Georgia Historic Newspapers

    OLI) SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
Chronicle & Sentinel.
11ENBY MOOlli;,
A. It. WBIGIIT.
PATRICK WALSH, Associate Editor.
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“ WEEKLYI
AUGUSTA. GA :
W KDS K 8 • MMlia, licmtt 4.
,'iieiukk ok Burke County. Edward
Byrd, Ksq., has been appointed .Sheriff of
Burke county, Georgia, by Gen. Pope, to
fill a vacancy. _ _
Fashions for December. — Frank
Leslie s Lady's Magazine and Gazette of
Fuiiian I r December is out already. Our
fair read* •-will find it at Quinn’s News
and Periodical Depot.
Tuk “Home Journal”— ls the title
of anew weekly Southern paper similar in
appear; r. to the Ledger. The Home
Journal i published by J. Y. Slate & Cos.,
of Ba!’.injure. It is one of the best literary
j. uruaN in the couutry. We are indebted
to Mr. P. Quinn, the enterprising news
man, I ,r No. 2 of this weekly.
I in: Sxß&&fjearn that
rived in Chari eston, and are expected here
ir. a day or so. Four others arc soon to
a; rive. On the 10th of December they
will commence running.
Richmond County Superior Court —
Before Judge Gibson.—An injunction
having been prayed for by several mer
chant;-, against the City Council of Au
gusta, restraining them from collecting
certain income taxc.., the case was argued
before Judge Gibson in Chambers Mon
day morning by Messrs. Shewmako and
Hook. __
Improvements. —A much needed im
provement is now going on at thecorner of
Bn ”1 and Mclntosh streets, in building a
covered drain across Broad street. The
centre, which has been about two and a
half feet below the general level, will new
I*s even with the crossings. Similar im
provements will be made at the corners of
Bi' .id and Jackson and Campbell streets.
The main object, wo learn, is to make sub
stantial crossings for the street railway.
Apart from thin, however, an eye-sore to
tlie public and a serious obstacle to dray
men and wagoners will bo removed. The
community is indebted for tiie.se improve
ments to Alderman Tweedy, the actiug
Mayor—who, in the absence of the Mayor,
lias ordered the work completed. It. J.
Bov. o has charge of the construction of
drains, and Mr. John Morrison, of the
“Street Brigade,” acting with their acuus
tomod promptness and assiduity, the work
will be soon completed.
Death op an Old Citizen.—We arc
pained to announce the death of another
old and respected citizen of Augusta, John
Keilly, Esq., which sad event occurred at
his residence in this city on Monday morn
ing. Mr. Iteilly came to this country from
Ireland when he was eighteen years of
age, and was, at tho time of his death,
sixty-nine years old. lie was for several
years engaged in mercantile pursuits, and
for the past three or four years has filled
the position of Lot Inspector of the First
nud Second Divisions, under the City
Council of Augusta, which office he was
filling at tho time of his death. In his
business, as well as in his official capacity,
M* fotcgritj usd faithful performance
of duty won for him the respect and friend
ship of all who knew him, while in his 1
social relations ho was. ever a kind bus- |
band, an indulgent father and a sincere
friend. He leaves a large family and a
host ol‘ friends to mourn his loss. lie
has gone from the earth, but his memory
will live as a green spot with those who
knew him best. Peace to his ashes !
City Court.- -The City Court, Judge
Snead presiding, met Monday .morning,
and adjourned until Wednesday morning
next, as a token of respect to the memory of
David L. Koatli, Esq., late Ordinary of
Richmond county and the Clerk of the City
Court, and, also, on account of the death
of John Reilly, Esq., a relative of Judge
Snead.
On Wednesday morning the Criminal
Dock f will be called, and all parties hav
ing business oti the criminal side of the
Court will do well to attend promptly, as
the Solicitor General will be compelled to
leave on Thursday to attend a Special
Term of Washington Superior Court for
the trial of a murder case in that eounty.
The following is a list of the Grand
Jurors tor the present term of the Court:
Marcell us P. Stovall, foreman; Thomas
(’. Crews, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Joseph B.
Preston, Wm. J. Mealing, Adolphus P.
1 lie non, John C. Gowdv, Joseph Meyers,
S. A. Schreiner, John G. Coffin, Harris 11.
D Antignao, John 1. Stockton, Henry
Mey< rs. Charles 11. Phiuizy, Sterling f.
Eve, Wm. I>. Bowen, Thomas 11. Roberts,
Jos. N. Taliaferro, John F. Keen, Chas.
G. Butler, Wm. C. Jessup, Edward Can
field.
IV*t>r.YTKUlan General Assembly.— '
This body, representing the interests of the !
Presbyterians in the Southern States, eon- ;
veiled at Nashville, on Thursday. Eleven 1
Syv'.’.s were represented by a goodly mini- 1
her el’delegates, ministerial and lay. Kcv. .
A. 11. Kerr, D. IV, the Moderator of the
last Assembly, preached the opening ser- j
won, from the text:
“Great is the herd, and greatly to he ;
praised in the city of our God, in the j
mountain of 11is holiness. For this God
is our God lbrever and ever; lie will be our
gui v even unto death.” — I’salm XLVIII, |
1, 14.
l; v. Dr. T. V. Moore, of East Hanover 1
Pre.'oytery, Va., was elected Moderator
and Rev. Dr. Doremus was chosen Tern- :
porary Clerk. The only business transact- '
ed at the sitting on Thursday was pie ad
mission of the Patapseo Presbytery to the |
Virginia Synod, and its commissioners to 1
membership in the General Assembly.
The following commissioners appeared
from the Synod of Georgia;
Ministers. Elders.
Atlanta John Jones. Langdon Ellis. ;
Augusta...J K Wilson,D.D. E L Newton.
Cherokee...S E Axson.
Florida W J McCormick.
Macon Theo H Smith.
Savannah.. 1> U. Porter. Ezra Stacy.
The Nashville Union, in speaking of the
Assembly, says:
It is composed of commissioners from ;
the various Presbyteries in those States
(Southern), and portions of Kentucky,
Missouri, Maryland, ar.dsowe oftheNorth
ern States. It is a grave and dignified as- i
semblage of men, worthy of the extensive t
and powerful denowidation of Christians
it represents —a large proportion of them
being past middle age, and Hearing on
their countenances the seal of the sacred
calling to which they are devoted.
Hancock Journal. —We are requested
to state that W. 11. Royal is making an
effort to establish a weekly newspaper in
the town of Sparta, Hancock County, to
be called the Hancock Journal. V e com
mend the enterprise to the attention of
our city merchants and Hancock patrons.
Railroad Consolidation. — Wo learn
from the Savannah Republican that a meet
ing of Stockholders of the Southwestern
Railroad Company will be held in Macon
on Wednesday, the 4th day of December,
to consider the propriety of amalgamating
the Muscogee and Southwestern Railroad
Companies, as authorized by an Act of
the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, passed in 1856. As the meeting
is an important one, it is essential that all
Stockholders should be represented in per
son or by proxy.
Pope’s sew Jury System.
| In the City Court, yesterday, we noticed,
! on one panel of the petit jury, five negro
j men—three black and two copper colored.
I These poor negroes were forced into their
j strange and anomalous position by the
j order of Genera! Pope requiring that all
i juries in the State should be drawn indis
! crirninately from the registry lists,
j The negroes cn the jury yesterday seem
j ed to be very much annoyed by the service
j they were called on to perform. Ail of
I them, to judge from their appearance in
j the jury box, would Lave been delighted
jto get away. They manifested great un
easiness while the panel was being sworn,
and looked as though they were about be
ing put upon their trial for some heinous
offence. We pity the poor negroes who
are thus wantonly and illegally imposed
upon by the kingly satrap who domineers
j over this State, and trust the day is not far
distant when wo shall be relieved from
his tyrannical and vindictive rale.
We believe that the presence of these
negroes on the petit jury will cause all the
eases on the common law docket to be ap
pealed without a hearing on the common
law side of the Court. Parties and At
torneys show gre'jt opposition to submit
ting their eases to the arbitrament of negro
juries, and we predict that Pope’s order
will materially lessen the labor of our
Courts.
- Gnrtbafaf.
The unprincipled agitator whose sedi
tions and treasonable plots against the
government of Rome have more than once
plunged Italy into a fierce and bloody in
testine war, and brought distress and suf
fering to the homes of thousands of
Europe’s peaceful inhabitants, we learn is
about to visit the United States. His re
cent filibustering movement against the (
Papal authority having been brought to ai
speedy and disgraceful close by the patriot- ‘
ism and courage of the Papal forces, this
arch agitator and vindictive Red Repub
lican seeks an asylum in the midst of his
friends and colaborers Phillips, Wade,
Stevens, Ashley and company.
Speaking alone in the interest of the peace
of Europe and tho best welfare of the peo
ple of Italy, we regret that he has been
again permitted to escape the just punish
ment which his recent incendiary acts and
teachings so richly merit. We predict that
if ho should come to America he will not
insult the Southern people by his presence
among them. We have not forgotten his
pompous and vainglorious offer to the Fed
eral Government, during the late war, to
lend his aid and influence toward the sub
jugation of the Southern people. We re
member yet his disgusting present of a
bloody dagger, typical of his own incen
diary and blood-thirsty life, to the Gene
ral-in-chief of the Federal Army, with
which the latter was to cut the throats of
the oppressed and suffering people of the
South.
Wo blame Pope Pius the IX—we blame
Victor Emmanuel —wc blame the Emperor
Napoleon, for turning loose this cruel, ma
lignant and bitter enemy to good govern
ment, and vie think that the civilized world
will and ought to hold them and each of
them responsible for all the deeds ot blood,
of rapine and robbery which may ensue
from their too lenient conduct toward him.
An Atlanta Dogberry.
Judge Collier —by the Grace of God, aud
the appointment of Gov. Jcukins, by and
with the consent of the Pope—now sitting
Circuit Judge for the riding of Coweta;
shows himself a “Second Daniel come to
Judgment.” In the case of Mary CannoD
vs. the State Railroad, Mary sues the
Road for kilting her husband, Sylvester,
an employee of the Road in 1802. We
copy from the Intelligencer :
* ‘The defendant insists in this ease that
the said Sylvester was in the performance
of an illegal act, to wit; in the transporta
tion of Confederate troops to make war
against tho authorities of tho United States
and against the laws of the United States,
and, therefore, being engaged in an illegal
act, is at fault, arid in consequence, of that
fault, the plaintiff is not entitled to re
cover.
“The transportation of Confederate
troops over the Western and Atlantic
Railroad in the year 1802, for the pur
pose of making war upon the Government
or authority of the United States, was
contrary to the public policy and laws of
the United States (which this Court
recognizes), and therefore illegal.
“If you should believe, from the evi
dence in this ease, that the deceased was
I voluntarily engaged in the performance of
acts in violation of the Constitution and
! the laws of the United States when he was
: killed, aud that from that cause solely, or
j from the fault or negligence of the said
! Sylvester, at the time he lost his life, then
the plaintiff is not entitled to recover.”
Shades of Solon, burst your cerements!
| The great law-giver has come 1 Sylvester’s
I wife can’t recover, because Sylvester was
| running defendant’s ears at defendant s
j instance in the unlawful business of trans
porting Confederate troops at a time when
1 the Southern Confederacy had absolute
j control of tho State Road, the State and
! the people thereof! Write yourself down
an ass, friend John! You have at last
out Joe'al old Joe ! If his “brick tower”
is safe, your “blocks” areata premium,
j Henceforth let your decisions be printed
J upon satin, and be bound in ivory! Let
nothing hereafter harder than velvet come
| iu contact with your “seat of honor!”
Let thy brains repose with thy loyal din
j uer upon something soft as silk.
We are gratified to state in this connec
; tion that the jury in John’s Court
j “couldn’t see it” through those loyal
spectacles, and gave the widow a verdict
[of $5,000. We would suggest that a few
more such disloyal verdicts will have a
: tendency to injure business there, and to
keep away loyal capital. Could not this
ease be turned over to the City Council for
dual adjudication?—A’< wnan Herald.
Composition of the Alabama Me
naueiue.—We give below the nativity and
country from which the animals composing
the Menagerie at the Capitol have recently
been imported, ‘Tor positively one season
only:”
Alabama, 21; Vermont, 3; Connecticut,
2; Massachusetts, 6; Pennsylvania, 3;
New York, 11; North Carolina, 7; Scot
land, 1; Georgia, 11; South Carolina, 7;
Tennessee, 6; \ irginia, 10; Maine, 2: New
Jersey,!; Kentucky, 2; Ohio, 2; Canada
West, 1; United States, 1. Total, 97.
Three of tie members have not yet re
ported. The following is said to be the oc
cupation of the Piebalders;
Lawyers, 16; clerks, 1; physicians, .9;
telegraph operator, 1: field hands, 46; miu
ister, 1; cashier, 1; tanner, 1; editor, 1;
carpenters, 4; merchant, 1; teachers, 2:
manufacturers, 3 ; superintendent of
schools, 1; blacksmith, 1; painter, 1;
millright, 1: cabinet maker, 1; farmer and
merchant, 1: assistant chief police, 1; tailor,
1; commission merchant, 1; register in
bankruptcy, 1.
With very few remarkable exee ptions, all
are wholly unknown to fame and respecta
! bility—at least in Alabama. Some of them
are widely known to fame, however, in the
| country which they have left for their
| country’s good. —Montgomery Mail
Public Meeting at Appling, Columbia
County.
Appling, November 23, 1567.
At a meeting of a portion of tbe citizens
of Columbia county, convened for the pur
pose of nominating delegates to a Conven
tion. to be held at Macon the sth of
December next. Judge AA. AV. Shields was
called to the Chair, and J. N. Heggie was
appointed Secretary. The object of the
meeting having been stated by the Chair
man, when, on motion. Dr. Jas. S. <1 ones,
Wul H. Murray, Joseph P. Williams, and
L. A. Luke were appointed delegates to
attend said Convention.
On motion, ordered that the proceedings
be published in the Augusta Chronicle k
Sentinel and Augusta Constitutionalist.
On motion, ordered that the meeting
now adjourn.
W. AA . Shields, Chairman.
J. N. Heggie. Secretary.
A committee of Roman Catholic British
peers has been formed for collecting con
tributions to tbe necessities of the defend
rs of the Papal territory.
Presidential Calculations.
The Baltimore Gazette says the Radical
, leaders are beginning to realize now the
I full extent of their late unexpected and
i unwelcome defeat, though they are making
| desperate efforts to make every one believe
i that they are neither disheartened nor
| dismayed. The New York Nation thus
sums up their losses;
I The Republican party has sustained a
I series of defeats this year scarcely equalled
! in its history. When, on the 17th ultimo,
i we pointed out- that it had lost 107,000 of
; its majorities last year, and predicted that
j it would lose the "New York election, we
I wore severely denounced both as false
j prophets and as enemies to the party,
j But our predictions arc much more than
! verified. We foretold 15,000 Democratic
j majority in New York, desiring to make
■ the figure as moderate as we honestly
could. As soon as the registration was
! completed we estimated the probable ma
jority at 35,000. Tu fact, it'exceeds 48,000.
The returns from other States are very im
perfect. but seem to indicate 25,000 Repub
lican majority in Massachusetts, 10,000
Democratic majority iu New Jersey, -10,000
Democratic majority in Maryland, 5,000
Republican majority in Wisconsin, 4,000
in Minnesota, aud perhaps 5,000’ in Kan
sas. The returns from Illinois and Michi
gan, where county officers only were
chosen, are so meagre as to afford ho indi
cation of the results. Estimating the loss
in these Slates at half the proportion shown
by other States, the total loss upon the
Republican majorities of last year, in the
various elections of 1807, cannot be reckon
ed at less than 320,000 or three-fourihs of
the party’sentire majority.
The Nation, however, professes to find
comfort in the idea that only about fifty
thousand Republicans voted the Democra -
'h tfek'et, while one hundred and fifty
thousand stayed at home, and it compla
cently rests on the conviction that all the
delinquents can readily be led or driven
back into the Radical ranks in IS(}3. The
Nation then tries to figure out the result
of the Presidential election, and begins by
taking a view ot the field as it now lies. It
says:
If Presidential electors had been chosen
at the recent elections, tho result would
have been as follows :
Democratic.
California 6
Connecticut 6
Delaware 3
Kentucky 11
Maryland 7
New Jersey 7
Now York 33
Pennsylvania 26
Total 98
Republican.
Illinois 16
Indiana 13
lowa 8
Kansas 3
Maine 7
Massachusetts 12
Michigan 8
Minnesota 4
Missouri 11
New Hampshire.. 5
Ohio .....21
Rhode Island 4
Tennessee 10
Vermont 5 I
West Virginia 5 j
Wisconsin 8 I
Total... 140 I
We have omitted three small States —
Oregon, because no election was held, and
Nebraska and Nevada for want of any re
turns. Each chooses three electors. We
think Nebraska should be placed in the
Republican column, and the others in the
Democratic, making the vote 143 to 104,
If the Southern States should be admitted
in season tor the next election, their votes
(judging by the elections just held), will be
cast as follows, assuming that no change
will bo made in the law of suffrage :
Democratic.
Arkansas 5
Georgia 9
North Carolina 9
Texas G
Virginia 10
| Total 39
Republican.
Alabama 8
Florida 3
Louisiana 7
Mississippi 7
South Carolina 6
Total ....31
The vote in Georgia and Virginia would
be very close if it were polled to-day and
all voted. Possibly both might be carried
by the Republicans on a full vote, as they
have been on a partial vote, but we doubt
it. The prospect for 1808 is still favorable
for the Republican party, but the above
statement clearly shows that it is by no
means free from uncertainty.
The New York Tribune is also cypher
ing up a triumph in the approaching
Presidential campaign. Its figures differ
somewhat from those of tho Nation, but
both reach about the same result. The
Tribune's calculation is as follows :
Republican.
Illinois.» 16
Indiana 13
Kansas 3
Maine.,. > 7
Massachusetts 12
Michigan 8
Minnesota 4
Missouri 11
Nevada 3
Nebraska 3
| New Hampshire.. 5
Ohio 21
Oregon (doubtful) 3
| Rhode Island 4
I Tennessee 10
Vermont 5
| West Virginia
I (doubtful) 5
I Wisconsin 8
T0ta1...! ~.141
I Majority 43
Democratic.
California 5 I
Connecticut 6 |
Delaware 3 I
Kentucky 14 .
Maryland 7 |
New Jersey 7 I
Now York 33
Pennsylvania 26 !
Total 98
It must be borne in mind, however, that
Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and per
haps even Ohio, as well as AA r est Virginia
and Oregon, would he quite likely to vote
with New York and Pennsylvania. AVe
do not think much comfort remains for
any political party that cannot carry New
York or Pennsylvania, and we confidently
expect the Republican party will carry
both whenever it makes up its mind to do
it.
The Nation claims that Now York and
Pennsylvania are doubtful States, and
admits that Illinois and Indiana are doubt
ful also. As we read the late election
returns, we regard the States of New
l r ork and Pennsylvania as certain to vote
against negro suffrage, military despotism,
onerous taxation and Radical misrule
generally, and we incline strongly, to the
opinion that Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,
Ohio and AVest Virginia will go the. same
way. As to the Southern States, it is im
possible to say, at this time, much about
them. If a Presidential election were to
be held to-morrow it would be easy to
predict the result. Thaddeus Stevens,
wore ho the Radical candidate, would re
ceive the electoral vote of every State
South of’ Maryland, for they are all
owned by five Major Generals, who
are in turn owned by the man
agers of the Radical party. If matters
remain next year in the South, in their
present situation, enough white men will
be disfranchised and enough negroes
brought to the polls to record the aequies
| cence in the Radical “rampage” ofthe
l free and enlightened eitizens of ten South-
I ern States. AVhat changes may be cffect
| ed in the South we know not. But if the
I people of that section are permitted to
! hold ordinarily fair and free elections,
j ninety out ot one hundred white men
i among them will vote the Radical party to
| swift and sure political perdition. The
I whole question as to the Southern vote
turns upon theother question as to whether
the Southern are to be ruled by
their white population or by the negroes,
'j assisted by a small number of native
I whites of the lowest grade, and a r.um
, ber of itinerant politicians from the North.
Conservative Meeting In Fulton County.
Fulton County, Ga., Nov. 23, 1567.
The meeting called to nominate dele- :
gates to the “Conservative State Conyen- I
tion” which is to assemble in Macon on !
the sth proximo, was held to-day at the !
’ City Hall.
On motion Hon. Jared I. AVhitaker was
called to the Chair and Dr. Chas. Pinck
ney requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman, in a few pertinent re
marks, stated the object for which the
Convention is to assemble, to wit: “The
saving of Georgia, if possible, from negro
domination and Radical rule.”
Colonel T. T. Smith introduced a resolu
tion that a committee of five be appointed
by the Chair for the purpose of nominating
twenty persons to represent this meeting
jin the Macon Convention. Carried.
( The Chair appointed John Thomas,
i John C. Whitner, Dr. J. F. Alexander,
I John M. Clark and Judge Eehois.
Committee retired, and. after a short
absence, reported the following names ;
J. I. AVhitaker, J. G. AA estmoreland,
T. T. Smith, Adam Pool,
; C. C. Green, C. Herbst,
|J. P. Hambieton, C. Pinckney,
I J, H. Steele, L. J. Gienn,
i J. E. Gullatt, T. L. AVeils,
J. AA r . Price, B. F. AV yley.
E. M. Taliaferro, E. W . Marsh,
Robeit Baugh, J. - C. AVhitner,
J. F. Alexander, Josiah Bradfield,
i Henry Hillyer, J. J. Ford,
E. F. Hoge, S. Weil,
AYm. Ezzard, Sr., P. P. Pease,
Jno. Thomas, D. P. Hill,
J. L. Hopkins, R. F. Maddox.
Dr. J. I. Alexander, on the part of the
Committeee, explained that it had taken
the liberty of nominating ten additional
delegates to the number contemplated in
the resolution, but hoped the aetion ofthe
Committee would be sustained. Where-
the report was unanimously
adopted.
On motion of Dr. Price, the city papers
were requested to publish the proceedings.
Adjourned.
J. I. AVhitaker, Chairman.
Chas. Pinckney, Secretary.
* Atlanta Intelligencer.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1867.
From the Macon Telegraph.
! Should we Sympathize with Garibaldi ?
Editors Telegraph : It has been with re
gret I have noticed in some of our South
ern journals a tone denunciatory of that
; great and good man, Pope Pius IX. which
1 would imply on our part a forgetfulness of
1 the past.
For some time the attention of the pub
-1 lie has been attracted by the Italian ques
j tion, and every lover ot law and. order
! must rejoice in the overthrow of Garibaldi’s
wild enterprise, and the dispersion of his
i ferees.
At the North meetings have been called
i to express sympathy for him and his cause.
I This was to be expected of Northern Radi-
I cals, for just such fanatics as Garibaldi
j they delight to honor. Among their
j present political leaders, you find the same
I recklessness of purpose, the same revolu
j tionarv sentiments, the same want of
I everything like honor or principle, the
i same demagoguism which characterizes this
j would-be reformer of Italy.
We leel proud to know that among
j Southern people he has failed to elicit
either sympathy or admiration. Asa
people, we have too much intelligence ; we
are influenced too much by principles of
law and order, ever to be deceived and led
away by such a mere sophist and revolu
tionist as Garibaldi.
These Northern agitators, with a sickly
sentimentality, whose fruits are shown only
in vain words and high-flown expressions,
profess to feel a very noble sympathy for
all the oppressed and down-trodden of
earth; yet’tis passing strange they have
shown no sympathy, no magnanimity
toward the Southern people, whose day
ol w;*e when, _ compelled to
btfflfo'r;'.' they-surrend'er
ed a cause dearer to them than life.
None but a mean and cowardly spirit
could have devised such insults and wrongs
as they have heaped on the South."
History has no parallel of a brave and
conquered people forced to endure such
oppression—such indignities as we have at
the hands of the conqueror.
This sympathy for Garibaldi and his
schemes reminds one of the philanthropist
who is eager to send warm clothing to the
“poor African,” while around him.thou
sands are perishing from starvation and
destitution.
Let us of the South not be ungrateful.
Let us never forget that, in our struggle
for liberty, in the darkest hour of our
country’s existence, when all Christendom
stood aloof, watching with calm indiffer
ence, while our little Spartan band were
heroically striving to defend their homes
and firesides from the tread of the ruthless
invader and despoiler, then, of all the
crowned heads of Europe, Pope Pius was
the only one who recognized us as a na
tion, and by expressions of sympathy
cheered us in our contest for freedom; and
we could but feel that our cause was
sanctified by his saintly benediction.
Let us not forget that while this cruel
war was waged against us; while from our
desolated homes and bereaved hearts went
forth a cry for help and succor in this our
hour of need, then it was the Northern
pulpit was desecrated by being made the
rostrum from whence their so-called min
isters of Christ thundered their anathemas
against us; never weary of invoking God’s
wrath to descend upon us. During this
tempest of religious fanaticism there was
but one denomination, calling themselves
Christians, who did not join in this crusade
against us, and that denomination was the
Roman Catholic.
Asa Church their work on earth is to
win souls to Christ; to still the angry
waters of contention and bitterness; to
preach peace and good will toward men; to
know nothing save Christ and cru
cified. Their ear is uever deaf to the voice
of suffering humanity, and with that
charity “which rojoiceth not in iniquity,
but rejoiceth in truth,” their pure prayers,
though unknown to us, were wafted to
Heaven in our behalf.
I have a letter from a lady, resident of a
Western-city, written during tho war, and
she writes whileTiur gallant soldiers were
prisoners there, the only ones who visited
them and ministered to their necessities,
both spiritual and temporal, were Catholic
Priests.and the Sisters of Charity.
Let us not forget, when our cause was
lost and our honored President was pining
in prison, unable to relieve or assist his
afflicted family, the noble ladies of the
Sacred Heart Convent, at Montreal, came
forward and begged the privilege of earing
for, and pre'eatiugr his LuloWiiid; >n;- of
rering them an asylum in their own insti
tution. Gold and silver they would have
spurned. What they did was for tbe love
of Christ and the sympathy they felt for
us in our day of failure and misfortune.
Let us not forget that Catholic patriot
and poet, who in verse as immortal as that
of Homer, has sung the deeds of our
braves; who has chanted our requiem as
a nation in those pathetic and touching
words, “The Conquered Banner.”
Above all, let us not forget the sacred |
debt of gratitude wc owe to those heroines
in life’s strife, the Sisters of .Charity and
the Sisters of Mercy; they whose mission
on earth it is to relieve the poor, comfort
the sorrowing, speak peace to the suffer
ing, give hope and consolation to the
dying. There were the ministering angels
ever found in our hospitals in Northern
prisons, where languished and died the
greatest heroes the world ever saw —the
men of the Confederate Army.
There they lay, the wounded, the suffer
ing, the dying far from home, and its ioved
■ ones, thinking perchance of the dear
mother or sister, or of one dearer still; yet
with all those fond, bitter memories press
ing on their hearts, there was not heard
one sigh or regret, one word of repining.
Ah, the cause for which they had fought,
and were now dying, was far more precious
than life. There in the cheerless walls of
hospitals and prisons, you find the noble
Sisters of Charity and saintly Sisters of
Mercy. Like angels in human form, they
go from bedside to bedside, with their
tender touch relieving some poor sufferer ;
receiving from the lips of the departing
some message of love to the dear absent
ones; speaking the words of faith and
resignation, so sweetly, that the dying hero
no longer dreads the dark waters of death,
for on the other side he sees with the eye
of faith the Promised Land.
Many souls were converted to Christ by
these His messengers of Divine love and
mercy.
In many a Southern woman’s heart lives
the memory of these their deeds ot mercy
and love.
Their record is not written on earth, but
it is written in the Book of Life.
In recalling these reminiscences, to which
no generous heart can be insensible, let us
as Protestants cast aside those . prejudices
which blind us so effectually, that we can
not see the light of that beautiful charity
which is the chief glory ot the Catholic
Church.
Toward our Catholic brethren let us
obey the injunction of Christ,
“Love ye one another.”
Incoxnu.
From the Grijnn Star.
A Card.
Messrs. Editors: —AYiil you oblige me
by publishing the following:
Borne of the “poor white trash” about j
Griffin, whose only business is to attempt i
to aggravate our race against cur former
masters and friends, and who expect by j
telling lies to us to win our confidence, get
our votes and steal our hard earnings, have j
been circulating the report that I was dis- ;
charged from employment by Stilwell & !
Becks, because I voted the Radical ticket i
This is a LIE, manufactured out of whole j
cloth. I never have been discharged, or
threatened wi;h it. though I was persuaded
to vote the Radical ticket, and foolishly j
did so under the pressure ot threats and
promises by these very same mean white
men who are always trying to stir up strife
between the races, but who never give a ;
nigger a dime or a job, and if they do give
him a little work, they pay him off in fine
promises about what the Convention and
the Radical party is going to do for him.
I have become satisfied. Messrs. Editors,
that these thieving, lying, mean white
Radicals, can never do me any good, and
have therefore concluded to stick to the j
people who raised me ana cared for me •
when a slave, and since freedom have !
given me all the work I have got, and paid
tae well for it; and I think the very best
i thing for our race is to let politics alone
I until we Lave some learning, so as to know
I what we are about; so I have cut loose *
j from these rascally white rogues who seek
; to ride the negroes and ruin decent white
| m en. Ben. Roberts.
! The Manchester Fenians.—A rumor
! was rather extensively circulated yesterday
! in Fenian circles to the effect that an at-
I tempt will be made to burn all the British
I shipping in this port provided any of the
; men now under sentence at Manchester
for shooting Policeman Brett are executed.
Several of the rescuer- of Col. Kelly and
Capt. Dacey are at present here, and it is
not likely that they will scruple to commit
I t jj C most daring aet to revenge the death
1 r their comrades. Some of the Manches
■ ter men are among the number, and make
! a boast of the glorious part they took in
U IW, 19<A.
pavantiati Cotton Market.
j g vv vxnah, November 26, p. m.—Cotton
: market quiet— sales SSO bales ; Middlings
* l»* c . receipts 3,445 bales; exports 4,536.
From Washington.
Washington, November 24.— -The Itn
, peachment Committee continued in session
up to a late hour last night and will meet
again to-morrow morning and make a re
: port during the day. There will be three
reports. The documents are voluminous,
j Heavy transactions have been made in
sold, which the report is expected to in
; ffuence, and the m -t feverish anxiety ex
, ists. Rumors are abundant, but the Com-
I mittee seem to have headed off the news
| hunters. Among other wild statements it
is said the. “Bulls” of New iork have
raised and invested cue hundred and fifty
thousand dol rs in securing one vote in the
; Committee for impeachment. The proba
i bilities are that there have been no recent
: changes aud that the Committee stand
four for impeachment, three for a vote of
(censure, and two for quashing the matter.
Later to-night the impression that the
Committee will stand fivefor impeachment
j gains ground. It is said that high official
! circles have intimations to this effect.
Washington, Novec ' 25, noon.—
I The impeachers expect tp make their
; strong point against the President from
j circumstances connected with the transfer
of rolling stock to Southern railroads.
Baron Yqn Haven, Belgian Secretary
of Legation, was recently married to a
Protestant iady by dispensation from Arch
bishop Spalding. The u emony was af
terward performed um - a Protestant
forms. By order of tb \ chbishop re
gret was publicly express - lest it should
pass into a precedent and oe announce
ment made that, according to church
laws, any of the faithful who presume to
get married out of the chute - by that very
ft incur ‘-fie-
Robinson H ’maxing a fifty minutes’
speech on the biil to impeach Minister
Adams. The judiciary report will be too
late for evening papers.
Washington, November 25, 2 p. m. —
The galleries, are crowded.
Tho Impeachment Committee is still iu
session.
The election of Golladay, from Kentucky,
who was elected to succeed Hise, was re
ferred to the Committee on Election; pend
ing report he is excluded. Yeas 105 to
38 nays. The Committee entered the
House at half-past twelve.
During the morning hour half a dozen
bills were reported and referred for the re
peal of the cotton and other taxes.
A bill was introduced regarding the
navigation of the rivers flowing into the
Gulf of Mexico.
The Chair announced the Committee
and at half-past one the report of the
Committee on Impeachment was delayed,
but there seems to be no doubt that
Churchill has joined the impeachers, giving
them five votes and a majority.
Congressional.
SENATE.
Washington, November 25, p. m. —A
petition from Massachusetts was present
ed for equal male and female suffrage in
each district.
The use of the Senate Chamber to
Rev. Newman Hall was denied.
The Military Committee is ordered to
inquire into the expediency of reducing
the regular army.
A resolution returning thanks to Sheri
dan, Sickles, Pope and Schofield wis in
troduced and referred.
Edward Dunbar, editor of the New
York Globe, was ordered before the bar of
the Senate for contempt.
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
A resolution was adopted that no com
mittee shall incur expense hereafter with
out the further order of the House.
Boutweil, second member on the Judici
ary Committee, rose to report the testi
mony taken by the Committee on Im
peachment and majority report—its Chair
man, Wilson, dissenting. The report was
prepared by Williams, of Pennsylvania.
The summary of the majority report is as
fellows: In accordance with the testimony
herewith submitted and the view of the
law herewith presented, the Committee is
of opinion that Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, is guilty of
high crimes and misdemeanors, in that,
&c. It closes with the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That Andrew Johnson he im
peached for high crimes and misdemean-
Th A. spo;.c vxYfofioweu hpJ.fcjg’.cd re
pressions of applause and disapprobation,
the Speaker meantime using iris gavel.
Wilson, Chairman, for himself and
Woodbridge presented a report which
concludes : “We, therefore, declare that
the case before us, presented by the testi
mony and measured by' the law, does not
disclose such high crimes and misdemean
ors within the meaning of the Constitution
as to require the constitutional interposi
tion .of the power of the House, and" rec
ommend the adoption of the following :
Resolved, Tnat the Judiciary Committee
be discharged from the further considera
tion of the proposed impeachment of the
President of the United States, and that
the subject be laid on tho tabic.
Marshall, on behalf of himself and El
dridge, stated that they fully concurred in
the resolution offered by chairman Wilson;
and also concurred entirely with liis argu
ment regardiug the law of the case, and
the application of the evidence thereto,
but.there were differences on some points
which induced him and Mr. Eldridge to
submit a third report. The leports were
all laid on the table, ordered to be printed,
and made the special order for Wednesday
of next. week.
The bill to suspend civil officers during
the impeachment is referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
A motion was subsequently mado by
Mr. Blaine, of Maine, to reconsider the
vote of reference and to table the vote to
reconsider, which fastens the bill on the
Judiciary Committee and removes it from
arbitrary control of the House, was re
garded as a sort of test on the question
indicating weakness of scheme to suspend
before conviction.
The rules were suspended and a resolu
tion adopted declaring that, in the judg
ment of the House, it is unnecessary to
proceed at present with building and
equiping war ships.
The rules were suspended and a resolu
tion adopted declaring that in the present
condition of the finances further purchase
of territory is inexpedient, and the House
holds itself under no obligation to vote
money for such purposes.
A bill declaring St. Louis a port of entry
was referred to the Committee on Com
merce. Adjourned.
Grants’ evidence covers three columns,
but the following tells his story —By Mr.
Woodbritige—Question. I understand your
position to be this: That you did not
assume to originate or inaugurate any
policy, but that where any question came
up and your opinion was asked as to what
the President was going to do or had done
you gave an opinion.
Answer. That is it exactly, and I pre
sumed the whole Committee so understood
me. I have always been attentive to my
own duties and tried not to -interfere with
other peoples’. I was always ready to
: originate matters pertaining to the army,
i but I never was willing to originate
tors pertaining to the civil Government of
1 the United States. When I was asked my
j opinion about wbat bad teen done I was
I willing to give it—l originated no plan
j and suggested no plan for civil Govern
; ment. I only* gave my views on measures
alter they had been originated. 1 simply
expressed an anxiety that something should
be done to give sume sort of control down
there. There were no governments there
when the war was over, ana I wanted to see
some government established, and I want-
I ed to see it done quickly, and I did not
I pretend to say how it should be done, or
in what form.
■Chairman of Committee on Ejections,
Daw ; Ways and Means, Schenck ; Appro
priation, Stevens; Banking and Currency,
Pomeroy; Pacific.Bailroad, If me: Claims,
Bingham; Commerce. AVashburne lost
office, Farnsworth; Judiciary, A\ uson
old Committee continued throughout;
Indian Affairs. AA indbatn ; ALlitary Af-
I fairs, Garfield; Naval Affairs, Pike;
' Foreign Affair-. Banks ; Territories, Ash
ley of Ohio ; Roads and Canals, Cook,
Freedmen’s Affairs, Eiiot; Education and
Labor, Baker; Patents, Jeneks; 1 noting,
i Laflin; Retrenchment, _ Aan A yek.
I The majority ">f the impeachment com
mittee, in their report recommenuing im-
S peachment, lay great stress upon alleged
! usurpation by the President ot tee pardon
ing and veto powers ; also, tee authority'
| to make removals and appointments, and
, particularly refer to what. is. termed fla
: grant violation of the constitutional powers
: of the Executive, by organizing govern-
I rneuts in the Southern .states, at the end
of the war without askir tee advice of
Congress, as they assert, lor personal pur
poses. They refer to the -pardoning of a
hundred and ninety three persons in AVest
j A irginia, deserters from the army during
the war. which they state was in behalf of
private and interested parties, and in or
der that they mav vote in accordance
with the President’s opinions, their res
toration causing great depletion of the
Treasury. The tenor of the Executive
offences throughout the cm- - report, con
sists in alleged usurpation of the powers
' above mentioned. The majority assert,
HJDSTINCT
! also, that by various official and other
j public declarations, the President has
! sought to obstruct the laws of Congress
! for pacification of the States, with particu
lar reference to the constitutional amend
i ments approved by Congress. This report
i is very lengthy and signed by Boutweil,
j Williams, Churchill, Thomas and Law
i renee.
A report was also submitted by Wilson
j and Woodbridge, dissenting from the
i views of the majority and asserting that
there was no evidence presented which
demanded impeachment, but they con
demned his political views and wore wiling
I to censure.
The minority report by Messrs. Mar
j shall and Eldridge strongly defends the
President from abuse by his political ene
mies, and asserts that his only faults con
sists in not holding to the political views
of the party which elected him, in subju
gating the people of the South. The re
port is extremely caustic and abuses
harshly some of the witnesses who testified
before the Committee. Baker is accused
of perjury, and they conclude with “The
President will be held in respect by his
countrymen when his calumniators are
piiioried in the undying scorn and indig
nation of the American people.”
The points made in the summing up of
the majority report against the President
are not borne out by the testimony. First,
as to the President having usurped the
powers of Cotigress in organizing govern
ments in the Southern States, it will be
found in General Grant’s testimony that
the programme, which was followed out
by 31 r. Johnson had been laid down by
Mr. Lincoln. It also appears in General
Grant’s testimony that he was present, by
invitation, at the cabinet counsels in which
the reorganization of the Southern States
was considered, and that, while he assent
ed to the plan followed by tho administra
tion, he did not offer any suggestion of his
own, but was a silent listener'. There were
active parties in restraining the President’s
ardor to. have prominent rebels like Lee
brought to condign punishment. As to
the pardon of prominent rebels it appears
that many of the most prominent of them
were pardoned on the recommendation of
Grant, Speed, Stanton, &c.
As to the pardoning of some hundred
deserters from a Western Virginia regi
ment, which the report alleges was done in
order that they might vote for a Demo
cratic member of Congress, it appears from
the evidence that they were only technical
ly deserters—that they were not pardoned
till some weeks after the election, and that
the President merely endorsed the applica
tion in the usual form, referring it to the
Secretary of War, who, himself, granted
it.
The Committee inquired into the pos
session by the President of certain Tennes
see bonds, on the supposition that his pos
session of them might have some con
nection with his release of the property of
Southern Railroad Companies, but it ap
peared that Mr. Johnson had been posses
sor of those bonds for the last twelve
years. Iu reference to the trial of Jeffer
son Davis, Attorney General Speed and the
counsel for the Government shouldered all
the responsibility of not trying him. The
avowed cause being that Chief Justice
Chase would not preside, and that Attorney
General Speed would not consent, under
any circumstances, to have the trial con
ducted before Judge Underwood. There
was an attempt on the part of Lafayette
C. Raker to get up a story about an imagi
nary letter from Johnson, as military
Governor of Tennessee, to Jefferson Davis,
offering to turn over the State to him; but
the Committee could have no trouble m
deciding what degree of credit was to be
given to it. The talp fell still-born.
There is no allegation against the Presi
dent, of his having personally given
grounds of offence. Ashley, of Ohio, who
presented the articles of impeachment,
acknowledges that lie has produced to the
Committee all the valid evidence in his
possession.
From Richmond.
Richmond, November 24.—As Judge
Chase will not. arrive until to-morrow
afternoon, Mr. Davis’ trial will not com
mence until two o’clock in the day. Judge
Chase, will deliver the charge to the Grand
Jury. It is not known whether he will
remain during all the trial. Mr. Davis’
counsel say they are entirely ready to go
on, and the Government officers give no
intimation of any postponement on their
TA■. .. . . .
A letter was reecivd to-day, iron Gen.
Robert E. Lee, who has been summoned
as a witness by the Government, saying
that lie will be in Richmond to-morrow.
Messrs. O’Conor and Rhea, for the de
fence, arrived to-day; and Messrs. Brady,
of New York, and Reid, of Philadelphia,
will come when the trial has commenced.
Messrs. .Evarts and Dana, for the
prosecution, also arrived to-day.
Mr. Davis attended St. Paul’s Church
this morning.
Richmond, November 25, 1 p. m. —
There is a large crowd waiting admittance
to the United States Court. A company
ofcavalry is on the spot. Among the wit
nesses summoned for the Government are
Generals Magruder, Mahone and Wick
hat;,!, oi Virginia, and General Gordon, of
Georgia.
PATER.
Richmond, November2s, p. m.— Judge
Chase did not arrive. No trial to-day.
Richmond, November 25, p. m. —The
U. S. Court, was not opened at all to-day
nor did the Judge assuimrnis scat. Upon
the train arriving with' it Judge Chase at
half-past one o’clock, the Marshal adjourn
ed the Court till to-morrow at eleven 1
o’clock. Judge Underwood received a
teleeram from Judge Chase, saying he
would certainly lie present here to-morrow
morning. Mr. Davis having been notified
erf the circumstances, did not appear at the
Court House, hut will he there to-morrow.
Among the witnesses summoned by the
Government, who arrived to-day, is Gen.
Robert E. Lee. Gens. Custi« Lee and
Fitzhugh Lee are also here. Gen. Horace
Porter, of Gen. Grant’s staff, also a wit
ness, arrived to-day. Ex-Gov. Letcher
and Gen. Francis 11. Smith, of Lexington,
are here. Upon the announcement of the •
adjournment of Court to-day, the crowd,
consisting chiefly of blacks, quietly dis
persed.
Judge Underwood to-day granted, upon
the prayer of Gen. J. D. linboden, a
Mandamus, to compel Gen. Schofield to
permit him to w ote. It is returnable on
the sth December.
The venire out of which Mr. Davis’
jury is to be selected is one third colored.
From Savannah.
Savannah, November 25, p. rn. —A
[ large meeting of merchants was held to-
I day to memorialize the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue at Washington in regard
I to the removal of the vexatious way cotton
tax collected in the interior. A committee
! of three was appointed to proceed at once
! to Washington. The general opinion of
the meeting was that many months may
elapse under the present system ere the
cotton can be removed from the place of
production.
From Charleston.
Charleston, November 25, p. m. — It
is reported that an election riot took place
last night at Rockville, on Wadmalaw
Island, and a nuruber of whites and blacks
were killed. No authentic information
was received hut a detachment, of troops
was sent to the Island this morning.
Montgomery Negro ;Kaiilcal Convention.
Montgomery, November 25, p. m. —
A memorial was offered to the Congress of
the United States, praying that the present
Reconstruction Law be so altered or
amended as to require only a majority of
votes cast on the question to determine for
or against the adoption of the new consti
tution. Several members stated that they
desired the law amended so that the op
position could not defeat the constitution
by staying away from the polls, and pressed
the immediate adoption of the memorial.
It was debated and finally tabled and
ordered printed.
Ordinances were introduced and referred
to’estabiish a Board of Immigration for this
State, and to provide for a Bureau of In
dustrial Statistics.
The Radical majority deeided not to
press the adoption of the amendment re
quiring common carriers to make no dis
tinction, on account of color, between per
sons travelling in this State, and refused
to bring up the question this morning.
This action was induced by fear of en
dangering the adoption of other measures,
and because the Object in view had already
been obtained, in part at least, by the
adoption of section 1 of the Bill of Rights,
which declares that all persons possess
equal civil and political rights and public
privileges.
An article was reported by the Commit
tee on Education pioviding for the estab
lishment throughout the State in each
township or school district, of one or more
schools at which all the children of the
State, between the ages of 18 and 20 years,
may attend free of charge. A motion to
amend by providing separate schools for
white and colored children was tabled—
yj - 58; nays, 27. On final vote the
section was ado; -cT yeas, 51; nays, 35.
The real came why the Radical majority
did not press the : dment, requiring
common carriers to make no distinction
between travellers on account of color was,
that there was danger of breaking up the
Convention, several members threatening
to withdraw if it was adopted.
It is highly probable that the proposi
tion to organize a provisional civil State
government in place of the present State
government will be quashed in committee.
Congressional.
SENATE.
Washington, November 26, p. m.—
Secretary McCulloch’s documents and the
memorial from tho Alabama Legislature re
garding the repeal of the cotton tax. were
referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A Bill, continuing in service Generals
Howard and Sickles, were referred to the
Military Committee.
Motley s diplomatic correspondence was
called for.
A Bill, chan effig the name of Samuel
Chase Barney, who claims, though a grand
son of Commodore Barney, that his father
and uncle had disgraced the name, passed.
The Senate went into Executive Session
and adjourned.
HOUSE.
General Grant was called on for the cor
respondence between himself and others ]
regarding the removal of Stanton and j
Sheridan, and general matters regarding i
reconstruction.
The Military Committee was directed so
inquire into the expediency of paying the
army weekly instead of every two months.
The Committee on Freedmen’s Affairs
was directed to inquire and report the
reasons, if any, for continuing the I'reed
men’s Bureau.
Detective Baker was arrested by order
jf the Judiciary Committee, but was dis
charged on payment of costs.
A memorial from Alabama, regarding
the cotton tax, was referred to the Com
mittee of Ways and Means.
The Committee of Ways and Means was
directed to inquire into the expediency of
taxing United States Bonds and National
Banks for liquidation of State debts.
The House wont into Committee of the
Whole and adjourned.
'ilfc-oiii Washington.
Washington, November 26, p. m.—
Stevens left the House to-day much indis
posed.
Impeachment interest has died out.
The Senate did nothing in Executive
session.
Revenue to-day four hundred and forty
three thousand dollars.
The Callyer and Kelley fight is off.
Kelley claims the stakes.
Governor Isham-Harris is at home in
Tennessee under parole to appear in the
Federal Court in March.
Washington, November 26, p. m.—
Mrs. Howell, Mr. Davis’ mother-in-law,
died at Montreal. The deceased lady was
a native ofGeorgia, and about sixty-five
years of age. She married a son of Gen.
Howell, of New Jersey, of revolutionary
fame, by whom she had several children,
one of whom, Varina Howell, is the wife
of Mr. Davis.
A Boiler Explosion.
Savannah, November 26, p. m.—A
boiler at Lamar’s Cotton Press exploded
this morning, killing two negroes and se
riously injuring the white engineer. The
building is a complete wreck. The ship
ping in the vicinity was in great danger
from the fire; prompt action, however,
saved it. Damages estimated at SB,OOO.
False Alarm.
Charleston, November 26, p. m. —
Later accounts from Wadmalaw Island
show the statement of the riot there much
ex ggerated. No person was seriously
hurt.
The Crowning Outrage.
By private letter from Jackson, we
loam that the satrap commanding District
No. 4, has forbidden the erection of a
monument sent from Glasgow, Scotland,
for the grave of Col. Robert A. Smith, of
the 10th Mississippi Regiment, who fell |
at Fort Craig, Kentucky. Can infamy
seek a lower depth? Words fail us with
which to comment upon this last and
crowning act of despotism ; and we simply
lay the announcement before an outraged
people. The graves of our dead are notto
be honored, but they must sleep unmarked
and unknown until coming generations re
deem the lapd from the thraldom oi'
MORE SPITE AND HATRED AGAINST THE
DEAD.
We copy the above from the Telegraph
of yesterday. Robert A. Smith, a young
Scotchman, resided in Jackson at the be
ginning of the war. He was then scarce
twenty years of age, but his amiable de
portment, his business capacity, and in
tegrity and morality, had won lor him the
love and esteem of the whole-community.
When the “Jackson Rifles” company was
formed, he was elected captain and pro
ceeded with it to Pensacola. Soon after
its arrival there, its Colonel died, and
Capt. Smith, though the youngest captain
in the regiment, 10th Mississippi, was
chosen his successor. This was a rare
tribute to his worth and excellence. His
regiment went with Bragg to Tennessee,
and in one of the battles there Colonel
Smith was killed while gallantly leading on
his men.
His elder brother, James Smith, who
had formerly resided in Jackson, hut had
returned to Scotland, determined after the
war to place a plain and neat memorial of
affection over the honored grave of his boy
brother, who was sleeping the sleep of
death in a far off land. This memorial, in
the shape of a small marble monument
had arrived, and the sorrowing friends of
the deceased were about to place it over
the grave, when they were arrested in their
labor of love by the order of Gen. Ord.
When we first read of it we wore filled
with indignation, which feeling was soon
however changed to that of sorrowful regret
—regret that there was an officer in the
United States wearing the stars of a Major
General who could so far forget the honor
of his country and his own feelings as a
man and a gentleman, as to perpetrate an
act so inexpressibly mean and degrading.
It is essential to the welfare and glory
of the great nation that poor Boh Smith,
the “bravest of the brave,” should sleep
in an undistinguished grave ? Is it dis
loyal to shed a tear over departed gentlo
ness and worth ?
Col. Robert A. Smith was General Ord ! s
peer in everything save rank, that pertain
ed to a soldier and a gentleman. How
different the conduct of Gen. Roseeranz,
who after the assault on Corinth, having
I witnessed the extraordinary galiar.iry oi'
’ Col. W. P. Rogers, of Texas, who ieil on
• the ramparts, caused his body to be ro-eued
from the mass of dead and dying, buried it
with the honors us war, and caused a neat
enclosure to be placed around his grave.
Here was the magnanimity of a true and
i generous soldier who did not think it
beneath his dignity, nor inconsistent with
his patriotism to do honor to a brave and
fallen foe. Let Gen. Ord remember the
fate of Griffin, who attempted to and! ;-
honor the remains of a brother soldier, the
lamented Johnston. The judgment of
God overtook him. He too is in his grave,
Ia grave which in after years will he grass
j grown and forgotten, while that of the
; other will he garlanded with flowers and
J watered with the tears of a generous and
| grateful posterity. —Jackson Clarion.
Lawyers.—What of lawers '! A his
torical fact. In the reign of Henry Fourth
A. D. 1404, it was ordained that no man
of the law should be elected to Parliament.
But this did not oor.tinue long, and after a
while the lawyer began to be a power in
the government, and gradually worked his
way until, in the reign of the Stuarts, he
became leader in directing the movement
of the uprising commons against the King,
the Lords, and the Prelates ; and such is
the position which he has finally achieved
in that country, that the House of Lords,
once filled with warriors and priests, now
draws recruits for its wasting ranks chiefly
from the bar, and a Lvndhurst and
Brougham are more potential there than
the hero of a hundred battles.
Against the advancing power of the bar,
monarch, baron and bishop alike struggled
in the reign of the Stuarts, but in vain ;
[‘and he wbo will study the history of those
| days, will see that the ' movement which
; brought fame from the battle-field to
! Cromwell, Fairfax and Monk, was guided
; and impelled by lawyers, over whose moral
i intrepidity the obscurity of oblivion has
| been cast.
| The same spirit of opposition to lawyers
j exists at this day. In some localities,
j lawyers, because they are lawyers, cannot
ibe elected to any office. Such electors are
i no wiser than the Britons of 450 years
j ago. It is due to truth to add, however,
j that such localities, counties, are “iike
I angels’ visits, few and far between.' 1 .Hut,
I to our shame be it said, the Legislation of
| Georgia gives evidence of the unfair and
i unwise spirit of our people. Why are
I lawyers required to pay a professional tax
\ of 810 to the State and sl7 50 to the
! county ? Is it just ? Are we as pro
; scriptive as the menof 1404 ? We thins
; the reputation of the people are at stake,
, aud they should have the manliness to in
| struct their representatives to blot all such
i legislation from their statute books, for it
1 is unsuited to the age. —Neuman llerala.
NEW SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 48
Washington News and Gossip.
REVERDY JOHNSON ON IMPEACHMENT.
Hon. Reverdy Johnson has added to his
late pamphlet on the dangers- that beset
the country an argument to prove that the
President cannot be impeached, except for
“treason and bribery,” and that there is
no legal power in Congress to suspend the
Executive from the function ofhisofiiee
pending trial. On the first proposition,
Senator Johnson says : “From the be
ginning of the government it has been
uniformly decided by the Supreme Court
that there are no common law offences pro
hibited by the constitution, except such as
are specially named. In the clause before
us the onlv offences, so designated, are
treason aud bribery.
For the nature of these offences, the
eourts have a right to refer to the common
law for their definition. But it is other
wise as to the general terms, high crimes
aud misdemeanors. These not being
specified and there being no common law
jurisdiction in the courts of the Union,
they cannot take cognizance of them, with
out statutory authority. If this was not
so the doctrine of the judiciary would be
palpably wrong. But if it be wrong, if
[ there may, under this clause, be a crime
and misdemeanor not made so by statute,
this is certain, that there must be some
law making it so.
No act, therefore, which the President
may do is cause of impeachment, unless it
be “treason or bribery,” or declared crimi
nal by statute, or the common law. Any
other construction would place it in the
power of tho House of Representatives to
make any act of the President, though not
prohibited by law and wholly innocent, a
crime and misdemeanor which would be
to place the President in absolute depen
dence upon Congress, contrary to the oh
vious design of the Constitution.
The result is that the President can
only be impeached for “ treason or
bribery, ” or for some act made by statute
a high crime and misdemeanor. Any al
leged violation of a supposed duty not made
a crime by statute—any alleged violation
of party fealty—any use of liis official
patronage, which politicians may find fault
with or which may have proved injurious
to the publie interest—are not causes of
impeachment.— Cor. Baltimore Fun, 23 d.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
The main part of the President’s Mes
sage has been finished, and much of it was
road in Cabinet meeting to-day. The
message will probably be printed iu pamph
let form and mailed to the principal news
papers so as to arrive at their destinations
simultaneously with its reading in Con
gress.— Ibid.
M’CULLOCII FAVORS CONTRACTION.
Secretary McCulloch’s annual report is
completed, and a copy has been presented
to the President. It is understood that
Mr. McCulloch makes a strong argument
in favor of continuing the policy of con
traction of tho currency, according to the
terms of the present law, at the rate of
four millions of dollars per month.— lbid.
BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE.
Avery curious affair was developed to-day
in the Bureau of Military Justice. An offi
cial examination of the records of reliable
departments of the Government shows
that a man by the name.of Wells, a Con
federate guerrilla, was hanged in Kentucky
two years ago. This record is objected to,
and a proposition (o amend is made by
Wells himself who is now living, his sen
tence having been commuted by the Presi
dent to imprisonment for life. An effort
is being made to have him released.—Cor.
Balt. Gerz., Nov. 23.
MYTHICAL WHISKEY METRE.
Another curious transaction is being ex
posed, which may call for a special com
mittee of Congress. It appears that by
some authority,, not exactly understood,"
distillers are required to use lor the
measurement of their liquors, a metre be
longing to certain parties—the parties, of
course, not known—aud for the privilege
of using this metre every distiller has to
deposit somewhere—locality not- exactly
known—from seven hundred to fourteen
hundred dollars ; but for whose particular
benefit it is not. known. Your correspon
dent is reliably informed that several mil
lions of dollars have been thus deposited,
and yet that not one of these metres is in
use. It would be interesting to the pub
lic to ascertain who owns this mythical
metre—by what authority distillers are re
quired to make these large deposits, aud
, last, though, r.ot least, who handles the
■-isSSi'srNTN- »»i"t^as^‘r’w3a««Br*“2X"Etr.'
A Fine old Irish Lady.—The New
Orleans correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial writes as follows concerning
“grandmother Gordon,” who, he says, is
well-known and highly esteemed in that
city:
The old iady is a native of .Ireland, was
one hundred years old last August, and
sixty-nine years of her life have been spent
in this city, She is quick and active, and
often walks three miles to mass before
breakfast, then visits around among some
of her intimate friends, and walks back to
the asylum. She has now recovered her
sight for the second time, aud has her
third set of teeth. She is a line old lady,
was once very . wc;;'thy, and tells many
interesting stories of the early days of New
Orleans. "She has buried ail her family,
aud now remains a good Christian, resign
ed to God’s will, and cheerfully awaiting
His summons to join those she has here on
earth loved and lost.
Reconstruction in Georgia.—The
Official Vote. —The official vote of the
Btate at the late election was declared last
evening.
The Registered List numbered 188,047;
the vote cast 100,310; majority of register
ed voters that voted 12,087. “For a Conven
tion” 102,283 ; “Against a Convention”
4,127; majority for Convention 98,150.
Vote for Convention 102,283 ; majority of
veto “lor a Convention” over half the
registered vote, 12.0S7.— Atlanta Opinion.
A gold half crown of the reign of Henry j
VIII. has been found in England. It is
about the size of a half sovereign, but
much thinner, weighing just one penny
weight. On the obverse it bears a doublo
ros.e surmounted by a crown, with the
letter II on one side and'll on the other.
The coin is much worn and was struck by
the hammer and punch process. It is
highly priced on account of its rarity and
because gold crowns and half-crowns were
first coined by Henry VIII.
Arrested for Passing Counterfeit
7-.. J Bonds. — Nm York, Nov. 23. — A
man named Spencer, and his wife, who
reside in i’aulsboro, Now Jersey, aud who
appear to be of the highest respectability
and worth.it is said, over $200,000, were
arrested in New York on Friday, on
charges supported by affidavits arid evi
dence in the posst ssion of Col. Wood of
the detective ton e, of being chiefs of a
gang of counterfeiters wbo have recently
! put spurious 7-30 bonds on tho market.
| Mrs. Spencer paid cash down $40,000 as
j bail for herself and husband, on the ex
; animation at Newark, where they were
! taken. Several' other persons are sup
! posed to be engaged with them, and they
j are all reported to be very wealthy. The
! Paulsboro establishment was in operation
; as long ago as July, 18t'5, and it is esti
mated that the parties engaged in the
! business have netted upward of'onc million
dollars. The spurious issues of the notes
i ami bonds were made from a lead im
j pression of the genuine plates at Washing
[• ton, secured by a confederate, and several
: branches of the transfer work was also the
| work of confederates. AH the parties en
i gaged in the counterfeiting have become
: wealthy, as matter of course, and now
; reside in different parts of the country.
i Another Act of Despotism,-— A week
; or two since, it appears, a negro, named
; John wars killed in Clay County, Ga., near
the. Alabama line. Whereupon, His
Highness, Gen. Swayne upon the com
f plaint, doubtless of some irresponsible
person, bad arrested, brought to this city
under military guard, and lodged in jail,
the following named respectable and law
| abiding citizens of Henry County, in this
j State: Messrs. Charles Thomas, Wash
i ington Wilcox, John Shephard and Solo
! man Waterman. It is almost unnecessary
j to state that these men were innocent of
; the charges; in fact, they knew nothing
|of the supposed killing. Yet they were
j torn from their families, subjected to the
j hardships of a military guard, thrown into
prison by Gen. Swayne, and kept closely
confined for one week. The outrage on
the liberties and rights of these good citi
zens of Alabama speaks for itself! Gen.
Swayne, after investigating the case, yes
terday released these innocent gentlemen
under a bond of S2OO, have re
turned to their horn,.- and families.
L Montgomery Mail.
Troubles on the Sea Islands.—We
learn that a number of planters have made
complaint to General Canby of some of
the white candidates for the Convention,
who have induced the negroes by threat-
I erring messages, to abandon their work for
j the purpose of attending meetings at
1 various localities and hearing the speeches
of the candidates. The balance of the
j crop, not yet secured, had suffered mate
; rialiy in consequence. General Canby has
1 ordered an investigation into the matter.
Charleston Courier.
From Europe.
London, November 26, noon.— .
squadron has left China punish th
Formoso pirates. ~
The Marula deluge is said to have
drowned ten thousand people.
! Florence, November 2tf, evcnifig. —
| Italy has not consented to join the Confer*
ence.
Garibaldi goes to Caprera.
London, November 26, eveuiug.—An
other typhoon visited Hong Koug, causing
much damage.
London, November 25, p. m.—Rus
sia, Austria and the small powers adhere
to the Conference. Prussia counted on
objections. England considered it a mere
matter of form. The Pope demands statu
quo.
Accidents, Crime, etc.
New York, November 26, noon.—
Nitro-glyeerine explosion at Bergen, N. J.,
killed nine and injured others.
Baltimore. November 26, noon. —Jno.
T. and Geo. D. Mdse, were indicted for
assault, with intent to kill Ed. A. Pollard.
The city is crowded with roughs to wit
ness th fight between Colyer and Kelly.
From Washington.
Washington, November 26, noon.—
The immense amount of matter sent
Northward last night caused sope delay
in regular dispatches.
Gold closed in New York steady a't 140.
It is said Secretary McCulloch threw
twenty-live millions dollars on the market
to control it, oi rather «o prevent a panic.
Bets are made that the House will send
articles of iuipeaehmout to the Senate,
provided a vote be taken in December.
The appointment of Sclienck to the
Chairmanship of the Ways and Means,
who favors high protection and expansion,
exc tes surprise and comment.
Over thirty thousand words were tele
graphed Northward yesterday, regarding
impeachment, making over fifteen solid
columns.
From Richmond.
Richmond, September 26, noon.—Judge
Chase did not arrive this morning, as ex
pected, but at 11 o’clock the Court met.
There was a detachment oi' cavalry in the
Park. The Court Room was densely
crowded. The Grand Jury was brought
in. All the counsel of Mr. Davis were
present except Brady and Reid.
Judge Underwood took his seat at half
pasti la. m., and the Grand J ury was sworn.
In his charge, Judge Underwood regretted
thejibsence of Judge Chase, cautioued
them that no parly or class prejudices
should influence their deliberations. An
offence connected with the rebellion claimed
their first attention. If it he brought to
their knowledge that any one had commit
ted treason, he must he indicted, unless ho
has been specially pardo ed by the Presi
dent or by general amnesty.
He said violations of the Revenue Law
would claim they attention, and they
should be unsparing in the cases of public
officers engaged in it, if any should ho sa
found.
Uptonoomo step was taken in the
Davis matter, and Mr. Davis has not yet
appeared in Court. There are about thirty
ladies prcser.tas sp ctators.
Richmond, November 26, p. m.—Mr.
Evarts, for the Government, said the in
tention of the Government was to try the
case of Mr. Davis some day this term.
One consideration in fixing the day was
the time when Judge Chase would attend
here, and the Government proposed to
name a day after the adjournment of the
Supreme Court for this trial, when Judge
Chase could sit with Judge Underwood.
Mr. Evarts suggested the fourth Wed
nesday of March.
Mr. O'Conor said the personal con
venience of Mr. Davis would have been
promoted if that had taken place in May
last, and it would be very inconvenient
now, hut his counsel would agree to the
proposition of Mr. Evarts. lie thought
the presence of Judge Chase would be
beneficial not alone to the interests of the
accused but to all interests.
Judge Underwood said the arrangement
proposed by the Government was agreeable
to the Court, and pa-ticularly because the
Court earnestly desired that Judge Chase
should sit upon the case. It waa
due to the defendant that two Judges
should sit in the ease, in order that an
appeal inight be taken on disputed ques
tions. anil_t ho ease be carried up by defend
ant to a higher Court. The J udge ajireed
•WT nxr Ctm■ iTKSaIWb T/f-ttXUrpo-*; ,nur.
and on tire application of Mr. O'Conor a.
extend Mr. Davis’ Ijalnrona until chat
time; and further agreed if Judge Chase
could not preside then to extend die leave
of absence till the term following.
The order of extension erf leave of ab
sence for Mr. DaVe; and fixing the 22d of
March for the trial was entered by order of
the Judge and Mr. Davis’ trial ended for
this term. Mr. Davis did not appear in
Court. Three witnesses who came into
Court —ox-Secretary Seddon, ex-Gov
ernor Letcher and General Wickham —•
were recognized toappear at thenext trial.
still later.
Ex-Secretary Seddon, ex-Govcrnor
Letcher and several other witnesses for the
Government, were before the Grand Jury
tc-day, which show that Mr. Davis will ho
tried on anew indxtmcnt at the term in
March.
Mr. Davis will remain here several days.
He will not.spend the winter in Canada.
General Lee goes Thursday to Peters
burg to attend the marriage of his son, W.
11. E. Lee.
ProbaMc Defeat of the Convention in
South Carolina.
Charleston, _S. C., Nov. 26, noon.—
The impression is almost universal here
that, owing to the lack of the requisite
majority of registered voters, the Conven
tion will be defeated in South Carolina.
Sixty-two thousand voters are required to
insure the Convention. Only 25,000 are
known to have voted in the thirty districts
in the State.
Alabama Radical Negro Convention.
Montgomery, November 26, p. m. —
The Reconstruction Convention adopted
the following article of Constitution:
Article .—Taxation.—All taxes on
property in this State shall he assessed in
exact proportion to the value of such
m-operty. Provided, however, that the
General Assembly may levy a poll tax not
to exceed one dollar and fifty cents on each
poll, which shall be applied exclusively in
aid of the Dublic school fund.
The day’s session was consumed in disj
cussing the proposition to vest power in
tho Governor to appointall judicial officer;*.
The Convention finally provided for the
election of the Supreme Court Judges and
Chancellors by the legislature, and all
other judicial officers by the people.
Louisiana Radical Negro Convention.
New Orleans, November 26, p. m. —
The Convention succeeded in organizing
to-day. The officers stand: President
white; Secretary, Sergeanfc-at-Aims and
Door-keeper colored.
A Committee of thirteen, of which W.
S. McMann is Chairman, was appointed
to draft resolutions and regulations, pend
ing which the rules and regulations of the
House of Representatives of the United
States were adopted.
The Now Orleans _ 'Jr June is'elected
printer, the Republican failing by one
vote.
No other business was transacted.
Ouachita river packet Idaho blew up at
the wharf to-day. Six men were wounded
—two mortal'y. The upper works of the
boat are wrecked.
Ren. McCulloch’s Watch. Th#
Texas Enquirer says Samuel Mather,
former Grand Master of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of Texas, passed through McKin
ney Dot long since, on a visit from the
North. In lowa he met with a Federal
Colonel named Greu.-.el, who had the watch
taken from the body of Gen. Bsn. Mc-
Culloch, after he fell at Elk Horn. It is
! a plain hunting-case gold watch. On the
] outside the letters “B. McC.” are r„n
--| grayed. Inside the following words are
j neatly engraved : “Captured from Brig,
i Gen.. Ben. McCulloch, by Peter Piliean,
I Cos. B, 36th Regt. Illinois Volunteers, at
j the battle of Pea Ridge, and hy_ him pre
i sented to Col. Greusci, March 7th, ISG2.”
i Mr. Mather bought the watch to present
it to the McCulloch family. The Engvir . r
says it is worth SIOO currency, but “Col.
11. Greusci” charged S2OO for it.
Time flies, they say ; but the idea o
| “capturing” a watch upon the body oi a
! dead man is something—we' 1 , to say the
least of it, we.wou’dn’t like to have ouv
name engraved on a watch captured in
that way.
Gin-House Burnt.— We regret to learn
that Mr. R. A. McComb had his gin
house and twenty hales of cotton destroyed
by fire, at hi3 rfiantation near this city, on
Friday last. How the fire originated is
unknown.— Fed. Union, 20th.
Another. —The gin-house of Mr. Peter
Walton, of this county, was entirely de
troyed by fire on Tuesday last. We learn
that about twenty bales ot cotton _ were in
the house at the time, ail of which were
lost, — Madison News,