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MKDXEBDIY MOKMNb. AI’UII- 17. j
iov. .icnklns' Address 10 Hie People or
Georgia.
We feel assured that our readers will I
erjuire no extended notice of this impor
tant document, to induce them to give it
hi earn©*' and attentive perusaL It speaks
for itself, and, like all the utterances of its
distinguished author, gives forth no ‘Un
certain sound,
The lateness of the hour at which it
came into our hands—just as wc were going
to press—prevents our giving any extended
notice of the great truths which it contains,
and the very valuable advice which is
given to the people of the State in relation
to the duties of the hour. In onr next
issue we propose to review, Somewhat at
length, the points made in this calm, dig
nified and Statesmanlike document.
Threatening Sews from Europe.
Tiie telegraphic news from I.urope of
a warlike nature. Prussia speaks defiantly
to France in demanding a cessation of
warlike preparations; but it is safe to
presume, for the present at least, that
nothing serious will gro* out of the de
mands of the former power. Napoleon
the Third hgs more of the Talleyrand in
his composition than his illustrious uncle,
who would not, for a moment, brook the
insultingmessage of the Prussian Minister.
He would readily accept the gauntlet so
defiantly thrown down. The present Em
peror is a diplomat. France is not now
prepared to engage in a struggle which
would undoubtedly involve the great
powers of Europe in a terrible, desolating
war. Napoleon^will bide bis time, and
when France is ready, Prussia will need
something more than her needle guns to
sustain herself.
An European war at this juncture would
be most destructive to this unfortunate
■action of tWf Inion. England could ngt
well maintain neutrality in a war between
France and Prussia. In that event our
great staple would decline ruinously, and
breadstuff- and provisions would advance
rapidly. < ,'otton, sick as it is now, would
then become a drug on the market, and
then the high rates of the necessaries of
life would bring suffering, if not starvation,
to our own doors. V> e, therefore, have
every reason to desire that there will be
no war in Europe at this time. U the
I nited States could be involved in war
with a foreign country, however, it would
havethe beneficial resultofhcaling our pres
ent political difficulties. But a war in which
this country would occupy the position ol
a neutral would be unfortunate for the
South.
Kadlcal Equality.
Radical equality, as enforced by Radical
power, mean; neither more nor less titan
the elevation of Radical leaders to office
and emoluments, and the exclusion of
every (Tne else, white and black. The
National Intelligencer, in rebuking the
supiueness of the Conservatives in Wash
ington city, thus displays the position as
signed the “dear colored friends” in the.
“impartial suffrage law” passed by ♦Con
gress for the District of Columbia :
“VVo know it is said that the negro vote
will go as it did in (ieorgetown, solid for
the kadi eat demagogues, who expect to
control it; and so it will if our citizens
studiously repel it. Hut it is easy enough
to show unit negro sutlrago means simply,
ill Radical parlance, negro voting to help
white demagogues into cilice. The offices
arnatl to he filled, nniler this “impartial
sutlrago law," by white men. No negro
is permitted to he a Councilman or mem
ber of the Hoard of Aldermen, or to hold
any olliee. The meanest negro is a good
enough round in the ladder to lielpa white
demagogue to climb, hut the most intelli
gent negro is not good enough to aspire to
that demagogue's ambition. Yet this is
tlie Radical idea of equality and impartial
suffrage!"
The Sentiments of a Freedman.
The Macon Journal if Messenger says:
“ We i find in the Valdosta (Ga.) Timex
the proceedings of a f'recdmen’s meeting
held in that, place on the 20th ult. The
assembly was addressed by several colored
men, one of whom, Moses Hodge, is rg.
ported as having given utterance to the
following sentiments, which are as credit
able to his intelligence as they arc hon
orable to his heart :
“ 1 n response to a call, Moses 1 lodge took
(lie floor. He spoke in a manner earnest,
sincere and impressive, lie said: I am
an unlearnt man —not used to speaking;
but I know what 1 feel and think. I was
born in Georgia, lama Southern horn
man and expect to die here. I was once
a slave, had to obey,a master. I am a
l'rccduiau now and must obey the laws of
the country. 1 have no ill fueling against
the white man because. I was once a slave.
1 hope the white man has no ill feeling to
ward me because I am free. So far as"l
know and have seen, 1 find no bad feeling
between us. When I whs a slave I was
not abused. Since I have been free no one
has tried to wrong me in any way. 1 have
lived in this town six years, and I never
bad cause to complain of any one. I find
that my slrai jhtest steps are my best ones.
1 know that, a man that acts right will
have respect. The colored man that, be
haves polite'y will meet politeness and
always have friends. I have lived here six
years and expect to die here. lam wil
ling to live here among my white friends,
and 1 believe they are willing for me to
stay here. 1 believe this, and l judge
from the way 1 am treated. I speak for
myself, for 1 know my own feelings, t
am willing to trust my white friends I
know them. lam a Georgian from the
bottom of my heart—yes, trOm the sole of
my foot to the crown of my head. 1 wish
lo see this town prosper and this country
prosper. 1 wish the welfare of my white
friends and my colored friends We all
live here and expect to live here. I know
ive can get along in a kind and friendly
manner, and be a help to one another, and
believe we will. When 1 live among peo
ple and know them and find them kind, 1
am willing to trust them. I trust people 1
Know. I give my .true feelings. L speak
for myself. 1 wish mi colored friends to
prosper ami iny white friends to prosper.
1 wish Valdosta to grow yet more and
have a large business. I wish our whole
country to do Well."
The Situation of thf. Vai.i.ey of
the Mississippi. —A New Orleans corre
spondent of the Charleston Courier thus
depicts the lamentable condition of the
people in the valley of the Mississippi:
“The disasters this year have been appall
ing. Heaven only knows what is to be
come of us, ravaged by war. prostrated by
(stillno and tire and pestilence, and now
desolated by tlood. Kate never seems to
weary of persecuting the unfortunte—on
horror's head horrors always accumulate,
and never was a more cruel truth uttered
than is contained in that terrible hyper
bole, “to him who hathslialt tie given, and
from him that hath not shall be taken away
even that which lie bath.” They say— the
knowing ones -that the worst is" over now,
and that wo need fear no further calamity
until the 'June rise.’ With a marvellous
perseverance out- unconquerable people
nave gone to work bravely to repair the
damages. Now cropswiil Have to bo sown
in many pi * os, stock replaced and instru
ments purchased, and the expenses of re
pairing the crevasses will bear heavily on
the state, little alile now to meet any unu
sual expenditure. It' ‘a bravo man strug -
gling withthe stormsof fate' is the choicest
sight that gods approve, surely we have
shown ourselves worthy of their approba
tion."
TuahkhV at .Jefferson Barracks.—
The Missouri Democrat, of the 2Sth, j
makes the following astounding state
ment :
A homicide ras committed at Jefferson j
Barracks yesterday morning, between nine i
and ten o'clock, the details of which, as ■
related to us, if true, exhibit a degree of
brutality, on the part of an officer, seldom '
equalled in crime:
The statement is. that a private of the 1
:id I'nited States light artillery, stationed I
at Jefferson Barracks, had beep engaged
in joking and tormenting anew recruit. I
The recruit reported the soldier to Capt. I
Maxwell, of the 3d artillery, who sent i
word to the soldier to come to his room.
’1 he soldier did not obey the order, and
the Captain went to the soldier s quarters,
and there, after some words, struck him a i
heavy blow with his fist on his neck,
knocking the man down. Some of his i
comrades nicked the soldier up aud laid 1
him on Ins bunk, when the Captain j
dragged him out upon the floor, and i
kicked him a number of times, causing the i
mans death.
It is further stated that the orderly scr- j
geant sent a soldier to inform the Coroner
of the occurrence, and that the Captain 1
had the soldier stopped and placed the I
sergeant under arrest.
Wool. Carpi no.—Our enterprising fel
low-citizen, Col. E. Steadman, will have
in operation, by the Ist day of May. at the
village of Steadman, in this county, ma
chinery lor Wool carding. We 'are in
formed that the machinery is entirely new,
and the br.it that is made.—Covington Ex...
huh.
Cotton is bringing in this market from
20 to 21 cents, fora good article.— Coring
fin Examiner, h)th.
The Mass Meeting,
The mass meeting of coloucl people
came off at the Parade Ground yesterday.
As near as wc could judge about five hun
dred persdtis were present, made and
female.
The proceedings took quite an unex
pected turn. The whole programme had j
been, “cut* and dried.” This unfortunate j
eotiipFxion of affairs forestalled an
trammeled the meritorious intentions oft ic
Ix-st friends of me colored people who were
present, to consult and advise as to the
best measure- to be adopted for the pros
perity ot both races.
Home of the intelligent and respectable
men who signed the call, having ascer
tained the object of the meeting to be
purely political and antagonistic to their
j white friends, withdrew their support, and
j refused to appear on the platform.
i'x-Guvernor Johnsop, Judge Starnes
and lion. H. W. Hilliard addressed the
meet in v in favor of harmony between both
races.
Speeches were also made by tin* follow
ing colored men : Revs. Shuften and Car
ter. and Simeon Beard, and a white man
named Richardson, all in favor of the Radi- :
cal party.
We regret very much the spirit of ill
feeling and antagonism exhibited by some
of the colored speakers. We desire, hon
?-t!y and sincerely, the welfare and social
and political improvement of the colored
race. We know that the good and intel- !
ligent white people of Georgia are their
best friends, and that they are willing to
aid them in all laudable undertakings.
Governor Johnson and Judge Starnes and
other leading and influential citizens
gave their presence to the meeting for
that purpose, having been invited !
there to advise the. colored people as
to their duty under existing relations.
They were surprised, therefore, to find
that the meeting was entirely political, the
programme having been so arranged as to
forestall their good intentions. The reso
lutions were printed, and were read imme
diately after prayer. The meeting was
run and controlled by a few emissaries who
have no sympathy or interest in common
with the colored people of the South.
These follows come here to sow discord,
and to use the votes of the blacks for selfish
political advancement. < fur people desire to
live in harmony and peace with their late
slaves. The white men of the South are
their best friends, but the proceedings of'
such meetings as that of yesterday are not
calculated to cement the ties of friendship I
between the raqes.
We will frankly say that we believe the
proceedings of this meeting did not meet
with tire approval of the great majority of
the intelligent and respectable portion of
the colored people of this city.
The speeches have been deferred until
Tuesday morning, when we hope to present
sucli as are of general interest.
In this connection, we take pleasure in
stating that Captain Dagget, an officer of
the United States army, who, with some
brother officers, was present on the plat
form, unqualifiedly and unreservedly dis
approves of the temper, tone and spirit of
the meeting arid resolutions. He was in
vited, as he thought, to a meeting having
in view the interchange of such views be
tween the whites and blacks as would
be productive of kind feelings and
good results. He deprecates the
spirit of antagonism exhibited and
sought to be introduced, by designing
mean and base creatures, between the two
races, whose destiny is one and whose in
terests are the same. In justice to Cap
tain Dagget and brother officers, we feel
authorized in saying that they were de
ceived as to the object of tlie meeting, and
. that the proceedings do not meet their
approval. This statement is due to these
gentlemen, and we cheerfully make it, as
the impression might be produced, from
their presence at the meeting, that they
sanctioned its proceedings.
In order to show our readers the animus
of the meeting, we present the preamble
and resolutions. In all sincerity we must
say that we regret very much that uny_
portion of tlie colored men of Augusta
should place themselves in a position
antagonistic to their best interests. These
resolutions arc in extremely bad taste, and
proclaim distinctly that the white and
black men of the South are enemies. But
we believe the assertion false and slander
ous. The white people and the black are
and must be friends. Here arc tho resolu
tions adopted.
tin tlie meeting being called to order the
following resolutions were read by Simeon
Beard, colored:
Whereas, Tho American Nation was
thrown into a tierce, destructive civil war
as over convulsed a nation of tiie earth,
caused by the existence of partial laws,
which denied to one portion of its-people
rights which the other jiortioii enjoyed;
and
Whereas, fine portion of its people waged
tiiis war to perpetuate this system ot par
tial laws, while tho other portion waged
war for their abolition; and
Whereas, This system of laws was de
stroyed by tlie war, and all tlie people
declared equal before the law ; and
Whereas, This equality is not recognized
by certain States which made war upon
the Nation ; and
liVicrcd.y, The State of Georgia refuses to
recognize tiiis equality of law; and
HVktcux, The Union Republican Party
is the exponent of this law : Therefore—
Hesotved, That tlie loyal citizens of
Georgia should give their united and con
tinued support to tiiis party which has
saved the life of tiie Nation, and made all
the people equal before tlie law.
Jte.Kilveit, That no distinction should be
made in the enjoyment and exercise of
political rights and privileges among men
on account of race or color.
ltesotved, That laws should be so con
structed as to enable all men a fair aud equal
chance pi acquire, hold, protect, and de
fend property, aud to protect and defend
ilicie persons.
Hesotved, That the people should be
taxed in proportion to their property, and
not otherwise.
Hesotved, That tlie Elective Franchise
and the Juror privilege are the bestpro
tection-wliii Ii a nation can give to its peo
ple, and that the right to one includes the
right to the other.
7,V,«.. ieed. That all punishments which j
the law inflicts upon men, subjecting their i
persons to torture, is a relict of barbarism,
and none but a people barbarous in their
nature will sutler such punishments to be
inflicted.
.deed, That those who ’gave tlieir
services lo tlie war for the crushing of the
rebellion, and the widows and orphans of
those who sacrificed tlieir lives in the
same cause, are entitled to, and should >
receive, the nation's care, protection and ;
gratitude.
Hesotved, That the National Debt, in
curred forthe suppression of tlie rebellion, j
is a sacred obligation, and the National
honor and faith should forever bo pledged
to its faithful payment; but that all debts
incurred for the'support of the rebellion j
are forever void, and should never be as- !
sumed liy neither State nor Nation.
HesoUed, That Constitutions, Laws and j
Legislators are subordinate to the will of j
tlie poopie. and should liy them be changed,
modified and controlled, when, iu their
disere’.ion, their interests demand it.
H. deed, That labor is the basis of hu
man happiness, and that the chief object Os
legislation should be to protect it iu its
rights, aud honor its high culling.
Hesotved. ThatFreeSctioolsand Churches
are tlie guardians of civil and religious lib
erty, And the foundation ofCivilization and
Christianity, and should be established ill
ovi ry town and precinct in tlie Nation.
; /. v That meu and nations are de
; : upon God, the Ruler of the I'ni
i irsv, for all blessings vouchsafed unto
j them, ami that they should conform their
I laws and actions to His precepts, render-
I ing unto Him homage in all things.
A protracted meeting is now going on
at the Methodist Church in this city.
Rev. Mr. Haywood, Presiding Elder on
the Rome Circuit, is in attendance.— •
Home Courier, 11 th.
M.\-s Meeting of Freedmen.—A large
mass meeting of freedmen was held, on
Monday afternoon last, at the Four Mile
Post on the Augusta road. Several
speakers addressed the meeting, after
which the Reconstruction Act and the act
supplemental thereto were ordered tobe
printed i’or general circulation. A collec
tion was taken up to defray the expenses
of the printing, when tlie meeting ad
journed.—Sue. Republican. Wth.
The State vs. Moses Foster.—The
case of Moses Foster, for killing Staff (in
attempting to arrest him on the 25th of
March t wasbrought before his Honor Judge
John Taylor, of Chattooga county, on Sat
urday. the6th inst.. and after a thorough
investigation, his Honor granted the fol
lowing order!
Chattooga* County Court, April 6,
1867- —1 If Statcis. M. Coster. —Upon the
hearing of this cause, it is ordered by the
Court that, inasmuch as the circumstances
-how the offence to have been justifiable
| homicide, the defendant be discharged and
! the warrant dismissed.
John F. Taylor, C. J.
-r- Rome Courier, 11 th.
Rain! Rain!—\Ye have had an abun
dance of rain for the past tew weess,
which has operated very much against the
farming interest of our section. Wheat,
however, i- looking exceedingly flourishing,
and, with no future disaster, promises an
abundant harvest. —Covington Examiner,
i 10 th.
The Government and the Telegraph.
During the session of the Thirty-ninth ;
Congress an effort was made, wc believe,
to put through a bill having in view the j
seizure of the telegraph lines throughout
the country, to be run and controlled cither
by the Postmaster-General or some other
member of the Cabinet. It may be,
however, that Congress intended to create
anew department, the head of which was 1
to be styled the Telegraph-General, and ;
also to be a member of the Cabinet.
Whatever may have been the intentions
of the advocates of this measure, the sub- 1
ject did not meet with much favor. The
motives actuating the supporters of a Gov
ernment Telegraphic Department are bad. ;
They are of a purely political character.
The effort was for party purposes, and the
huge machinery o f such an institution
would be run entirely in the interest of the
dominant political party.
Even - species of bribery and corruption
would prevail, and there would, of course,
be no protection for the private rights of
the citizen, which require fidelity, precis
ian, and dispatch. The move was a bad
ono, and we are glad it failed. The matter
had passed from our mind until an article
in the Times met our eye. The vieWs con
tained therein are so sensible and express
ive of our own ideas, that we republish it
here:
MANAGEMENT OF THE TELEGRAPH.
We have mora than once called attention
to the fact that in several of the countries
of Europe tliennanagement of the tele
graph rests in the hands of the Govern
ment, and that this has resulted in re
ducing the r;«tes, and rendering the lines
of much wider and more general utility.
A proposition has been made, and pressed
with some earnestness, in Congress, for
the adoj ' a . i\ ‘lds
country.
We tal <> o :-a>. n ' a- ltsrt previous
reference.-. ■ should oe m ■
, derstood. tliai do i ’ 1 irso orapp:-
tiiis sell! . ■ * \.
an utter rioa
every wf ■ -.inii: ■•■: rat <u. of the tele
graph. fhei
system which works well in France. Bel
gium or Prussia vo> hi tv ik very Kadi
here: and foremost among them is the
! fact that stability in the agents and
methods of administration, which is so
; easily secured there, would be utterly un
attainable here. Still, integrity, intelli
gence and special qualifications are indis
pensable for telegraphic service, and these
! can only be had by retaining competent
, persons permanently in their places and
allowing nothing whatever to interfere
with tills rule.
In this country, as every one knows, the i
telegraph system would Very speediiy be j
managed precisely as the postal or the |
revenue service is now. It would be made |
at once an instrument of party politics— |
subject to all the vicissitudes and degrada- j
tions which belong to every other Depart
ment of the Government which falls into
thq hands of political parties. .Operators, j
clerks, directors and managers of every j
grade would be employed and discharged !
for political reasons and as the emergencies
of party service might require. Nothing j
could lie more fatal to a service which de
pends so wholly as the telegraph does
upon precision, accuracy and prompti
tude, than such a system as this. Con
gress might as well undertake to run all
the railroads in the country, and fix the
time-tables on every route, as to manage
all the lines of telegraph.
The tendency ol public sentiment is in
tlie opposite direction —toward placing as
many of the. great branches of the public
service in private hands, and as few in the
hands of Government as possible. We
are confident the people would greatly
prefer placing the postal service in the
hands of private companies, to putting the
telegraph lines under tlie management of
tho Government. Public place is falling
every year more and more into tlie hands
of men who seek it for personal profit—
whose only object is to secure from it as
much money as possible within a given
time. The teiiure of office being inevitably
i short, where party ascendancy is so pre
carious, they learn to regard honor, fidelity
and faithful public service us considera
tions wholly subordinate to the leading
motive, which is their own personal ad
vantage.
The management of telegraph line§ in
this country lias already reached a very
high ]xfint of excellence and is improving
[ every day. It is a service which depends
I very largely on experience, and which
j cannot be subjected to frequent changes
j and transfers without serious detriment,
j The groat body of the people have far
| more to hope from the telegraph, in the
way of cheapness and dispatch, in the
hands of its present managers, than they
j would have if it were handed over to the
Government.
Spiritualism Exploded In Louisville,
Kentucky.
A committee of newspaper men—one
from the Louisville Courier and the other
from the Journal —have been facetiously
j engaged in researches in Practical Spiritual
ism, with considerable practical results.
| The “one” of the Courier furnishes the
following memoir:
A RICH SCENE.
For several days past the spiritualist,
; Church, who was exposed some time ago,
had an advertisement in tho city newspa
pers that he would give a spiritual seance
on last niglit-at Heck’s Hall, with lights
burning all the time, and would also ex
pose tlie whole phenomena of spiritual
ism, and explain tlie expositions of oilier
spiritualists throughout the country.
| The attendance at tlie hall last night was
not as large as might he expected, but con
sisted of perhaps about one hundred per
sons, ladies and gentlemen. Tho admis
| sion fee charged was half a dollar for
l each-person,
. The performance opened by the younger
Church, tho medium, making a brief
speech, setting forth that he had not given
this exhibition to expose spiritualism, but
merely to expose its wonders and allow the
public to judge of tlie tnithof the doctrine.
At the end of the hall at which the speak
er delivered himself, there was a platform
erected which was completely enclosed by
a heavy capvass, almost impervious to
light. This was called the cabinet, and in
this the medium wus to give his demon
strations. A committee from the audience
was appointed and {upon this committee
there happened to be two newspaper men,
one from the Journal, and one of “ours.”
When Church went into the cabinet, he
was to be secured to tlie chair. While
this was being done by the Courier man,
the Journal fellow was stitching the rear
of tlie medium's pants to the back of the
i chair, lie also took a few stitches through
tlie collar of his shirt and coat. The medi
um was then left alone in the cabinet, and
promise was given of tlie speedy appear
ance of “N iniwatikee,” the great Indian,
and the little Swiss girl. A gentleman
with a Grecian nose and green glass spee
, tacles then played several doleful tunes on
! the violin, during which time it was sup
posed the spirits would be in the cabinet.
Hut tlie fiddler fiddled, and the audience
waited patiently for over an hour, and no
| spirits came. They were “sewed up.”
j Those stitches in the rear of the medium's
pants, which also had gone in and taken
hold in his drawers, did the work. He
was tight. He couldn’t get out of his
clothes or the chair without breaking
some of the •ords. The accordeon and
bones were in the opposite end of the
cabinet, about twelve feet from him, and
not a somid could he get out of them.
‘Niinwaukee” and the “Little Swiss”
were not around. They were done for.
After about two hours’ work in the
cabinet, the audience in the hall keeping
very orderly all the time, it was announced
that tiie medium could not concentrate
the'spiritual influence, and.the audience
was requested to come back to-morrow
night. The medium was too tight, and tlie
audience knew it. The Journal man had
fixed him, and they commenced hallooing
for their money to be refunded. The,llev.
Jenkins, who was a partner before, was
prisent nearly all night but slid out at this
crisis. Old Ilian Church then announced
that the money would be returned at the
door ; hut on the people going there it was
found that the door-keeper, a fellow named
Henry Meyers, had left. The crowd then
became rampant. They seized the two
Churches and led tliein down stairs on
Jefferson street to swing them to a tree,
or give them a terrible beating, but just at
this time, when tlie Churches were beg
ging for mercy and praying, Meyers was
found with tlie money box. They then
took all of them back up stairs in the hall,
ami made Meyers refund the money, which
lie did in a hurry. The scene was a most
ludicrous oqe. The excited crowd drag
ging old Church and his son down stairs,
bustling them around, and threatening
them, and they begging and pleading for
dear life. They certainly thought their
time had come, and we have no doubt but
that they have ere this skedaddled from
the city) and we are l id of another batch of
rascals. —Louisville Courier, 30 th ult.
Siberians in Paris.—A letter from
Paris says that a body of peasants, from
the depths of Siberia, have come to Paris
and put up wooden cabins like those
their own country, near the Palace of Ex
position. “They suffer horribly from the
mildness of our climate. The other day,
when it was freezing hard enough to split
rocks, one of them cried out with a melan
choly air: ‘Oh. my God, when will it
get cool here ?’ Another thinking it ajmid
sqturner, arrayed himself in a calico gown.
Atxi a third thus wrote to his father :
'The heat is excessive at Paris : would you
believe it ? For eight days that we have
been here my nose has not frozen a single
time !’ ”
Dr. Durbin, the great Methodist orator,
once attempted to preach from the text,
“Remember Lot's wife,” and made a
failure. Afterward, remarking to Dr.
Bond that he did not know the reason of
his failure, the venerable doctor replied
that he “ had better thereafter let other
people’s wives alone.' ’
A young gentleman who passed an A No.
1 examination at a celebrated law school
in New England, a year ago, turns out to
be a beautiful and fast young lady, of
good family, who was in 1863 a Second
Lieutenant in the army.
A young gentleman who had just mar
ried a little undersized beauty, says she
would have been made taller, but she is
made of such precious material that nature
couldn't afford it.
, An editor says he has become so hollow
from depending on the printing business
j for bread that he proposes to sell himself
1 for a stove-pipe.
Bublic Debt of the United States, j
—The following is a statement of the Pub- j
lie Debt of the United Stateg ou the Ist of
April, 1867 : . _
DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST.
Five percent.
Bonds 8198,091,350 00
Six per cent.
Bonds of’67
and ’6B 15,482,641 SO
Six per cent.
Bonds, isSl 283,745,600 00
Six per cent.
5-20 Bonds.. 989,562,000 00
Navy Pension
Fund 12,500,000 00
DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST.
Six per cent.
Bonds. 12,922,00.0 00 t
3-year Com
pound In
terest Notes 139,028,630 00
3- year 7-30
Notes 582,330,150 09
Matured debt not presented
for payment 12,525,G53 32 i
DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST.
U. S. Notes . 375,417,249 00
F raetio nal
Currency... 29,217,494 90
Gold Certifi
cates of De
posit 12,590,600 00
Total debt 2,063,713,374 18
Amount i u
Treasury
Coin 1. 105,956,477 22
Amount In
Treasury
Currency... 34,32.8,820 52
Amount of Debt, less Cash
in Treasury 2,523,428,070 41
The foregoing is a correct statement of
the public debt, as appears from tlie Books
and Treasurer's returns in tlie Department
oil tlie Ist of April. lsi>7,
Hugh McCulloch,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Return of hie Cov,.uitteb. —Tlie e. m
in.t .e f three citizens—Judge Wni, T.
Gould and Messrs. Josiah Sibley and K.
I_ ' *"*• on a visit
Thursday morning from Montgomery.
The of-jiv; .if the Committee was toad
vise with General Pope In referee e to our
municipal affairs. We learn mat they
were courteously received, and that tlie
interview was satisfactory-in every respect.
It is understood that no change will be
made for the present, as the headquarters
of the District are now being moved to
Atlanta. If any changes are to be made >
the Committee feel assured that good men
will be appointed to the vacancies.
I General Pope earnestly desires the co-
I operation of the civil authority in main
taining order and enforcing tlie law. Let
| our people lend a hearty support, and there
i will be no danger from the military.
First Instalment. —The, Nashville
j Union <fc Dispatch of Friday says: That
amongst the freight on the Emma Hoyd,
! which arrived Tuesday night, Were :
5 bales of blankets,
, 100 camp kettles,
2 boxes hardware,
| 200 boxes hard bread,
i consigned to AV. G. Brownlow, “Comman
de-in-chief,” etc. Tiiis is the first install
ment of war material.
Revolution in Wedding Cards. —
The New York Evening Gazette announces
thut “the wedding-card system appears
to be in the throes of a revolution. There
is an obvious yearning after tlie indefinite
on the part of those engaged hi tlieir man
ufacture, and the efforts to produce some
thing novel.not unfrequently results in
tho grotesque. The ‘egg-shell’ style of
cards and the ‘crystalized’ are among the
latest phases of development. Several
new styles of type have also been intro
duced, and each succeeding wedding of
prominence produces a pleasant surprise
in this Hue. The only real trouble with
wedding cards'is that some friends of the
happy pair are sure to ho accidentally
overlooked in tho distribution, tints en
tailing much needless heart-burning and
discontent.”
John Setze.— A saving knowledge of
the truth, as regards buying tiie cheapest,
most elegant and most durable dry goods,
will undoubtedly lead a man, if in Au
gusta, Ga., to the popular store of John
Setze. There are few establishments in
tlie commercial community of the South
that stand so high as tlie one wo have just
mentioned. Everybody who ever lived
in Augusta, or went to Augusta, from the
remotest depths of antiquity to the present
I evil times, knows, or knew, the name of
Setze. The present Setze is a son of the
old aud honored Setze of those “ remote
depths,” and holds forth at the same
ancient and everlasting corner. He is a
genial gentleman and a most responsible
business man. He is an fait in liis calling,
and, during long and good service in tho
late war, did not unlearn his habits of
an urbane and reliable merchant. We call
particular attention to his card in another
column, aud bespeak for him the peren
nial remembrauoo of tho people of Edge
field District. —Edgefield Advertiser.
Cost of Building in New York.—
The New York Sun furnishes the follow
ing comparison of the cost of building in
the years 1860 and 1867 at the commercial
metropolis of the continent:
“The extravagant prices asked for
dwelling houses at the present time, and
the enormous rents demanded aud obtain
ed for everything in the shape of a habita
tion, naturally suggests tiie inquiries as to
why capitalists do not build. Tlie question
is partially answered by a brief review-of
the cost of building material in 1867 com
pared with that of 1860. Not only is tim
ber becoming more scarce every year, but,
•within tho last six years, The cost of labor
in every department, from wood-choppers
upward, has risen very largely. It costs
more to buy timber, more to fell it, more
to saw it up, and more to bring it into
market now than it ever did before. The
combined result of all this is manifest to
the builder, but he might hope to contend
with that alone did he not .find every other
requisite enhanced in value in the same or
a greater proportion. Tho difference in
some of the principal bvtilding materials
is about as follows;
1860. 1867.
Clear Pine $36 00 S9O 00
Lath 1 50 4 00
Spruce and Pine Timber 14 00 24 00
Lime 70 1 70
Bricks 5 00 11 50
Nails 3 10 10 00
White Lead 071 20
S6O 371 sl4l 40
“If other materials have increased in
value, in the same proportion as those
quoted, it will be seen that building mate
rials, which cost in 1860.51,000, will now
cost $2,350. In addition to this, the builder
lias to pay all his workmen very much
higher wages than formerly, so that tlia
totalpost of building is greatly increased,
and nothing but a tolerable certainty of
continued high rents will induce any one
to invest money in houses in times so
critical as the present.”
The Macon Journal a- Messenger gets
off the following about waterfalls :
“The Reason Why.—Some one
the reason thatmahy young ladies seem
to have a habit of staring, is simply be
i cause they cannot help it, as to keep in
fashion they are compelled to wear such a
bunch of stuff at the back of the'head that
the natural hair is drawn to tiie highest
| tension, and as the skin of the forehead is
drawn back, tlie eye-lids also get an up
ward tendency that leaves the impression
that the girls look bold and fierce.
“Its all a mistake. The dear creatures
are just as loveable as they ever were, and
they would be very willing to lower tlieir
eyelids if they could do so, w ithout lifting
the tremendous ball that is bound to the
bead in snch a disadvantageous position.
'•When the waterfalls get ignored by fash
ion, the girls will look as meek-eyed as
they did before tho advent of that mon
strosity of fashion.”
Crops in Texas. —From the Gonzales
Inquirer, 30th ult. :
The replanting of the corn crops is
pretty well finished throughout the county,
and some of it already up. Part of the
youDg corn injured by the cold weather
has come out,
Me have blooms on the peach trees, and
the prospect for about a third of a crop,
which, if the season should prove fine,
will, by reason of the improved quality of
the fruit, be equal to half a crop. There
will be no plums. The garden seeds
planted since the freeze are up, and, with
good rains, they will grow fast enough to
make up for lost time.
The G«bat Storm. —From the Waco
Register:
At first it was greatly feared that corn
and wheat crops were destroyed. But the
universal testimony ot the farmer.- with
whom we have conversed, now is, that
nothing but fruit trees have suffered seri
ous injury. But little corn was up at the
time of the storm. The blades of corn and
wheat were cut down to the ground, but
the freezing, fortunately- did not extend
sufficiently below the surface of the ground
as to destroy the life ot the plant.
The Bureau in Georgia.-A Wash
ington dispatch, of the Ist, says: Ihe
Freedmen s Bureau received a letter from
the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau
for Georgia, relative to affairs in that State,
i He reports that there are now 143 schools
i in operation, with 145 teachers and 7,847
pupils. Some difficulty has been experi
| enced in different parts of the State in
\ settling difficulties between freedmen and
I their employers. In the higher courts
I there is evidence of an increased disposition
to administer the laws justly. ”
°IB BASICXtro PONDKXCE. j,
Lommenc ■' Nix >. li l Campaign I
South- f /... -<(■;rotting Ex- ,
tensive- j ' to get Con-
O r ®s j r ..-.re Advance
ment—- n i ersqtry Cele
bration , lointments —
Austrian in—etc., etc.
' April 7th.
- ‘eii looked upon j
with no si iJ; ,. , J interest, is the !
status of th, (i and Radical*
partiestin • States. The fact
b f ? o i l ' ci 'it: .i. ; have dottbts j
of being ; u -,-* . ■ hing within j
! the border. t : ' , ry District” i
.to suit th. , in account of'
the'evident , ars that many of |
the late - . . .nth are beginning;
: to be distra- ;-,! -.vat : arty of pro-
I 9res*<on. : •• too much,” j
a j, !*■ wp a e ■ better class i
of the co .■ Ac: ae South did
not beeoj. • * -w. i pon the great
ol a! possession of
the South. . ci the Radicals
,\ e conc,u,jeSp ,e out square and
plain be r ■ and Wilson, who
lias been : <j r . ; , as a roving
uussiona round in his
recent s; as be does in
ii . n ‘ H :t: . ke Preacher
Hunuicu!? at iiii-ond promise of
nces to .•*,••* a seat at
bis table, a \ c and blessings (?)
unattain 1 . r hereafter,
because \\ >- n ■ and that way.
Like all ;■ j ; 1 3S no pains to |
unsay vr • • . U i u e party (who j
have bee: ; , : aifi e negroes in i
tlie Sou; he war) have
proclaim - in ; v ;etting entire '
the neg he knows
how thorov ;v man will be
swept < .n' t the party ac
quire un I, ears to commit
himself ■ Uunni 'utt, who rep
resents! t i . . .ring element of
exorcise 1 by pander ]
ing tot elevation and j
filthy hi jiutorial nw
reseuk t st,» mm
whites : th. lavi.slff
mente. > uli d the
arguMO’Ks V, »V iLsous. the >oor negroes
are nkely io be very much bewildered.
But the campaign is about commencing.
No doubt you will soon have high priests of
the Radical church discoursing in Georgia.
They disregard Sumner’s warning not to
risk their lives in converting the Southern
people, and, under the influence of a* fear
that their./itf/fy is in danger, boldy advance
into the enemies’ country to regulate busi
ness for the nqxt !’residential campaign.
Reports of petitions being presented be
fore the Supreme Court praying for an in
junction to prevent the provisions of the
reconstruction act being carried out, have
had the effect to revive the drooping
spirits of the Progressive party; and not
only is it intimated that the result will be
j having Congress back here again on the
! 3d of next July, but dark hints are thrown
i out that the great idea of confiscation,
brought forward by the “Great Com- j
moner” as his lastdying will and confession, I
during tie closing hours of the last ses- t
sion, will be resurrected from the grave to !
which it was consigned immediately after
its birth, and made a law on the statute
books sice by side with the other. Not a
few among the members of Congress,
despite the hot and dusty season, are
anxious to be here again in July, and
every ward with reference to the political
situation, or every act in relation thereto,
which emanates, from any prominent man
in the South is weighed, dissected and
studied, as never words were before. The
impelling power is party progress. There
must be advancement, and no masterly
inactivity. Without some new unheard
of scheme to bo foisted upon the people of
j the South, the Radical party will die
sooner than the time which, in the ordi
nary course of events, is laid oat for it. Get
Congress back here in July, wlierq modern
patriotism can be thrown in the balances
with hot weather, and there is hope of a
new tease; but there must be some excuse
for coming, and what better than evidence
that tlie President intends disregarding tho
provisions of the law, or that the Southern
States will war against it. The former has
been set at rest by the action of the Attor
ney General in tiie Supreme Court in de
claring that the law will be enforced; and
for the latter, no sane man can have but
i one opinion. There is no capital for the
Jacobins ; hut they are waiting and watch
ing, and hoping for something to “turn
upv” which will have the fortieth Con
gress back in formidable array almost be
fore the echoes of that eloquence which
rang throughout the representative hall in
its first session shall have ceased rebound
ing iu the corridors of the Capitol.
The negroes of this District are making
extensive preparations for the celebration
of the anniversary day of their emaneipa
| tion, which occurs on'the 16th inst. They
had such a celebration last year, when
about twenty-five thousand of their race
held high festival. The “contrabands”
from the South, who would join in the ex
ercises, rather dampened the ardor of the
District negroes, who considered them
selves a little superior to their brethren
from the South side of the Potomac, be
cause they u ere set free by special act of
Congress. The colored troops will parade
on the occasion.
It is noticed that the Herald and Times
of New York are preparing to made anoth
er tack, and give the Radicals the slip. Both
see the handwriting on the wall; Bennett
has been waning ever since his attacks on
hvimbug Barnum, ill connection with the
election in Connecticut commenced, and is
preparing for another jump.
Many of the prominent positions in
Pennsylvania yet remain unfilled, because
the Senate is determined to confirm no
one who is not willing to war against the
President’s policy. Efforts to compromise
between the Radicals and Conservatives of
that Eta to, in the matter of appointments,
have so far proven to bo failures, and the
President is determined to stand by his
friends. Cameron is now at home en
deavoring to make some adjustment, but
it appears that Ex-Senator Cowan, Sena
tor Buckalew and Representative Gloss
brenner, all staunch Conservatives, have
to be consulted before the President will
nominate officers for Pennsylvania.
By the rejection of ex-Senator Nesmith j
(who did not want the position), the Aus- I
trian mission is again open for an appoint- 1
ment. The President and Mr. Seward
are anxious to have someone in Minister j
Motley’s place, while the Senate is equally :
determined that there shall be no change, j
It is expected that the Senate will re
main in session at least until the end of |
the present week. Arlington.
The International Ocean Telegraph
Company.—Col. W. H. Heiss, Superin
tendent of the above company, arrived
here yesterday by the San .Jacinto,' with
the balance of the materials, implements
and operators, for the expedition to con
struct the line from Lake City to Punta
Rosa, better known as old Fort Dulaney,
at the mouth of the Caloosahatchie river,
from whence it is to connect -with Ha
uana. iua Key W est. It is proposed, if
possible, to have direct telegraphic com
munication with Cuba by this line some
time in June. Some of the material has
been already shipped from here for Florida,
and the rest will leave to-day. Capt. John
A. Baily, formerly of the U. S. Lighthouse
Engineers, accompanies Col. Ileiss as en
gineer. They will leave here this evening
to commence operations at four different
points—-i’nnta Rosa, Ocala, Gainesville
and Baldwin.- The marine line will be laid
m May.— Sav. Neivs & Her., Wth.
Accidental Shooting.—A distressing
accident occurred yesterday morning, which
resulted in tfie serious wounding of Rich
ard Pepper, colored. Mr. James Apple,
who keeps a store at the corner of King
street and Burns’ Lane, had purchased a
number of old guns and muskets, with the
intention of selling them again. These
guns were lying on his counter, and were
being examined byseveral customers, when
his little sou. while handling them, acci
dentally discharged one, the ball entering
Pepper’s thigh, near the hip, and passing
through the leg. The wohnded man was
taken to the Roper Hospital, where he
received every attention. Although a
number of persons Were in the store" and
the shooting occurred so near the street
no one else was injured.— Charleston
News, Uth.
The Late Emigration to Liberia.—
Yfe were yesterday shown a letter written
by Frederick Tilrner, one of the colored
men who went to Liberia in the Golconda
from this port, addressed to a gentleman
in this c-ity, in whose service he had been
prior to his emigration. In it he says the
colonists were pleasantly located at Careys
burg, twenty miles up the St. Paul river,
and were doing very well, making coffee!
ginger, arrow root, &e. They had been
provided with lands about five miles from
the river, in the proportion of twenty-five
acres to each family, and ten apiece to the
single men, and amongst other improve
ments, had already built three churches.
Tilmer thinks that emigrants can do well
in that country if they are willing to work.
He was very profuse m his remembrances
to liis former master and mis tress.— Cha. r.
Mercury .
The Wilmington Dispatch says the
schooner I nited States sailed yesterday
for Venezuela with a cargo of about fifteen
livin'* =ouls. destined to settle “for better,
for worse-'’ in that - vct untried land. The
scheme did not prove popular, an/1 a num
ber of those who were induced to ven
ture tlieir lives wore poor miserable
ertMitures who had worn threadbare in the
country, and could not be mueh worse off
anywhere. An equal proportion were
reckless, dissipated adventurers, some of
whom are happy riddances. There were
only a few well-to-do, intelligent looking
people in the party.
Baltimore.
[Special' Ojrrc-poiidutce. ]
Baltimore, Mil, Aprils, 1867.
REFORM.
The people should set about the work of
reformipg their organic law in the right
spirit—th* of the establishing of a Con
stitution which is to regulate law and lib
erty within their borders, define and limit
the powers of their different departments
qt government as well as ehqsen agents.
All this-is exemplified, in one l ature at
least, of the ac-t recently passed by the
Legislature of New York for electing the
members of a Constitutional Convention in
that State. The popular will had. some
time ago, been made known there in favor
oi a Convention, and the Legislature, in
now providing l'or its assemblage, has de
termined that, in addition to the delegates
to be chosen from the different Senatorial
districts, there shall be thirty two dele
gates at large, and each of the two great
political parties be entitled to one-halt' of
them.
On the same d»v—the 10th of April—
that the people of Maryland will be voting
, to determine the questfbn whether or not
j they will have a Convention to reform
their own Constitution, llie Republican
1 party of New York will hold a State Con
-1 vention at Albany !o select candidates for
their sixteen of the thirty-two delegates at
| large. The evidences in-the press of both
; parties are unmistakable that the deter
! ruination is to secure, as candidates- for
the Convention, especially the delegates at
large, the ablest and best men which can
i be found in the State ; and it is supposed
j that a large vote will be polled on this
| general ticket in compliment ’to such can
didates ; another object, however, of each
j party being 4o show what is the prepon
derating popular sentiment at present. As
regards our own movement toward reform,
the best judgment of tlie people must be
exercised in determining the question ,of
a Convention or no-Convention.
SOUTHERN RELIEF ACT.
The joint;-- (iu’ian passed V ™;•
for the relief of (die destitute in the South- l
err. and Southwestern States does not con- ■
tain sneof one mil
r' ' P ro C;';; a > ■
'1 ha: tEeJJ®¥?.*.nyo; M ar be. and here
by is, empowered ana uiiccted to i.-. ..
supplies and food sufficient to prove::
starvation and extreme want to any and ail
classes of destitute qr helpless persons of
the people in the Southern or Southwest
ern States, where the failure, of crops and
other causes have occasioned wide-spread
destitution; that- the issues be made
through the. Freed men’s Bureau, under
such regulations as the Secretary of War
shall prescribe, and to that end ilie Secre
tary of War is hereby authorized and di
rected, through the Commissioner, of the
Freedmen’s Bureau, to apply so much as
he may deem necessary for the purpose
aforesaid of unexpended moneys heretofore
• appropriated to supply freedmen and refu
| gees with provisions or rations, provided
that the expenditure shall not extend bc
: yond the present appropriation already
| made for the Freedmen’s Bureau.”
REJOICING.
At the rejoicings of the Democrats of
this city over the result in Connecticut, a
connon exploded, but fortunately without
aDy serious effects, though the fragments
passed in close proximity to the heads of
some of the spectators present.
tiio.se seeds.
The appropriation made by Congress of
fifty thousand dollars to purchase seeds to
be distributed in tlie South, is left with
lion. Isaac Newton, who is now making
preparations to distribute them, and dur
ing the present month a large portion will
be forwarded to' farmers and planters in
the South. It is hoped that they may
receive them as soon as possible, and to
this end, Mr. Newton is exerting all his
energies. It is hoped he will meet with
ample encouragement.
SOUTHERN HISTORY.
The third and fourth volumes of the
History of the War—written by Ms. Pol
lard published by Richardson & Cos.,
of New York —has been placed before the
people. It has been sold exclusively by
subscription, thereby giving employment
to hundreds of energetic young men who
served during the war with distinction
in the Confederate armies. Mr. Pollard’s
“ Southern History of the War” -is ad
mitted by all to be the most complete
history of the war published, commencing,
as it does, with the causes of the war, and
ending with the surrender of Kirby Smith.
The two last volumes, as well as the two
first, can be had of the publishers at re
duced rates. Every Southern library
should have this faithful account of the
trials of a brave people for independence.
More anon. “Baltimore.”
Affairs In Crawford. ]j
Knoxville, Ga., April 5, 1807.
Editors Macon Telegraph: Though un
solicited, I flatter myself that a communi
cation from the rural precincts will not be
objectionable. You arc probably aware of
the fact, that this day was set apart by
the civil authority for the execution of a
certain colored man, who, having violated
the law, was sentenced to suffer the
extreme penalty of death, by hanging. At
an early hour the inquisitive and curious
commenced to assemble—only to learn,
however, that the proceedings in tlie case
were stopped and the unfortunate actor in
the drama was spared yet a little while.
From reliable sources I have learned that
a petition was sent to the Executive at
Miiledgeville, for a respite, and in his
absence the Secretary of State ordered,
through the military authorities at Macon,
that the execution be postponed Until the
Executive shall have considered the
matter. Below I give you the orders
from Colonel Sibley relative to the affair,
which were received, yesterday in time to
prevent the prisoner’s execution :
Headquarters District bf Georgia, )
Macon, Ga., April 3, 1807. j
[extract.]
Special Orders No. 14.
L In the absence of the Governor of
the State, preventing action on a petition
submitted in the case of the State vs.
Sheperd , alias Henry Cornell, colored,
sentenced to be executed by hanging in the
Courts of Crawford on the sth instant,
the sheriff and his subordinates, for Craw
ford County, Ga., are hereby ordered not
to execute . the sentence pronounced by
Judge Cole in the case, and to suspend all
action in the same, with a view of giv
ing opportunity to the civil authorities of
the State to commute the sentence. The
sheriff will, therefore, under this order,,
confine the said Sheperd, alias Henry
Cornell, Colored, in the common jail of said
county, and keep him under safe cflstody
awaiting further orders, to be issueefin the
premises, under pain of disobedience for
disregarding these orders in ally particular.
By command of
• Col. Caleb C. Sibley, U. S. A.
(Signed) John E. Hosmer,
Ist Lieut, 16th U. S. Infantry.
In obedience thereto the execution has
been postponed and the criminal allowed
to await the clemencf of' the Governor.
No animostity or ill-feeling is felt toward
the negro here, apart from a general desire
on the part of the people to put an end to
the infamous practice of horse stealing,
which lias pervaded the -country generally
since the close of the war; nor is there
any disposition to attribute to the military
authorities in Macon an undue interference
in the premises.
This county, though in a much better
situation than many others, is in a critical
state; many planters will be obliged to
abandon their interests if not aided by
thone who hold the money and provisions,
and only a moment ago I was offered five
per cent, per month for money, with the
best security the county can afford, for
six months, and if not successful in his
efforts to get it, he would dismiss his labor
ers and quit. *
It is to be hoped that arrangements of
some kind will be made very soon to retain
the farmers, which is absolutely necessary
to make a crop. The grain crop, particu
larly wheat, is looking well, and the freed
men generally working well, having wisely
concluded that, starvation awaits them if j
they do not.
Y'our paper is welcomed by all as a faith- i
ful chronicler of events, and its cheerful |
countenance is to be seen around almost
every fireside. Refugee.
Public Meeting.— ln compliance with
the provisions of the Act for the encourage
ment of European Immigration, which
was passed at the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly of this State, Gen. John A.
Wagener, the Commissioner of the Bureau
of Immigration, has prepared an elaborate
pamphlet, covering statistical statements
of the resources ofthis State, agricultural,
commercial and manufacturing, _ and a
summary of the inducements which are
extended to immigrants to settle within
her borders. Tbis document, which is one
of extraordinary interest, has received the
cordial approval of His Excellency Gov
ernor Orr, and it is proposed to translate
it into the German and Scandinavian
languages, and to distribute it freely in
Continental Europe. Before^ doing so,
however, the Commissioner desires that it
should be submitted to the judgment and
criticism of our adopted citizens, with a
view of obtaining an expression of their
opinion of its merit as a faithful repre
sentation t of facts, and to further this end
a public meeting of the foreign residents of
this city, and of adopted citizens, ir
respective of nationalities, will be held on
Tuesday night next, at the Hall of the
Bruderlicher Bund. —Charleston Courier,
11 th.
It is stated by good authority that as
many as 25,000 negroes have left the Caro
linas and Georgia, going to the farther
West.
R. G. Porter, Mayor of Apalachicola,
and an old and esteemed merchant, died
in that city last Saturday.
[for the chronicle & sentinel.] t
Should there be Political Parties in (
Georgia ?
Messrs. Editors : Mid “thunder, light
ning and rain,” I pen these lines. lnthe ;
midst of snow and sleet, ice and frost, l
write. Tis the middle of March, and
“grim visaged” winter, with his icy mantle,
shrodds the face of nature. These arc
indeed queer times ! as well in an elemental
as in a political sense. The laws of nature
are strongly perverted and “mff of sorts,”
and seen! to be moving pari passu with the
political world, presenting a strange con
trast to the regular order of things.
Twelve days of almost incessant rain, fol
lowed by snow and sleet and ice, vegeta
tion in almost full blast, and the young
fruit in embryo.* And so it is with the
Eliminations that almost daily come to us
from the Radical forge at the Federal
capital, all at a white heat , with thehateof
the “Avenger of blood ! ’ “It don’t rain
but it pours.” First one requirement and
then another; one oath and then a second;
this announcement and that ; and, to cap
the climax, at last the grand sweep comes
which is to take away every vistige of
liberty from among us. Taking- a view oi
our federal relations, with the impositions
and restrictions imposed upon the people
of the South, it is plain to be seen, that if
the present animus of the Northern legis
lators is to continue, and shed its baneful
‘influence upefh the country, the downfall of
liberty and free government will be the
portion of the once fair and glorious
Republic of the “U. S. A.” Rancor,
bate and ' all the .baser passions
of the human heart rule and sway
the councils of our National Legislators.
Looking only to the immediate effects of
their mad schemes of legislation upon tlie
Southern people, they seem blinded to the
tact that, in the end, they will but recoil
upon tlieir own 1 leads, and work destruc
tion to tjie entire resources of the North.
How the capitalists of the North dfill set,
with folded arms, and sec, without a
murmur, these mischievous laws enacted,
ttrange At; the beginhin&qfi
the war the people of the North seemed
i to feel and realize the fact that tlie South
was the main spoke in-the governmental
machine—the ' u that laid the gold.-i
or;-' they put forth ah their
energy, and brought into requisition all
the machinations of art—all the improve
ments of modern warfare: they made a
bold, continuous and, f. , . Yd
effort to subdue tho “rebellion.” Over
powered and completely circumvented, the
Confederate armies “ground their arms,"”
and Generals Grant and Lee, Sherman
and Johnston, agreed upon tlie terms of
surrender. Without going into a detail of
these stipulations, I will only say that, in
their scope and meaning, they, contem
plated a speedy and positive rehabilitation
of the South into a full and equal partici
pancy. as citizens of the (Jnitdd States.
Then why this recusancy—this violation
of pledges? Why this change? Now
that, by the strong arm of power, having
put down the “rebellion,” and “con
quered a peace,” they seem to consider the
South of little value, and seek, by every
appliance of human device and iniquity,
to cripple her in her present struggle to
rise from the ashes, and, by honest en
deavors, recover her lost es'tate. It can
be accounted for only Upon one hypothesis
—V Whom the Gods intend to destroy,
they iir.st make mad.”
In their mad schemes oflcgislation, they
seek to make us particeps criminis to our
own defamation. And 1 regret to sec that
there is a party rising up in our own State
who advocate the free acceptance of these
insane and cruel measures of fanatical
legislation. I regret to learn that so able
and influential man as Governor Brown
should advocate, in a public letter, these
hostile measures as the unbiassed act of the
people, as a platform of principles of a
political party. Let the people of the
South adopf this Brunonian policy, and
voluntarily engraft upon our own State
archives these unconstitutional measures,
and wo thereby become a party to our own
degredation, and make a voluntary surren
der of our once boasted constitutional lib
. erty. I have no war to make upon Gov
ernor Brown, having been a warm sup
porter of his for several years past, and
have read, with much interest and pride,
his masterly executive papers. But the
Ex-Governor is certainly, in this instance,
floundering and “reckoning without his
host.” I mistake much the character of
our people, if they will thus abandon the
President, his supporters and defenders,
and go over to the enemy. Is it any ex
cuse for us-to say ,that our friends are a
numerical minority, and, therefore, pow
erless to do good. Shall wc basely aban
don the stronghold of right to get in with
the minions of power? Are we to have a
divided people among ourselves in this
critical juncture? Are we to have a party
at the South to give aid and comfort to the
enemy? I saw this cloud as it made
its appearance in our midst during the ses
sion of the Legislature, when, as legislators,
we were called upon to elect two United
States Senators. Like the cloud that the
Prophet saw from Mount Carmel, it was
then but the “size of a man’s hand”—but
the darkness seems to be obscuring a larger
space in the political firmament. I then
alid theve stated that this was a nucleus
around which would be formed a Southern
party with Radical principles. And here
l was for nipping this thing in the. bud. It
is well known that I opposed the election
of a certain gentleman for Senator who
was prominent in this connection, and who
was then ready and willing, to accept, in
advance , tho yoke, however gulling, and to
become a member of Congress, however
humiliating they might be to the people of
his own State! The two parties at tho
North are at issue on several points, but
the main subject of variance is the “Re
construction of the Southern States.” Be
tween these tWo parties stands President
Johnson, manfully defending tho rights of
the States under the Constitution. It is a
lamentable fact, that his party is growing
“small by degrees * and beautifully less,”
until now the President is almost a cypher
in tlie government. Ilis vetoes are over
ridden with as much ease and nonchalance
as are the articles of the Constitution that
stand in the way of their nefarious designs.
Is this the excuse for us to abandon the
President and our Northern friends, be
cause they are few in nun,hers? “A
friend in need is a friend indeed. ” [ was
opposed to secession, and did all in my
power to prevent it. Was one of the mi
nority of ten who placed upon the record
our solemn protest against “ bolting ” at
the Charleston Convention, and, subse
quently, in my published letters to the
peojdeof Georgia, I gave you iny views at
.length, and deprecated such action by the
party as would ultimate in a rupture a
second time. Was elected a Co-operation
ist to tlie State Convention. But when
the verdict of a majority of that body pro
nounced it to be the “duty of Georgia to
secede,” I yielded my personal views to
those of the State, and from that time be-
came a warm supporter of the war.
Toward its close, seeing no hope of
success, and satisfied that nothing was to
bo gained by the “further effusion of
blood,” I advocated a settlement by com
promise; and, finally, at the close of the
war, when our armies had surrendered, I
counseled obedience to the lawful authori
ties, and a cheerful acceptance of the terms.
It would have been better for the country—
better for the President —if he had adhered
to the terms of surrender as agreed upon
between Generals Johnston and Sherman.
He thought differently and materially
modified these terms, • and here, in my j
'judgment, was the first fatal step by which
the President has placed himself in his |
present dilemmfo But to all his require- |
ments I still yield obedience, but I do not, j
and will ndt endorse, with my hearty ap- ;
proved, the unconstitutional laws passed !
by a Congress organized and composed of
such material as is the present one. I
regard these illegal measures in the same
light I would a will written by a demented
and, consequently, an irresponsible man.
But, it is said, we must take these pills,
bitter though they be, for fear we may
have a volus yet to take. Swallow tbis to
save what “little of property” is left us.
Dishonor or confiscatiim : accept the one
to prevent the other. Ido not fear confis
cation, or, rather, spoliation. The honesty
of other nations, and the second sober
; judgment of the better class of Our own
I people would not tolerate so base a rob-
I bery. But if might constitutes right even
| in this instance, 1 would say letthe prop'er-
Ity go, but hold on to honor. Let the
i “purse” be deemed as “trash” by the side
i of a “good name,” the parting with which
’ would make us “despicable poor.” I be
| long not to the proscribed class, having
never held an office which bound me by
! oath to the support of the Constitution of
! the United States. But, then, I can
imagine no situation in which I could be
I placed that would induce me to a volun
tary prostitution of myself or of the
good citizens of my State. If the Briga- !
dier coqies among us with his mandates
of power from “these headquarters,” let)
us be respectful and obey, neither irritating
nor becoming irritated. Let us pursue t
the “ever tenet of our way ” with our daily
avocations. My idea is, give these people
rope, aud they will ultimately hang them
selves. In agricultural countries, these
impositions and taxes generally weigh
more heavily upon the farmer. Then, as
planters, letus tilltheearth, especially to the
raising of breadstuff's, making only cotton
sufficient for our own use, and let that be
manufactured into cloth iu Southern facto
ries. Cultivate a friendly reciprocity and a
protective relation with our laborers, and
extend a cordial welcome , to any and to
all persons who may chance to come among
us with good designs and honest purposes. !
Let us be a united people, eschewing poli
tics, but let us never chew the cud to our
own debasement. \Ve are ordered, and
then advised of our men freewill to give up
all those rights which God , nature, and the
compact have givcn#is. Let me call the
attention of the Northern mind to a few
of the words and appeals of our forefathers
in “these days that tried men’s souls,”
when the oppressions of the mothercoun
try called loudly for a
“Permit us,” says the appeal of the first I
Continental Congress, “to be as free as J
yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union j
with you to be our greatest glory, and our I
greatest happiness, we shall ever be ready
to contribute all in our power to tlie wel- S
fare of the empire ; we shall consider your
enemies as our enemies, and your interest
as our own. Place its id the same situa
tion that wc icere in at the close of the tear
and our former harmony will be restored.”
And in the “Bill of Rights” it was ex
pressly argued that the right to participate
in the legislative counsels of their common
country was declared to be “the foundation
of English liberty and of all free, govern
ment.” To enumerate the many and
powerful appeals of an oppressed people
would but lengthen this letter too long.
Suffice it to say that the colonies were en
during many of the same burdens from
the mother country that the South is
flow having imposed upon her by an irre
sponsible mob. Where are the scions of
that old stock, who, under the published
name of “Sons of Liberty,” sent to the
British House oi Lords their indignant
yet respectful appeals ? What has be
come of the teachings and tenets of
“ Common Sense T Is the spirit of the I
people gone forever?” If they 1
persist in denying us admission to seats in
Congress, let us act as men and attend to
our business at home. Better be unrep- .
resented than misrepresented, which the
State clearly would be were we to send men I
“loyal” in their interpretation of the term! j
But if by loyalty is meant men who ae
ceptin good faith the terms first .required
of us —viz : the President’s reconstruction
policy “-then wc have such from the Sa
vannah to the Chattahoochee, and from
the mountains to the seaboard, and of
such have wo already selected our repre
sentatives. But it is questionable with
me whether it be sn honor to occupy a
seat by the side of suoh men as Stevens,
Sumner, Butler, and all that crew, and, if
I mistake not, such will bo the verdict of
posterity. In God's name, let us still have
the steady, uniform and Unbiassed influence
I ration®! th “ courts of the
country, the only proper judicature of such .
questions as pertain to State polity. We
were once a free aud prosperous people i
under their protection: we can lx . again.
A!! we ask is what is vouchsafed to ns in
| that great Bill of Rights he (’ansutution :
j of tiie United States ; continue to us the
, right ot trial bj/jitn: of nur "W.' peopl .
| and taxation by our own Represent a lives
I only. Without this, and where the uso
! and benefits of courts of justice ? The
shadow may be seen, but the substance
will have gone. Liberty is the solid founda
tion upon which the law stands. Take that
away and the superstructure must fall.
We ask for no new declaration of princi
ples; wo only ask for “The sacred rights of
mankind, which are are not to be rum
maged for among old parchments
or musty records ; they are written, as
with a sunbeam, in the whole vol
ume of human nature by the hand of
Deity himself, and can never he erased or
obscured by mortal power.” And again:
“ When the first principles of civil society
are violated, and the rights of a whole
people are invaded,' the common forms of
municipal law are not to be regarded.
Men may betake themselves to the law of
nature, and if they but conform their ac
tions to that standard, all cavils against
them betray either ignorance or dishonesty.
There are some events in society to which
human laics cannot extend, but when ap
plied to them Jose all their force and
efficacy. In short, when human laws
contradict or discountenance the means
that arc necessary to preserve the essential
rights of any society, they defeat the proper
end of all laics, and so become null and
void.”
The above extracts are from the pen of
Alexander Hamilton. Great parade was
made over them at that day, and those
great truths, simple though they were,
were yet clothed in such terse and power
ful livery, that John Jay was believed to
be the author. Hamilton being then but
a youth, it was not thought he was equal
to the task. The Thirteen Colonies im
bibed those sentiments, and they became
the watchword and the battle cry. The
tnaxuin then was we wilf have no king. “Let
it be in America tint the Law .is King.”
Is not the tendency of things to anarchy,
and constitutional freedom in great
danger of dethronement, at least for a
season. There is but one way to prevent
it. Let us he tine to ourselves, protest
in solemn form against these illegal acts,
“bide our time” patiently, aud, in the
progress of events, the ins will be anted,
and anew era will dawn upon us. “So
mote it be!” H. R. C.
Waverly llall, M jrch, 1867.
Tlie War I’auic.
Paris, April 9. —The Marquis de Mous
tier, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
has made a very conciliatory speech, which
has had the effect to greatly lessen the
panic in Europe.
cause of the excitement.
London, April 9, evening.—It is now
known that the Emperor Napoleon, deem
ing the possession of Luxemburg indispen
sable for the military security of the
French frontier, not long since commenced
negotiations with the King oi Holland for
the purchase of the Grand Duchy and its
incorporation with the French empire.
But as the fortress of Luxemburg, which
is one of _ tho strongest fortifications in
Europe, is held by a Prussian garrison,
and the Prussian government', backed by
the whole of Germany, firmly objects to
the transfer of the duehy to France, the
King of Holland has withdrawn from any i
further negotiations on the subject. The
French Emperor insists that his proposi
tions shall bo carried out and the treaty
completed.
Tho national pride of France has been
deeply wounded, and a wild anti-Prussian
feeling has seized the country. Meantime,
while the dispute is pending, both Prussia
and France arc making military prepara
tions.
This threatening state of affairs is the
cause of the financial panic which now
exists in London, Paris and all tho princi
pal commercial centres of Europe.
The Proposed Lectures for tiie
Destitute.—AVe have been favored with
a letter from Mv. John Mullaly, the
•staunch and fearless advocate of Southern
interests in New York, well known as the
gentlemanlyand accomplished editor of the
New York “ Metropolitan Record and
Vindicator,” in which he states that, ow
ing to unavoidable circumstances, entirely
beyond his control, in consequence of the
sqrious illness of certain important mem
‘ bers of his editorial staff, his visit to the
South must necessarily be deferred for a
season. He has received the kindest in
vitations from Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee, and regrets, exceedingly, that
be is compelled to forego liis engagements
in the lecturing line. But his many friends
and admirers (and there are not a few in
the South), will hear from him through
the columns of his sterling and outspoken
journal. He closes liis letter with the
following query, addressed to a gentleman
well known in this city, whose accomplish
ments as a man has rendered him very
popular among our law-abiding citizens :
“What do yourself and friends think
of the victory in Connecticut? It is’the j
turn of the tide. The reaction has already
commenced, and I believe now that tlie
Radical party is breaking up. ’’--News <f- i
Herald 1 Ith.
j Two Murders in Bryan County.—
I About three weeks ago two horrible mur
-1 ders were committed in Bryan county, on
| the Gulf Railroad, between Station No. 2
! and 3, but owing to the impenetrable
| mystery with which both cases are shroud
ed, we are unable to give any information
| regarding the cause of the dastardly acts.
The first of the victims was a gentleman
’ named Hope, who had been in the county
| but two or three weeks previous to liis
death, having arrived from Florida for the
1 purpose of inducing freedmen to emigrate
to that State. But little tyas known of
I them beyond that he bore an unenviable
reputation, having, it is said, rendered
himself very obnoxious to the citizens and
freadmen. He was found dead in the
(roods, having been shot in the abdomen
by two charges from a shotgun.
The other unfortunate victim was a man
named Riles, well-known in Bryan and
Mclntosh counties. He was murdered
about a week previous to Mr. Hope, and
but a short distance from the scene of the i
murder of the latter. On the day of his
death the deceased had sold a wagon to a
man for the sum of twenty-five dollars, re
ceiving in payment therefor a check on a
well-known firm in this city. He had the
check cashed at a store, spending ten dol
lars of the amount for groceries and retain
ing the remaining fifteen dollars, with
which he started home. He was accom
panied homeward by a negro named Tony
Axon, who parted with him wlien about
two miles from his place of residence.
Nothing wa.s heard of him for three days,
when a search was instituted, and his body
was found in the woods in a stateof decom
position and badly mutilated by buzzards.
The money was gone, but the groceries
were left. There were no signs which in
dicated that a scuffle had ensued.
The affair has created great excitement
throughout the county, as nothing can be
learned regarding the murders. Th ; s is,
evidently, one of the results of allowing
negroes to buy and carrv guns. There are
but few negroes in Bryan county who arc
not the'possessors offire-arms. —Savannah j
News d' Herald, 11 th.
From Philadelphia.—The new and
fast-sailing steamship Wyoming, Captain
Teal, arrived here yesterday from Philadel
phia, with a very good freight. —News &.
Herald, 11<A.
Jefferson Davis, the Confederate flag,
the tune of Dixie, and Stonewall Jackson
were cheered and hurrahed about at a i
panorama in Knoxville, Tenn. |
General Waddy Thompson is still en
gaged in the energetic prosecution oi the
duties of his profession—the law—in the
quiet little town of Madison, Honda.
4 1,I xi A n i0N ’'‘ 11 . ® ur) day last, Rev.
u. A. Hall was ordained as Pastor of the
Presbyterian Churph of this city, with
very impressive ceremonies and in the
presence of a large congregation, The Or
dmation Sermon was preached by Rev.
I’ahl t<rV°* M , acon ’ * rom First Epistle of
Paui to Timothy, 4th chap., 14th v. :
which C wi« not - the P lt that is in thee,
the laying oifoftho4?° V y Prophecy, with
rirv ” Rev TT h nds , of t,ie l^esby
ttrj. Kev. J. L King delivered a very
able charge to the Pastor, and R ev HtSer
Hendree addressed the congregation with
much force and pertinence.— Col. Ena Ith
Gold from the Mount vivs -Jvul’i
been presented by Major S."
who has recently .returned from a trip to
the go and region, with several specimen of
the gold bearing rook, such as is found in
veins lb use specimens are f rom a mi *"
near Auraria, Lumpkin county, manned
by Mr. J. Newton, and are very rich Wo
| are pleased to learn that the prospect is
good for heavy mining operations this
] Spring.— Athens-Watchman, 10//,.
Relief to the Destitute.— Wc were
pleastid to meet in our town, on F,-idav
afteiuoon last, Gen. Speed, of the U. S
Army, who came on a mission of mercy—
his object being to ascertain, as near as
practicable, the nature and extent of
destitution among the people of this section
ot country. —Athens Watchman.
Highway Robbery.— Mr. 11. Bryant
was halted on the West Point road, about
four miles from this city, Monday evening
by a white Ilian and'a negro, both present
ing pistols and demanding his money
Mr. B. replied that he had none, when the
negro dehberately thrust his hand into
Mr. B s pocket, and possessed himself of
fifty-two dollars. Mr. Bryant was on his
way to Montgomery, hut forgetting his
overcoat, got off at East Point and was
returning to Atlanta, on the line of Rail
road, when the above circumstance oc
curred.—Atlanta Era,. 10th.
Peaches.—On examination of sonic
T" f 0,,v ’ wo fin,i tl,af
fallen off, Here still remain u™
ber to all a; ' m * t .,*t niiiii •
It is to L I, • -.noil ‘
generally.- uuuv.n fV. .■/©*> «>/,
lun ■■•“' M . !. reen, t’.. •
John Van Horn, 8. ... if ]
{•Puthwestern Telru q.h ('•,■,,[ , ” .
through this city yesterday, en route tor
their respective homes in Louisville aud
-Memphis.— Atlania Opinion, 9 th.
From New York. —The staunch and
fast-sailing steamship General Barnes ar
rived here yesterday at. teno clock, liavitm
on board a large and valuable freight. She
reached Tybec at twelve o’clock on Sunday
night, and laid over for the tide.—Savan
nah Ncics so Herald, 9 th.
The Columbus Sun is boasting of corn
received there from Baltimore superior to
any ever seen in that market
Ft re.—We regret to learn that tlie
beautiful residence of Mr. B. F. Hooper,
of this county, was burned last Saturday
morning. . The fire was discovered at
twenty minutes past one, and the building
fell in a half hour afterward. About two
thirds of the furniture was saved, mainly
through the commendable zeal of tlie
freedmen of the place. Loss about $6,500,
no insurance. —Home Courier, 9 th.
From Baltimore. The steamship
Fannie arrived here yesterday from Balti
more, with a very heavy freight list.—
Savannah News & Herald, 9th.
The Weather.—There was some frost
in this section on Saturday morning, and
more on Sunday morning ; but wc do not
think that any perceptible damage was
done by it.
Yesterday was another wet day, and a
little cool. Wc fear that some of the
breath of old Winter is yet “lingering.”
—Columbus Enquirer, 9tli.
The Superintendent of the Macon and
Brunswick road gives notice that freight
trains will hereafter run on his road but
twice a week--Wednesdays and Satur
days.
A Georgia correspondent of the New
York Post thus classifies parties in this
State—remnant of original secession vote
40,000, opposed to which lie claims origi
nal Unionists 20,000, Brownites 22,000,
freedmen (three-fourths of the whole)
45,000—total 87,000.
Cotton. —Our market was perhaps a
little easier yesterday than on Saturday,
but the same quotations are given us—
say 22c, for Middlings. Very little doing.
Col. Enquirer, 9th.
The Gainesville New Era says that tlie
planters in that section arc complaining
sadly of the rainy weather. In the low
lands, where tho water docs not run off
readily, theseedshave rotted in the'ground,
and will have to be replanted. On the
higher lands the prospects arc much in
jured by washing.
Arrested. — A man named J. G. Lidv,
from Macon, was arrested in this city
yesterday morning, our police department
having received a dispatch from Macon
directing that it be done. From all we
could gather, it appears that tho prisoner
had hired a number of freedmen in this
region, carried them to Macon, and trans
ferred them to some planter in South
western Georgia; and that the said freed
men; after remaining with their employer
for a few days only, had unceremoniously
decamped. Wc have no knowledge of the
extent of Mr. Lidy’s guilt, or if, indeed, he
has been guilty of a misdemeanor, lie
was found at tlje American Hotel, and
taken into custody. He was sent back to
Macon last night in (barge of a police
officer. —Atlanta Intelligencer, 9 th.
’ New Telegraph Lines.— J. A. Bren
ner, Esq., Superintendent of the Western
Telegraph Company, is now in this city,
for the purpose of perfecting arrange
ments to put iu operation anew telegraph
line from Savannah, by way of Lav/ton,
to Lake City. A telegraph line, by means
of a cable, is now in process of construction
from Havana, Cuba, to some point on the
coast of Florida, which is not yet definitely
settled, with which a connection will be
formed at Lake City. v lt is confidently ex
pected that these lines will be in operation
by the first day of June next, thus placing
Savannah in direct telegraphic communi
cation with Havana, Cuba, by that time.
Lines radiating from this line to all im
portant points in tlie State of Florida are
also in contemplation, which, when com
pleted, will constitute an important addi
tion to the present facilities for communi
cation between.the citizens of the Forest
City and those of the Peninsula State of
Florida. —Savannah News and Herald,
9 th.
Masonic Life Insurance Associa
tion. —The Masons of Macon are taking
preliminary steps to organize a Life Insur
ance Association on a somewhat novel
principle. Something of the kind has
been started elsewhere, and promises very
important 'results.
| Acquitted.-C. 0. Greene, was tried
; last week in the Fulton Superior Court.
; lor killing C. C. ilowell. and was acquit
ted. --Roma Courier , il/h.
Tiie Purveyor—Dinner to the Offi
cers Last Evening —Last evening a
1 supper was given at the Our House to the
officers of the United States barque Pur
veyor (another of those me engers of
i mercy from the North), under the aus-,
pices of prominent citizens of Savannah. —
Stic. News <£■ JJerald, 1 Hit.
Sixty ladies of New Albany have been
initiated into the mysteries of the Eastern
Star degree—a side issue of Masonry.
From Nf.w York.—The steamship Sun
.Jacinto, Captain Atkins, arrived here
! yesterday from New York with a large
freight.— News & Ilerald, 11 th.
Non-Arrival. —Gen. Pope, who was
expected to reach the city by last evening’s
train, did not arrive, it is thought he
will arrive to-day.— At. Opinion, \\tlt. ’
Amount Raised in the Cut rciies for
the Destitute. —The following amounts,
being the subscriptions raised in the
various churches of the city for the des
titute of the State, have been turned over
to Mr. Charles 11. Olmstead, the energet
ic Treasurer of the Relief Committee:
■ St. John's Church 243 45
Baptist Church 192 35
j Lutheran Church ; 32 21
; Methodist Church 157 04
| St. John’s (Catholic).. 139 00
| (St. Patrick’s (Catholic) 206 26
Independent Presbyte’n Church 331 25
Christ Church 311 00
I Jewish Synagogue 280 00
St. Paul’s Church 34 35
From various persons, private
subscriptions 906 10.
j
Total $2,833 01
A portion of the above has been expend- ,
ed by the Committee in the purchase of
supplies for the destitute of the interior.—
News & ller., 11 th.
More Relief.—The following explains
itself. During tlie present thick gloom and
great distress of the country, such acts of
kind rememberance and benevolence, excite
a lively sense of gratitude by the whole
community :
Chicago, April 2, 186/.
C. 11. Smith, Esq., Mayor Rome, Ga:
Dear Sir : —You have- doubtless for
gotten me, but I make no apology for en
closing the within, a draft for fifty dollars, ‘
j w ith the request that you will see that it is
applied to the relief of any destitute persons •
I ; n your city whom you think need help.
It is a contribution sent you by a gentle
man of Connecticut, who, knowing that I
was a native of Georgia, desired me to
I send it where I thought it would ac
complish somewhat toward relieving our
people in their present distress. I had in
tended to invest it in provisions, but know
ing that in parts of the South the distress
was urgent, I send you the money, and
desire that you see it applied.
Please acknowledge receipt, and oblige
your quondam college-mate.
A. W. Church.
[Rome Courier, 9th,