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The ltMftag WcilWiy
Old Richmond sends greeting and good
cheer to her sister opuntios. f?he has no
bly resolved to unite in battling for the
sal ration of Constitutional Guvernmaut.
La*> ight there was a large and enthu
fciastic r ooting of the respectable' people
of thii-cky and oounty at *ho City Hall,
the i- nngß of whiob are reported in
another column.
In point of numbers and respectability
this meeting compares favorably with the
old gatherings which were wont to assem
ble in this city before the war.
Tho ball having now been auspiciously
started, let the people keep it rolling until
its momentum becomes irresistible.
Let the people in every couDty and dis
trict organize and the death-knell of Radi
calism will soon be sounded and its foul
carcass hidden from the light.
Take courage, fellow-citizens. Our
destiny Is yet in our own hands. The
power remains to the white people to save
the State from the infamous shackles of
Radicalism and restore her to her former
greatness in the Union under the Constitu
tion as the “Empire State of the Sou',.:.
The Colored People-Polltleally.
William Forten, of Philadelphia, who is j
represented as “that clever colored man,' J
has recently delivered an address to Penn
sylvanians “on the duty of colored men in
the present crisis 1” It may be fairly in- j
furred that the object of this address is not j
much for the edification of Forte j s own
race as an announcement to the whites of
Pennsylvania and, indeed, of the whole
North, the plans and purposes of the
“clever colored men” of tho North, and
the docile obedience of his Southern
brethren and their political unity in pur
pose and action in the present crisis. For
ten has doubtless had every opportunity
for estimating the tone and temper of tho ,
Southern blacks by correspondence, and) j
if wc are not mistaken, by personal com- ,
munication. At all events, he assumes to !
speak l'or them as by authority. Ihe ,
most remarkable feature, however, in ,
Forton’s address is tho distrust of tue
Republicans of the North, which ho mani
fests, and the bold manner in which he j
threatens them with coercion. Ho uses j
this remarkable language : j
“Tin- enfranchised blacks of the South
had assured the speaker that they woule
compi 1 the Republicans of tht North to do
justice to the race. They held political
control of roost of tho Southern States,
ami would not accept of any doubtful man
for the Presidency.”
There is no ambiguity--no doubtful J
meaning in such language. It is the lan
guage of one who represents power and ;
authority. There is no attempt at per
suasion—at argument. If “justice” is ,
not done willingly, voluntarily, and accord,
irig to their ideas of justice—of right and
wrong—“tho enfranchised blacks” would .
compel “the Republicans of tiro North, j
us they held tho political control !
of most of tho Southern States.”— 1
lie tells these Pennsylvanians that !
his race would “require a man of un
questioned soundness —such a man as Ben. j
Butler, Charles Sumner, Tliad. Stevens
or Ben. Wade”—“a man whom the (black)
people hud confidence in.” The men in
dicated furnish an exponent of Forten’9
iJoa l( f justice. It means impeachment,
confiscate n, repudiation, spoon-stealing,
n mule and forty acres of land, old Ben.
Wado a “readjustment of tho labor ques
tion;" ill a single word, Radicalism tearing
up by the roots all tho institutions of tho
country established by white men and
allowing modern African civilization to re
form and reconstruct the whole machinery
of government upon the Christian priu
■•ipleu of modorn Africa It is to bo hoped
that this colored Radical now ”ght with j
hie plain colored confreres, "Ben Butler, \
i'Wtt. atevenaauU Ban. i
* —***v T ;r *«■ • - '*=-tvt.'ri. -jyrvv.' r:"T:\t
traveller Livingstone, .from Airit'a, so as to j
have the benefit of tho latest modern .in
provemont and discoveries in the working
and .science of government from Soudan
and reap all tiie benefits of tho wisdom of
the Savans of Dahomey. The wonder
lull stridos iu development aro exhibited
by this modorn ebony Beutliam. The ad
dress eclipses tiie wonderful achievements
that arc claimed for the Neopliites, both in
pronouncing judgment upon principles arid
men. General Pope, long since, announced
(hat “in five years the black r:
would bo superior to the whites in the
South.” If Forten is io lie accepted as the
standard, no pent-up Utica will coniine
their powers. Superiority is to be attain
ed everywhere—Ninth and South—over
ihe whole continent, overall men. Grant,
lie admit?, “is tho hero of the war,’ but
that is merely accidental—utterly epheme
ral—ho is no longer of any value —in fact,
nobody—no “statesman or politician” and
“had not” even exhibited sufficient sagaci
ty to detect the villainy of Audrey/ John
son.” But this is a small matter. Here
after everything will he regulated decently
and properly aud sagaciously. “The
l >alancc of power now hold by tho colored
voters of the country would bo respected.
It would control the destinies of the nation,
and in the interest of freedom and political
and religious equality.” There can be no
fear for the future now. The balance of
power now hold by the colored voters ot
the c untry is to work a political inillen
ium. Tho “destinies of the Nation are
safe.” The country is to he regenerated,
much, we suppose, in the manner that M.
Michelet proposed to regenerate degene
rate Frenchmen; or, according to the latir
prineiples of Forten and Pope, the supe
rior achievements of a race whose dormant
faculties have been awakened for the first
time since morning stars first sang togeth
er. Pope mu-t be right. “It must be
now the Kingdom’s coming, the Year of
J ukilee. ’ ’
Tlie Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of Georgia begins ;
its session on Monday, 2d December. A 1
1 cat friend, familiar with the practice of
the Court, and who has looked through!
the very large docket of cases, conjectures
that the first week in December will be o • 1
« opted with the Pamela Circuit; the 2d
week with the Southwestern Circuit, ana •
tl Middle Circuit the 3d week.
L the f\>urt would devote every Mon- I
day to consultation only, in lieu of Satur
day, ns they did at the last term, it occur' j
to us that, as there is no Sunday train, the i
Bar would he greatly accommodated, as it
would enable them to reach this place on
Monday night instead of Saturday night.
The su- gestion of the Recorder in rela
tion to consultation day' - is a good one, j
and we : ope that the Court will, for the
convenience of the Bar generally, adopt it. j
No Convention' in- South Carolina.
—lt appears to be established beyond per- j
adventure, that the question of Conven- j
tion or no Convention in South Carolina
lias been decided in the negative. Not j
only the figure*, which wo publish in
another column determine this fact with
sufficient defiuiteoess, but ve learn that it
is conceded by the leaders of the Radical I
party in the State.
It will be observed that the total regis
tration of blacks was 79, 535, and yet the
total black vote “For Convention" bas
been only 26,139, or loss than one-third of
the former number. It is true that re
turns have yet to be received from Ander
i~oa, Clarendon, Georgetown, Greenville,
Horry* Lancaster, Lexington, Spartan
burg. Sumter and Williamsburg; but.
bearing in mind the ratio of votes in the
Districts from which we have received re
urns to the registration therein, it is uor
'■io presume that not more than >.OOO more
£- remain to be reported. C harlcst n
fiVetos.
Gen. Port—Gov. Jenkins.- The M.I-
Igeville Recorder says there is no truth
in tfee ser.eutional rei>ort taking the round
,f the papers that Gov. Jenkins has been
notified to hold himself in readiness to re
ign his position in favor of another.
The Blue Ridge Railroad.
Lcing has it been tho aim of our neighbors (
across the river to open up for themselves
a highway of their own to the W est. It
is not deoetery recapitulate to cur read
ers the history of the various efforts made.
It is sufficient to indicate to them that
there is one now wh.ich promises, at no dis
tant day, to be successful, and is now in
process of completion, and which threatens
a diversion and will, undoubtedly, become
no inferior competitor for the trade which
now flows over our State Road. In this
matte»our city is vitally interested and
should at least seek to reap some of the
benefits offered by short connection either
through the extension of the Georgia Rail
road from Athens, or the Savannah Val
ley Railroad. Under such a view we com
mand to our readers tho following synopsis
of the proceedings of the Convention of
Stockholders of the Blue Ridge Railroad,
taken from the Charleston Courier :
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of this Company has just been held in this
city. The vital importance of this road to
the ity of Charleston and the people of
the State, was never more manifest than
now, and if the State or the people had
the n us, it would surely be speedily
completed. But we must look for capital
elsewhere, and hence the necessity of urg
ing the advantages and probable great busi
! ness of the road.
The line from Anderson to Knoxville,
Tenn., a distance of 194 miles, was esti- (
mdted to cost $7,500,000. Os this sum ,
already $3,000,000 has been expended on i
construction, leaving about $4,500,000 to t
be provided. The following statement 1
will show the per cent of work doDC :
S. CAROLINA. GEORGIA. TENNESSEE. ,
Grading..Bo J' ct. 45 ‘f. ct. 30 ct. j
Tunnels.. 66 #ct 15iict. - ]
Bridge &
Arch
Mas’n
ry 74 £> ct. 46 $ ct. 53 sct
Square
JJrain s
& Cul
verts...B4 ct 75 p ct. 48 ct.
Since this statement was made in 1860,
considerable progress has been made on
ihe work in Tennessee, and very soon |
I eighteen miles of that end of the road,
viz : from Knoxville to Maryville, will be
jin operation. Os the $3,000,000 expend
i < and, the company has only borrowed about
$200,000, on I 16 first mortgage bonds, and
i h;,. on hand $2,225,000 of the first mort
: gam bonds still tube made available for
j cons'ruction.
'] !,c sc bonds will bo worth 75 or 80 cents
arid can be used in that wav to contractors.
Recently the State of South Carolina
and (he City of Charleston, holding $2,-
500,000 of the stock of this company, have
authorized tho Board of Directors to pro
pose for a preferred stock sufficient to com
plote the road which shall have preference
up to 7 per cent, of all dividends.
This liberal offer, it seems to us, need
but be brought to the attention of capital
ists to secure its acceptance.
The Board of Directors believe that j
with anew stock of $2,500,000 in cash,
and the use of the $2,225,000 of first mort
gage bonds, that the entire vrork will be
accomplished.
Thu- the new stockholders will have a road
costing $7,500,000 for four-sevenths of the
money, connecting, as it will, at Ktioxville
with direct lines from Cincinnati and
Louisville, now nearly completed, there
can be no doubt of a heavy and ronumera
tive income. Indeed it will bo the short
est line from these cities to the Atlantio
seaboard. Then it is proposed also to
build a road from Clayton, Ga., via the
Dutchtown Copper Mines to Cleveland,
Tenn., thus connecting directly Chattanoo
ga and Charleston by these roads.
The immense income of the Georgia
Htate Road from the commerce of the
Great West is an indication of the business
I which will be thrown over the Blue Ridge
; Railroad. The amount perhaps cannot
ho accurately estimated, but it would not
' ho unreasonable to predict that the income
would goou reach one million dollars.
For the great capitalists of the United
States and Europe here is an enterprise
which would not only dcvelopo the re
sources of tho several States through
which it passes, but must beyond question
always pay largo dividends.
Thirty-four miles of the road, from An
derson to Walhalla, a thriving German
village, is in operation, and perhaps tho
lost built road in the State—heavy rails,
substantial road beds, and splendid bridge.
This part of the lino, now in operation, if
sold, would pay the whole debt of the
Company. .
The present Board of Direction of this
great enterprise represents the capital and
intelligence of this city and State, and we
oT.-nost.ly hope that the praiseworthy ex
- the" are making in tho furtherance
•jf the object ol the Company will be
<tr . j vviMi Hurd - .'nt
jtwi ■ Augusta, Georgia, a very ditty letter,
ostensibly from an ardent admirer of the
perjurer Blodgett. The writer admits that
Blodgett swore to lies to get his present
official position, and then very kindly sug
gests that wc should be hung. We can't
see the point.. This amiable, intelligent
and ineresting correspondent further sug
gests that we would swear to lies also for
money, because Blodgett did, and charges
that we tried to “trail tho Constitution in
thedust” arid the “Old Flag in the ashes,”
Now, everybody knows that wo are net a
member of the Rump Congress or of Pope’s
Convention, and that relieves us of the
dust business, and wc think we can obtain
from 11. Potash Farrow a certificate
that we were never connected with the
As It Hopper Bureau. Send us some more.
Columbus Sun.
Praying for the Pope. —The Most
Reverend Archbishop of Baltimore has
is tied a circular to all the Churches iu the
archdiocese fora tridum of prayers for the
Pope and the Church, to commence on the
Feast ior the Immaculate Conception, the
Bth of December proximo, and contiuue
until the Tuesday following. The circular,
atlcr naming appropriate prayers, says, in
conch:-ion: “The exercises will terminate
on each day with the Benediction of the
Most Holy Sacrament, and in those
Churches where it will be practicable or
convenient to do so, it is recommended
that during those days the Exposition of
the Forty Hours should be made. The
faithful should be invited to approach the
Holy Sacrament of Penance and Eucharist,
as well as to visit the Church daily. While
we have no fears as to the ultimate
triumph of the Pope, tho past being a
guarantee for the future, it is the will of
0 .! tb it the members should sympathize
with and pray for the head.”
United Stales {ourte top llie Southern
.District or u’eoi’glr.
CIRCUIT COURT HON. JOHN EP.SK INF,
JUPUK, PRESIDING.
A' owber 26, 1867. —John M. Cuvier
vs," John C. Ferrii! it al.— ln equity. Mr.
Lloyd, for the defendant, said that the
plaintiff, not having filed a replication to
i lie answer of the defendants, the case wns
not at issue, aud therefore the defendants
!; ..1 ;,ot taken testimony, and t\at under
the rates of the Court they had the right
to move the Court to dismiss the biil.
j [j.., Jefer ;.., n { S were m r d.sj-oscd to in
»>; up-til. right to move the Court to
dir; . - i!.. but were Willing that the
plaintiff should file his replication nunc
pro tunc. .
.Mr. l’opc, for the plaintiff, argued that 1
upder the rules of the Court the plaintiff j
had a right, uuj was prepared to go to ;
trial upon the bill and answer alone, ;
without taking testimony, and therefore a
replication was not only not required, but
was improper and irregular.
In this ease he raid the plaintiff did not j
except to, or propose to traverse the answer '
of the defendant, and therefore a replica-,
tion was improper.
Mr. Dougherty, for the plaintiff, insist- j
ed that the rules of the Court required j
the plaintiff to file a general replication, j
although he does not propose to traverse 1
the answer,and although he was willing to j
go to trial on the bill and answer alone.
The Court ruled that a general replica
tion should be filed, nunc pro tune, anu
that the hearing be set down for the second
day of the next term of the Court, without
fail. _ _ . ,
Thomas P. Abel vs. William C. DameL
i Trespass on the ease.
The object of this suit was to recover the
! value of a stock of goods, with interest and
damages, alleged to have been bargained
and ..1 by the i lintiff to Samuel Pal
mer and Sen, at Jacksonville, in the State
of Florid-.-., oath-.' _4th of September, 1861,
to be paid for upon delivery in the city of
I Savannah: that said goads were delivered
in Savannah ; that said Palmer and Son
were tins prepared to pay for said goods ;
j that said goods were seized by order ot the
, defendant, as an officer of the so-called
: Confederate States . that having so seized
said goods the def endant delivered them
to said Palmer and Son. not to be raid
1 > until a decision of the so-called Qou
federate States Court eouid be had on the
question, whether or not said goods had
i „ on forfeited to ihc so-called Confederate
- at -. that said Palmer and Son after
ward became insolvent, and that by rc-asou
of the illegal interference ot the deienuaut
til-, plaintiff lost the value of said stock of
\lt'*r hearing the arguments of counsel
■ and tb: charge 1 or the Court, the jury re
turned a verdict for the defendant.
Fitch and Pope for plaintiff. Dougherty
; and Harden jer defendant:.—(Sue. Rep.
GRAND RALLY OF THE CONSERYA- |
TITESOF RICHMOND COUNTY!
LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING AT CITY HALL!
Pursuant to a call in the papers a large’
and enthusiastic meeting of the Conserva
tives of Richmond county was held Wednes
day evening at the City Hall.
On motion of Gen. A. R. Wright, Judge
James T. Bothwell was unanimously called
to the Chair, andW. C. Jones, Esq., was
appointed Secretary.
The Chairman, after being conducted to
his seat, explained the object of tho meet
ing.
On motion of Col. L. D. Lallerstedt, a
committee of seven was appointed to draw
up a preamble and resolutions, and nomi
nate delegates to the Convention, to be
held at Macon on the sth preximo.
The Chair appointed the following Com
mittee : Colonel L. D. Lallerstedt, Gen.
A. R. Wright, Hon. S. D. Heard, Major
Wm. E. Evans, John Phinizy, Sr., Geo.
R. Crump, James Gargau and Henry
Myers.
The Committee retired and, on their re
turn, the Chairman, Colonel Lallerstedt,
stated General Wright would read the re
port, whereupon the latter gentleman read
the following preamble and resolutions :
We cannot close our minds against the
conviction that constitutional government
is in imminent parli. When the wsr ter
minated the people of Georgia were living
under a wise and well organized govern
ment of their own choice—the same gov
ernment which existed prior to the late
war. After the surrender ofthe Confeder
ate armies our soldiers returned to their
homes and united with the mas.s of our
people in 'he pursuits of peace, believing,
from the solemn declarations of Congress,
that the State of Georgia would be permit
ted to re-secure her ancient constitutional
ral Union. The Presi
dent, however, in the early part ofthe year
ISOS, issued Ins proclamation, in which it
was required as a condition precedent to
the enjoyment of such right, t! ataConven
tion oi the people of Georgia should beheld
to repeal the Ordinance of Secession and all
ordinances and laws in conflict with the
Constitution and Lawsof the United States;
to repudiate the debt ofthe State incurred
in the prosecution of the war, and to
iiif'y the Amendment to the Constitu
m of the United States abolishing
slavery, and to incorporate the same in
their State constitution. The people of
Georgia, deferring to the Executive will,
and believing that it met the views and
policy ofthe dominant party of the North,
conformed, in good faith, to these require
ments, not doubting that it would result
in their restoration to their constitutional
rights.
1 nder this new State government we
arc now living in the full enjoyment of
protection to property, life and liberty,
exoci so far as the same is interfered
with by the action of Congress in organiz
ing and maintaining, by force, military su
premacy over the people of the State. This
government has the sanction of the popular
v. iil, and derives its powers from the con
sent of the governed, and is, therefore,
legitimate. We maintain its validity and
| deprecate its overthrow by Congress. But
j Congress bas overthrown it in tlmt it is
merely tolerated as provisional, and,
under the operation of the Sherman
Military Bills, a government is about to be
organized for the State, which threatens to
throw all the great powers of government
into tho hands of tho negro race, who are
organized into hostility to, and taught to
think they have grievances to avenge
against, race. This state of af
fairs is most alarming. It points to an in
evitable war of races; disfranchises a large
portion of the most experienced and intel
ligent citizens of the South, and admits to
the ballot not less than 000,000 negroes,
really ignorant of the principles of govern
ment arid agrarians in their instincts and
sentiments. Against these monstrous out
rages we enter our solemn protest, and
plead the Constitution of the United States
as our shield and defence.
If, however, the existing government oi
the State riiust be annulled at the bidding
of power, it were reasonable to suppose
that some just and moderate scheme would
have been submitted looking to the pro
motion of justice and safety, and having
for its object the promotion of good gov
ernment in contradistinction to mere par
tisan ascendancy, the preservation of Con
stitutional liberty in contradistinction to a
government of force. If such had been
offered in good faith, it would have been
accepted by the Southern people, but tiie
degrading despotism, which is now tender
ed to us we shall never accept; and if con
summated wo shall forever protest against
it, and appeal to tho intelligent patriotism
of the Northern States to rebuke it and
restore to us our Constitutional right of
self-government. It may not bo too late,
even now, for Congress to review its action
and modify its policy and thus save con
stitutional government. It is now in ses
sion; if it desires repose and harmony let
it meet tho people of the South as equals
and in a spirit of justice. We are pre
pared, and we believe the Southern people
arc prepared, to manifest a similar spirit,
f , -3si : nrvbT force consummate their
| scheme. Hu., .ve hold that tho South
t on-ru t and will not accept anything less
j arttel *n<fras.e',-iiwi!'-<'btf*ansuefe
id put toe g. i emm..,
! in the .bands of flw intetbwnt and of those
ivla. have property to be taxed,
j The repeal of all test oaths as a quali-
I tiention for office.
We believe thntthe time lias arrived when
the people of the whole South should unite
in a stern and solemn protest against the
efforts which aro being made in and out
of Congress to degrade tho white race in
the South, and rear upon the ruins of our
free and constitutional government one of
negro domination and misrule.
Be it therefore resolved, Ist. That it is
tho sense of this meeting that the Con
servative people of Richmond county
should lie represented in the Convention
which has been called, to meet in the city
of Macon on the sth proximo.
Resolved, 2d. That Hon H V Johnson,
General A It Wright, Col TANARUS, D Lallerstedt,
C’apt J H Evans, Joseph Ganahl, Esq, A O
Walker, Esq, J R Randal), Esq, Dr W H
Tutt, John D Butt, Henry Myers, E II
Rogers, S D Heard, Geo T Barnes, Esq,
Dr f B Phinizy, Jas A Gray, Geo T Jack
son, Jas W Walker, RJ Jlarriss, Dr W S
Jones, Porte; Morning, W ii Howard,
Wm Craig, J W Bessman, and Judge Jas
T Bothwell, te and they are hereby ap
pointed delegates from this county to the
Macon Convention, and that they be em
powered to fill any vacancies which may
occur in the delegation.
On motion of Chits. Baker, Esq., the
; hove preamble aud resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
General Wright being enthusiastically
called for, made some extended remarks,
lie advised the people of Georgia to shake
off their apathy and organize to defeat tho
Radical programme, lie referred to the
recent elections at the North, where uni
versal negro suffrage was voted down.
The) tple ofthe North and West would
never consent to give the ballot to the
ignorant and delated, and did not exact
this great sacrifice of the principles of
constitutional government. The destiny of
the people of this State is in the keeping
of the white people. Rut there must be
concert of action and thorough organization
of the white people iu every county and
district throughout, the State. This large
and intelligent meeting of the citizens of
Richmond county will give hope and en
'•ourageuipnt to our friends and extend its
cheering influence pvery county through
out our grand old State,and encourage the
people to battle bravely for the salvation
of Georgia from Radical misrule. Our
people have but to organize thoroughly aud
effectively and the cause of Constitutional
liberty will he vindicated, defended and
preserved.
After speaking for nearly one hour
on the great issue before the people,
during which he was frequently interrupt
ed by protracted applause, Gen. \\ right
concluded amid cheers.
On motion of Col. Lallerstedt, the pro
ceedings were ordered to be published in
the Chronicle J - Sentinel and Constitution
alist. The meeting adjourned.
James T. Bothwell, Chairman.
W. 0. Jofc-ite, {Secretary.
Personal. —Hon. Howell Cobb was
among the guests at the American yester
day. Mr. Cobb was one of the leaders in
st-vCision, who, after the appeal to arms
decided against his policy, accepted the
situation in good faith, and had the wis
dom to refuse to co-operate with the re
actionary Ben Hill party. Atlanta
Opinion.
The inference from this language is that
Gen. Cobb is opposed to the views of “Ben
Hill’s reactionary party,” and in favor of
reconstruction under the Military Bills.
Gen. Cobb i> a paroled soldier, and is
quii tly pursuing his profession, taking no
part in politics, but so far as his private
views are concerned, we have no hesita
tion in pronouncing the necessary implica
tion of the Opinion's assertions as utterly
false, — Macon Telegraph.
Blodoett vs. Perjury.— The trial of
Foster Blodgett, the Military Mayor and
Postmaster of Augusta, and gallant ex-
Conftderate officer, who is now the chief
of the ultra Radicals of Georgia, has been
slowly progressing before his Honor Judge
Hrskine, and is attracting a deal of atten
tion among the press of our State. Some
of the editorial comment indulged in by
Blodgett's comrades in the Confederate
Army arc s.ot at al! “pleasant to take.”
The plea of compel --, ry service in the army
is ridiculed, and denounced in unmeasured
terms. The stain of perjury, after swal
lowing such indigestible edibles as “iron
cladc,” is hard to remove, but the “pecu
liar" phasic that the whole affair has as
sumed are too mystical to warrant further
comment while the matter is still pending
tgia!.— Savann ’h Republican, Ted.
Tue Fraac:'-American Carle Con
; cession.— P'.'is, A ... 23, I>'>7.—lt is
; assorted that the concession. pplDd for by
' the Franco-An ritao Telegraph Cable
j Company, anu which was refused, has at
j length been granted by the French Gov
-1 eminent for a term of years.
Meeting .of the Bar.
Augusta, Ga., November 2.3 th, 1867. j
At n ineclingof Uie Bar of the City of
Augusta, this day, held in the Ciiy Hall,
on motion, the Hon. Wm. T. Gould was
called to the Chair, and Jno. F. C. White
head, Jr., Esq., requested to act as Secre
tary.
The Chairman then explained the object
of the meeting to be, to tas e suitable notice
of the death of our professional brother
David L. Koath, Esq., who was for many
years the Clerk of the City Court, then in
session.
After which, on motion of Joseph B.
k Cumming, Esq., a committee of five were
appointed to draft suitable resolutions
commemorative of the deceased, and to re
port at a railed meeting for that purpose.
Whereupon the Chair appointed upon that
committee Joseph B. Camming,George G.
McWhorter, Joseph Ganahl, Frank H.
Miller and Wm. A. Walton, Esqrs.
The meeting then adjourned until Wed
nesday morning, the 27th instant, at 91
o’clock A. M.
November 27 th, 1867.
Pursuant to adjournment, tho Bar of
Richmond county met this morning in the
Court House to receive the report of the
Committee.
Joseph B. Camming, Esq., then read the
following report, which was unanimously
adopted:
Since the last meeting of the Richmo .
Bar a solemn event has occurred in its
historv. A name has faded from the mid
d:e oi the list of its members ; a brother m
the profession has been called from the
active duties and usefulness of middie
1;;.- David L. Roath, a member of the
Richmond Bar, ex-Clerk ofthe City Court
oi Augusta and Ordinary ox Richmond
county, on the seventh day of this_ present
month of November and in the 3ith year
of his age, has been gathered to his
Fathers. Premature in the sight oi men
seems the death of one in the midst ot Hie,
in the prime of physical and intellectual
vigor, and in tho lull career oi useiuiiiess ,
but iu ibe ordering of Heaven no event
comes out of its due season, and to the wilt
of Heaven, in this, as in ail other dispen
sations, we humbly bow. W e meet to
! pay respect to the memory of the de
parted. May the task of doing honor
be as easy now, whenever wo as-
souiblo on such occasions ; may every
one, who departs from among us, leave to
the survivors such a memory as this one .
Indeed our undertaking is superflous.
What honor can be derived from ail that
wo may do or say on this occasion, that is
not transcended by the usefulness of the
life that has been recently extinguished?
But while to this question we must answer
“none,” we owe it alike to the living and
the dead, to the departed andto ourselves,
to make this public recognition of the
means by which he acquired honor. What
was that which makes his name so honor
able and so honored ? It was not special
distinction in his profession. He did not
aim at that; and even had ho done so, he
! had scarcely spent enough of life to have
; reached the sublime heights of legal
I learning. It was not that eloquence was
j his—eloquence which, unlike great legal
learning, waits equally on youth and age
i and middle life. In these paths also was
i he a stranger. It was not that marked
j success had crowned his professional ef
forts; for though in the legal profession
‘ and of it, his occupations were usually not
! those of the attorney or advocate. But
while speaking thus candidly, and claim
ing not for one departed brother unusual
professional learning, the magic power of
eloquence or uncommon success, still
the fact remains, that this man is recog
nized by us all, by this community and
wherever he was known, as one to be
honored. And the reason of this none can
doubt. It was because to tho fullest meas
ure he did his duty. There was nothing
in these duties of themselves to attract
distinction. Though important, they were
simple and unostentatious. But they were
faithfully performed. Where they were
concerned, neglect was unknown, self
indulgence unheeded, integrity unwa
vering ; all was done, nothing left undone ;
duty was exhausted. Therefore it is that
we hold fast to the memory of tin's man a3
one of our brethren, oven while admitting
that his strictly professional Course was
not remarkable—for there clings about the
performance of duty a transceudant honor,
which,in this case,we make haste to appro
priate to our profession. Therefore it is,
that the office of Ordinary of Richmond
county, and the modest place oi Clerk of
the City Court of Augusta have added to
the honors ofan honorable profession. On
this occasion wo do homage to duty per
formed, we file our declaration, that though
duties may be simple, [Jain, and done in
a corner, their faithful performance has
ranked our deceased brother, David E.
Roath, among tho most honored of our
profession, and made his memory a cher
ished legacy to the Richmond Bar.
But not more was ho distinguished for
the performance of official duties than the
practice of official amenities. None en
tered his office but to become the recipient
of courtesy and, if need was, of instruction
and assistance. Not only was lie faithful;
he was also most amiable and obliging.
Be it resolved, therefore, That in the
death of David L. Roath, Esq.,- tiie Bar of
Richmond county has lost a member be
loved and respected by his brethren.
Resolved, That, as members of the
K: teetond Bai we • lent wit,* pride and
i consider itau honor ter' one so faithful in
i Uie performance of duty, so courteous in
his intercourse with his fellow man, be-
I longed to ror rialerc'i v. .
. I Or" .. . • . !1, ”.
With h'l n:T; • ; fin, >.y. and offer them
j our sincere condolence.
, Resolved, That the Sup- ior Court of 1
Richmond couuty and the City Cm i of
Augusta be requested, through our Chair
man, to have, each, a copy of these pro
ceedings spread upon their minutes; and
that a copy be furnished to the family of
our deceased brother.
; On motion of L. D. Lallerstedt, Esq.,
the above report was ordered to be printed
in the Augusta papers.
There being no furtiier business before it,
tho meeting then adjourned.
Wm. T. Gould, Chairman.
Jno. P. C. Whitehead, Esq., Sec’y.
THE COTTON TAX.
A Plan Proposed to Alleviate the Tax
Troubles—A Memorial to be I'onoarded
to Commissioner Rollins —Meeting of the
Merchants’ General Exchange.
From the Savannah liepublican.
A meetingof the members of the Mer
chant’s General Exchange, and of citizens
interested in the cot-tom business, its cul
ture and sale, was held in the long room
of the Central Railroad iiaiik building, at
12 o’clock to-day, Octavius Cohen, Esq.,
President of the Exchange, in the Chair.
The meeting was held for the purpose of
considering the recent action of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, in pro
hibiting the removal of cotton from the
district wlieroit wrs raised, until the tax
should be paid; and thus slopping its ship
ment, under bond, by the Central and oth
er Railroads.
Mr. Cohen stated that there had been
preliminary meetings held on this sub
ject,, ami some of the gentlemen who at
tended them eouid probably enlighten the
meeting on the subject.
Mr. B. Phillips then spoke as follows:
On Saturday last our mercantile commu
nity w'ere surprised at a notification of the
Central Railroad, informing them of the
discontinuance of the system adopted by
the Central Railroad in regard to the mov
ing of cotton from the point of production,
which plan had been agreed upon some
six weeks ago by the Assessors of various
districts, and lias been in most successful
operation. Feeling the neeessityof prompt
action, and anticipating the troubles cer
tain to arise, a committee of three, con
sisting of Messrs. Duncan, Uartridge and
Phillips waited on Mr. Wilson, Collector
of the Cotton Revenue at this port, and
later, a committee composed of Messrs.
Duncan, Moan, Sims, Johnson and Phil
lips met by appointment Mr. Wadlcy,
President oi the Central Railroad, in order
that they might procure such information
as they could on the subject, and to dis
cover what were the reasons adduced for
the sudden stoppage of a plan which had
Worked so satisfactorily to ail parties, and
why a return wasmade to the former tor
tuous and inconvenient method of collect
ing this revenue.
Both these gentlemen expressed their
regret at the revival of the old plan so
prejudicial to al! the interests of Savannah
and to the country, but could give no rea
sons for the course adopted, save their in
structions, copies ot which they had seat
us, and which bas just beou read.
Your Committee then thought it proper
to convene the Merchants’ Exchange of
Savannah, through their President, the
Board oi Trade,and the merchants In gener
al, in order thattheir views might be ob
tained, and that their co-operation might
be had as to the best method of stating
their grievance and the corrections of it.
It was proposed by the Committee not
only to memorialize the Receiver of In
ternal Revenue at Washington, but that
also a committee of three be appointed
from the meetiDg to visit Washington as
speediiy as possible, and to explain to the
Revenue officer the impracticability of the
proposed plan, and the advantages of the
former one, and to put before him all such
facts as only experience can give.
The Secretary of these meetings was in
structed to prepare such a memorial, which
is now readv for vourapproval. The Secr
etary of these meetings has to conclude by j
saving that Mr. Wadlev. in behalf of the
Central Railroad, has offered to defray the
expenses of the committee ot three that
may be elected by this general meeting,
now convened, to proceed to \\ asbington.
The memorial was then read and adopt
ed, as follows: „
To the Honorable E. A. Rollins, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, Ac.. Ac.-
The memorial of the Merchants’ General
Exchance and Board oi Trade ot savan
nah. respectfully exhibits the following
state of facts in regard to the assessing and
collecting of the Internal Revenue Tax n
cotton, which thev claim to have a most
injurious effect ou the mercantile iuteri- > .
if* Savannah, and of the country in gcr
eral, and which if not remedied will ennu,
disaster and ruin onourfactors, merchants
and planters. In this —
First—lt retards the passage of the
crop to a market, thereby preventing not
o y the planter from receiving the price
of his crop, and taking any advantage of a
rise in the market, while from his inability
to place it in his factor' ? hands, the in
terest accumulating on the advances made
him in. reuses his debts, but also it delays
the payment of such advances as the factor
has made the planter, and in consequence
straitens the actor in the means oi meet
ing his liabilities. i
Second—U nder the present system large
quanfitie- of cotton accumulate at Various
points along the roads, which cann i be
moved by reason of the cumbrous mech
anism'of the tax, thereby subjecting_ this
produce to all the casualties 1 - me i
elements, not to speak of the itopractica- j
bility ol guarding against theft.
Third —It subjects not only me crop ;
but the interests of the planters to the iu_
competency, want of unity and partiality
of sub-officiaLs, who may be inclined to
expedite the removal of the cottou of one
puny to the prejudice of tho interests of
another.
Fourth—lt necessitates the transporta
tion and consequent risk of large sums of
money to remote portions of the State, iu
order to meet the payment of the tax in
those localities.
The cause of these evils rests, as is above
stated, in the manner of assessing and col
lecting the tax. At present the system re
quires the presence of both Assessor and
Collector at the point of delivery. These
officers are frequently absent from such
| points, and do not arrive there to perform
their duties until considerable periods of
time have elapsed from the time the cotton
is first laid down. This absence of proper
officials often arises from sickness, from
multiplicity of points where their presence
is required, and from other natural causes,
and the fact that the presence of not one,
but of both officiate is necessary to forward
the eottpn, renders it still more difficult to
effect a speedy accomplishment.
Thus it is that large quantities of cotton
accumulate at various points of deposit,
exposed to all the chances of dangers of
weather, fire and theft, and hard expe
rience has taught us that cottou of fine
staple, when originally brought to the point
of transit, has become deteriorated from
the above causes to such an extent as Dolose
largely invalue. Thus,also,as wehave'hove
stated, the crop is held back from market,
entailing the evil consequences above
spoken of, and this is the result, not of any
warn of transp rtteg medium, hut simply
from the vexatious machinery used in col
lecting the tax.
Another difficulty presents itself in the
fact that at remote or secondary points of
deposit, the officials are often ih ceived in
their estimates ofthe amount of bales
awaiting transportation, and are, therefore, |
unprovided with a sufficient number ot I
tags and permits. This also is a common '<
cause of delay.
We propose to present to the considera
tion ofthe Commissioner apian which we
conceive will not only redress the above
evils alluded to, but wiil also he more easy
and convenient in its operation to all per
sons concerned on the scene of action, anil
will iully secure the interests and revenue
ofthe Government in this behalf—apian
of action which meets with the warm ac
quiescence of the executive of the Central
Railroad Company of Georgia, the great
controlling medium of transportation in
this State, which has pledged itself to lend
it ail the aid and pecuniary assistance of
which this extensive, wealthy and influen
tial corporation is possessed.
The Central Railroad, extending from
Savannah to MacpiqAhrough tho heart of
the State, also controls the branch from
Millen, one of its own stations, to the city
of Augusta, and another branch from Gor
don to Eatonton, via Miiledgeville, and
has close connection at Macon with the
Southwestern Railroad extending to Co
lumbus, thence by the Montgomery and
West Point Railroad to Montgomery, Ala
bama. and on the other hand to Eufaula,
Fort Gaines and Americas, and Albany,
also with the Macon and Western Rail
road. On these three several roads, not
including other smaller tributary roads,
there are at least one hundred stations—
depositories for the produce from tho
neighboring plantations, comprising some
of the most productive cotton growing
lands in the South. Connected with this
road, but not immediately under its con
trol, are other roads extending northward
to Tennessee.
Over these several roads, with their va
rious tributaries and ramifications, im
mense quantities of the staple are trans
ported to the seaports of the South. Indeed,
over the Central Railroad has passed to
Savannah this season over twice as much
cotton as has found its way to any other
Southern port All the roads are in good
order, and wed calculated to use dispatch
when not encumbered by extraneous
causes. The plan, which has met with the
acquiescence and co-operation of the Cen
tral Railroad, is as follows:
It is purposed to place in the hands of
trustworthy and reliable agents of the
Central Railroad (the Government to .be at
no expense for said agents) the necessary
tags and permits, and to invest them with
assessing and collectieg power—the tags
and permits to be counted before being
put iti their hands, and tho Road to hold
itself responsible for the same and for, the
fees of tho officiate, and if necessary to
give all security to that end. The per
mits to lix. signed by the assessor, but not
to bo valid until countersigned by tho
agent at the f- articular point of assessment;
the agent to weigh tho several bales and to
keep a due account thereof, and once in
each and every week tho Assessor and
Collector tq call at. the several points of
deposit, or agencies, inspect the record of
assessment, pass upon it, and the Collector
to receive the tax at any or all points he
may think proper, which may be due ; the
road holding itself responsible for the pay
ment of tax, and passing tho official free
over their line of travel, and otherwise af
fording them every facility iti their power
to effect this object. It will be seen by
this system tho present vexatious delays
and the losses consequent thereon, will I>o
. completely avoided, inasmuch ns immedi
ately on the arrival of the staple at tho
point of transit, it. will be weighed, tho
tag affixed, the permit furnished and the
cotton forwarded promptly to the mer
chant and factor—its natural consignee—
and not to tho Collector, ns is now tho
practice. The interest and revenue ofthe
Government will be amply secured by the
resources and well known responsibility
ofthe road, sustained by any security the
Government may exact, and the cotton,
by its rapidity oftransport-sHon, preserved
from the ea-m. Itiin and risks to which it
j is now subjected r, > exposure. Nor can
• any frn-m ' ■ ■ raciieeil on tho Government
jin the taking tho weight of the bales,
for the s—vet . >t’h< in the
.fii IgT.t, 3 s i. fl U-U n rii« bates ‘..f
I ib-j weights A date" ition of weights is a
] loss to tho < . vporstiou which if, unite!
i rmluiuliy oppose and uie Government
could always verify me weights as return
ed to the Assessor, by comparison of them
with the weights entered on the books of
the company. It may be here stated that
this system has been in successful practi
cal operation’, to the mutual satisfaction
ofthe community and the United States
officiate, for some four weeks past; and
these memorialists, in this view of the
case, are at a loss to perceive what defects
could have been suggested to have effected
a return to ihe former system, with all its
attendant ovite and vexations. It is almost
certain, that but for the employment of
this mode, tho heavy amount of cotton
received in Savannah during the present
season could not have been prepared under
the demands of the tax law, to take ad
vantage of the prompt transportation of
fered it.
Your memoraliSts beg to state that for
the foregoing causes they aresuffering day
by day irreparable loss and damage. The
impoverished condition es the agricul
tural community ofthe South renders ab
solutely indispensable for the obtaining of
the common necessaries of life in a speedy
return of the sales of-their produce. At
this season of thmyear tho crop is finding
its way to the market, but for the reasons
above"stated, much too slowly for the ne
cessities of tho occasion. Your memorial
ists, therefore, beseech that it the causes
they have adduced therein seems suffi
ciently cogent to you as to induce you to
adopt the plan they have suggested, that
no delay may occur in thegranting of your
sanction to that effect.
Mr. Sims thoughttliat the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue should be telegraphed
as to the action of this melting, that he
might summon Mr. Bowles, who was the
cause of all this difficulty, at Washington, I
at the sante time, to make his statement. J
Another matter that should be represented j
to tho Couimisssioner was that the natural
channels of trade had not been consulted
in apportioning off’ these collection dis- j
tricts. This fact should be brought to his !
attention. It had been frequently brought j
to his notice, and now this committee |
should endeavor to have something done j
with reference to that subject.
He stated that a similar occurrence took
place in Florida last year, and that it was
remedied by establishing a general depot)
at Live Oak, and he thought that Milieu
would be a good point for a general depot j
for this State. An Assessor and Collector
could bo sent there, and all cotton shipped
by rail or otherwise to that point, weighed,
assessed, and the tax collected, and then it
could be forwarded to Savannah.
Mr. Wadley was surprised at Mr. Sims’
proposal. It would be a cumbersome and
inconvenient method to unload and load
again all trains at Millen. It was a method j
that would not work, and prove worse j
even than the present system. With ret- I
erence to Mr. Bowles, he wasacting under I
instructions from the Commissioner of!
Internal Revenue, though he might be in
. lluenced by other causes, because no such i
letter or notice had been received from any j
other district. Neither Colonel Hopkins j
nor tUe A o sor at Qoiuwbtts had noli- i
fled him of the stoppage of tho permit j
system.
“The letter of Mr. Bowles was then read,
stating that; owing to instructions he had j
received from the Couunisslonerof Inter- |
nal Revenue, he could ’no'longer forward
cotton without tho tax had been paid |
upon it.
Mr. Sims’ resolution to telegraph the I
Commissioner of Internal Revenue ofthe !
action cf this meeting, and asking that lie
be requested to summon Mr. Bowles to j
meet the committee there, was adopted.
The Chair appointed Mr. Wadley, Sims :
and Phillips as a committee of three to ;
proceed to Washington and lay the j
memorial before the Commissioner of In- j
ternal Revenue. In case either of these i
gentlemen should be unable to serve, the j
Chair was authorized to substitute some !
other merchant.
The meeting then adjourned.
lIE.-ui.t of a Trial bv Military Com- .
mission. —General Orders No. 118, issued ‘
fr iu the Headquarters of the Second
Military District, at Charleston, under daie j
ofthe 15th in-t., gives the charges, find- ,
ings, and sentences passed upon >V liliam J.
Tolar, Tboiiia Powers and David >. at- .
kins, who were lately tried in Kaleigh ior
killing one Archie Bebee, colored, who j
had ccinmitsed a rape upon the person cf .
a young lady, resident of Fayetteville, ir. o |
others besides those named above, nameiy: j
Duncan G. Mcßae and Samuel Philips,
were also held to bail for the same offence,
but in their case a nolle prosequi was en
tered ar,d they were discharged. 1
ofthe prisoners was “not guilty, •!•••
findings of the Court is “guilty. It.
were sentenced "to be hung, by tne n
- they be dead, at such time and place
the proper authorities may direct, two
thirds of the members of the Commission ;
concurring therein.” The proceedings,
findings, and sentence of the Court are
approved, but the latter is mitigated from i
death to fifteen years’ imprisonment at j
hard labor in Fort Macon.— Charleston !
Netos.
The Paris correspondent of the London ,
Herald, alluding to the battle of Monte j
Rotondo, says : The Garibaldian volun- j
teers appear to have made not a bad fight \
of it, all things considered, but it is quite
evident their morale was upset, and that j
they were what the Yankees expressively !
term “badly whipped.” 1
FROM WASHINGTON'.
From the New York Herald of Sunday.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION IN CON CHESS.
The financial question will, no doubt, be
the leading one in the forthcoming dclib. r
ation of Congress, and one upon which
more diversity of sentiment will be ex
pressed among members of the Radical
party than the public is prepared to expect
Several distinguished Senators in conver
sation this evening evinced a wavering dis
position on the score of maintaining views
with which they have been hitherto identi
fied in favor of paying the principal and
interest of the national debt exclusively in
coin. It is reported that there are more
members of the Senate than have publicly
expressed themselves in favor of the policy
enunciated by Ben Butler. Secretary
.McCulloch's plan of contraction is opposed
by one prominent Senator, and his policy
of accumulating gold in the Treasury is
denounced by another. There is much
stress laid on the construction of the law
relating to the payment of the principal
of the five-twenties, and when the question
comes up for discussion it may be antici
pated, from the present temper in which
the matter is discussed, that many changes
of opinion will be wrought in the views of
those members who still adhere to the idea
of liquidating the bonds uniformly in gold.
The inflation of the currency by reissues of
the restricted legal-tenders appears to some
of the Senators a project that need excite
no apprehension, the argument being that
| there is much distress and inconvenience
; resulting from the present system of con
: traction. Members interested in the
; finance question are hard at work prepar
! mg elaborate speeches in exposition of their
i particular views of the all-absorbing topic.
Ben Wade, as he walks thoughtfully and
alone from his hotel to the Capitol, occu
pies his mind with the momentary problem
to the exclusion of almost every other.
He believes the legitimate payment of the
five-twenties should be greenbacks, and to
an impressive explanation of this position
he is now developing his meditations.
THE PROPOSED DIVISION OP TEXAS.
Thad Stevens’ Texas bill will be in keep
ing with his notions of the powers of Con
gress. He first proposes that the present
State of Texas shall be divided into three
or four States. He is at present deeply
interested in studying up the geography of
that remote region, in view of announcing
what shad be the boundaries of these new
States. For their government he designs
that Congress shall prepare their constitu
tions, which will be in accordance with the
Radical views of a republican form. He
is extremely anxious that the matter be
taken up at once, as he is desirous that the
constitutions be submitted to the people
within the limits of each of the new Sta-tes,
and that they may determine whether
they will accept them or not. Mr. Stevens
manifests some solicitude in hurrying up
this measure,, and if the popular voice be
favorable to the new regime proposed, he
is in favor of immediate admission. His
anxiety seems to be based upon an acces
sion of strength to the Radical cause to be
thus gained. He argues that during the
war a large increase of the negro popula
tion of the present .State of Texas has
taken place. If this be the fact the creating
of three or four new States through the
instrumentality of the negro vote will ma
terially strengthen the power of the Radi
cals, as it is naturally expected that the
representation in Congress from these
summarily created States will be up to the
extreme point of Radicalism. Mr. Stevens
has not yet written the bill to effect these
ends, but proposes to take hold of it as soon
as the impeachment pressure has some
what abated. Mr. Stevens says he will
not attempt to make any speeches, but it
is quite evident he will not be wanting in
supplying abundant'material to feed the
volubility of the House. He also talks of
making a raid on the Senate before long,
lie considers their expenses out of all pro
portion, and hints that some action should
be taken in the matter.
INTERESTING JUDICIAL DECISION.
Judge Wylie, sitting in equity, has de
cided the case of Brown vs. Beeket it a!.
Brown, as a representative of the creditors
of Beeket, sought to set aside a deed for
the use of Mary Beeket, who was alleged
to bo the wife of Clement, for the purpose
or selling such property under an execu
tion against Clement. The land in ques
tion was originally purchased in the name
of Clement Beeket, but Mary Bucket out
of her own earnings improved it by erect
ing buildings thereon, spending five or six
thousand dollars for this purpose from her
earnings as washerwoman at the hospitals.
The Judge said that, however worthless a
husband may be, all the earnings of his
wife are his, and are therefore liable for
his debts ; but he held that this principle
did not apply to the present case, because
Mary Beeket was not in law the wife of
Clement, the evidence showing that when
they came together, in 1836, both Were,
slaves, and to the code of slavery the rela
tion of husband and wife was a stranger.
Even n't..-! i"th were emancipated they
continued to live together just as they had
umie before, no presumption of marriage
arising therefrom in this case, because the
sac tot their , previous . life exjdaiu* tide
nature of their relations to each other.
Both of the parties in their sworn answers
deny that they never married subse
quently to the acquisition of their freedom.
If, then, marriage prior to that was ini'
possible under tho law of slavery, their
relation to each other was only that of
concubinage, and its character has not been
changed since by any act of theirs. The
injustice threatened to be done to this
poor woman and her thrift, and apply
ing them a second time to the payment of
the debts of a thriftless and trifling drone
whom she has fed, clothed and sheltered
because he was the father of her children,
may fortunately be averted without the
violation of any of the established rules of
law. The bill should be dismissed with
costs.
ARREST FOR RESISTING A CIVIL PROCESS.
Lieutenant Cummings, in command of a
detachment of the Fifth United States
cavalry,. has just returned to Richmond
from King William county, whither he
was sent to arrest the ringleaders of the
party of negroes who threatened to kill
Major Butts, of the Freedmen’s Bureau,
and who resisted the execution of a civil
process for their arrest. He succeeded in
arresting the man who led the mob and
who resisted the civil officers. When
found he was behind a fence, witli a
loaded and cocked musket presented at the
officer in command. He was prevented
from firing and disarmed. He was then
taken to the Libby and confined to await
an examination before a civil court.
PROTEST OF VIRGINIA LOYAL LEAGUERS
AGAINST THE CONFIRMATION OF GEN.
MULFORD AS INTERNAL REVENUE COL-
LECTOR.
A meeting composed of eight or ten
negroes and a few white men was held at
one. of the Union League rooms in Rich
mond last night, at which a resolution was
adopted protesting, in the name of five
thousand loyal leaguers, against the con
firmation of General Mulford for the col
lectorship of the Third Richmond District.
The resolution will be sent to one of the
Massachusetts Senators to be used against
General Mulford’s confirmation.
WEEKLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
’ihe amount ot fractional currency issued
from the Printing Bureau of the Treasury
during the week ending to-day amounted
to $544,000. The amount forwarded hence
in the same period was as follows:—To the
United States Depository at Buffalo, N.
Y-i $37,000, and to national banks and
others, $314,970.
General Spinner holds fn trust for the
national banks, according to the official
report for this week, $378,684,700, of
which $340,682,750 is security for circulat
ing notes aud $38,001,950 for deposits of
public, moneys. The national bank cur
rency issued during the Week was $49.1.20
and the total issue to date is $304 535,671.
From this, is to be deducted the currency
returned, including wornout notes amount
ing to $5,237,595, which leaves in actual
circulation at this date $299,298,076.
1 tic amount of fractional currency re
deemed and destroyed during the week
Vais v>olS4:().
The total receipts from Internal Revenue
for the we-M ending to-day were $2,1 M,-
GOO, ana too total since the beu'-oning of
the present h cal year, July L $82,000,000.
Tin: CASE OF SURRATT.
28, i 867.—A special
dispatch to the Star, from Washington,
says:— l learn on authority, believed to be
vmcay trustwortny, that the Attorney
(xeneral has expressed the opinion that
fcurratt cannot be jegaiiy tried a second
time tor complicity in the assassination of
Lmco.n, as- the Constitution exp'retsly
declares that no man shall be twice put in
jeopardy for the same offence. Anew
indictment may possibly be drawn up
agamst toe prisoner, but it is more likely
tout he wid be released by Congressional
direotion.
From the Washington Express of Saturday Evening.
SALE OF CONFEDERATE PROPERTY.
General Albion-P. Howe, of the Freed"
men 4 Bureau, has gone South to make
sale of certain property. The act of 1860,
extending the Burcsu for two years, pro*
vides that all property then in possession
oi til ,* Lnited states as having belonged
to the so-called Confederate States, or°a.->
having been held in trust for them’ should
; e turned over to the Bureau and sold for
c -lucatiomil purposes. Under this provis
i°n the Bureaubecame the holder of lands
or Duilamgs, to a limited amount, in Texas,
Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina;
ana. in obedience to instructions from
General Howard, the necessary sale, by
General Howe, is soon to take place. As
questions of title may possibly arise, it is
not expected that the property will realize
a very large amount to the .school fund.
A sale of buildings and city lots takes place
Rt Augusta, Georgia, on th 6 3d of next
month.
Emory College.— Bishop Pierce calls
for five hundred subscriptions, of 8-6
each per annum, to supply the heavy
losses of this institution during the war.
Fur our Lady Headers.
The following fashions for cloaks for fall
and winter' are taken from Madame
Dcmorcst's Magazine:
“The handsomest cloaks of the season
retain the paletots and sac shape, but are
somewhat longer than last year, particu
larly when made of heavy materials for
winter wear. Sacs and paletots, forming
part ot the suit, are as short as ever, aud
are either cut straight across tho trimming
simulating dents, or in square tcoth or
scallops. In black silk they are frequently
richly embroidered with silk and jet. Em
broidery is a rage this year, and is employ
ed most profusely and elaborately upon
handsome cloaks as well as costly dresses.
A novelty in embroidery upon black cloaks
is the introduction of colors. Some form
wreaths and vines in variegated colors, in
what is called the Oriental style; while
others exhibit the most beautiful designs,
exquisitely shaded from one color. Red,
amber and purple, of each of which there
are so many different tints, are very effect
ively used in this way.
“Very handsome black silk and black
cashmere paletots are cut out in scallops
or Vandykes, richly embroidered, and finish
ed with a guipure lace flounce, which fills
the spaces and descends below the edge
to the depth of several inches. Round
cloaks are always worn more or less, and
the latest invention consists of a reversible
garment, which can be worn oneitherside,
being made of cloth, lined with fur, so
that on one side it is a fur cloak, and on
the other a handsome cloth cloak bound
with fur. Opera cloaks are generally made
round, as they are so much more con
venient for throwing off and on. This
year they arc very gay, the white ones
being, many of them, richly embroidered
aud some reviving the scarlet glory, with
the addition of gold embroidery. The
very latest designs, bistcad of being out in
the plain circular form, are folded over
upon the sides like leaves or the petals of
a flower, and arranged so as to fall grace
fully over the arm in less heavy and cum
bersome folds than tho old styles per
mitted.”
From the Southern Christian Advocate.
Emory Endowment Association.
FIVE HUNDRED NAMES WANTED.
Friends of education, read the following
and respond, with name and postoifice :
By war and its disasters, Emory College
has lost one hundred thousand dollars of
its endowment. Comparatively lit tie is
left, and that little as yet pays a very
small dividend.. Something must ho done
to meet the emergency. The College
must be Sustained. The Church and the
country alike demand it. We cannot
afford to do without it. We must have
an able President, an able Faculty, more
apparatus, more library j repairs are
needed; contingent fund is necessary to
get and keep all these—we must have
money! “Oh, there’s the rub.” Well,
Nil Desperandwm.
I propose anew plan : I will not ask for
hundreds or thousands —now now, perhaps
never. Ido not want your capital ; you
can keep it, 1 c-ou[d not invest it satis
factorily if I had it. Keep it yourself—
trade on it—do the best you can—but I
want some interest, just a little, and for
the sake of system and certainty, let us
form an Endowment Association, have a
President, Secretary and Treasurer, meet
annually at Oxford, have a speech,
a grand celebration, become a living
member of a live College. Now, then,
I propose to be one of five hundred
(no objection to five thousand) to pay an
nually S2O for the support of Emory Col
lege. Let all who accept this proposition
send their names to me at Sparta, or to
Dr. E. II Myers, at Macon. No money
will bo asked for before January next.
The subscriber can pay quarterly, semi
annually, or annually, at his own conve
nience. All at once for the college. The
plan will dovelope itself, the details will
be settled when we organize the Associa
tion.
I appeal to the alumni, to the Metho
dists of Georgia, preachers and members,
to the friends of Methodism and religious
education. It is a little up-grade just
row, but motion will overcome resistance.
Give us a start. The machine will run, if
you will push. One shove, my friend, just
now. There, that will do, thank you. Dr.
Myers will report progress through the
Advocate.
Friends and brethren, if you do not rush
to my side, I shall be compelled to worry
jou with line upon line. Be warned and
make haste. G. F. Pierce.
Sunshine, 22d July, 1867.
Soliloquy of a Satrap.
(BY LEAVE OF “BRICK” POMEROY, THE
PRINCE OF THE SOLILOQUISING DOMAIN.)
Well, well, well, who would ever have
thought that I was going to be the h- II
of a fellow that lam? I always wanted to
be a h—li of a fellow, hat 1 had serious
doubts of succeeding, I had failed so often.
Sitting h.ro.cn uiy headquarters,”
with my feet on the table, let me go back
and counton my fingers the steps by which
I have climbed to the position of a h—ll
of a ieiiuW.
My first step was rather unfortunate.
I tried to marry into a good family in Sa
vannah, but changed my mind about it,
and got. my “headquarters” kicked.
That, which some people think is apt to
start a man forward, rather set ute back.
Every officer in the army looked upon me
as a coward, and stopped speaking to me.
That was just to my hand. I owed money
to most of them, and they stopped asking
me for it. But in the long run, it rather
set me back.
Well, the next attempt I made was by
drawing on Banks (that’s an elegant pun,
and I’ll write it down for the next after
dinner speech I make) when he was Speak
er of the House. Banks cot uic that con
tract for digging wells. Well, now, that
well-digging business was a right good
thing for a brevet captain —plenty of mules,
plenty ot wagons, plenty of whiskey, and
nary drop of water. But it got tne in
print, and inspired ms with hopes of really
becoming a h—ll of a fellow. I forgot how
many emigrants died of thirst while look
ing for my wells, but, d—n that. It was
for my well-being and not theirs that 1
went out there to dig wells, and tie goeto
meters on wagon wheels.
Pshaw, I am wasting time thinking
about well digging. What a row I raised
in the wigwam when I dispatched to Wash
ington that I had captured 40,000 men
from Beauregard, near Corinth. People
think lam a fool, and I am pretty good
on thaQ but I am more of a liar than a
fool. I was laughed at about that lie I
told ot capturing 40,000 men, but what do
T care for their laughing. I got command
of the finest army in the world by teliing
that very lie—and I got the commission of
Major General—in a word 1 got to boa
h —ll of a fellow.
By the bye, 1 have never fully under
stood how that army got whipped that
time. I only know that I succeeded in
laying the blame of it on other shoulders
than mine and Stonewall Jackson’s. I put
the whole responsibility on Fitz John Porter,
who was not there—neither was I. begad.
Betyourliieon that, Centreviile, five miles
in the rear, that was my station.
Well, well, I am in favor of forgetting ;
the past —even my battles with the Indians. |
It is by going into the Reconstruction |
business that I have become a h—l of a
fellow Most men in my fix would be !
ashamed to come to rule over a people
who, though they are conquered, are so j
far from being conquered by me, that they j
conquered me every time they met me. j
But I can’t feel shame, my hide is so thick. I
I have given proof ol that by the way I j
have thrown aside every instinct of a !
geutleman, and every honorable custom of j
the Army, to become a lying, sneaking, i
wire-pulling, log-rolling, boot-licking, |
nigger-greasing, undermining, monkey- i
shining, bullyragging, money-bagging, |
brow-beating, wiuow-cheating, pot-house j
political Radical, and salter of the tails of !
black birds—that I might become a h—l |
of a fellow. And 1 am one. And, and,
nobody has nominated me for President
yet. Suppose, after ail, that Andrew
Johnson has put me up a pole merely to
make my party ridiculous by exposing my !
“headquarters.” I must take my feet off;
the tabic and think ofthat ! —Mobile Daily
Tribune .
From Richmond.
Richmond, November 27, p. m. —Ex-
Secretary Seddon was before the Grand
Jury all this morning. This afternoon,
Gen. Lee was before it and questioned
about two hours. The Jury has found a
new indictment—it is about six times as
long as the old one, but only presents some
facts more in detail. On the 22d of
March Mr. Davis will be taken in custody
by the Marshal on this indictment. Gen.
Lee and ex-fiecretary Seddon were recog
nized to appear as witnesses. Mr. Davis
movements, as yet, are uncertain.
Thanksgiving Day will be observed to
morrow and banks and public offices wiil be
closed. „
Delegates to the Reconstruction Conven
tion, which meets on Tuesday, are already
arriving. The Sew Nation says, the
first act of that body should be to vacate
all State offices held by rebels, and put
loyal men in.
At a Republican meeting a petition to
General Schofield was adopted, asking, at
future elections, that the city police be re
moved from the pods and military protec
tion substituted.
The official liquidators of Overend,
Gurney & Cos., have arranged in London
for the payment forthwith of a further
dividend of Is. in the pound, which will
raise the total thus far to 13s. It appears
that, instead of waiting until they could
realize a larger sum, they have thought it
better, in the absence of employment for
money, to distribute, as soon as possible,
the receipts in hand. Each Is. distributed
cancels £200,000 of debt, and checks upon
that amount the accumulation of interest.
THE FORTIETH CONGRESS
Adjourned Session.
CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS.
Tho first session of tho Fortieth Con
gress commenced on the 4th of March,
ISO 7. It subsequently adjourned to tho
3d of July, and again adjourned to the
21st of November.
The following is a classified list of mem
bers. Radicals in Roman, Democrats in
Italics:—
Senate. .
Benjamin F Wade, of Ohio, President.
J W Forney, of Pennsylvania, Secretary.
Maine. Term Ex. onio Term Ex-
Lot M Morrill 1569 Benj F Wade 1869
W P Fessenden....lß7l John Sherman..ls73
NEW HAMPSHIRE. INDIANA.
Aaron II Cragiu...lS7l TA Hendricks.. 1369
J W Patterson 1873 O P Morton 1873
VERMONT. ILLINOIS.
G F Edmunds 1860 Richard Yates.. 1871
Justin S M0rri1...1873 L Trumbull 1873
MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN.
Charles Sumner..,lß69 V. u'h Chandler.,lß69
Henry Wilson IS7I J M Howard 1871
RHODE ISLAND WISCONSIN.
tv Sprague 1869 JR Doolittle 1869
H B Anthony 1871 T O Howe :1873
CONN NECTICDT. MINNESOTA.
James Dickson 1569 Alex. Ramsey..lß69
Orris S Ferry 1873 D S Norton 1871
NEW YORK. IOWA.
E 1) Morgan 1869 J W Grimes 1871
R Oonkling 1873 James Harian....lS73
NEW JERSEY. MISSOURI.
F T Frelinghuysen’69 J B Henderson.lS69
Alex G Catteil 1871 C D Drake 1873
PENNSYLVANIA. KANSAS.
C It Buckalow 1869 E G Ross IS7I
Simon Camer0n....1873 S C Pomeroy 1573
DELAWARE. NEBRASKA.
J A Bayard 1869 T W Tipton 1860
TV Saulsbury 1871 J M Thayer 1871
MARYLAND. NEVADA.
It Johnson 1869 W M Stewart...lß69
VE Thomas* 1873 Jan.os W Ny0...1873
WEST VIRGINIA. CALIFORNIA.
P G Van Winkle.. 1869 John Couness....lS69
WT Willey 1871 Cornelius C01e....1873
KENTUCKY. OREGON.
James Guthrie 1871 GH Williams...lß7l
Garret Davis 1873 H\V Corbett 1873
TEN NESSEE. *COLORADO.
D T Patterson 1569 John Evans
J S Fowler 1871 J B Chaffee
*Not admitted.
RECAPTULATION.
Republicans 42 Opposition 12
House of Representatives.
Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, Speaker.
Ed. McPherson, of Pennsylvania, Clerk.
MAINE. TENNJSSSEE-COn till’d.
1.. Lynch 3...Win I) Stokes
2.. Porham 4...Jas Mullins
3.. .Jas G Blaine 5...J0hn Trim bio
4.. John A Peters 6....S M Vrnell
5.. A Pike 7....1 K Hawkins
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 8....D A -NUQtI
1.. Jacob H Ela onio.
2.. Aaron (’ Stevens i....Benj Eggleston
3.. .Jacob Benton 2 .... HE Carey
Vermont. 3....U C Scheuck
1 ..F E Woodbridge 4 •Win Lawrence
2.. .Luke P Poland 5 - WmMungen
3.. C Smith K ” Clarke
__ 7....S Shellabarger
MASSACHUSETTS. 8 c s Hamilton
1.. D Eliot 9.... R P Bucklaud
2.. .o.kes Ames 1U....J M Ashley
3.. .Genery Tvvitchell.il....JT Wilson
4.. Hooper V1....J hila Van Trump
5.. F Butler 13....(V IF Morgan
6.. P Banks 14.... Martin Welker
7.. S Boutwfell 15.... T A Plants
5.. D Baldwin 16.... J A Bingham
9.. B Washburn 17.... E R Kckley
10.. .H L Dawes 18.... R P Spaulding
RHODE island. 19.... J A Gerfield
1.. A Jenckes Indiana.
2.. F Dixon 1.... WE Niblack
Connecticut. ‘L...M C Kerr
i r> C Hunter
1.. DHubbard 4.... Holman
2.. Julius Hotchkiss 5....GW Julian
3.. j I Starkweather 5.... J ohn Coburn
4.. W H Barnum D Washburn
NEW YORK. 8.... G S Orth
1.. s.ephen Taber 9..,.Schuyler Colfax
2 .. Barnes 10.... Wm Williams
3.. W E Robinson IL - J e c Khanka
4 ...John Eox r ILLINOIS.
5.. John Morrissey At large—J A Logan
1...N B J udd
7.. W Chanter 2... J F Farnsworth
8 .. Brooks 3....K B Waslibume
in'"w 1 f 4 - A 0 Harding
Kobertson 5 K c i nge rsoil
...LHVanWyck 6....80 Cook
Ke i°^ am ~ 7...HPH Bromwell
13." Thomas CorroU 8 ... s M Co llom
14.. V L Pruyn <) jr \y2loss
15.. J A Griswold lo.Li Q Burr
* e *T 11...NSMarshall
r
M Marvin 13 G B Kaum
19.. W C Fields
2tb"A H Baltin Michigan.
21.. A II Bailey C Beaman
22.. .J C Churchill 2.... Charles Upson
23.. Dennis McCarthy 3.... Austin Blair
24.. .T M Pomeroy 4.... T W Ferry
25.. H Kelsey 5.... R E Trowbridge
26.. VV S Lincoln O—J F Driggs
27.. Hamilton Ward Wisconsin
28.. ..Lewis Selve Wisconsin.
29.. B Van Horn I...Halbert E Paine
30.. .J M Humphrey 2....8 Fliopkins
31.. Van Atrnani 3....Amasa Cobb
NEW JERSEY. 4.... CA Mdridge
1.. Moore s....Philetus Sawyer
2 .. Haight 6.... C C Washburn
3 .. Bilgreaves Minnesota.
4.. .John Hill 1....W111 Wiudoin
5.. .Geo A Halsey 2....1 Donnelly
PENNSYLVANIA. IOWA.
1 ...8 J Jtu.ndall l....JasF Wilson
2.. Chas O’Neill 2... Hiram Price
3.. Leonard Myers 3....Wm B Allison
4.. Wm D Kelley 1 ...Wm Loughriago
C N Taylor 5.... G M Dodge
0...85ni MRQfer U....A XV Uubbard
7. J M Brooiiiab Missouri.
8.. Laurence Getz 1....W111 A I'ilo
9.. .Thad Stevens 2....<' A Nowcombe
10.. .Henry L Cake 3 B McCormick
11.-.. D M Van Aukcn 4 John J Gravelly
12.. Gr W Woodward 5 los W McCluug
13.. .Ulysses Mercer G....R T Van Horn'
14.. F Miller 7. ..Benj F Loan
15.. A J Glossbrcnner 8 Ino F Benjamin
16.. Wm H Kootz 9... G W Anderson
17.. D J Morrell KANSAS.
18.. F Wilson I....Sidney Clarke
19.. W Schofield NEBRASKA.
20.. D A Finney l....Juhu Taff'e
21.. Covode Nevada.
22 J K Moorhead 3....De10s R Ashley
23.. Williams California.
24.. V Lawrence l...Namuel B Axtell
DELAWARE. 2.... Wm Higby
\....J -1 Nicholson ‘A....Jas A Johnson
MARYLAND. OREGON.
1.. McCullough l....Rufuf Mallory
2. .JS Archer *coloiiado.
A....Chas EPhelps 1....Ge0 MChilcott
4.. Thomas ——
5.. Frederick Stone DELEGATES.
WEST VIRGINIA. ARIZONA.
1.. D Hubbard Coles Bash ford
2.. M Kitchens Dakota.
3.. Poisley Walter A Burleigh
KENTUCKY. IDAHO.
J.... /. /S’ Trimble E D Holbrook
2 .. Young Brown Montana.
3 /At Gntladay Jas M Kavanaugh
4.. J P Knott NEW MEXICO.
5 .. sa P Grover Charles P Clever
6.. L Jones Utah.
7.. B Beck William H Hooper
U8....G 'e0 M A dams Washington.
D....John I) Young Alvin Flanders
TENNESSE E.
1.. Butler James S Casement
2.. Maynard
*Not admitted.
ItHCA PI TULATION.
Republican 141 Opposition 51
Congressional Statistics.
The following will show tho number of
the members of Congress from tho several
States and Territories since the organiza
tion of the Government
Totg! number of Representatives,
Senators and Delegates who (have
served in Congress „ 4,274
Members of the Continental Con
gress 404
Number of Smiths i ;. 55
Number of Browns 20
Numberof Joneses 1 25
Number of Speakers of House of
I Representatives 30
Number of the Presidents of the
Senate 1G
Presidents of the Senate protern 44
Clerks of the House 18
Secretaries of the Senate 5
NUMBER of members from states, etc.
Alabama 52 Missouri 00
Arkansas ~.16 Nevada 6
California 24 New Hamps’ire.llo
Connecticut 136 New Jersey 151
Delaware 52 New York 748
Florida 12 N. Carolina 168
Georgia 185 Ohio 240
Illinois 73 Oregon 11
Indiana 10 L PeuiiHylvama r .... 455
lowa 24 Rhode Island 73
Kansas 6 S. Carolina 141
Kentucky 17!) Tennessee 131
Louisiana 58 Texas 17
Maine 103 Vermont 70
Maryland 180 Virginia 26!)
Massachusetts 210 West Virginia... 7
Michigan 44 Wisconsin 28 !
Minnesota 10 Prs’tTerritories. 30
Mississippi 53
-
From Washington.
Washington, November 27, noon.—
Prospects for the immediate repeal of the
cotton tax Is not so promising, 'ihe true
friends of the measure, fearful of spon- j
taneous opposition to movements origin- !
ating on their side of the House, are hold
ing off, and so far every bill introduced j
looking to the repeal has-a rider which
will kill it, or provoke weeks of discussion.
Favorable action before Christmas is high- j
ly improbable.
Washington, November 27, noon. —
The Committee of ’Ways and Means have
agreed unanimously, in its session this
a. in., to adopt a bill for the repeal of the ;
cotton tax.
Washington, November 27, p. in.—
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
that Missouri must pay the tax on the
purchase of railroad on ground road. It
didn’t become the property of the State
until the sale was consummated, the
necessary preliminaries oeing the stamp
ing of transfer articles. The lax amounts
to $6,000.
The President is sending no nominations
to the Seaate.
The Senate shows no disposition to act
on some twenty nominations before them
from last session.
Revenue to-day four hundred and forty
five thousand dollars.
Gen. Howard has returned.
Departments wiil be closed to-morrow.
What General Grant Said to
Senator Doolittle.—The exact fact was,
that Grant urged upon Senator Doolittle
both the necessity and expediency of op
posing negro suffrage as a condition of re
construction, and expressly authorized
Senator Doolittle to announce to the. peo
ple of Wisconsin his (Grant's) unequivocal
opposition to any scheme of reconstruction
on that basis. —MUwaukie News.
THE LVI'EACHMKXT CASE.
REPORTS 1 ROM Till; JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
'lae Minority and Majority Reports.
Separate View of Messrs. Marshall and
Aldridge.
TIIE MINORITY REPORT.
Representatives Janies F. Wilson and
Frederick L. W oodbridge banded in a re
port, dissenting from the conclusions ar
rived at by a majority of the committee
They say: On the 3d day of June
1567, it was declared, by a solemn vote in
the committee, that, from the testimony
then before them, it did not appear that
the President of the United States was
guilty of such high crimes and misde
meanors as called for an exercise of the
impeaching power of this House. The
vote stood—yeas five, nays four. On the
21st instant this action of the committee
was reversed, and a vote of five to four
declared in favor of recommending to tho
House an impeachment of the President.
Forty-eight hours have not yet elapsed
since we were informed of the character of
the report which represents this changed
attitude of the committee. The recent
ness pf this event compels a general treat
ment of some features of the case as it is
presented by the. majority, which other
wise would have been treated of more ia
detail.
ilie report ot the' majority resolves all
presumptions against the President, closes
the door against all doubts, affirms facts as
established by the testimony, in support of
which there is not a particle of evidence
before us which would bo received by any
court in the laud. We dissent from all of
this, aad from the temper and spirit of
the report. The cool ar.i unbiassed judg
ment of tho future, when the excitements
in the midst of which we live shall have
passed away, will not fail to discover that
the political bitterness of the present t'mes
has, in no inconsiderable degree, given
tone to the document which we decline to
approve.
Dissenting, as we do, from the report of
the committee, both as-to the law of the
case and the conclusions drawn from the
facts developed by the testimony, a due
regard for the body which imposed on us
the high and transcendantly important
duty involved in an investigation of the
charges prelcrred against the President
impels us to present at length our views on
the subject which has been committed to
us by a most solemn vote of the House of
Representatives. In approaching this duty
wo feel that the spirit of the partisan
should he laid aside,, and that the interests
of tho Republic, as tluy are measured by
its Constitution and laws, alone should
guide us, and wc most deeply regret that,
in this regard, wo cannot approve the re
port of our colleagues, who constitute a
majority of the committee. While we
would not charge them with a design to
act the part of partisans in this grave pro
ceeding, we nevertheless feel pained by
the tone, temper, and spirit of their re
port. But regrets will not answer the de
mands of tho present grave and command
ing occasion, and we therefore respond to
them by presenting to the House the re
sults of a careful, deliberate and, as we
hope, a conscientious investigation of tho
case before us.
Messrs. Wilson and Woodbridge then
proceed to discuss the constitutional ques
tion with regard to impeachment, etc.,
showing, by reference to legal authorities,
that an impeachment cannot be supported
by any act which falls short of an indictable
crime or misdemeanor. English prece
dents are referred to at length, and copious
extracts are made from the testimony of
the committee, in order to relute tho rea
soningand enni.l .-ion of the majority. They
conclude as follows:
A great deal es the matter contained in
the volume of imouy reported to the
House is of no value whatever. Much of
it is mere hearsay, opinions of witnesses,
and no little amount of it utterly irrelevant
to the case. Comparatively a small amount
of it could be used on a trial of this case
before the Senate. All of the testimony re
lating to the failure to try, and admission
to bail of Jefferson Davis ; the assassina
tion of President Lincoln ; the diary of J.
Wilkes Booth ; his place of burial ; tho
practice of pardon brokerage, the alleged
correspondence of the President with
Jefferson Davis, may be interesting to a
rehder, but is not of the slightest im
portance, so far as a determination of this
case is concerned. Still, much of this
irrelevant matter has been interwoven into
the report of the majority, and has served
to heighten its color and io deepen its
tone. Strike out the stage effect es this
irrelevant matter, and the prominence
given to the Tudors, the Stuarts, and
Michael Burns, and much of the j 'lay will
disappear. Settle down upon the real
evidence in the case, that which will es
tablish,.in view of tho attending circum
stances, a substantial crime, by making
plain the elements which constitute it, and
j the case, in many respects, dwarfs into a
political contc-:.
in ap! aching a oonclusi.n, we J
fail to recognize tho stand-points trout
which this case can be viewed—the b
and the noiiti sal. - Viewing it from
firmer, the case upon the law and the
testimony fails. Viewing it from tho
latter, tne case is a success. The Presi
dent has disappointed the hopes and ex
pectations of'.tiiose who placed him power,
lie has betrayed their confidence, and
joined hands with their enemies. He has
proven false to the express and implied
conditions which underlie his elevation to
power, and, in our view of the case, de
serves the censure and condemnation of
every well-disposed citizen of the republic.
While we acquit him of impeachable
crimes, we pronounce him guilty ot many
wrongs. His contest with Congress has
delayed reconstruction, and inflicted vast
injury upon the people of the rebel States.
Ha lias been blind to the necessities of
the times, and to the demands of a pro
gressive civilization, lie remains envel
oped in the darkness of the past, and
seems not to have detected the dawning
brightness of the future. Incapable of
appreciating the grand changes which the
past six years have wrought,” he seeks to
measure the great events which surround
him by the narrow rules which adjusted
public affairs before the rebellion and its
legitimate consequences, destroyed them
and established others. Judge him politi
cally, we must condemn him. But the
day of political impeachments would be a
sad one for this country. Political unfit
ness and incapacity must be tried at tho
ballot-box, not in the high court of im
peachment. A contrary rule might leave
to Congress but little time for other busi
ness than tho trial of impeachments. But
we are now dealing with political offences.
Crimes and misdemeanors are now de
manding our attention. Do these, within
the meaning of the Constitution, appear?
Rest llie ease upon political offences, and
we are prepared to pronounce again it the
President, for such off iicos are numerous
and grave. It M ict xperienccisdi sired,
wc need have no difficulty, for there almost
every election i- productive of a revolution.
If the people of this republic desire such
a result, we have not yet been able to dis
cover it; nor would wc favor it if its pres
ence were manifest. While we condemn
and censure' the political conduct of the
President, and judge him unwise in the
use of his discretionary powers, and appeal
to the people of the republic to sustain us,
we still affirm that the conclusion at which
wo have arrived is correct.
We therefore declare that the case be
fore us, pie.- -ited by the testimony and
measured by the law, does not declare such
high crimes and misdemeanors, within the
meaning of tic- Constitution, as require
“the interposition of the constitutional
power of this lUnse,” and recommend the
adoption of the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Judiciary he discharged from further con
sideration of tho proposed impeachment
of the President of the United States, and
that the subject be laid upon the table.
Jambs F. Wu-sos,
Frederick E. W oodbridge.
VIEWS OF MESSRS. MARSHALL AND
ELDRLDGE.
The undersigned, acre ir g with our as
sociates of die mim r:;y • ■ committee
iu their views of the law, and iu the con
i elusion.-; that the evidence before the com
| mittee presents no case for the iinpeach
i ment of the President, might, if they
I had stopped there, been content simply to
have joined in the report which they have
! submitted ; but, as they, as well as the
j majority, have felt it their duty to go
! further and express their censure and con
i demnation of the President, we feel that it
! is due to ourselves, and to the position we
occupy, to present, as briefly as possible, a
i few additional remarks for the eonsidera
j tier) of the House and of the country.
| Having determined that the evidence does
not show that the President has been
I guilty of any act or crime for which, under
! our Constitution and law, he can, or ought
1 to be, impeached, this conclusion, as it
! seems to u is the determination of the
j whole question submitted by the House to
the committee.
It is the commission by the President of
J an impeachable offence only that can sub
| ject him to cur official jurisdiction, or
; justify U3 as a Committee of the House of
Representatives, or even the House itself,
: as such, in challenging his official acts. As
the report of the majority does not charge
j the President with any act recognized by
; any statute or law of the land as a crime
I or misdemeanor, we can but regard the
| charges preferred as a political or partisan
demonstration, tended and inteuded to
bring him into odium and contempt among
the people, as an unjustifiable attempt to
excite their suspicions. “ Spargere voces
t/t vulgum. amUiguas. ’ \\e utterly deny
the right of the committee, or any mem
ber thereof, as such, to no this. As citi
zens, as politicians, wo may criticise, find
fault with, and condemn the entire ad
ministration ct the President; but as a
committee of this House, (considering the
