers.
All removals arc made on the same day,
twice a year, in spring and autumn, the
landlords sending their wagons to fetch
their new laborer with lus family and
goods from their previous place of abode,
generally not many miles distant. The
diet ot the laborers consists generally of a
soup of milk and Hour, or meal or groats
for breakfast: a variety of ste-.vs, pudding,
and dishes of potatoes peas, flour, buck
wheat, dried fruit, etc., for dinner; and
salt meat three times a week, and boiled
potatoes and herring for supper; brown
bread forming a considerable accompani
ment at all meals. Fresh mutton and beef
are rare, and when obtained from the
killing at the nmns : on, it is consumed
boiled. The fare is not rich, but it is pro
during strong tnen and women, with flesh
on their bones and healthy complexions, as
any one can see passing across the country.
Cromwell's involution of the Hump
Parliament.
The 20tli, 1053, is the date of this me
morable event. The parliament by which
Charles I. had been met and overcome, had
dwindled down by various purgations to
about fifty-three members, who aimed at
becoming a sort of mild oligarchy for the
administration of the commonwealth.
They were deliberating on a bill for the fu
ture representation, in which they should
have a permanent place, when Cromwell
resolved to make an end of them. It was
the last incident m the natural series of a
revolution, placing military power above
all other. _
Cromwell, having ordered a company of
musketeers to follow him, entered the
House in “plain black clothes and worsted
stockings,” and, sitting down, listened for
a while to their proceedings. Hearing at
length the question put, that the bill do
pass, lie rose, put off bis hat, and began to
speak. In the course of his address lie
told them of their self-seeking and delays
of justice, till at length Sir Peter Went
worth interrupted himwitha remonstrance
against such language. Then, blazing up,
he said, “we have had enough of this ; I
will put an end to your prating.”
Stepping into the floor of the House,
and clapping on his hat, he commenced a
violent harangue, which he occasionally
emphasized by stamping w.tli bis feet, and
which came mainly to this : “It is not fit
you should sit here any longer—you have
sat too long for any good you have been
doing lately. You shall now give place to.
better men.” “Call them in !” he ex
claimed, and his officer Harrison and a file
of soldiers entered the House. Then pro
ceeding : “You are no parliament ? Sonic
of you are drunkards” —bending astern
eye upon Mr. Chaloner ; “some of you
are a word expressive of a worse
immorality, and he looked at Henry Martin
and Sir Peter Wentworth; “living in open
i contempt of God’s commandment . Some
l of you are corrupt, unjust persons ; how
i canyou.be a parliament for God’s people ?
| Depart I say, and let us have done with
j you. Go !”
lie lifted his mace from the table aud
gave it to a musketeer, to be taken away.
He caused Harrison to give his hand to
Speaker Lenthal and lead him down from
the chair. The members, cowed by his
violence and the sight of his armed men,
moved gloomily out of the house. “It is
the Lnr<] rhat hath-causer! - •* ’
he said, “T have sou. • fat IJc wo tin
rather slay me than pat imi upon doing
this work.” Sir Hairy Vane ventured a
r, t: ivostranc" 'Dp Harry Vane.”
exclaimed the lord Ci ueral “the Lori! iß
liver me from Sir Harry Vane!” When
all-had gone out, he csuie out. too, .t.id
locked the door, from that time he was
master of the three kingdoms for about
five and half years.
Turnips.
“Sow turnips; don’t neglect it. Five
j hundred bushels of turnips are equal to
. three hundred and fifty bushels of com
■ when fed to stock.”— [Exchange.
Not quite. One hundred pounds of tur-
I nips contain from ninety-one to ninety-two
per cent, of water, while new Indian corn
contains but eighteen percent., leaving in
the case of turnips eight or nine pounds in
the hundred of dry nutritive matter, and
in that of corn, eighty-two. Quite a dif
ference. For feeding stock, fifty-two
pounds of corn, according to the experi
ments of Petri, and filly-nine according to
those of Rou-sengait, are equal to one
hundred pounds of good meadow bay ;
while different cx;,„, orients show trial it
takes from three to six hundred pounds of
. turnips to afford the same nourishment for
animals. The turnip, it has thus been
proved by experiment, owimr to its large
percentage of water possesses small cont
i parative nutritive value. But in auother
i point ol view the turnip crop is very im
portant. There are tew if any crops from
! which can be derived so much nourishment
peracre. If it takes according to the va
rieties of corn and turnips selected, or (lie
species of animals to which they are fed,
from six to ton bushels of turnips to
equal in nutritive value one bushel oi'com,
an acre of turnips prepared and cultivated
properly, will feed considerably more stock
than an acre of corn, and a further advan
tage of the turnip crop is that after a
drought or other casualty by which tiie
corn and forage crops are cut off, there i
still time to prepare the ground, and if
stable and lot manure is not to bo obtained,
its place can be fully supplied by guano
and super phosphate of lime used together,
thus, with proper preparation of the 'oil,
several hundred bushels of turnips can be
made a sure thing, on loamy or sandy
loamy lands. Upon stair clays there is con
siderably more difficulty, but there are very
lew plantations on which there is not a
good deal of soil that can be made to pro
duce goes ‘Krnins ; and further, stock arc
found to thrive bliter if they are fed a poi
tion of’grten food during the winter than
if confined entirely to dry forage. Indeed,
w ih the addition of a little straw, they can
be not only withered, but. fattened on tur
nips. Many fail to raise good crops of
turnips, but of lute years we are getting
more and more into the opinion thaQif the
requisite care, skill and manure be applied,
it is a very sure crop.— Southern Culti
vator.
Gathering Cotton—Suggestions to
Planters.
A planter ot Limestone county*, Ala.,
communicates the following to the Hunts
; ville Independent :
. Now, Mr. Editor, that the cotton crop
j ls cbt snort, it would be well for the plan
ter to consider how to turn it to the mo.l
great care and expedition ior th-*
dews and atmosphere injur .j* ev ,r* v ',,,*7-
i.r.a, altt jit ope:;-:—it Isea.ln ■•ami ’.via
away the oils which gloss and strength :i
it. and gives it the rich cream color and
I designate? a good article. From the time
it opens waste and deterioration begin.
» A g i|t° drou S }lt liiG plant is stunted and
i the bolls so near the ground that when it
i rains the clay and dirt is spattered upon
a :‘d stains it. And again, it should be
; ginned early, and with great care, \Yo
■ shou.u get the best machinery to separate
the lint from the seed, trash and dirt,
; without breaking it. It is more important
to do it carefully than rapidly; better to
use gins that will do it well, picking two
bales per diem rather than four V ' IJT M
small crop as this tho , e js abundant
uor to save it, if it can be made available.
■ Another question it is be-t to gather
while ti e weather is good and house it,
j and delay ginning, which may be done m
bad weather?. This isowing to tin: amout
:of crop produced, as a general rule cut
I undoubtedly if' it can be ginned as it is
i gathered, it is most economical ior fevcral
reasons : its quality is better ; it dete
riorates less : it will soil for more ; is . Ut
cf the way ; debts are paid, interest saved.
The planter can sum up profit ami loss,
and decide whether to continue the busi
ness, and if so, has more time to prepare for
the nest crop. Now. wiiiio every planter
knows all; this, and is preparing for it, yet
it may be well to stimulate by timely no
tice: therefore Ft. every resource be
, brought into requisition to secure labor to
gather and save all the cotton made. The
new system will require all our energies
and ingenuity to make available the only
material we have. Planter.
Reports from the West indicate that the
damage from the late floods t as not been
as serious as was anticipated. It is thought
that the chief effect will be on the quality
of the crop, and a large amount of damaged
corn may be looked lor in the market.