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WED.VFSII t Y Mbits I M«, MAI I.
flic Southern l’rcss Convention.
The proceedings of' the Southern Asso
ciated Press having been published, it is
unnecessary to refer to its deliberations in
detail. The meeting was harmonious and
satisfactory. Existing relations with the
N- '.v fork Associated Press are continued,
as being most likely to subserve the best
interests of the Southern Press.
The city of Atlanta is still progressing.
Public edifices, stores and dwellings are
being erected. T«i less than two years it
has arisen from its ashes, presenting un
exampled enterprise and energy far sur
passing almost anything of the kind in the
history of any city on this continent.
Tile friendly hospitality extendei the
members of the press was unexpected.
Every attention and accommodation that
could be desired was given and provided.
The complimentary banquet frpm the citi
zens to the members of the Convention,
prepared by the hosts of the National
Hotel, was a magnificent affair. It was
“literally a feast of reason and a flow of
soul.”
To the Proprietors and Editors of the
Intelligencer, New Era and Daily Opinion,
the ('/ironit/r ((■ Sentinel, through its rep
resentatives, stands under obligations, for
which an rtrtrnowleilgmcnt is now made,
with the hope that, at some future time,
an opportunity to reciprocate may he pre
sented.
Under ordinary circumstances, we would
be more profuse of our indebtedness to the
people and press of the (late Pity for their
generous hospitality, but the fact is, the
occasion in which we participated last week
was an extraordinary one —so extraordina
ry, indeed, that its pleasant but somewhat
sad and depressing effects remain with us
still, its memories will always be pleas
ant, but the effect—“aye, there’s the rub”
--our Atlanta friends can understand and
are responsible for. lienee our inability,
even at ibis lapse of time, to do full justice
to the occasion. The subject has already
been overdone.
Ancient Secesli Views.
The Philadelphia Aye reproduces the
secession views of the New York Tribune,
a-< promulgated in December, I Stiff, by way
of showing that the Copperheads wore
not alone in the sympathy they extended
to the cause for which the South contend
ed. Passages like this, culled by the Age
from the Tribune of that date, sound
oddly enough as Radical doctrines at this
day :
“Whenever a portion of this Union,
large enough to form an independent, self
subsisting nation, shall see fit to say au
thentieally to the residue, 'We want to
get away 'from you,' we shall say, and wo
trust self-respeet, if not regard for tlie
principle of self-government, will constrain
die residue of the American people to say,
(io !“
But though these sayings of the Tribune
press heavily upon its record for Unionism
and consistency, we ilo not very clearly see
h nv they \ indicate I A-President Buchanan
and the Copperheads.
Our only deduction is that the “portion
of the Union " which did “authentically
iy to the residue" “We want to get away
from you," was not “large enough to form
an independent self-subsisting nation.
If perchance the Kingdom of New Eng
land should “authentically say to the
residue,” “Wo want to leave you” and
join the Kingdom of Canada, will the doc
trine of sccesh radicalism then obtain?
Tin: Georgia Injunction’ Cask—
Those persons who contend that it is use
less to appeal to the Supreme Court and
who prejudge their own ease against them
selves will do well to ponder the opinions
of that eminent lawyer, Mr. Charles
O'Conor, as reported through that un
favorable channel, the Washington corre
spondence of the v ow York fl< rah!:
Mr. Charles O'Oonor expresses himself
as thoroughly satisfied that an injunction
will issue to restrain the execution of the
reconstruction measures as against the
parties embraced by the Georgia bill, and
lie declares that the court cannot evade
the question without disgrace. The South
ern states, he asserts, have the same con
stitutional statux as before the war, that to
maintain that status was the object of the
war. as repeatedly resolved by Congress
itself, and it is as idle for any person or
power now to ignore the fact as it would
be to question the result. On the other
hand. Mr. Caleb Cashing advances the
opinion that the injunction cannot issue
against the Secretary of Warany more than
it can against the President himself, because
theoftieial acts of that Secretary are the exe
cutive acts of the President, and the Secre
tary is the executive agent of the Presi
dent : hence it is that the country have al
ways held that the writ of numd'amus will
not lie to compel the heads of any of the
extVutive deparnteuts to do any act the per
formance of wliieh is within iheir official
Discretion.
j’h, New York Express says that the
Hebrews are talking of establishing an
insurance company in that city with a
very large capital, and adds: “Many of
them are indignant at the refusal of exist
ing companies to insure their property,
and regard it as an unjust reflection upon
their integrity. The imputation is that
some among them have fired insured
property in order to secure the insurance.
Tile same may be said of those who are
not Jews."
From Polk Countv —The Crops.—
A correspondent from Polk county, " rit
iug on the 2AI, says:
“Our wheat crops iu this county were
never letter. We have some fruit left,
and everything bids fair lor a good erop
the present year,”
The ■ President to Visit North
Carolina. Ihe Washington Star of
Saturday, says it is expected that the
President will accept the invitation to visit
Raleigh, North Carolina, in .May next.
| Reconstruction M ekting at Atlanta.
—The daily Opinion of Sunday contains
■ the following report of a reconstruction
| meeting at Atlanta Saturday night:
I According to a previous call, a portion
of the citizens of Atlanta met in the City
Hall.
On motion of Col. J. M. Calhoun. W.
1 w. Boyd was called to the Chair, and V.
A. i Jaskill appointed Secretary.
On motion of Col. H. P. Farrow, a Cora*
! rnittee on business of fifteen was appointed
by the Chair.
Committee— ll. P. Farrow, A. Austell,
' William Markham, R. Peters, J. L. Dun
ning, M. G. Dobbins, X. 1,. Angier, .fJfcf.
j Thrasher. G. W. Adair, J. M Calhoun,
•f. W. Duncan. J. Schofield. C. P. Cas
sin. If. 0. lloyt, T. W. -J. Hill.
Committee, after a few moments' con
j sultation. offered the following r -port:
: Whereon, a plan of Reconstruction has
I been tendered the South, through the law
j making power of our Government, where
by peace may he restored to our weary and
! unhappy people : therefore
Resolved, That in the - pinion of this
i meeting Reconstruction upon the plan
! proposed by Congress is decidedly pre
l'erable to remaining in our present un
j settled and paralyzed condition, and we
I cordially invite the whole people of Geor
; gia to co-operate with us in accepting said
legislation without protest, delay, or hesita
i lion. %
Col. Farrow made some remarks in sup
- port of the report of the Committee. Col,
: Calhoun and Win. Markham spoke, favor
ing the report.
On motion the report was unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Hill made ..'jfew re
marks in answer to calls made on them.
On motion, the proceedings of the meet
ing were ordered to be published in the
city papers.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
W. W. Boyd, Chairman.
V. A. Cask ill. Secretary.
Squares.
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I 2 Weeks,
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J 1 Month.
2 Months.
3 Months.
4 Months.
5 Months.
6 Months.
Remarkable Movement Among the
Jews at Bombay. —The following ,state
ment is represented by the London dev: is h
Intelligencer to be made on the authority
of the Indian Dortu/p :.a, a Portuguese
journal published at Genoa:
“Great excitement lias been caused
among the Jews at Bombay by the publi
cation by their Pontiff, H. 15. Koyn, mem
ber of the family of Aaron, who has lately
come to Bombay from Jerusalem, of a
pamphlet, under the title of the “ Voice of
the Vigilant,” the object of this voice
boing to persuade the Jews that it is useless
waiting longer for the promised Messiah,
as this is Jesus Christ himself, whose doc
trines have been spread all over the world
without sound or force. 'The V oice is said
to use arguments which are solid and con
clusive. ‘Compare,’ says the Pontiff,
‘ the Old and New Testaments, and the
truth will be seen.’ He also adds that lie
was born in the old law, and under it was
elevated to the pontificate, but the light
has already penetrated with its rays into
the deep recesses of his mind, and lie is
therefore persuaded, and with well found
ed reasons, that it is in vain that the
Messiah is new looked for.”
Attend to Your Fences.— As Spring
approaches everybody is desirous of fixing
up the fences around their houses and
making them look as well as possible.
Nothing will do this better and at the same
time as cheaply as whitewash. White
wash is one of the most valuable articles in
the world when properly applied. It pre
vents not only the decay of wood, but con
duces greatly to the healthiness of all
buildings whether of wood or stone. Out
buildings and fences, when not painted,
should bo supplied once or twice a year
with a good coat of whitewash, which
should be prepared in the following way :
Take a clean water-tight barrel, or other
suitable cask, and put into it a half bushel
of lima Slake it by pouring water over it,
boiling hot, and in sufficient quantity to
cover it live inches deep, and stir it briskly
until thoroughly slacked. When the slack
ing lias been-effected, dissolve it in water,
and add two pounds of sulphate of zinc,
and one of common salt. These will cause
the wash to harden, and prevent it crack
ing, which gives, an unseemly appearance
to the work. If desirable, a beautiful
cream color may be communicated to the
above wash, by adding three pounds of
yellow oeliro’ ; or a good pearl or lead color,'
by the addition of lamp vine or ivory black.
For fawn color, add four pounds of umber,
Turkish or American, the latter is the
cheapest, one pound ot India red, and
one pound common lamp-black. This
wash may be applied with a common
whitewash brush, and will be found much
superior, both in appearance and durability,
to common whitewash.
A Case of Cancer. —The Natchez Dem
ocrat reports the cure* of a cj.se of cancer
in that city. Tc says:
For some time there has been going the
rounds of the press a reci]»e for curing
cancers, by the use of a plaster of chloride
of zinc, Mood roots, and wheat Hour, said
to have been discovered by Dr. Fell, of
London, some eight or ten years ago. It has
been tried in this city, in the case of a child
who had a cancer on her lip, and so far the
success seems perfect. The tumor, about
the size and shape of a pecan, has cotno
out, and process of healing lias gone on
rapidly and healthily. We will take note
of the progress of the case, and will report
its finat success or failure. The only point
yet to be determined is, whether the cure
is so complete that the cancer shall not
return.
Fire at Savannah.— The Savannah
Adrertiser, of Monday, says :
On Saturday night last, shortly after 10
o'clock, a tire broke out in the warehouse
of Messrs. Frisbie A Neason, on Bay
street, between Montgomery and West
Broad. There wore between five and six
hundred bales of cotton in tlio warehouse,
nearly all of which was consumed. .Maj.
P. if Bolin had 300 hales, about 25 of
which wore sea island; and 110 barrels
bone dust. Ho hud an insurance of nearly
§40,000 in tlie Southern Insurance and
Trust Company, Oglethorpe Insurance
Oompanv, and companies represented hv
Woodbr'idge Bros.
The balance of the cotton was owned by
Frisbie it Neason and others, and was
partially insured. Messrs. F. A. X. lost
all their books and papers of every de
scription. They estimate their entire lost
at near 810,000, on which they had in
surance to the amount of 85>,003, in the
l’lnenix of Chicago. Virginia state, Selma
Fire and Marine, Rufaula Home, and tlie
Putnam, of Hartford, Conn.
Among other articles destroyed was an
old Taylor cylinder press, formerly used
by tlie" Repipdican, and the machinery for a
grist mill belonging to Messrs, li. J. Wade
J- Hro.
The wooden building adjoining on the
west, belonging to Mrs. Mary K. Falun,
was partially destroyed. Loss 53.000, no
insurance.
The extensive carriage establishment of
McKee A Bennett, on the corner of Bay
and West broad streets, was at one time
in imminent danger, but tiie well-directed
efforts of the firemen saved it with only
slight damage to the third story. The
stock was much damaged by water, but
the loss is covered by insurance.
Mr. Michael Archibald, while in the
warehouse, was overcome by the smoke
and fell between two bales of cotton. When
accidentally discovered he was-thought to
be dead, but was brought to and conveyed
home, where he still sutlers from the ef
fects of his suffocation.
Mr. P. Brown was struck by the fail
ing roof, which gave him a deep cut over
the eye, and a very severe bruise on the
thigh. Yesterday evening ho was better,
though in great pain, as his leg is swollen
to twice its uatural size.
When the porch of Mrs. Falun's house
fell it struck Air. James lleagney, knock
ing him senseless. He is pretty badly cut
about the head, and severely bruised, but
his injuries are not serious.
The Crop Prospect West.— The stand
of wheat in the West and North is rep
resented as generally looking better than
it did last spring, although the plants are
not very forward. We hear some fears
entertained that, should the crop prove a
short one, there will be a scarcity of grain
throughout the country, as there is at pre
sent very little wheat in store at the great
Western depots it having been generally
withdrawn for Eastern consumption. The
apprehension of a short erop seems to be
based on the idea that we are to have a
cold, dry summer, it being remarked that
every tenth season has been of that char
acter for a series of years : but we see
nothing at present to indicate any such re
sult.
Aid for the South.—The Monumental j
City has not tired in her devotion to the j
suffering and starving South. The Balti
more .Vmji, of Friday, mentions contribu
tions that have been received, consisting of
corn, bacon, tiour and money, and also
states that the steamer Falcon will take
3,000 bushels of corn, and 10,000 pounds of
bacon to Charleston, and the schooner
Fannie A. Bailey will sail for Charleston
with 10,000 bushels of corn and 30,000
pounds of bacon. The United States ship
Relief has been placed at the disposal of
the Commissioners, and will soon leave
with a cargo for Mobile, Ala.
The White and Blacfe Man in Council.
MASS MEETING AT MOBILE. *
The Mobile Advertiser d• Register of
i Saturday contains the particulars of a
large meeting of the colored people of that
city, held Friday evening. The meeting
was called to order by Mayor Withers,
who nominated Hon. Richard Busteed,
Chairman. The following were unauimous-
I ly adopted:
Wherein, The Coii*grc-ss of the United
States has passed an act known as the
Military Rill and an act supplemental
thereto, which provide for the division of
the ten Southern States in to five Military
Districts ; and
Whereat, Major-General John Pope lias
been assigned to thecommaad of the Third
1 District, of which Alabama forms a part,
1 and said Major-General in assuming com
mand has issued iiis “General Order No.
i 1,” in which he continues Major-General
■Swayne in 'command of the .Sub-District
of Alabama, and further ordered that the
civil officers now in authority should not i
be disturbed in the discharge "of the duties ;
pertaining to their offices so long as they i
continue to so administer the laws as to
secure to each individual their rights of
person and property : therefore
Resolve i. Without expressing any opin
ion a- to the legislation referred to iu the
foregoing preamble, wo hereby manifest
our gratification at the spirit of modera
tion which the Major-General command
ing the Third District brings to the dis
charge of the responsible duties and to the
exercise of the great powers committed to
him ; and that we feel called upon to meet
him in a like spirit and hereby to ex
press to him our purpose to throw iio obsta
cle, in tlie patli ol' his official duties, but
that in all that tends to a genuinedesirefor
the restoration of the Union under the
Constitution, including ail the States, we
pledge ourselves to a most earnest and
cordial co-operation.
Resolved, That wo recommend to all
who are qualified to register und vote un
der the provisions of the law, to do so as
early as convenient after the opportunity
is offered for that purpose, and to scrupu
, louslv abstain from any act which might
be construed into a disposition to hinder
or disturb any other person in the dis
charge of any duty or the exercise of any
privilege conferred livlaw.
Jtenolved, That we shall so demean our
selves as a people that it shall not be our
fault if, pending the efforts at recobstruc
tion under existing laws, the civil officers,
of the State are disturbed in the exercise of
their public functions.
Resolved, That we find nothing in the
changed political condition ol'tho white and
black races in the South that ought to dis
turb the harmuniqus relations between
them ; that we are ready to accord to the
latter every right and privilege to which
they are entitled under the laws of the
land ; that we sincerely desire their pros
perity and their improvement in all the
moral and intellectual qualities that are
necessary to make them useful members
of society ; that we are tlieir friends, both
from gratitude for their fidelity in the past
—iti war as well as in peace—and because
our interests in the future are inseparably
connected with their well being.
TIIE MEETING
Last night was a success crowning all the
hopes and wishes of the patriotic citizens
who inaugurated it. The moral taught by
it was that the citizens of Mobile, without
distinction of race, are prepared to meet
squarely in the face the dispensations of
Providence, and the decrees of war amj
political necessity in the present emer
gency. It was a withering rebuke to the
scoundrels who are striving, by wicked
agitation, to add to the calamities of the
South, todeepen the gloom of the inevitable
present with the horrors of intestine and
domestic strife, and, by marshalling in*
hostile array different classes of the com
munity, who, forced by the march of
events to live together, are counselled by
every consideration of policy, humanity,
political and social interest, to dwell to
gether in peace for the common good. It
taught that Alabamians should move to
gether to control the destinies of Alabama
and that a broad distinction should be
drawn between the men of Northern birth
who come here in good faith to take their
part and lot in our political destinies and
the prophets of evil who come like the
intruder into the domestic circle to put
asunder those whom the decrees of God
and (lie destinies ot fortune have joined
together. The latter, as one colored
speaker remarked, are serpents who should
be watched, marked, scotched and tram
pled upon. Wo have taken anew de
parture and a bold, forward and gigaiitii),
stop toward the realization of the duties
of the hour. “ Glory be to God on high ;
and on earth, peace, good will to men!”
This is what this meeting teaches, and
henceforth let Southern men, black and
white, take care of themselves and spit in
scorn and contempt upon all interineddlcrs
who seek their own vile advancement by
trafficking in bad blood between them. —
Mobile Advertiser.
Superior Court. —The second week of
the adjourned term of this Court began
on Monday, Judge Aug. S. Roese, of the
Ocmulgee Circuit, presiding.
There was a full attendance of the Grand
Jurors, and that body was organized by
the selection of J. A. Ansley, Esq., as fore
man. Judge Rceso delivered to them an
aide and effective charge in relation to
their duties ns tlio grand inquest of tlio
country.
During the morning hour .the case of
Wray vs. Mathews for tlio recovery of tlie
value of a trunk lost while in charge of
the defendant, .n a common carrier, was
submitted to a special jury. Tli6 jury
was unable to agree upon a verdict, and
the case was withdrawn from tlieir con
sideration.
In the afternoon the case of Scott vs. the
Georgia Railroad Company was taken up,
but we did not learn the result of the trial.
Judge Reese is an able jurist and affable
and pleasant Judge, and has made a very
venerable impression upon tlio Bar and
people of the city.
The State Road.—Friday afternoon last
wo. were among the excursionists on the
State Hoad in a special train from Atlanta
to Marietta, which train was provided by
Major ‘Wallace, the accomplished Superin
tendent of the Georgia State Railroad, for
tiie special accommodation of the mem
bers of the Press Convention.
The pleasant little town of Marietta was
reached in due time. After wnlkinground
and looking at the town for a quarter of
an hour or so, during which time we saw
nothing of special interest, except some of
the sad, blighting results of war, we return
ed to the train, and reached Atlanta in
thirty-threo minutes, a distance of twenty
one miles very good time, the reader will
admit, fertile State or any other Road
either North or South.
There are few men in the State of more
vim, enterprise and ability than Major
Campbell Wallace. The State is fortu
nate in procuring the services of so faith
ful and efficient a superintendent. Capt.
Peck, Master of Transportation, is also an
active and untiring co-laborer of Major
Wallace's in the reconstruction of this
road. Both gentlemen have labored as
siduously, uuder no ordinary disadvan
tages ; but, thanks to indomitable pluck,
skill and experience, their labors are now
rewarded. The State road is flourishing
under their administration.
The New Columbia Hose Carriage
—A special meeting of the New York
Firemen’s Association was held last even
ing. says the New York Herald of the ISth,
at their headquarters, Sixth Avenue, Vice-
President Lewis J. Parker in the chair.
Tho Committee on the New Hose Carriage
for the firemen of Columbia, South Caro
lina, reported that they built a carriage
similar in style to that lost on tho steam
ship Andalusia , and that it was now in
the hands of the painters. They contem
plated having the same finished by the Ist
of June, when it will be forwarded to
Columbia by steamer. -The Committee
also reported that by the destruction of
the former carriage by tire at sea they lost
nearly £1,500, which amount will be raised
by subscription by the members.
Caution. —The Chattanooga Union , of
Thursday, contains the following notice :
A sandy-haired little cuss, about five
feet five inches in height, giving his name
as Charles Morrison, advertised to show
a variety troupe in this city on the
evening of the 1 * th. After runniDg
up a printing bill with this office to the
amount of £ls and disposing ot a number
of tickets, the public were- informed that
the show would not come off, and our
j clerk was informed by the showman, Mr.
j C harles Morrison, that he really hadn t
any money to pay his just debts with.
Pass him around.
The Lenten Season in Georgia.—
The local of the Nashville l hion <f- Dis-
P 1 fiV/i pokes the following stick at the people
in this direction :
In the territory of Georgia, the lenten
season is likely to last all the year. The
Pope oi Missouri is now visiting that terri
tory to receive confessions and grant abso
i lution from political heresies.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY I, !567.
The Press Convention.
SECOND DAY.
Council Chamber, 1
Thursday morning, April 18th. j
Convention called to order at 8} A. M.
The roll was called, after which the
minutes were read and approved.
The President requested any members
of the Press not enrolled la.-t night, to come
forward and be enrolled.
The President read the following com
munication :
Atlanta, April 17, 1867.
IF. G. Clark, Esq., President Southern Press
Association :
Dear Sir—The undersigned Committee
of the business men of Atlanta, having
been appointed to express the'gratification
with which they welcome to their city so
large a body of the “Press" of our country,
and to ask their acceptance of a Compli
mentary Supper, and that you, as Pre
siding Officer, will be good enough to
furnish us with a list of your Delegates.
Very respectfully,
Wm. W. Clayton,
John W. Duncan,
Wm. M. Williams,
Committee,
On motion of J. R. Sneed, the President
was directed to accept the invitation and
return the thanks of the Association.
The Presdent then read his regular Re
port to the Association :
Gentlemen of the Press Association :
It is made the duty of the President and
Directors to submit, at each annual meet 1 -
ing of the Association, a detailed report of
tlio operations of tlie AskSeiaTTon (Turing
the preceding year. In making up this
hurried report I havp not been able to ob
tain the advice or assistance of the Direc
tors, nor have I at command the minute
books and papers in the custody of the
Secretary. I have, therefore, to rely upon
memory for some things that I would have
been glad to have drawn from the record.
Atthetime of the last meeting of our Asso
ciation, hold in Montgomery, in February,
i.sii'i, the condition of many of our journals
with regard to telegraphic news, was de
plorable indeed. Some of us were paying
•ruinous rateg—amounting in some* in
stances to near three hundred dollars per
week—while others, in interior towns,
were not served at all with telegraphic re
ports. The character of the dispatches
was quite as objectionable a.s the extrava
gant cost, so that it was questionable
whether they were not a euise instead of
a benefit to those who took them. I re
ported at that meeting tlio particulars of
an interview with Mr. Craig in New York,
which resulted in banishing the faint idea
I had formed of obtaining any improve
ment through him. I was satisfied that
continued association was tlie only means
through which we. could hope to obtain re
lief. In conformity with my recommen
dations the Association revised the consti
tution, adapting it to the changed condi
tion of political affairs, re-organized, and
adopted resolutions instructing me to open
correspondence with the managers of the
Telegraph Company and the representa
tives of the New York Associated Press,
and to make the best arrangement I coulcl
for supplying all the members with tele
graphic reports.
Immediately after tlie adjournment of
tlie meeting I telegraphed to Col. landlord,
President of the American Telegraph Com
pany (which by that time had absorbed
all the lines extending through the South),
inquiring if he would extend to our Asso
ciation, over. Southern lines, the same
privileges accorded the Western Associa
tion, over Western lines. His reply dis
sipated the report which had been in
dustriously circulated that Mr. Craig had
secured a monopoly over all the lines, and
we could not obtain news at all except
through him. He consented, for tlie time
being, to transmit all dispatches at one
half commercial rates, and as soon as liis
lines—which were out of repair, few in
number, South of Richmond, and working
badly—were put in good condition, to
make a more favorable arrangement. I
immediately telegraphed to the members
of the Association, that were not then re
ceiving dispatches, the terms upon which
they could be furnished, and on receiving,
their reply, desiring them, Iliad condensed
reports made up from the full dispatches
received at my office, and forwarded daily,
making tlie expense just what was paid
the telegraph company for tolls, and the
clerk who prepared them under my super
vision. Meanwhile I,wrote l'ully to Mr.
Craig, stating tlie wishes of the Associa
tion, and requesting his co-operation. I
received no direct response from Mr. Craig,
but was notified through his agents at
Mobile that he would send Mr. llicks—a
supervising agent—on a tour of observa
tion through the South, with instructions
to call upon me and obtain full in formation
of our wishes. Shortly .afterward. xUr-
Ilicks came South and In ad ti full and
frank interview with him.
The result of this tour was a great im
provement upon tlie former arrangement
with the New York Association. Tolls to
the papers taking full reports were reduced
more thaVi sixty per cent., and arrange
ments were made to supply all our papers
with the news at comparatively moderate
rates. So soon as this was accomplished
I discontinued the reports I had been send
ing a portion of the Press. In furtherance
of the.same arrangement Mr. llarr was
placed in charge at Washington, and this
appointment gave fresh encouragement
that all grounds of complaint would be
speedily removed. 1 desire to place upon
record here my deliberate conviction that
these important changes and improve
ments were mainly, if not entirely, due to
the existence of ojir Association, "as reor
ganized at Montgomery—and the efforts
made to carry its plans into practical effect.
Had we been without organization, and
manifested no disposition or power for
combined action, we might still have suf
fered under the numerous evils of which
w r e all so justly complained. In this con
nection I would refer to a communication
from Harr, which I append, marked “ A.”
A controversy sub'M'quently arose within
tlie New York Press Association, which
created much excitement, hut was not of
long continuance. Under the new regime,
.and with the cordial relations existing
with the representatives of the New York
Association, 1 thought proper to address a
lengthy note to Mr. Simonton, citing some
causes of complaint, and touching upon
the topics treated in my previous cor
respondence with Mr. Craig. Mr. (Sitnon
ton replied in a long and well tempered
letter, express! ng a strong desi re to conform
as nearly as possible to the wishes of our
Press. T have also interesting and im
portant correspondence (some of it private)
with other parties, which ought not, at
present, to be made public; and which
with the papers before mentioned, I pro
pose to submit to the consideration of the
Business Committee.
Tlie finances of the Association are ia a
healthy condition. We have but little
money on hand, but we are not in debt,
and bold orders not collected on several
journals for the assessment made at Mont
gomery. The Secretary informs me that
lie did not collect these orders, because
alter the arrangement effected with Mr.
Hicks, he did not think the money was
required. For the same reason he neg
lected to publish the proceedings—includ
ing the revised constitution—of the meet
ing at Montgomery. 1 recommend that
the proceedings of that meeting be incor
porated in the pamphlet with the minutes
of the presen . meeting, should the Asso
ciation decide to publish them.
I should be untrue to my convictions of
duty did 6 conclude this hasty report
without expressing the decided opinion,
formed long since, and strengthened by
every day’s observation and experience,
and the information I have obtained, that
the true interests, if not the safety of the
Southern Press, require that they should
maintain a thorough organization. They
may or may not deem it advisable to es-
I ta'olisb a telegraphic system oi their own.
working in harmony with the New York
and the Western Association, but they
should, bein a condition to resort to such
a measure whenever they deem it impor-
tant or necessary to do so.
Happily, thedaysof telegraph monopoly
are over. The success of the Atlantic cable
has effectually broken up the monopoly
•if the telegraph lines from Halifax and
Farther Point, which so long held in its
iron grasp the entire Press as well as the
commercial interests of the country. We
are free to put our agents anywhere we
j choose, and can obtain, equal eonsidera
! tion in sending our reports over the tele
; graph wires. The question now is simply
; one of costs and expediency. 1 think an
j arrangement might be effected with the
| Northern and Western Associations of
mutual benefit, and under which the most
j cordial and friendly relations would be
I maintained. The assurances that have
reached me from responsible quarters
j deduce this opinion ; and as, in my view,
j the arrangement I contemplate, while it
would be much better for i*. would also
be much better than the present, in all
j desirable respects, for the New York As-
I sociation. I cannot believe they would
I decline it when properly understood and
| presented. If the Association shall de
l '-me to keep up a thorough organization,
' it will devolve upon the President and
Board of Directors you shall here elect, to
digest and perfect a' plan for that purpose.
With the submission of this report I con
i elude my third year of service as Presi
dent of this Association. In looking back
i over the varied record of these years of
| vicissitude and trial. I find frequent occa
sion to lament my inability to serve you
as I could have wished; but any- failure
on mv part to meet your just expectations
has not been the result of'a lack of zeal or
devotion to the work. lam deeply sen
sible of the honor thus conferred upon me
bv the unsolicited and almost unanimous
suffrage of my brothers of the Press, and
only regret that my merit lias been un
equal tolheir confidence and kindness. I
am ready cheerfully to resign my trust as
soon as the Association may find it conve
nient to name my successor. I hope he
will as tar exceed me in energy and ability
as mv aspirations for the independence
Vnd prosperity of the Southern Press have
' exceeded mv success in my poor efforts to
further an object so much to be desired.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. G. Clark. Presiilent.
On motion of J. I. Whitaker, the re
port of the President was referred to the
Business Committee. Amended that it be
! spread upon the minutes.
: The Chairman of the Business Commit
i tee. J. R. Sneed, stated to the Convention
I that the Committee would report at 3
i o’clock this afternoon. The principal busi
ness before this Convention would be as to
: its continued exist the use of its
j own telegraphic facilities. ,
On motion of Gen. Wright, the old Con
stitution was read by the President, who
mentioned such amendments and changes
as occurred to him during the reading.
The Business Committee s resolution
looking to the election of officers was laid on
the table until 3 p. m. -
A communication was received from the
President of the State Railroad, inviting
the Association to make an excursion trip
to Chattanooga.
Atlanta, April is, 1867.
H". G. Clark. Esq., of the South
ern Press Association :
Sir: I have been requested by Maj.
Campbell Wallace, Superintendent of tlie
Western & Atlantic Railroad, to offer,
through you, to the officers and members
of the Southern Press Association, the
facilities of that road, to say that it
would give to the officers of that road
pleasure if the members of tlie Southern
Press Association will accept tlie use of an
excursion train over the road to Chat
tanooga, or any other point of tlie line, and
that they would request a previous notice
of twelve hours to prepare the road.
Respectfully,.yours,
J. S. Tiirasher,
Laic Sup’! So. Press Ass'n.
On motion of, Mr. Stockton, the thanks
of the Convention we_re> returned to Major
Wallace, and an invitation extended him
to take a seat on the floor of the Conven
tion.
Dr. Bard was called by the President to
the Chair during his t.euuxtinrv absence.
A resolution wiu -f. R tr need
commendatory oftne official career of the j
President, W. G. Clark. Passed.
It was understood that no new member
was admitted unless lie complied with the
requirements of the Constitution.
On motion of Major Sted, a recess of
five minutes was taken to receive, tickets
to the Complimentary Supper, given by
the citizens, and to register.
The Association was called to order by
the President.
On motion of J. R. Sneed, tlie Associa
tion adjourned till 3 o’clock f. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tbe Convention met pursuant to ad
journment, the President, W. G. Clark,
in tlie chair.
The roll was called.
The President announced the special
.order of business was the election of
officers.
On motion of Dr. Bard, the special
j order was suspended for the present,
j Dr. Bard, then read a dispatch from
|M. J. Williams, the Secretary of the
Association, stating that' the minutes of
the last meeting of the Association had
been mislaid.
It was moved that a resolution of
censure be passed upon the Secretary,
which, after discussion, was withdrawn.
J. 11. Sneed requested leave to withdraw
his resolution. Granted.
. Mr. Pughe offered the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That tlie Mayor and Post
master of Augusta, who are; present, be
invited to seats on tbe iioor.
J. R. Sneed, Chairman of Business
Committee, then reported in the form of
resolutions.
Upon motion, the report was received,
and Committee discharged from further
duty.
Tlie resolutions were taken up sepa
rately.
On motion of Major Steele, the first reso
lution was adopted.
The second resolution was then read.
Dr. Bard moved its adoption.
Geu. Wright moved to amend by in
serting one year instead of two, as he
was unwilling to allow one man to manage
such an important Association for such a
length of time, when the Association met
annually.
J. R. Sneed replied, that the officer who
would have this matter in charge, would
be as deeply and vitally interested as any
other member of the Association, and
might be therefore trusted to act properly
and discreetly,_
Gcueral Wright opposed the establish
ment of an independent Southern. News
Agency, because he did not think the
Southern Press able to support it.
General Wright did not exactly under
stand the matter. Hoped he would after
awhile. Re-moved to strike out two years
arid insert One ai'sS ffi'aPrro arrange -
ment shall be made by the President for
the procurement of News, unless approved
by a full Board of Directors,
Mr. Walsh said that he would present
some facts and figures in regard to the
cost of forming anew independent South
ern News Association, and proceeded to
state at length his reasons for opposing
the establishment of anew independent
News Agency, lie hoped that this Asso
ciation would not put itself in antagonism
to the New York Associated Press.
J. 11. Sneedj called the gentleman to
order—-there was no antagonism manifested
by this Convention.
Mr. Reid shared.the sentiments of Mr.
Wright—also stated that he thought this
Association unable to incur the costs of
establishing another News Agency.
After considerable discussion, during
which Mr. Brooks, of the Associated Press,
reiterated its kindly feelings toward their
brethren of the South, and after much
amending and re-amending, the resolution
was finally adopted.
The third resolution was then taken up
and passed.
\ On motion, the Report was taken up as
a whole and and adopted.
[The resolutions were received by tele
: graph and published in our paper on Fri
i day morning, j
On motion, it was decided to go into the
j election of officers.
Upon counting the votes for President,
it appeared that W.. G. Clarke received 19
votes ; 2 scattering.
And on motion, the election was made
unanimous.
The President returned his thanks to
the Association, and promised to discharge
j his duties to the best of his ability.
I S. B. Burr was then elected Secretary,
! Iff a vote of 15, to 2 scattering.
| The following resolution was offered by
I E. O. Withington, and passed:
Resolved, That tour directors bo elected
from the States ot'South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama or Tennessee ; leaving vacancies
j in Virginia and Mississippi to be filled by
the lour members elected.
The following gentlemen were then elect
ed Directors: A. li. Wright, Joseph 15.
Hodgson, Jared I. "Whitaker and Wm.
Laidler.
The following resolution wag adopted :
j Resolved, That as a testimonial of our
appreciation for the zealous, faithful and
effective services cf John S. Thrasher,
Esq., as Superintendent of this Associa
tion, in years past, we hereby tender Him
the thanks of this Association, and confer
upon him the complimentary position of
Agent of the Southern Press Association in
tlie city of New York.
Also, the following:
Resolved, That the assessments as pro
j vided by the Constitution, be collected of
all tlio members present, and that the Sec
\ retarv shall collect through tlie express,
; after due notice in writing, the same sums
H’oin all journals represented here by proxy.
| Also, a resolution commending the ser
vices oi Mr. Barr, M ashington Press agent.
Adjourned to meet at If) a. m. to-mor
row. — At. Opin.
Jeffersonville, April 14.—A
Strange Affair.— About 5 o’clock on
Saturday evening a scene was enacted in
the streets of Jeffersonville which is the
wonder and talk of the .'town. An alarm
ol fire had been sounded, and a crowd of
men and boys was following the engine to
the scene of' the conflagration, which
proved to be like a b:uc light sermon on
original sin—an ignis fatuus.
woman rushed out from a honse'and flung
herself upon tne bosom of n nun hurrying?
by and with endearing words claimed him
as husband, one was wan with long expec
tation, weary with watching and waiting
the wreck of former loveliness, though
still prepossessing in appearance. ’ But in
stead of greeting Ins devoted wife the man
coldly repulsed her ana denied her recog
nition, and contradicted her when she told
him that he was the lather of her two
children. Brutally repulsed, the plead
ing weeping woman, who. 'though
sorely tried, still clung to him. Despite
her entreaties, her prayer for pity, her ap
peals to his honor and manhood,’ he «tiH
j refhsed to recognize her. While this sad
domestic scene was going on a passing
[ policeman overhearing the affair, took the
man into custody and lodged him in jail to
await an investigation Monday morning
when it is reasonable to suppose some rich
developments will transpire. We forbear
using the name of the parties till the mat
ter shall have been examined into judicial
ly. Tiie man has been in Jeffersonville
: for some time, but has kept himself perdu
i making few acquantanees.— Louisciile
Courier , loth.
| Sudden Death,— Mrs. Holliman, wife
i of Mr. Benton Holliman, near Wrights
i boro, came to her death very suddenly- last
| Sunday -night. Her throat had been
diseased, and in taking some medicine she
| became strangled, and is thought to have
i burst an artery, causing instant death.
She was highly respected, and her loss will
be felt sadly. ’ How uncertain is life, how
certain is death, and bow important is
j preparation for eternity ! Thomson Ad
| vertiser.
Letter from C. L, Yallamlighaiti.
nis opixioNs of tiif. situation—»tiie Con
necticut election IMPEACHMENT
SCHEME—THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION,
& c. * ;
From ll,e Putnam tfur.ty Sentinel
* Dayton, Ohio, April 3, 1867.
Leonard H. Miller. Esq., Ottaica. Ohio:
My Dear Sir— Yours of the 27th ult.,
inviting me, on behalf of your Central
| Committee, to address a mass meeting of
tbe Democracy ofthe Tenth and Filth Con
gressional Districts of Ohio, to be com
posed, as you say, of “men who are not
afraid to have Vallandigham speak,” was
duly received. Having twice failed, be
cause of accident or sickness, to til i _ my
appointment in your county, I am fairly
under obligation to accept, and I do it
most cheerfully. But it cannot be at an
early day, as you request; nor, indeed,
earlier than September, inasmuch as my
professional engagements, to which I now
devote all my time and attention, will not
permit.
But any appointment which you may
make for me at that period, I will hold
myself in readiness to fill, since it will be
hut payment in part of the annual in
terest which I owe to the Democracy of
Ohio, as well as for political favor and
support as upon that “ heavy pecuniary
advancement,” so called by some, and by
shallow fellows referred to very wittily
ever and anon as the “ ten cent fund,”
but which I regard as the most honorable
testimonial ever bestowed upon any public
.mauAii. any country. Meantime, allow
me a passing word on the situation.
Dark as the days have been, and certain
as the total overthrow was of our original
form of constitutional government, already
badly wrecked and shattered, had our
enemies but possessed the revolutionary
audacity to drive on, I see now distinct
glimmerings of dawn, which, 1 trust, will,
sooner or later, ripen into the perfect
day.
• First—The Connecticut election is not
only full of encouragement, but .most
gratifying. It was fit that the home of
Thomas 11. Seymour, and the State, of all
others in the East, most firm and radical
in its Democracy, and where true “cop
perheads” did and do still most abound,
should, first of all, give signs of this coin
ing reaction in the North. Two years ago
the majority for Buckingham (Republican)
for Governor was 11,035 over O. S. Sey
mour (Democrat). Now English (Demo
crat), divested of the dead weight of last
spring and fall, beats Hawley (Republican)
700, and we elect three out of four Repre
sentatives in Congress. Verily, there has
been a resurrection; and the “dead Demo
cratic party,” in grave clothes, it may be,
and bound about witli a napkin, has come
forth, but refreshed and strengthened by
its slumbers. I have long had the Measure
of a personal acquaintance with G overnor
English. During the three sessions of the
thirty-seventh Congress, and throughout
the first two years of the war, years of
especial frenzy, he sat by my side, when
at any moment a stray bullet, aimed at
another, might have struck him to the
floor. I always Mind him a friend; and
now, with peculiar pleasure, hail him as
first of Democratic Governors in the new
era. Let Ohio, now, first of all States in
the Northwest, follow Connecticut on the
roll of Democratic States ; and she wi'l.
Next—The failure of Congress to de
pose the President is the most hopeful
omen of the times. In the first place,
melancholy as have been and still are the
weakness and incapacity of Andrew John
son —I do not question his sincerity—-he
is still a most impeding obstacle in the way
of the revolutionary chariot. But far
more than this deeper, more enduring,
more significant—the failure clearly in
dicates that the fury and audacity of the
revolutionary party, to which, more than
to all other causes, they owed their suc
cess, are on the wane. In revolutions a
step backward is death, and a pause mid
way the beginning of dissolution. Now
is the auspicious moment for us. Provi
dence has once more given to us a chance
to rescue from the destroyers the site and
foundations, at least, oftho now fallen and
dishonored temple of free Federal Repub
lican Government, and to reconstruct it
very nearly after the model of the old.
Shall the chance tie again cast away ? No;
lot us shun the errors, the hesitancies, the
-oaiasgloaicais., and the tkuid'tie? M'the
past, and Jel the people speak "to their
leaders that the work shall go forward.
If the men of the South will but consent
to be patient, learning to remain passive
and to endure, all may yet be well. Sub
mission to tyrannic force, to military co
ercion, is one thing; voluntary servitude
quite another. In any event, we have our
own rights, duties and obligations to free
constitutional government, from which no
act of any other State, section or people
can absolve us.
As to the Louisville Convention, a wqrd.
The Democratic party of Ohio, by formal
resolution of the recent State Uonvention,
has committed itself to a general delegate
convention, suggesting Louisville as the
place for it. The State Central Committee
has, therefore, no discretion in the matter.
Indeed, the movement originated in Ohio
by the action of our committee in July
last. I have myself in no other way been
concerned in it; but am not able to per
ceive any good reason why it should not
be held. It is designed only, as.l under
stand, for consultation and expression of
opinion, and with no view to candidates
for the Presidential campaign of 1808.
Neither can it bind any one by a “plat
form.”
But why not meet and consult? What
bettor means of promoting concert and or
ganization than a general convention?
“Warn the committees,” were the dying
words of Jefferson. Let us first have com
mittees and organizations everywhere. Sug
gesting respectfully that the convention be
postponed till the 4th of July, 1 trust
that, whether National Committees or
State Committees concur or not, the dis
trict and local committees, arid the Demo
cratic masses, will see to it that delegates
are appointed, and that the gallant and
lately oppressed Democracy of Kentucky,
under whose immediate auspices the con
vention is to bo held—they who, last sum
mer, first taught that Hannibal might bo
conquered—are not coldly and ungenerous
ly' rebuked and repudiated by their breth
ren in other States.
Very truly, &c.,
C. L. vallandigham.
Glanders. —This incurable disease is
making sad havoc with the horses in some
sections of this State. We met two gen
tlemen on Wednesday, one of whom said
he had that day shot the twentieth horse
which had been attacked on his farm by
glanders, and the other said he had lost
eighteen from the same disease, some of
which had died, and others he had shot as
they were attacked. These gentlemen
lived in Franklin county, and they stated
that it was spreading in all directions.
There was an act passed at the last session
of the Legislature, making it a grave penal
offence lor any one to ride a glandered
horse upon the highway, or even keep
one On his premises, when there was dan
ger of the infection being communicated to
the neighbors. We hope justices, of the
peace will enforce this law for a rigid quar
antine or the death and burial of all horses
infected is the only way to stop its spread.
We also hear that glanders has made its
appearance in Scott and Owen counties.
We heard that a man was riding aglander
ed horse in a neighboring town, but was
ignorant of the fact til! the symptoms were
pointed out to him. W e hope there will
be no delay in spreading the alarm in the
country, for the disease is incurable, and
may cost our citizens millions of dollars
worth of horse stock before it is checked.
Let every man be arrested who is seen rid
ing or driving a glandered horse, and ig
norance ought to be no excuse hereafter,
for it is every man’s duty to study the
symptoms of the disease when it i» preva
lent in his country or neighborhood. \\ e
shall endeavor to publish in the next num
ber of our paper what are tne infallible
symptoms of glanders, sothattuere can be
no mistake. —Lexington lAy.) G azette.
To Southerners.— Mrs. F. C. M bite
head, a native of this city, but late o. Au
gusta, Georgia, having by tne compulsion
of circumstances become located m the city
of New York, is prepared, as will be seen
by her card in another part of to-daj s
Courier, to very comfortably accommodate
her Southern friends either for the sum
mer or with permanent residence. Her
house, which is fine, large and . wed ar*
ranged, is admirably and conveniently lo
cated. being contiguous to Broadway, the
line of street cars, stages, Ac., &c. from
a long, personal and very pleasant ac
quanmnee with Mrs. fthitehead we feel
.satisfied that in her new sphere of useful
ness she will afford ample and p easant
satisfaction and gratification to all who
may favor her with their patronage and
encouragement, and therefore confidently
recommend her house asiin every way
worthy to be sought as a cheap and pleas
ant home for any from the South visiting
the city of New \ ork. Zlead card ejse
where "in thisj^e^^^£:_i: ciur -’ I,tL
The oldest printer now living in the
United States is said to be Mr. Robert
McKnight, of Cahaba, Alabama who
was born in 17>3. He is now eighty-four
years old.
The Mississippi ana Georgia Injunction
Cases—The Argument to be .Made Fri
day. the 20th instant.
In the Supreme Court of the United
States, Thursday, April IS, 1867.
Mr. Walker. If the Court please, for
my colleague, Judge Sharkey, and myself.
I now asu leave to file a bill ita behalf of
the State of Mississippi against the Secre
tary of War, the General of the Lhiited
States army, and General Ord. M e have,
of course, made the bill conform to the de
cision of the court. I believe it is precise
ly similar to the bill already filed in the
case of Georgia. We now ask permission
ot the Court to file it.
The Chief Justice. It may be filed.
Mr. o‘Cor.or. If your Honors please,
in the case ol’ the State of Georgia, hav
ing given notice of a motion for an injunc
tion, we beg that it may be placed on. the
calendar, so that in course, on the next j
motion day, it may be heard, if the conve
nience of the Court will permit.
The Attorney-General. May it please
your Honors, upon looking into the Bill
carefully, I have come to the conclusion
that it is my duty to appear in the case in
my official capacity. It is a duty that I
would not seek, but it is one that I cannot
avoid. And upon examining the Bill, I
have made up my mind that the proper
course for me to take in the_ first place is
to .move the Court to dismiss the Bill of
the State of G eorgia, and also that of the
State of Mississippi, upon the ground of a
want of jurisdiction in this court. I advised
the gentlemen this morning that L would
make such amotion; indeed, I have banded
them notice of it; and the only matter now
to be arranged is the time at which the
Caurt will hear it. In the notice of the
motion, I have designated Friday [to-mor
row) week as the day on which I should
be ready to take up the motion. I under
stand from the opposite counsel that that
day will suit them.
Air. Walker. Do you make the motion
in both cases ?
The Attorney General. In both cases.
Tt is the same motion. The case of the
State of Georgia is the first, however.
Mr. O’Conor. These motions are of a
character that involve essentially the same
questions, and can very conveniently, 1
suppose, be heard together in any order
that the Court may direct, and any order
will be agreeable to me and to my associ
ates. The time designated by the Attorney
General is the same that we designated on
our part, and if the suggestion which he
has made be agreeable to the Court, we
may be understood (if that is of any im
portance) as agreeing to it.
The Attorney General. I only propose
—and I think that will be quite enough at
one time—to discuss the question of juris
diction on the motion to dismiss tlie bill.
That, in effect, however, will bring up tbe
whole case.
The Chief Justice. The motion for an
injunction could not be heard unless the
Attorney General appeared and waived
the regular notice. A motion to dismiss
can be heard at any time. Each motion
involves necessarily the other. The Court
will comply with the suggestion made by
counsel, and fix the hearing of the motion
to dismiss the bill for Friday week, the
26th instant. We will make that order.
Mr. O’Conor. I beg leave to say that we
entirely concur in the view taken, that
either of these motions necessarily involves
identically the same matter; but I pre
sume our motion for an injunction may go
upon the calendar.
The Chief Justice. Certainly.
Mr. O'Conor. We must show the Court,
that wo are regular, according to the prac
tice, in moving it.
The Chief Justice. Tlie motion can be
made; but you are aware that it is neces
sary to give notice. The Attorney General
may waive it, however.
Mr. O’Conor. I have' made myself
conversant with that, and we shall, of
course, conform to the rules of practice
and the direction of the Court.
Mr. Walker. I understand, then, if
the Court please, that the Attorney Gen
eral is willing to hear these two cases to
gether, as they involve the same question.
We would enter the same motion for an
injunction that is entered in the other case,
with the consent of the Court.
The Chief Justice. Certainly; the
motion may be entered. If it is under
stood that the two cases are to be heard
together the Court will consider them as
oaa,.B3se» aaff hoar <*mn 'A,on "«ch side of
the motion.
Mr. O’Conor. I confess somewhat of
regret at the determination that hut one
. counsel can bo heard for the State ,of
Georgia. It has been hoped that two
might be heard.
The Chief Justice. Tlie Court have
considered that matter, and think that as
but a single question is involved the ordi
nary rule must be 'enforced.
Mr. O’Conor. It so happens, if the
Court please, that these cases are entirely
separate. The court has had sufficient
evidence in its proceedings and upon the
record that the cases arc separate, and
conducted by different counsel and with a
different policy, as to the views taken of
the law of the land. 1 lowever. we sub
mit, of course, to the determination of the
Court. —National Intelligencer.
An article which wo take from the
Round Table, says that the women of
America are growing “more and more
handsome every year.” Glad to hear it.
But we always thought them the hand
somest women in the world. The Yankee
girls,- with their rosy cheeks and nnhonpont
are hard to beat. The only objection we
ever had was a little too much mouth, and
a little too much of—of“spreadingcalico.”
The Southern girl did not.have quite so
much of the rose,'but there were certain
lines, such as au'umn tinted evening some
times gives, so delicate to the view that the
artist failed to catch them as they glided
from his vision. But they left a memory
behind. And then the eye, that so well
reflected the modest thoughts within, that
it needed not tlio rose to help the picture.
The Round Table thinks that an old man
is a better judge of beauty than a young
man. We think so, too. It says that
Health and Beauty are closely allied.
Therefore young ladies take care of yonr
health. Don’t be afraid of a little open
air exercise, or of soiling your hands with
a little of mother’s work in the kitchen and
laundry. Be sure that beauty is where
thero is purity. And if these arc allied to
health, our young men will find what they
want for wives and mothers, and tlie coun
try what it needs, to raise a bettor genera
tion. —South Georgia Times.
From New York.—The "steamship
Virgo, Capt. Rogers, arrived on Saturday
morning, with nineteen passengers ami a
good freight.
The Gen. Hama, Capt. Morton, arrived
early yesterday morning, bringing tliirty
! one cabin and eight steerage passengers
i and a heavy freight. Captain Morton rc
| ports that on the 20th inst., off Cape Look
| out, he passed through large quantities of
drift stuff, apparently the dock load of a
vessel. — Savanjiah Advertiser, 22d.
Quick Work. —The ship L. B. Gil
christ, Captain Watts, arrived at this port
on the Ist instant, with two thousand bales
of hay, consigned to Messrs. Crane & Gray
bill. This cargo was discharged and a
cargo consisting of 2,770 bales of Upland
and 570 bales ot' Sea Island cotton taken in,
and on Saturday last she was cleared for
Liverpool. Mr. James K. Reilly was the
Stevedore who discharged and loaded her
in the short space of eighteen working
days.
This is the largest lot of Sea Island that
has left this port in one vessel during the
present season. The entire cargois valued
at §410,043 20.— Sac. Ad., 22 d.
Floyd Superior Court. —This court
met yesterday, the 22d inst., lion. J. W.
11. Underwood on the > Bench. The'local
Bar were all present, and the Solicitor J.
W. Blance. We saw no lawyers from a
distance, except W. T. Trammell, now of
-Griffin. The Grand Jury recommended
that, in consideration of the very bu-y
planting time, all the litigated cases be
postponed, and as soon as the criminal
docket could be got through with, that the
court adjourn to next regular term in
course. It was finally concluded to post
pone even the criminal cases, and merely
those cases involving no litigation are be
ing taken up. It was expected that Court
would adjourn last night. —Rome Courier,
23(7.
From Baltimore. The steamship
Fannie arrived yesterday morning, with
the largest freight she has yet brougntfrom
that port. She reports on Saturday at 9
a. m.. off Cape Lookout, having spoken
two schooners picking up the cargo of the
schooner Jonas Hpar/cs, before reported
ashore on Lookout. — Savannah Advertiser ,
23d
The Wheat.—From every quarter, of
the county, and from surrounding counties,
the news comes up to us that the wheat '
crop was never more promising, -the
only fear expressed, is that the wet weather
may produce mould. This is, indeed,
cheering news. M e repeat, may our
planters reap a rich harvest. Ha Grange
Reporter, 19 th.
The power of fortune is confessed only
by the miserable ; for the happy impute
all their success to prudence and merit.
We have just enough religion to make
us hate, but not enough to mane us love
one another,
NEW SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 18.
Letter from Ex-Govci • ( y.
We. publish below the folio letter
; from lion. B. F. I'err", on the- political
situation:
“The United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a republican
forui of government.”— Section 4, Article
IV, Constitution of the United Slates of
America.
Under this authority the Congress of the
United States, after excluding from their
seats the Senators and Representatives of
ten Southern States, has established in all
the excluded States a military government,
absolute and unlimited in its powers. It
is well known that these States have ex
hausted tlieir power and resources in a
gallant and heroic struggle for independence
and self-government. They now have no
alternative but unqualified submission Jo
the military despotism thrown oyer
them. It is to.be hoped, and it is gene
rally, that the military commanders in
the Southern States will, exercise their
despotic powers wisely, and humanely.
It is the administration of a government,
and not the form of a government, which
makes it odious and oppressive. A des
potism, wisely, justly and virtuously ad
ministered, is the most perfect government
that can be established. It is the govern
ment of God, established by him tor the
government of the universe.
Five or six months ago South Carolina,
with all the other Southern States, reject
ed with scorn and indignation the consti
tutional amendment, which proposed to
exclude from office their leading men, and
reduce their representation in Congress
unless they permitted universal negro suf
frage. Now, it is proposed by the milita
ry bill not only to exclude this class of per
sons from office, but to disfranchise them
and exclude them from voting in all elec
tions, and at the same time to enfranchise
their former slaves, and give universal suf
frage to the negro. Strange to say that
tip l re are many persons in the Southern
States, whose high sense of honor would
not let them adopt tlie constitutional
amendment, who are now urging the peo
ple to voluntarily swallow the Military Bill,
regardless of honor, principle or consisten
cy. I am happy to know that they are
secessionists, and ever were Union men.
Tlio inquiry is, which, then, shall we
do? Whilst I have been writing, the tele
graph brings the glorious news that Mis
sissippi and Georgia have appealed to the
judiciary for the protection of their con
stitutional rights as sovereign States of
the American Union. Would to God that
South Carolina stood by the side of Mis
sissippi and Georgia, in this their last
noble effort to maintain tlieir dignity and
honor as States, and the just rights and
liberties of tlieir. citizens. If this last
grand expiring effort in favor of freedom
should fail, then the Soutli will have to
quietly meet the tyranny of Congress; but,
in meeting, she need not embrace the
hideous thing. When tlio military order
is issued for a registration of voters, let
every man, not disfranchised, go forward
and register his name. When the election
is ordered for a convention, it will be the
duty of every voter to cast his vote for the
wisest, best and most trustworthy men,
who are eligible t(f scats in that conven
tion. This much lie is forced to do for
self-protection, and to keep the State
Government from falling into tlie hands of
unworthy, and base men. He need go no
further. . Let hi n then endorse on his
ticket, gNo Convention.” If he is a
patriot and an honorable man, lie cannot
desire the change which the Military Bill
contemplates, and he should not vote a lie !
With the cunning which always char
acterizes the tyrant, Congress has enacted
that the people themselves shall endorse
the call of a convention, in order to
legal validity to its acts. Without this
endorsement, the whole proceeding might
be regarded as forced on the States by the
military government, and, therefore, null
and void. Hence, the trick of making the
people endorse the call of a convention. It
is to be hoped that they will not be caught
by this cunning device, and that they may
be able to infiueuce their freedmen to act
with them. But should a majority of the
votes be fur a convention, then ifis to as
semble, and not otherwise. When it as
sembles, the honor and destiny of the State
wifi be in its keeping.
But if the people should vote. “No Con
vention,” what then? The honor and
dignity of the States will, atjeast, not be
i shall remain as we are, urJlier a military
rule, until there is a reaction at the North.
! It lias already commenced in Connecticut,
and wii], sooner or later, sweep over the
whole Northwestern and (Middle States.
Then we shall be restored to our rights in
the Union, with honor unsullied and the
. right of suffrage unchanged.. Let us await
this Democratic triumph, be ita hundred
years, rather than seek new associations
with our Black . Republican tyrants and
oppressors, and he guilty of the baseness
oi’ abandoning our friends at the North,
who have nobly defended our cause for
two years past, and sacrificed themselves
in the struggle for Southern rights .and
constitutional freedom-
If we are unwilling to bear the ills to
which we are subjected, for the mainte
nance of honor and principle, then we de
serve our destiny. It is said that, if we
■ do not accept the degrading terms now
! offered, worse will be imposed ! Have we
I any assurance that worse may not bo im
posed if we do accept ? Like the woman
who consented to her own dishonor to
save the life of her husband, and was then
made to witness his execution ! There is
no faith in tyrants. Threats of confiscation
j are futile. Almost every one has been
i pardoned, by taking the amnesty oath or
jby special application. The Southern
i people may be robbed and murdered, but
: tlieir property cannot be confiscated.
In order to debauch prominent Soutli
; era men, offers have been made in Con
! gress to remove their disabilities, and, it
would seem, not without success ! Threats
to the many and bribes to a lew, is the
policy adopted for Radicalizing the South
i ern States. With universal negro suffrage
and debauched politicians, we may bid
i farewell to all hope of Republican institu
tions. V irtue and intelligence alone can
j sustain a republic. When the negro has
\ acquired intelligence to understand his
j political rights, and property to make him
; feel an interest in the proper exercise of
| them, lie should be allowed to vote. This
| principle has been adopted in most of the
j Northern States, and is wise and just.
! But it is wicked to put- ballots into tLa
i hands of those who will be the passive
I tools of’ their employers, or the mis
! chierous agents of Black Republican einis-
I saries.
Nothing can be more unjust and iniqui
tous than the discriminating disfranchise
ment of the .Military Bill. A Union man,
whose life lias been spent in trying to main
tain the interests of tbe Union, but who
was a member of the Legislature or a
Judge ten or twenty years ago, and who,
after his State seceded, led or ciothed a son
in the Confederate army, is disfranchised !
But the man whose whole life may have
been spent in treasonable efforts to destroy
the Union and involve the country in a
bloody civil war, who was a leading mem
ber of the Secession Convention, and af
terward a distinguished General in the
Confederate army, hurling his command
against the United States forces in a hun
dred bloody fields of battle, is not disfran
chised, unless lie had previously taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the
United States! There are many instances
of th is character which might be mentioned,
showing the injustice and folly of this dis
franchisement. It is believed that neither
(lens. Beauregard, Hill, Magruder, nor
Gen. Lee himself, the illustrious command
er-in-chief of the Confederate forces, is dis
franchised. But the humble Union magis
trate who.relieved the distresses of a son
or friend in the Confederate army is dis
franchised !
There is not the remotest hope or proba
bility of the Southern States being restored
to the Union till after the next Presidential
election. Why, then, shall we voluntarily
degrade ourselves, and give up our dearest
political rights for a delusion '! If dis
honor must come, do not embrace it. II
we are to wear manacles, let them bo put
on by our tyrants, not by ourselves. If a
man threatens to kick you, self-respect
would forbid your exposing your person to
him and asking him to kick you at once
and be done with it. We have lived
already-two years under military .rule, in
great poverty and distress, and have been
cheered all the time by the consciousness
that we are not a degraded, though a
conquered, people.. We can continue to
live in the same way two years longer, or,
if need be, ten years, and feel a pride in
knowing that we have maintained our
honor, and made every effort possible to
preserve our freedom and constitutional
rights. A man who feels that he has dis
honored himself is lost, and so it is with a
people.
Let us live quietly and peaceably, attend
ing diligently to our various vocations in
life—obeying patiently the powers that be;
but never think of voluntarily voting away
our rights as a State or honor and free
dom as men. Let us trust in a returning
sense of justice on the part of our oppres
sors, which sooner or later must come.
Have patience, forbearance and long suf
fering. The Southern States fought four
long bloody years for what they believed to
be a sacred right proclaimed by all the
American people in their Declaration of
Independence. Can they not now afford to
live four years longer out of that Union,
rather than sacrifice their honor, their
rights, as States, and the great republican
principles of freedom ?
B. F. Perry.
Registration In South Carolina -Impor
tant Circular from the Governor.
Executivs Department So. Ca., >
Columbia, April 12, 1867. j
Gentlemen: With tho view of being
able to furnish Major-General Sickles,
commanding this District, with the names
of suitable persons, who may act as Regis
ters of the voters in the several districts in
the State, and also as Managers of Elections,
under the Military Reconstruction Act,
and its supplement, passed by tho last
Congress of the United States, 1 respectful
ly request you:
~ 1. To furnish me with the names of four
intelligent and trustworthy citizens in
each Battalion in your District, if that
number can be found, and if not, any less
number, who are competent to act as
Registers.
2. The names of three persons, if three
can be found, and if not, any less number,
at each one of the election precincts in
your District, who will be competent to
act as Managers of Elections.
These Kegisters and Managers will bo
required to take the following oath pre
scribed by the Act of July 2d, 1862:
“I, A. 11,do solemnly swear (or aflirm)
that I have never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since I have
been a citizen thereof; that I have volunta
rily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or
encouragement to persons engaged in
armed hostility thereto; that I have neither
sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to ex
ercise the functions of any office whatever,
under any authority or pretended authori
ty in hostility to the United States ; that I
have not yielded a voluntary support to
any pretended Government, authority,
power or Constitution within the United
States, hostile or inimical thereto. And 1
do further swear (or affirm) that, to the
best of my knowledge and ability, I will
support and defend the Constitution of
the United States, against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same; that I
lake this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation, or purpose of evasion,
and that 1 will well and faithfully discharge
the duties of the office on which I am
about to enter. So help mo God.”
You will also designate the precincts
where there is no competent person able
to take the above oath. Jt is very desirable
that you should authoritatively ascertain,
from each person named, whether he can
do so. You will also give the postoffice
address of each person named. The Regis
ters, and perhaps the Managers of Elec
tions, will be compensated for their servi
ces.
I cannot too earnestly impress upon you
the vital importanoe of promptly acting
upon the request contained in this com
munication, and of transmitting your
answer at the earliest day practicable.
If an earnest and energetie effort is not
made to procure tho services of trust
worthy citizens to discharge these respect
ive duties, they v/ill ho performed by
strangers, who may not have a correct ap
preciation of tho wants of tho community.
. James L. Okr,
Governor of South Carolina.
To tho Clerk, Sheriff, Ordinary and Com
missioner in Eauity, for Greenville Dis
trict.
General Orders No. 5.
lleadquart’s District of Georgia, »
Macon, Ga., April li), 1867. j
1. Tho Military District of Georgia is
hereby divided into (8) eight posts, as fol
lows :
Post of < Savannah. —To include the coun
ties of Chatham, Effingham, Bulloch,
Bryan, Tattnall, Liberty, Mclntosh,
Glynn, Wayne, Appling, Pierce, Ware,
Coffee, Charlton, Camden, Clinch, Echols,
Lowndes, Brooks, Berrien, Colquitt,
Thomas, Decatur, Mitchell, Miller, Baker
and Early.
Post of Augusta. —To include the coun
ties of Richmond, Columbia, Warren,
Glasscock, Washington, Johnson, Jeffer
son, Burke, Scriven and Emanuel.
Post of Atlanta. —To include the counties
of Cobb. Fulton, Campbell, Carroll,
Coweta, Heard, Fayette, Clayton, Spald
ing, Henry, Newton, DeKalb, Milton,
Gwinnett and Butts.
Post of Pahloncga. —To include tho
counties of Fannin, Union, Towns, Ra
bun, Gilmer, l’ickons, Cherokee, Dawson,
Lumkin, White, Habersham, Hurt, For
syth, Banks, Franklin and Hall.
Post of Home. —To include tho counties
of Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitlield,
Murray, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Polk,
Paulding, Harralson and Bartow (for
merly Cass, recently changed by an act of
the Legislature).
Post of Athens. —To include the counties
of Ciarke, Jackson, Madison, Elbert, Ogle-
Hancock.
Post of Columbus. —To include the coun
ties of Troupe, Morriwether, Harris, Tal
bot, Muscogee, Marion, Taylor, Schley,
Webster, Stewart, Tatnall, Quitman, Ran
dolph, Clay, Calhoun and Chattahoochee.
Post of Macon. —To include the counties
of Bibb, Jones, Baldwin, Wilkinson,
Twiggs, Laurens, Pulaski, Montgomery,
Telfair, Wilcox, Irwin, Worth, Dooly,
Houston, Macon, Crawford, Upson, Mon
roe, Pike, Sumter, Lee and Dougherty.
By command of
Coe. C. C. Sibi.ey, U. S. A.
(Signed) J. E. Hosmer,
Ist Lieut. 16th U. S. Infantry,
and A: A. Geu’l.
Official: A. Ass’t. A, Gen.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
FROM W. C. WATTS <t- CO.’S WEEKLY MAR
KET REPORT.
Liverpool, 5Ut April, 1807.— Cotton.—
In our issue of Friday, 29th ult., we re
ported the marketas closing very irregular
under the influence of the enormous
week’s import (204,090 hales), and quoted
middling American at l.'ijd to 13)<1. On
■Saturday there was no quotable change,
h\it prices remained irregular and in
favor of buyers. On Monday it was known
that the receipts at the American ports for
the week ending the 29th ultimo were
about :!r>,ooo bales, and the shipments to
Great‘Britain and tho Continent 71,000
bales, showing adecrease on tho preceding
weeK in the receipts of about 0,000 hales,
hut an increase in the shipments of 21,000.
These receipts were quite as small as an
ticipated, hut the enormous shipments
seemed to take every one by surprise, and
more than neutralized the elFect of tho de
creased receipts. This, in connection with
tho large quantity of American that was
pressed on the market for sale, completely
unsettled prices, which have since given
way from day today, butclose this evening
rather less irregular, which mark a decline
during the week-of jd- on Americau and
id to jd upon other descriptions.
The sales of the week sum up 59,940
bales, of which 40,300 were taken by the
trade, 12,800 declared for export, anil 780
on speculation. In Cotton to arrive a limit
ed business was done, and the latest
quotations for American, basis middling,
are for hales, from New York 12Jd, and
Mobile, direct, 12Jd to!2;d.
We have now to note a recent and very
perceptible change in the current of opinion
as to the immediate future of prices. A
few weeks ago the opinion seemed almost
universal that if we could see such a fall
ing off in the receipts at the American
ports as to point to an out-turn of not ex
ceeding If to 2 million bales, that spinners
here and on the ( lontiuent, who are known
to be excessively short of stock, would at
once stock themselves freely and check
the downward tendency, if not give an up
ward turn to prices. Now, however, there
seems no longer any reason to suppose
that the “receipts at the American ports will
but little, if at all, exceed the smaller esti
mate. We have advices also of an almost
unprecedented Hood in the valley of the
Mississippi river, which will, without
doubt, greatly delay the planting of the
crop this season, and thus add much to its
uncertainty, and perhaps materially cur
tail its extent. Statistically, too, the
position ot the market appears much
stronger than at this time last year. r i'ho
present stock, though large, is only 4,440
bales in excess qf last year, whilst the re
ported supply at sea is now 200,000 hales
less than last year. Money, too, is now
abundant at 3 r’ cent., whereas last year it
was stringent at 0 cent., and soon after
this date rapidly advanced to 10 cent.;
and yet, during the entire.panic which fol
lowed, although the stock of cotton hero
increased to over one million hales, and a
giant war was in progress on the Continent,
prices were at no time forced below those
now current. We have space only to brief
ly recapitulate the apparent reasons for
tiiis anomalous position of the market.
Thu immense production of goods last
year seems to have freely supplied all—
and to have overstocked some—of the
markets of the world. ' The high prices
of bread-stuffs and provisions have this
year caused a largely diminished home
demand for goods. Manufacturers,
in the absence of a legitimate demand
for their goods, rather than let theirstocks
accumulate, have shipped largely on their
own account, particularly to India and
China. Tlfo.se markets are thus over
stocked with goods, and, the raw material
having declined here in the meantime, the
result is heavy losses. These, in connec
tion with the enormous losses that resulted
from the panic of bust year, and the con
tinned prostration or depression of most
descriptions of railway and other securi
ties, have greatly curtailed the ability of
the trade to purchase, of importers to hold
their stocks, and of speculators to operate.
From America wealso learn of a similar
prostration in nearly every department of
trade, and it'now appears that we will re
ceive a much larger proportion of the crop
than was supposed a lew months ago.
Added to all this the calamities attendant
on the trade for the past twelve months
seem to have Riven rise to a very general
impression that prices have been too high,
considering the many new sources of sup
ply that liavo resulted from the high prices
current for some years past.
At Manchester yesterday the market was
very quiet, and prices easier. From New
York advices are to last evening, and quote
Middling Uplands 291 c, with gold at 1331 c.
Front Bombay advices are to 2(!lh ultimo.
Cotton dull and lower; shipments for week
ending 22nd 37,500 hales. At Havre, on
29th ultimo, the stock was 02,487 hales,
against 58,705; and at London yesterday
the stock was 43,290 hales, against 58,534
last year.