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Attention, Planters.—Messrs. Pollard,
(’ox &, Cos. oiler for sale twenty bushels of
Mlonia cotton seed.
ACO i -iTA Factory Goods.— The price
ofAugusta Factory Goods has advanced
!c per yard. Tbc demand is very active
at ]2c for ; ; 14c for , ; 10e for 4-4 ; and
17c for drills.
Personal.—Professor Roberto, the
rnagnetizer, has arrived. He professes to
heal the sick by animal magnetism, and
can be consulted at the Augusta Hotel.
RICHMOND StPEIUOa Cocbt.—This
Court was engaged Monday in the huar
ing of the argumeuta of the Insurance
Rank case, a full report of which appear
‘•l.-ewherc iu our columns today. This is
a pujuxr case, and the points involved
and di <tided by Judge Gibson will arise in
nearly all the hank cases now pending in
the several Superior Courts of the State.
We learn that this ease will probably be
taken to tic Supremo Court, as many of
the points decided by Judge Gibson in
volve large aiuouuts which are pending in
other eases.
We learn that Judge Gibson lias re
fused to grant the injunction against the
Inferior Court prayed for by John T.
Shewmake, to restrain them from locating
a poor-house near the residence of the
latter.
The Street Railroad.—The street
railroad will soon Ire entitled to the
corporation name, “The Augusta & Sum
merville Railroad,” as we learn that it
will be in successful operation to the iatter
point, Sand Hills, by tho 10th of March
next, or earlier. Under the management
of the zealous and energetic Superintend
ent, Albert Hatch, Esq., the enterprise
must be successful. He is making every
effort to perfect the working of tho road
within the city limits, and will soon be
enabled to overcome the delays which are
unavoidably incident to institutions of this
character in their incipicocy. While he is
ngaged in this task lie is also pushing
forward the other part of the road, so that
when the spring days come and the warm
weather sets in, our citizens viiill have
frequent opportunities of betaking them
selves to the rural districts, where they can
ramble about tho pleasant groves and
enjoy tho pure atmosphere of the Sand
Hills. The company is fortunate in having
such a Superintendent, and the community
will show their appreciation of his services
by the increased patronage which will flow
to the road.
Alarm op Fire.—Tho alarm of fir
about 11 ) o’clock Sunday morning last
was occasioned by the burning of the roof
of a smoke-house in the rear of tho Bridge
Rank building. Damage very slight.
Dkmorkst’s Magazine.—Quinn has re
ceived the Maroli number of this Magazine,
which is so deservedly popular with the
iadies. The present number is. pretty
equal, if not superior, to any of its prede
cessors.
Educational. —The reader's attention
is directed to the communication of Mr.
Martin V. Calvin, in another column, on
t lie subject of school books. It is a subject
in which Mr. Calvin has taken much
interest, ami in the report thus published
lie gives his views briefly but plainly.
The Middle Georgia Press.—We
have received tlTe lirst number of a paper
bearing this title and published in the
pleasant little town of Eatonton, Ga., by
Messrs. Gentry & Jefferson, formerly o*’
this city. The number before us lias im
pressed us very favorably; it is edited
with energy and ability, and has our best
wishes for its success. This paper is to be
published weekly at $2 per annum, in ad
vauce, and should he liberally sustained.
Ci orgia Stocks in New York.—At
the first Board in New York on ihe 12th
instant, 1,000 Georgia State 7’s sold at
si ; 5,000 at 80S ; auJ 500 at 81) ; at the
2j o’clock Board 4,000 Georgia State
O s sold at 68. On the 13th instant at the
first Board 6.000 Georgia State 7 s sold
at 801.
Masonic. —We were fortunate enough
Tuesday night to attend tho called meeting
of Webb Lodge, and to hear the Lecture of
Brother C. \Y. Key on the subject of Ma
sonic Lite Insurance, and we must truly
express our regret that so few were pres
ent, as we think it a subject of deep inter
est to the whole fraterity. Masonry, all
beautiful as it is, having “Charity'’ em
blazoned on its batiuers, one would think
was litis insurance enough. In one sense
it is, but this is the grandest auxiliary of
the Order that, iu our opinion, has yet
been ooueoived. A member pays six dol
lars, which entitles him to full member
ship. Should the company consist of five
thousand members hie life is insured for
five thousand dollars; if ten thousand his
hie is itisurtd lor ton thousand dollars, and
soon. It is a formidable rival to all life
insurance companies, and has the merit of
being the only one in this country, except
the one in New York city, whose member
ship amounts to thirty thousand. This
one was organized at Macon last. April,
and has now a membership of about seven
hundred, and is daily ou the increase. Its
ramifications extend throughout this
State, into Louisiana, Alabama amt South
Carolina, and we hope now, that the bail
has started, it will be kept roiling until it
permeates the land.
Sergeant Hates. --This gentleman, a
notice of whose project to walk from \ ieks
bttrg, Miss . to Washington, D. 0., we
have already given, was to be in Mont
gomery. Ala., Monday. The Mail of
that city says:
Sergeant Bates. —We have just seen
a telegram from Selma to a gentleman in
this city, which says :
"Bates leaves Selma on Friday morning,
and says he will reach Montgomery, Satur
day alteruoon, at 5 o'clock.”
On Monday morning at hall-past ten
o'clock thirteen taps will be given on the
fire bell The citizens will immediately
repair to the corner of the Exchange
Hotel, where they will form a procession,
headed by the military laud, and move to
the Infantry Camp, where they will meet
Sergeant Bates aud escort him to the Cen
tral Bank corner, where he will be receiv
ed by the Committee as the guest of the
city. After the reception he will be escort
ed to I’tzzalla s Hotel by the citizens, and
there entertaiued as the guest of the city.
House in Noam Carolina for
Raffle. —Miss Buie, who will be remem
bered by our Augusta readers as the
soldier's friend during the late war, is again
in our city. She was robbed of some valu
able property by the Federal soldiers hi
North Carolina, aud has been compelled to
put up her house and lot at High Point,
N. C., for raffle. She has fixed no value
upon this property, but will leave the
amount to he raised to the generosity of
the people of the South, whom she served
so faithfully in the late struggle lor South
ern Independence. The price of a chance,
however, she has fixed at the low price of
one dollar, so that all can take a ehaneo.
Lists for this purpose can be found at the
Globe Hotel, at Dr. Hatton s Drug Store,
and Mr. C. W. Hersey’s Store;, aud a
large number of chances should be taken
as soon as possible.
The tKiuih Carolina Railroad Company.
Ihe annual Convention of the stock
holders of tho South Carolina Railroad
Company assembled in Charleston on the
Ilth in.-t. \Ye gather, from the report of
the proceedings as contained in the
Charleston papers, the following items :
The gross earnings of the Road for the
past year amount to $1,816,006 50; being
an increase 0f53, %7 98 over that of the
year 1860. The expenses of operating'
have been $702,229 34, being an increase
of $22,772 39. The tonnage for 1867
126,222 tons against 73,486 tons ; being an
increase of 52,736 tons, or over seventy
per cent, tonnage carried, while the receipts
for freight remain nearly the some. This
increase of freight, with increased expen
diture, bringing no increased revenue, is
attributed to competition for Through
Freights, compelling a reduction of rates.
President Magrath furniabes a very strik
ing illu«tratron of this fact in a single line:
“Cotton delivered to South Carolina
Railroad by Georgia Railroad, from Janua
ry Ist to 25th. 1868, at Augusta —
for New York. For Charleston.
6600. 800.
Ibis fact is significant of the tendency of
trade. It is not confined to the South
Carolina Railroad, ft is the history of
events as indicated by ail the rpilroad re
port.-, whicli have met our eyes, and pre
sents a question of the gravest nature for
j the consideration of our railway managers.
Through freight rates ure being diminished
daily to an almost insignificant sum ; while
loeal rates are unchanged. It is tho local
business or truffle from and between the
termini of roads to which most railroads
must look for business. The fostering of
through freights over niaDy and continu
ous lines of roads wiii necessarily impel peo
ple residing along the lines to look to the
most distant markets fur their supplies.
We are not prepared to suggest a modifica- ;
tion of the policy which now prevails. But
it appears to us as self-evident truth, that
those railroads will flourish best which
encourages most its loeal traffic, and we
conceive this to be the true policy. livery
thrifty inhabitant located along the line of
a road necessarily increases its traffic.
Every discrimination against them raises
the cry of monopoly and stimulates the
desire for competition.
It is a difficult problem in the economy
of railway management, to be solved only
by experience and experiment, to adjust
the proportion of freight for local and
through business.
The whole of the South Carolina
Railroad has been restored to opera
tion. The Camden branch was com
pleted on 25th May last. This resto?- i
ation has cost $1,048,944.85, which has j
been provided for almost wholly out of
earnings.
’The number of bales of cotton carried
over the road during the fiscal year of ISG7
has been 155,455 bales, of which 85,283 |
bales were from Augusta and 42,027 bales
from Columbia, tiie remainder being from
’ way stations.
The following table exhibits the com- j
punitive total receipts per tniie of the
roods specified:
TOTAL RECEIPTS.
Year Fading.
Oct. 1, 1867 —\ a. Central R. It $2,834
Mar. 21, '67—Georgia R. R 0,643
June 1, '67—Mem. A Charl’n It. R. 5,377
Nov. 30, '67—Ga. Centra! R. R 11,688
Dec. 51, ’67—So. Carolina It. It 5,437
ORDINARY expenses.
Tho proportion of ordinary expenses to
gross receipts on the same roads, for the !
same time, was as follows :
Dec. 31, 1867—5. C. Railroad, 54 per ct.
Oct. 1, 1867—Va. Central “ 69 per ct.
Mar. 31, 1867—Georgia “ 54 per ct.
Jut). 31, 1867—M. &C. “ 67 per ct. j
i Nov. 30, 186/ —Central Ga. “ 61 per ct.
This company has invested $125,000 in
steamship lines to New York and Haiti- !
more during the past year.
The following gentlemen were elected to j
, serve as 1 hrectors of t lie South Carolina j
Railroad Company and the Southwestern
Railroad Bank for the ensuing year :
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. ;
W J Magrath, | 1> it Rice,
Geo A Trenhulm, | James Rose,
L D DeSaussure, | Allred Huger,
John Uanekcl, | Geo W Williams,
Andrew Simmons, |FJ Pelzer,
Henry Gourdin, jH 11 DeLeon,
C M Furman, j W A Courtney,
Jas S Gibbes.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD BANK.
Jas Rose, | J G Holmes,
I * -I Porcher, | W J Magrath,
ZB Oakes, ( K H Locke,
JJJ Cochran, i J F O’Neill,
B O’Neill, j J McCarey,
W A Pringle, | A M Abrahams,
Important Rulings.
Robert Walton and Win. A. Walton, As
signees, ike., t's.W’m. D. Ellis and others,
creditors —In Equity—Richmond Supe
rior Court.
The following points were ruled by the
Court in this ease:
Ist. An assignment having been made
by a Bank for the benefit of its creditors,
aud the assignees having published a notice
to creditors to present their demands by a
given day. Held, that no priority is gain
ed by those who presented before that day,
over those who presented at any time
before final decree.
2nd. A claim for loss under a policy of
insurance is of equal dignity with notes or
other liquidated demands.
lid. A judgment obtained agaiust the
assigning Bank, after the assignment, has
no priority.
4th. The City Council of Augusta has
no power to tax. specially, the franchise of
an incorporated Bank, located in the city.
sth. Open accounts are inferior in digni
ty. and must be postponed, in the distribu
tion, to tank bills and liquidated demands.
6th. The Georgia Railroad Coin pa uy
having, by its charter, a lien on the stock
of the said e >mpuuy, owned by the assign
ing Bank, does not lose that lien by allow
ing the stock to be transferred to the name
of tfco assignee.
Till. The funds held by the Assignees,
in this ease, must be distributed among
those creditors who have presented their
claims before final decree, to ihe exeiusiou
of any who have not.
Hill, attorney for Complainants.
Dougherty, Wright. Barnes and Cum
uting and others for Creditors.
Bullion re> Europe. —The Europeans
seem to be burt’nened with gold, which seems
to concentrate at the political capitals.
We have plenty of paper currency, but
it concentrates entirely in New York aud
Boston—being used only in “swopping
jackets.”
The continued glut of bullion in the
Bank of France is noticed bv the London
lima as follows:
The further increase of £1,000,000 this
week iu the bullion of the Bank of France
has raised the total now held to $41,057.-
000, being nearly half a million sterling in
excess of the enormous and at that time
altogether unprecedented amount held at
the end of December. This condition ;
the Bank is especially striking when the
fact is borne in tuiud that the French
harvest of 1867, like our own, was so bad
as to necessitate unusually extensive pur
chases of foreign wheat, and a proportion
ate outflow of specie in payment for it.
The inference is, therefore, unavoidable
that the contention now prevalent
throughout Europe as to which nation can
raise and perpetuate the largest arma
ments has paralyzed commerce to an ex
tent never before witnessed, and will con
tinue to create a feeling of distrust that
may be ultimately destined to prove in
tolerable, and to cause an easy concurrence
in any events t hat would hold out the pros
pect of relief.
Os Course. —As might have beeu pre
dicted with perfect safety, the charges of
malfeasance and corruption in office pre
ferred by a majority of the most respect
able citizens of Augusta, against the in
dieted Blodgett, and his colleagues of the
Augusta City Council, and which were in
vestigated (?) by a Military Commission,
have been dismissed "by command of
Major General Meade.” It is a matter
for congratulation, though, by the honest
tax payers ot that city, that the real
People of Georgia back them in then
efforts, and are fully satisfied that they
j deserved, and would have had a different
[ fate before any legal tribunal. —-Journal A
1 Messenger.
Kellef—So-called.
The object of the piebald menagerie in
session at Atlanta in passins what is known
as tho “Relief Ordinance" is too trans
parent to deceive any reasonable mind.
The men who have been foremost in
urging the passage of this ordinance have
been influenced solely by the hope that
such a measure would bring to the sup
port of their constitution a large number
of the people of Georgia who are utterly
opposed to the negro suffrage programme
iof their party, but who. being weighed
down and oppre>sed with tho burdens of
'immense ante-bellum debts, will be willing
to sacrifice their country's welfare for their
temporary personal benefit.
Already has the leading scalawag
speakers and presses in the State an
nounced that the virtue and honesty of
our people could be overcome by this in
famous attempt to tribe and purchase
their votes We think that the mere
announcement of the motives which in
duced the insertion, in the pretended con
stitution, of the Relief plank should be
sufficient to secure from every honest man
a stern and uncompromising opposition to
its insulting and degrading propositions.
Already have the hired penny-a-liners
of the venal Radical press announced the
certain ratification of the negro Constitu
tion because of its repudiation article.
They have sense enough to know that the j
proposition is, in itself, perfectly worthless
j —that it is in direct and palpable viola- .
tion of the Constitution of the United
States, and will be wholly inoperative, yet j
it will have accomplished all its authorsin
tended or hoped for in its passage, if it ,
shall secure a ratification by the people of |
their unconstitutional Constitution.
The Atlanta correspondent of Forney’s !
Press, speaking of this matter, says :
Tho relief measure passed by the Con
vention lias given satisfaction pretty gen
erally among the masses of the State. If
the Constitution shall be as popular, Geor
gia will not bo in the condition of Alabama
at present.
The Opposition, organized as it is under
the leadership of lien Hill, will hardly bo
able to prevent tbe ratification of a Consti
tution which gives the much-needed relief
to the people, and equal and impartial
rights to all.
Here we have the boast that opposition j
to the Constitution will fail because of the
pretended relief which the scalawags and
negroes offer to the white people of the !
State. We trust that the patriotism, not !
to say honesty, of our people, wiii be
found sufficiently strong and uncompro- ‘
raising to defeat this cunningly devised ■
scheme, concocted by the enemies of our ;
State and race, to degrade and dishonor \
them.
Persecution Unfavorable to Ucconstruc
tion.
Horace Greeley, the man who did more
to bring about tho late disastrous war
than any man on this continent, and who.
during its progress, repeatedly declared
that a Union of States pinned together
with bayonets could not and ought not to
be tolerated, is now one of the most vio
lent and unscrupulous advocates of bayonet
government for ten of the States compos
ing the Government of the United States.
Ho not only favors the establishment of
absolute military despotisms over the
South, hut he even gloats over the poverty
and distress which he and his party have
wrought in this once happy and contented
land, and in speaking, but recently, of our
great sorrows and despair, tauntingly cries
to us from his lofty perch in the Tribune
office, New York, “root hog or die.”
11c and his malignant followers first
strip us of our property —deny us the
right of self-government—Jf>a—--- ;
State governments —crush our industrial
pursuits -deprive us of our little gains
by cruel and unjust taxation —trample us
in the dirt and mire of negro rule —and,
| when, in the agony of despair, the groans
ofslavring women and children fill the air,
and tlie tears and woes of strong men bowed
i beneath the weight oi those cruel exactious
are wafted upon every gale that sweeps
fbom the poor South, with demoniac
I grin and puritanic self complacency he
cooliy replies “root hog or die.”
When will the people of the North learn
; that we of the South are fellow-creatures,
endowed with the same feelings, passions,
aspirations and hopes which characterize
the white race throughout the length and
breadth of the land ? When will they
; learn that the sturdy sons of Anglo-Saxon
! sires cannot and will not he driven into the
support of those men and measures which
are established for our degradation and
ruin? A little kindness and forbearance
on the part of the North would, long ere
this, have healed the wounds made by the
war and re-united us in fraternal bonds to
our Northern brethren. Every attempt
at conciliation and compromise and frater
nal regard which has been made by the
South has been scornfully rejected. All
our protestations of fealty -to tho Consti
tution and the Union of our fathers have
been discredited and impugned. Our
yearnings for peace have been despised, and
our claim to recognition as “men and
brothers” indignantly repelled.
Is it surprising, then, that under the yoke
of our cruel and relentless eueuiies, respect
for tbe Government, love for the Union,
and respectful at:d kind regard for our
Northern brethren should have somewhat
abated in the Southern heart ? Could tbe
true people of the North and West enter
tain the least respect for a race which, so
lost to all the attributes which ennobles
man’s nature, would continue to lick the
hand that smites them, and cherish with
feelings of kindly regard those who oppress
and oespise them 7
We have been led to these reflections by
reading the following notice of a recent
letter written by Gerrit Smith to .Fred.
Douglas, in which he argues that:
At the end of the war the North should
have expended titty or a hundred millions
( of dollars in enabling the South to get_ on
• her feet again. The North, he says, was,
{ to a certain extent, responsible for theism
I of slavery, aud tile presentation of this
gift “would have beeu an example ol
; penitence on the part of the pro-slavery
i North, and it would have been an expres
sion of sisterly sympathy which would
have won for us her melted heart. She
would have given us no more troufile."
Horace Greeley pities the South. In
bailing Jetlerson Dav e, he felt that he was
bailing the South. And yet even he, with
his ••bushel of brains, deep sense of justice,
and glowing philanthropy,” can keep on
saying to the South, "Moot, hog, or die !"
I. certainly, would have nothing done to
supersede or in any- degree relax the self
reliance of the South. But, because ot her
deep poverty, and of our large measure
.of responsibility for it- -aud because,
withal, she is bur sister—l would have
the North extend a helping hand to her.
If counsels such as these could have
prevailed at the close of the war, or if the
!>eopie of the North would give heed to
these now, and exemplify in their dealings
toward the South the true spirit of
fraternal regard which Gerrit Smith, to
his lasting honor, herein shadows forth, the
problem of reconstruction would be solved
in a few short weeks and the lasting in
terests of the whole country advanced and
promoted by the re-establishment of Con
stitutional government.
A Fortunate Color.— Black is really
the talismanie color which, at the present
time, says the Detroit Free Press, leads to
food if not to fortune. Thousands of poor
laboring white people go to their work
daily and toil trorn early light until dark,
and can yet only procure a scanty supply
of food. No luxuries —not even meat —
can they afford to put upon their table.
To be black is to be fortunate. The ne
groes arc fed by the Government. Meat is
dealt out to them daily. They spend their
time in idleness, listening to Congressional
debatesor the debates of Southern conven
tions, and the Government, under the
Radical bureau regulations, supplies them
with food. In these days it is a great mis
‘ fortune to be white.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26. S6S.
Democratic Rally Last Night.—
Third Ward Democratic Club. There
was a large attendance atMascnic Hal. Tues
day night, in pursuance of tbe call of the
Third Ward Democratic Club, to hear the
report of the Committee on Organiza
tion.
C. W. Harris, Esq., the Chairman of
the Committee, presented a report, which
was read by the Secretary, embracing 4
constitution and by-laws fur the govern
ment of the Chub ; also a report nominat
ing the following list of officers for the
first year, both of which reports were, on
motion, received and adopted :
President—J no. D. Butt, Esq.
Vice-Presidents —D. B. Plumb, Esq.,
W. 11. Tutt, John Davison, J. T. Cooke,
Esq., Dr. H. F. Campbell. D. Ilaliahan,
W. A. Ramsey, E. R. Sneider, J. J.
Cohen. Edw. O’Donnell, T. J. Jennings,
Chas. Spaeth, Esq., Major Caswell, Jas.
Purcell, E 11. Rogers, Esq,, Dr. S. G.
Holland. A. M. Jackson, J. B. Piatt, A.
T. Gray, Esq., Dr. F. Carter, A.Poullain,
and J. B Carter, Esq. *
Recording Secretary —Wm. K. Iluse,
Esq.
Corresponding Secretary McKinnc
Law, Esq.
Treasurer —P. L. Cohen, Esq.
Collectors —S. D. Williams, J. L.' Gow,
and A. Philip.
Auditor —C. W. Doughty, Esq.
Cos!. Snead then retired from the Chair,
which was assumed by Vice-President T.
•J. Jennings, who introduced to the meeting
Judge Aldrich, of South Carolina, who, in
a brief but eloquent speech, addressed
the meeting, during which he was
frequently and loudly applauded.
At the close of the Judge’s remarks,
amid loud calls for Gen. Wright, the latter
gentleman arose and, in a most forcible
and eloquent speech, reviewed the con
dition of the country and urged the Dem
ocrats to be true to themselves and firm in
the cause of liberty and justice. The
General was frequently and loudly ap
plauded.
At the close of Lis remarks the meeting,
on motion, adjourned.
The movement thus began is an auspi
cious one, and it is to be hoped that the
Democrats of the other Wards will at once
proceed to follow the example of those of
the Third Ward in the organization of
Clubs.
The Ku Iylux. —We have been very
muchly pestered in looking over our Ten
nessee exchanges, to know what “Ku
Klux” meant—frequent paragraphs in
reference to it occurring therein. The
following extracts have somewhat relieved
us, and may perhaps satisfy tho curiosity
of ail who want to know what a Ku Klux
is. Wonder if there is such a thing in
Augusta ? Who knows ?
Tho first is from the Shelbyville' Rescue
of the 16th instant, and the second from
the Nashville Gazette of tho 15th. They
make the whole subject just as clear as
mud :
Tiie Ku Klux.—The following note,
which We received through the Postoifice
(dropped), speaks for itself:
A CARD. ’
As there are many surmises as to who,
and what wc are, we propose (as far as we
deem it prudent) to answer the question.
In the first place, wo are men—living
men! Armed it is true, but entirely
harmless when let alone. We are neither
murderers, assassins, nor robbers. We
seek no man’s liie, desire no man’s prop
erty. We wish to injure no one, white or
black—in person or in property. What,
then, is our object? That’s our business.
You can publish this'or not, just as you
so#* pvnnnr
Ku Iylux.
No. 23.
The Iyuklux Klan. —The Pulaski
Citizen publishes tho following, which, it
says, was handed to it by a gentleman who
found it in his pocket, not knowing whence
it came, and who denies being a member
of the Klan:
Oefice G. G. S.j Crimson Den, First
Moon, 1868. —Special Order to First Grand
Divisi-in —-lothe Grand Giant Command
ing : There are those who endeavor to pry
into our sacred mysteries. There are spies
on tiie alert. Watch and be silent. There
are some who say we are politicians. This
your Chief denies for the honor of the
Klan. There are some who say we will
keep the “Bureau ’ here. Your Chief
here says, for the honor of the Klan, that
we will not harm the poor African. There
are some who say we commit on
citizens of our State. This your Chief de
nies for the honor of the Klan.
Order No. 2. The Grand Cyclops of Den
No 7, in Maury county, wiii order a coun
cil for the trial of Mamaiuke Kaan.
Order No. 2. The Grand Cyclops of all
Dens in each Division will order councils
for the trial of all members who have been
guilty of wearing their costumes outside of
their respective Dens. This order is per
emptory. Ail persons are hereby warned
against wearing the costumes of' our Klan.
It shall be the duty of all members of the
Klan to put down all attempts to bring re
proach upon our Klan by malicious per
sons. By order of the G. G. C.
Stella, G. G. S.
The Wilmington Fire. —Tho Wil
mington Journal , of Friday, contains the
following details of the destructive fire in
that city on Thursday night:
A fire broke out in the store occupied by
Mr. Charles Guthman, on Market street,
as a clothing store, about 0 o’clock last
night, which spread up and down the
street, destroying five of the principal
buildings on the south side of Market,
between Front and Second streets. The
lowest building burnt, occupied by Mr.
K. S. Waldon as a dry goods store—in
sured for $5,000. Mr. Guthman occupied
the next store, which was insured for
$3,000. His stock of goods, valued at
about $7,000 or SB,OOO, was entirely de
stroyed. Dr. T. B. Carr, who resided
above the store* of Mr. Guthman, lost
everything, including his dental instru
ments, library, Ac. Dr, Carr’s loss is
estimated at about $6,000 ; V:o insurance.
The next building was occupied by H. II
Munson A Cos., as a clothing and gentle*
men’s furnishing store. His stock, valued
at $1'2,000 to $15,000, was insured for
SIO,OOO, The second Story was occupied
by Messrs. Arrington A Everett, surgeon
dentists. They held an insurance for
$5,000, but their loss will exceed this
amount by $3,000 or $4,000. The next
building was occupied by Mr. Wronski,
dry goods, and Allen Evans (colored),
grocer. Mr. Wronski was insured for
$5,00U. Above was located the daguer
rean rooms of Mr. Van Orsdell, who had
an insurance of $3,000, with a policy ol
$5,000 just expired.
A number of persons were buried be
neath the ruins of a falling wall, at 5 a. m.
to day. One white man anu lour ireed
men have, thus far, been taken from the
ruins in a mangled condition. It is
thought that all will die. A large num
ber of hands are now at work on the ruins
to recover the other bodies; but is feared
that ten or twelve were crushed. The tire
was confined to the buildings mentioned
in last night’s dispatch. The loss will be
about $i25,000.
Morrissey in Congress.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago Tri
bune gossips about Morrissey in this wise;
John Morrissey is put upon the rolls
as banker —not a faro banker, just simply
banker. Being asked why he chose that
title instead of gambler or pugilist, by
either of which he is better known, be re
plied that he was no coward ; that he had
always been a gambler and always would
be one; that he had been a prize fighter ;
that he had been in the lowest brothels in
the country: that he had been the com
panion of thieves and eyprians—but that
he was never in quite so bad company as
when he went into Wall street, among the
bankers and brokers. He said there was
less honesty and more trickery and thiev
ing ir. Wall-street than among his former
associates, and he did not want them to
misunderstand him. He wanted to be
taken at his worst, and bad therefore
chosen the designation of banker.
A Louisville paper says the girls of the_
Blue Grass region consider it a breach ot
hospitality to refuse an offer of marriage.
It instances the case of a young lady who
was engaged to fifty officers, from second
lieutenant to brigadier, while Gilmore was
in those parts, and was finally married to a
• fanner.
The State of Pennsylvania on Green
bucks.
The subjoined correspondence between
the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania
and Messrs. Belmont & Cos., of New York,
is racy and piquant, financially and person
ally. The correspondence explains itself:
New York, January 28, 1868.
To the Treasurer of the’State of Pennsyl
vania :
We have received from Messrs. N. M.
Rothschild <k Sons, of London, $190,886 10
Pennsylvania State five per cent, stuek,
which we send to Philadelphia for re
demption, to be followed in a few days bv
a further iot of SIOO,OOO.
Besides these, Messrs. Rothschild hold
about $200,000 more of stock already over
due and becoming due this year. These
gentlemen again complain ol the injustice
of the action of the Sta aof Pennsylvania,
in forcing its creditors to accept payment
in a depreciated currency, and have in
structed us to receive payment only under
protest, as heretofore. ’•
'1 hey would, however prefer to hold the
stock, if an arrangement ’could be made
with your State for a continuation of the
loan, and will only accept ftiayment now if
compelled to do s-> by a discontinuance of
the interest. Ve hav* written to the
Farmers and Mechanic.-- Rational Bank of
Philadelphia to confer v oil you on this
subject before accepting pkyment, and we
beg you will give this metier your serious
consideration and let us i.qbw whether an
extension as desired by M ,-iSrs. llotchsehild
is possible. Hoping soc *to heal' from !
you, we remain your.-, r\ f ~fR!; ,
August Belmont A Cos.
Harrisburg, Jan. 30,1808.
Messrs. August Belmont & Cos., New York :
Gentlemen —ln reply to your note of the
28th, I beg to say that no arrangement can
be made by which the Messrs Rothschild
can retain the old ioau-(now overdue) and
continue to draw interest on it.
You state that should no arrangement
be made?you will be compelled to accept
payment under protest.. To this we have
not the slightest objection. Your com
plaints about the injustice of our not pay
ing you in gold may seem just to you, hut
to us they seem ridiculous.
I have no doubt Messrs. August Bel
mont & Cos. had rnaDy liabilities out, when
tbe legal-tender act was passed* which be
came due after gold had risen to a pre
mium of eighty. I have not yet heard of
their conscience compelling them to pay in
gold instead’of the legal-tender. We are
willing to give you the pound of flekh, but
not one drop of Christian blood.’ Respect
fully,
W. H. Kemble, State Treasurer.
jNew York, Feb. 4, 1868.
Sir—l have to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 30th u!t., addressed to
my house, in reply to our application on
behalf of Messrs. N. M Rothschild & Sons,
of London, who had instructed us to receive
payment of the Pennsylvania State stock
now due, under protest in case the State
should not pay the principal in coin, and j
in case no arrangement could be effected
having in view a continuation of the inter- |
est and an extension of the time of redetnp- |
tion of the capital.
Messrs. Rothschild act in this matter as
trustees -f the holders of the debentures of
the late United States Bank of Pennsylva
nia, residing in England and on the Conti
nent. of Europe. You seem so well ac
quainted with the financial transactions of
States and individuals that you must know
that by these debentures hundreds of
widows and orphans have been reduced to
beggary.
Messrs. Rothschild, in trying to save for
their constituents all they cun out of the
wreck, have made through my house an
application, which they as well as I deem
just and equitable, and this application
was made in a courteous and respectful
manner. In so doing Messrs. Rothschild
have evinced anew proof, if any was
wanted, of their strict, and honorable
appreciation of the obligations .assumed
by them as trustees for the inhoeemt hold
ers of the most disastrous security ever
negotiated by their bouse, a negotiation
based principally upon the faith of the
State of Pennsylvania and its great bank
ing institution.
Your reference to the. liabilities of my
house, contract- 1 ' 1 in coin and assumed by
»-. i, --yp tmii, - .... i, »s |
impertinent as it is untrue in poimur fact.
August Belmont & Cos. have never de- !
dined to meet, any demand for the pay-j
ment in coin of any liability contracted by |
them in coin, before or since the legal- |
tender act. _ i !
If they had adopted the course toward 1
their creditors which- you propose to take j
on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania to
ward her unfortunate creditors represent- j
ed by the Messrs. Rothschild, there might j
have been some excuse for the lack of I
courtesy which you have exhibited in your J
letter to them.
In conclusion, I take this opportunity j
to express my regret that the State of j
Pont) sylvan a should have for its Treasurer ‘
a person who should so far disgrace the
State he assumes to represent., and forget j
the dignity of the office he holds, as to i
reply to a civil business communication in 1
a manner whicli muit raise the blush of \
shame on the cheek of every citizen of that J
great and honored State.
I am your obedient servant,
August Belmont. ;
William H. Kemble, Esq., ijtate Treas- j
urerofthe State of Pennsylvania, Harris
burg.
Report on Geography and Text Books. ,
Benil before the •‘Georgia Teacher*’ Asso- j
elation,” at .ttaeon, lieceinbei- 1», lst>7.
UY MARTIN V. CALVIN,
Principal of flic Augusta Free School. '
Augusta, Georgia.
In every department of instruction, Inter- :
estis the key to success. It serves to arrest
the naturally wandering thoughts ot the
pupil, and to concentrate them, for the re
quired time, upon the subject under consid
eration. It divests him of the chief hin
deranee to a thorough, practical compre
hension of a pa rticular subject of study,
and enables him to accomplish something
more than the mere art of memorizing.
Many pupils are unfortunately trained
to recite the most difficult lessons with ease
and rapidity, while, at the same time, they
have no more real conception of the ideas
sought, to be conveyed, than might be
expected of a child, .just mastering the al
phabet, who had been taught to repeat
set phrases in a foreign tongue.
Thus some studies, of easy comprehen
sion, as well as (hose which are more diffi
cult or abstruse (in the absence of elaborate
and practical illustration, at the hands of j
the teacher), become insipid, uninteresting, j
ami unprofitable, to the pupil, i’articu- j
larly is this true of the -tudy of Geography,
a science which may be made the most
interesting and useful in the list of studies, |
Without elaborating the subject, we
throw out, for the consideration of teachers,
a few suggestions, which may accord with
the views and-praetiee of many. j
First- -Boys and girls, who cannot read :
well, require special oral instruction, of an ;
elementary character, before any attempt
is made to teach* them Geography. Cer
tainly, they are not prepared ior this study
of geography from any text book. An
hour occupied by them, in copying maps of
well known localities—their city, county,
school-house grounds, etc. —might be at
tended with valuable results, but they are
not ready for the Geography class in
usual recitations.
Nor should those who read well, be per
mi'tted to recite answers to a fixed, print
ed, set of questions, without comprehend
ing the meaning of the terms they employ.
Secondly—ls the circumstances of the
pupil be favorable, and time not an all
important object, in order to reap from the ,
study of Geography its full educational
value, be should first be made acquainted
measurably at least, with the Etymology
of the Latin and Greek languages ; tor,
rh*'n, the analysis of almost every geo- ’
graphical term would afford the pupil
practice in the use of the most _ valuable
lexicon of terms, and their s.gnifications,
which could be offered him. |
In a course of study, Geography
be Geographv by eminence. Kindred
sciences— Geology, Astronomy, etc., should
should never bold more than a subordinate
place in the exercises proper to this
branch. However useful, m. lbustratiqn,
their elements may be, the description
: of the surtaceTof the earth and the geology
of the earth, should not be con.ounde l
The teacher should make free use of the
black-board and pencil, and be ready, in
season, to enliven the recitations and nx
attention, by aiiusiOD to contemporaneous
historical events. , „
In conclusion, I would recommend, as ot
prime importance, the adoption, in the
, schools of this State, of a uniiorm system
•of geographical text books, and, after a
: careful and impartial examination of
several excellent series, I beg to commend
to the teachers of Georgia, “Mitchell s
new series of Geographies, which em
brace the following:
Mitchell's Primary Geography,
Intermediate Geography,
School Geography and’Atlas,
“ Ancient Geography and Adas,
“ Geographical Question Book,
‘ ‘ Biblical Geography.
Distinguished for perspicuity, these
i Geographies combine all the elements of
| the science, and are easy of reference.
The engravings and maps are of a most
excellent character. The series are, in a
literary; artistic and mechanical point Os
view, all that can be desired.
[communicated. ]
Richmond Inferior Court.
It is a duty which, at this time, in an
especial manner, every one owes to the
public to point out official miscbiiduct
j and to bring to bear, for its correction and
prevention, as much as possible of public
opinion. Now that the ballot-box is closed
to us, this is the cniy cheek which we
have upon our civil officials, so-called.
Few men, fortunately, become entirely in
dia'ereiu.to the just censure of their fetlow
citizens.
Some of tbe recent acts of the Inferior
Court of Kietiifiond county would indicate
that some greater cheek than any which
their idea of official propriety, or t heir un- j
derstanding of the laws of itio State has
furnished them, should be put upon them.
Constituted, as they are, by no election of
the community they- preside over; ir
responsible except to military niters, who
are indifferent to our weal or woe, the
necessary check may yet be found in pub
lic opinion. In this view wecall attention
to two of the official acts of this bo,.y:
In its exercise of its supervision over
the poor, this Court has recently seen tit
to establish a purveying store—« new in
stitution, we think, in tbe history of the
county. But a store cannot keep itself,
undone of the Justices lias condescended
to be its keeper in consideration of a
thousand dollars per annum.
In accordance ’ with a recommendation
of the Grand Jury, the Inferior Court re
cently undertook to procure anew site for
the County Poor Hou.se. Ordinary busi
ness intelligence w ould have suggested the
advantages of advertising for proposals to
furnish an eligible tract* It is notorious
that many land-holders are. eager to sell
their possessions, and fully resigned to
parting with them at a sacrifice. But no
advertisement was made. On the contra
ry, the Court, with energy seldom display
ed in'tlie performance of its plain, duties,
makes haste to purchase a place from one
of- themselvfs.
Is it necessary to do more than mention
these acts to bring down upon these perpe
trators unqualified censure? Does not of
ficial prdpnetv!—does not the plain letter of
the law—we had almost added does not
common integrity—prohibit such dealings
with the public money? Have these Jus
tices the right tohire themselves, purchase
from themselves, and pay- for their hire
and their purchases out of tho public trea
sury at their own prices? Have they l the
right to use this money, hardly yielded by
the tax-payer for public purposes, iu mak
ing advantageous arrangements for them
selves? No proposition In lair dealing is
plainer, or ottener reiterated in the laws of
the laud, than that trustees—such as those
Justices are—cannot make profit of their
trusts. The language of the book, the
opinions of Judges, The verdict of juries,
are unanimous in branding such dealings.
The making profit of his judicial office
disgraced to alt generations the name of
Francis Bacon, But, perhaps there is a
greatness about the Inferior Court of Rich
mond county which enables it to sustain
with honor, that which crushed Bacon,
with all hi.s learning anil wisdom, into
the mire. Perhaps, too, wo shall be told
that these little'arrangements are not ad
vantageous to the Honorable Justices
but that unmixed patriotism, a high sense
of official duty-, a distrusted devotku to
the interest confided to them alone in
fluenced them. That, of Justice IJeas paid
himself for his.farm three thousand dol
lars out of the public tieasury, when but
a short time beiore lie earnestly sought,
but failed to liud, a purchaser at twenty
live hundred dollars; if he did this in a
way effectually to exclude all competition,
still the interests of the county alone
moved him thereunto. That of Justice
Bevy, pays himself one thousand dollars
out of the public fund, giving no one a j
chance to coutehd with him in sell-abne-I
gat ion. We are still to understand that
this little sum is no consideration i
for the act of this great and good man,
this upright Judge, this high-minded cus
todian of the public treasure; but that a I
lofty spirit of self-sacrifice impels him to j
waste his time and abilities in so poor a
service. If such worthy motives as these
are at work, then say we, w'ith Shylock.
“Daniels come to judgment, yea .Daniels ;
Noble Judges, how I honor ye !”
But (respectfully \Ve say it), we cannot
see their conduct iu this light. It seems to
us that it cannot be doubted that these
officers are using their offices for their own
benefit ; that, being put into be Judges,
they have made themselves shop-keepers
and land speculators; that their office
being, under the law, only- of honor and
tru: t, they have made it also an office of
profit; thill the statute of Georgia, espe
cially in this instance, nothing more than a
plain pri ijjji pi £ fiilua;' tii/iCY »
ugfejf'Sntl countries, of judicial integrity,
has forbidden a Judge to sit iu any pro
ceeding in which he has a pecuniary inter
est, anil that these Justices have shameless
ly violated this plain, unmistakable statute
of the State and this elementary principle
of Judicial integrity.
The ballot-box cannot protect us against
them. Appeals to the military- strangers j
who rule over us, but are indifferent to |
our sufferings, Will not help us; but will
not utter shame deter these men? If not, |
still we have this grain of comfott in the
migst. of the sore affliction of such a Court,
that is: That there are only three instead
of five Justices! Justice Bevy has his pur
veying store, Justice Dens his poor-house
—only Justice Stallings remains to be
provided for. Bt-t us hope that he will be
content wiih having dislodged two one
legged men from the Augusta Bridge, and
the more substantial advantage of succeed
ing to their honest earnings, and that he
will keep us no Wednesday morning pur
veying store, nor sell us poor-house farms,
nor furnish us upholstery therefor.
Countryman.
From Mexico.
Galveston, February 17, p. m. —From
the Bureau of Mexican Intelligence we
have news lo the 16th. The Legislature
of San Luis taxed merchandize $2,400,
retailers three per cent, arid asks Ihe Gov
ernment to impose a fine ot five hundred
dollars and imprisonment lor six months
in cases of evasion.
Col. Grandest at Caiiti Casi, has pro
nounced against Rubin, the Governor.
The Apaches are murdering and robbing
near Ures, Sonora, and a force has been
sent to attack them.
Gtn. Regules offered his resignation to
the Government.
Gen. Ximenes sent to Congress the
names of one hundred and thirty towns
revolting against Alvarez. Intrigues,
revolutions and pro n uneja'n e n tos are
plenty. Troops in Matamoras are drilling
for active service.
Revolution in Japan.
San Francisco, February 17, noon. —
The revolution in Japan is a consequence
of the opening of ports. Mikado is a
prisoner. The lute Shagoon fled i[om the
capital. The ministry and treaty-making
powers have pledged neutrality. The
ports were opened, but little trade; set
tlers are dissatisfied with tho location.
A boat capsized in Osako river, drown
ing Admiral Beli, of tbe U. S. Navy, and
Flag Lieutenant Reed and ten of the
crew.
From Panama.
New Fork, February 17? uoon.—The
steamer Santiago de Cuba; arrived from
Panama with dates to the 7th, Tlie
cholera is taking terribly at Buenos Ayres.
One hundred-and-eighty victims daily.
The citizens are flying. At \ iliautera two
hundred and ten out of two hundred and
seventy railroad laborers died.
The Wheat crop of' South Australia is a
failure.
From Canada.
Toronto, February 16.—The gunboats
for patrolling the Canada Waters will he
ready in the spring, and will he tempora
rily manned by the A aval Brigade.
From California.
Sax Francisco, February IQ.—A reso
lution was introduced into the Legislature
that, in view of the attempt uu the part of
England to unite Columbia to the do
minion of Canada, Columbia's acquisition
to the United States is of the utmost im
portance. Senators and Representatives
are instructed to use all honoroble ’means
to induce the Government to acquire
Columbia. The Governor is instructed to
telegraph the resolutions to the President,
members of Congress, and Governors of
the Pacific States.
Tbe Supreme Court.
] Washington, February 17, noon.—The
Supreme Court to-day overruled the mo
tion heretofore made to dismiss
i in the McArdle case for the want of juris
diction. The case will, therefore, tome up
for argument on its merits, as previously
arranged, on the first Monday of March.
Catholic Hishops.
Philadelphia, February 16.—Yester
day the appointments for three Catho
lic' Bishops for the Diocese of Phila
delphia were received from Cardinal Barna
: be, of Rome. The Pope has designated
the following : Rev. Wm. O’Hara. ofSt.
Patricks’, to be Bishop of Scranton ; Rev.
J. F. Shanahan to oe Bishop of Harris
burg ; Rev. ]) r . Breeker, of Richmond,
-; to be Bishop of Wilmington, Del.
From Tennessee.
!' Nashville, February 16. —The Deruo
' era tic State Convention passed resolutions
lookiQg to a thorough organization of the
party throughout the State, endorsing
Johnson, and declaring the Government
established to_ protect the political rights
and national interests of the white race
and should be so administered, and an
nouncing affiliation with the Democratic
1 party.
Obituary.
Philadelphia, February 16.—YYm. M.
Swain, founder of the Public Ledger, i
dead, aged fifty-nine.
1-Tom .Montgomery.
• Montgomery, February 17k noon.—
Sergeant Rates, carrying thjj United
| States flag, reached this city to-dey. He was
met by a large number of citizens and
carriages decorated with Uni ed States
flags, and a band of music. T. ree thou
sand peopie turned out to bear ihe recep
tion speeches and to welcome i{sm. The
i old flag was enfbusiastieal’y cheered, arid
hundreds of ladies from window.-, balco
nies and verandahs on tho principal streets
waved their handkerchief to him as he
marched along. lie was escorted ip or.e of |
the leading hotels, and is the gueirof the j
c-ity es long as he remains. All the j
speakers and marshals ot the day were
Confederate soldiers.
From Texas.
Galveston. February 17, p. m. —Official
returns of the election for a Convention
show : white 202, colored 878 ; I against,
white 117.. Smith and Ruby eleJred.
The Federal and Supreme Court . con
vened here to-day, Judge Wat/rou? pre
siding. j
From Washington.
Washington, February 17, p. el—
Gen. Steadman resigns the Sew Or
leans Internal Revenue Coliectc rship, to
take effect on tiie 15th of May.
Suiliner- presented a petition from citi
zens of Massachusetts praying so 1 the ab
olition of the Presidential office as danger
ous to there public.-
Trumbull's bill, introduced to day, de
fining the jurisdiction' of the Courts of the
United States, is in effect as follows : It
provides that* all ti*p Courts of the United
States shall be bound by the aow of Con
gress r i political questions, ai(d that it
rests with Congress to determiner what
government is the established onje in any
State; and it is declared that no c-’lvil State
governa.ent exists in the excluded States
of the South, and no “so-called” civil gov
ernments in such States shall be recognized
by either-the Executive or Judicial power
of the United States, until Congress shall
so provide, or until such State is repre
sented in the Congress of the United
States.
The Reconstruction Acts aredec-lared po
litical in tlitir character, the propriety or
validity of which no judicial tribunal is
competent to question—-and the Supreme
Court of the United States is hereby pro
hibited from taking jurisdiction of any
case growing out of the execution of said
acts in either of said States, until such
State shall be represented, ike., and such
eases now pending before that Court shall
be dismissed, and aii acts authorizing an
appeal, writ of error, habeas corpus, or
other.proceeding to briug before said Court
for review any case, civil or criminal,
arising out of the execution of said Recon
struction Acts, are hereby repealed.
The President has nominated Thomas
Sim for United States Marshal of South
Carolina, and James W. McDounagh
Postmaster at Galveston, Texas.
Seuator Sher.man says the General will
not accept either the brevet appointment
or the command of the new department,
and if the President declines to relieve him
from the latter he wiii promptly tender
ids resignation.
Revenue to-day $630,000.
Forty-Sixth Pay's Proceedings of § the
Georgia UiumstUuiiounl Convention.
CONDENSED I-'ROM Til? ATLANTA DAILY
INTELLIGENCER.
Saturday, Feb. 15, 1868.
The Convention opened with prayer—
Parrott in the Chair.
The Journal was read.
J D Waddell moved to re-eonsider the
action of the Convention relating to strik
ing
the Committee on Franchise. Ho stated
his purpose to be to have an unequivocal
expression of the sense of the Convention
on the question of the eligibility' of negroes
to office, and tike propriety of their ad
mission to the jury box. For himself, he
was satisfied that, suffrage carried with it the
right to hold office, and had, -therefore,
venticm for consideration." A majority of
the delegates, he believed, agreed with
him on the subject. A few entertained
the’opposite opinion, and in order that
every delegate present might he able to
put his individual opinion oil record, and
that the world might-know who of us favor
negro jurors and negro office-holders, he
would call the ayes and nays on the motion
tQ re-consider ; but, before doing so, would
give notice that in event the mption pre
vailed, he intended to offer the following
as a substitute :
“White men' Only shall be eligible to any
office 6f honor, trust, profit or emolument,
whether municipal, judicial or political, in
this State; and -white men only shall serve
as jurors in the courts.”
ilo appealed to the. manhood of the Con
vention to come up Squarely to the ques
tion—not evade, nor ignore, nor dodge it.
Don’t trouble the courts to settle a ques
tion which it was the duty of this Conven
tion to settle, as far as it had power to set
tle it.
A W Holcombe spoke at some length,
and in his usual, forcible aud comprehen
sive style.
R II Whiteley moved, as usual, the pro- j
vious question.
The ayes and nays were called, when \
they stood —ayes, 19; nays, 103.
\V PE.iwaids —I am impelled, from a 1
sense of duty, to ask that the action of this j
body in adopting section five of the report
on the Legislative Department bereeon- I
sidered. In the name of justice I ask a ,
reconsideration. The Union Itepubiuans j
of this body, almost to a man, refused to
proscribe the distinguished secessionists j
of our State for past political action. Wo !
said, if the people wit ued disunionistg to j
control the destinies of Georgia, let them !
do it. But, Mr. President, when we j
adopted section five of this report, we pro- :
scribed every United States Collector and ■
Assessor, and every Postmaster, who in
many instances do not realize SIOO per '
annum from their efiiees. There is j
another fact which I state with sorrow.
It is thi.-s: In many oft.be counties in the :
black-belt there is no one outside of the )
niggers and petty United S ates agents to I
represent us.
1 The- colored people who have been in
I bondage for two hundred years, and who
are not educated, are not, fit to represent
; us in the Legislature.
Asa g-merai tiling—l will state in this
connection—they do not desire the impor
tant offices ol'Siate. I appeal to my friend,
uiy patriotic and Democratic friend from
’ Polk, Col. Waddell, to proscribe no one
' simply because'they stand no to the Union,
and holdai peaty office.- And L er.peal to my
friend from Milton, Hotooiube. who loves
j colored men’s rights so much, to-come up
and defend white men a/ woli as black
men. It is true, colored men are not in
terested in this measure, but, nevertheless,
I think the gentleman from Milton, ibr
; once, might stand by the Union whites
when it does not injure the black man.
G W Ashburn moved thct'tho house go
j into Committee of the Whole ou the
i question of Finance.
After some deliberation, the motion we -
I withdrawn, and a resolution adopted to
! the effect that a committee, be appointed
to immediately negotiate a loijn to defray
| the expenses of the Convei.iiwn pending
the coileetioL* of the tux, it having .hoc.;
stated by a delegate time parties
whom lie was acquainted were prepared •.•>
advance such loan.
R B Bullock asked for a suspension of
tbe rules to iutnodpee the following:.
: Eetoloed, That it is the. determination
of this Convention to recognize! alllegtiinate
indebtedness of the State of Georgia, and
i we hold that said indebtedness of the
, State should ever be held saered.
.. In this series of obligations X'e enumerate
1 ali the bonded debts of the State issued
, and negotiated before the , ifith day of
January, 1661, and since the Ist clay of
June, 1665.
The rules were not suspended.
legislative department.
• The consideration of the report of the
Committee on the legislative. Department
was resumed.
Sections 2 and Z v/ero referred to a
special committee.
Section 4 was taken up, and paragraphs
1 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 were adopted without
amendment.
Paragraph 6 was adopted with a slight
amendment.
Paragraph 7 was adopted without amend
ment.
The eighth paragraph, relating to tbe
officers of the United States Government,
was read, as follows :
S. Tee officers of the two Houses, other
than the President and Speaker, shall be
a Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the
House, and an Assistant for each, a
Journalizing Clerk, two Engrossing and
two Enrolling Clerks for each House ; and
the number shall not be increased, except
by a two-third vote of the House. Aril
their per diem per day, as well as the pay
and mileage of the members, shall be fixed
by law, in the passage of which two-thirds
of the members of each House shall concur.
XEV, SERIES VOL* XXVII. NO. 8.
J E - Bryant moved to strike out the
words “tworthirus” audiusert,“miijority.”
The ayes and pays being called upon
this motion, they resulted, ayes 68, nays 41.
The motion prevailed and the change
was effected
'l'lie following communication from Gen
erai Meade was feud to the Convention:
Hd'qrs 3d Military District, )
Department ofG a., ala , and Fla, I
Atlanta, Ga , Fehruary 14, J 868. )
Ron. JR Parrott, President of Constitu
tional Convention , Align to, Ga. :
rim—l have the liopor to acknowledge
: the receipt by the hands of the Secretary
'of the Convention of an official copy of the :
i ordinance, passed the Bth in.st., to provide
the means, for defraying the expenses of
! the Convention, uud tho compensation ot
j officers and members, and beg leave to
I enclose herewith a copy of the order issued
j by me approving Said ordinance, and di
: rectiug its enforcement.
; lua.smucii as in my opinion the issue of
| any scrip had better be superintended by
! the officers of the State government, eon
nected with tiie control of its finances, I
: have so far modified the ordinance as to
j enforce upon these officers the issue of the
I scrip provided for in sections second and
| five of the ordinance.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
George G. Meade,
Major General U. S. Army-,
Commanding Third Military District.
; The Convention soon after adjourned.,
‘ forty-seventh day.
Monday, Fehruary 17th, IS6S.
The Convention opened with prayer
Conley in the Chair.
The Journal was read.
Previous to the reading of the journal,
H V M Miller moved that they proceed to
the election of g President pio tern imme
diately. He nominated J L Dunning for
the office.
II K McKay and B Conley were also
nominated, but J L Diunuug was elected.
1' A M Miller moved a reconsideration
of the action of the Convention on Satur
day, inasmuch .as it related to the Gth
paragraph, 4th section, which, reads as
follows, in tho original report: “All acts
shall be signed by the President of the
Senate and tho Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and no hill, ordinance, or
resolution intended to have the effect of a
law, which shall have been rejected by
either House, shall be again proposed
under the same or any other title without
the consent of two-thirds of the House by
which the same was rejected.”
On motion of T L’ Speer, the words
“and Clerk of the House and Secretary of
tiie Senate” were inserted yesterday after
the words “Fosse of Representatives.”
il \ M Miller moved that the words in
serted bo stricken out and tho paragraph
stand as originally reported.
After a brief discussion the motion pre
vailed.
J' Atkins moved a reconsideration of
the action of the Convention on Saturday
regulating the pay of State Senators and
members of the House of Representa
tives.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
The Bth paragraph was taken up and
adopted without amendment.
Section s—Paragraphs—Paragraph i— The General
Assembly shall have power to make ail
laws and ordinances, corn-intent with
the C institution, audit it repugnant to the
Constitution of the United Slates, which
they shell deem necessary and proper lor
the welfare oi the State.
II H Whiteley moved to. strike out the
word"make” and insert the word “enact,”
which, after,•some consideration, he with
drew.
The paragraph was adopted with the
insertion of the word "this” instead of
“the,” after the words “consistent with.”
Paragraph 2 was adopted without
amendment.
Paragraph 3 was read.
M- Ilell moved that the paragraph he
stricken out, as it was provided for in the
Executive Department. The paragraph
read as follows:
The General Assembly have power,
hy a vote of two-thirds of each House, to
grant pardons in cases of final conviction
lor treason, _and to pardon or commute
after final conviction in capital cases, hut
the Governor may veto as m other cases,
and if lie should so do, the pardon shall
t'itYiO.-ovinty as is pruvrueu in’uiner cases
ot vetoes.
The paragraph was stricken out.
G W Ash burn moved to strike out the
4th paragraph.
1 1 read as follows :
The General Assembly shall have power
to repeal or modily any charter granted
eithe>- by the General Assembly or by the
Courts. ,
J H V M Miller moved to amend by in
serting the words “by a vote of two-thirds
of both branches,” and after the word
“charter” the word “hereafter.”
N L Angier favored the motion to strike
out.
" II K McKay offered the following
amendment:
.. And regulate hy law the rates and
charges of railroads, bridges, ferries, and
turnpikes in this State.
J ft Parrott favored the motion of II K
M elva’v.
The General Assembly shall have power
to regulate by law ail freight tolls and
charges of all chartered companies and cor
porations iu this'State.
Jl li V/iiiteley spoke at some length and
on the subject, lie favored the striking
out of the paragraph.
G W Ashburn wanted every company
established and protected by law. He
moved the previous question.
A motion to post pone indefinitely by P
B Bedford was withdrawn.
T W Crane’s substitute was lost.
The amendment o! II lv MeCay was next
pht and lost. Ayes 46, nays .04.
H V M Miller’s amendment was also
lost.
: The question then recurred on the motion
to strike out, when the votes stood: ayes
6‘J, nays 30. Carried.
.Section 6, paragraph 1, read as follows :
No money shall be drawn from (he
Treasury except by appropriation made by
law, and a regular statement and account
oi the receipt and expenditure ofalipublie
money shall bo published from time to
time.
T J Iligbee offered an amendment as
follows:
“And shall be attached to and published
with the laws enacted at each General As
sembly.” The amendment ffas lost.
H K MeCay moved us an amendment
the words "arid with the law” after the
words “from time to time.”
The Amendment was adopted and the
paragraph passed.
Paragraph 2, same section was taken up,
“No vote, resolution, law or order shall
pass granting a donation or gratuity in
favor of any person except by the concur
rence of two-thirds of each branch of the
General Assembly.” ’.’ha Chair here
found it necessary to cad on the Sergeant
at-Arms to preserve order, his words and
hammer failing to do so.
The paragraph was, adopted f with a
slight amendment.
Paragraph 3 was road as follows:
No law or section of the Code shall be
annulled Crr repealed by mere reference to
its title or to the number of the section in
the Code, but the amending or repealing
act shall distinctly and-fully describe th
law to be amended of repealed as well a»
the alteration to be made.
K 1 iligbee iceved to :■ tike out tin
word “annul” and ihi-cr i the word
“amended’ arid lfi the firs- and second
.•iim r; th- words "to the number of the
5... ;f uin the Code, ' . ;.d So, insert .tin
word.-: ‘‘section only,” f *or siction only.”
He withdrew the latter amendment.
H K McCoy offered the following
amendment:
Hut this clause shall only be construed
as directory to the General Assembly.
H V M Miller opposed the amendment.
H K MeCay supported his amendment.
L I Iligbee’s amendment was lost
After some discussion the amendment
of II tv MeCay was. adopted and Die para
graph passed as amended.
The Convention, on motion, adjourned
to fil o'clock a. m. r next day.
folly eighth day.
< Tuesday, February 18th,
xhe Convention opened with prayer—
Parrott in the Chair.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Paragraph 4, section G, was ’taken up
and read as follows:
No shall be passed by which a citi
zen shall be compelled, against his consent,
directly or indirectly, to become a stock
holder in, or contribute to, any railroad oi
work of public improvement, except in tilt
ease of the inhabitants of a corporate town
or city. In such cases the General Assem
b y may permit the. corporate authorities
to take such stock, or make such contribu
tion, or engage in such work, after two
thirds of the qualified voters of such town
or city shall, at any election held for the
purpose, have voted in favor of the same;
but not otherwise.
B Conley moved that the words “after
two-thirds’ ’ he stricken out, and the word
'•‘majority” inserted.
After some discussion the paragraph
wa -i passed as amended.
Paragraph five was read as follows:
The General Assembly has no power to
graht corporate power and privileges to
private companies, except t,o banking, in
surance, railroad, canai, navigation, mining,
express, lumber, manufacturing and tele
graph companies; nor to make or change
election precincts; nOr toestablish bridges
or ferries; nor to change names oi legiti
mate children ; but it shall prescribe, by
law, the manner in whioh such powers
shall be exorcised by the courts. But no
I charter for a company shall be granted or
i extended,-and no act passed authorizing
the suspension ofspeeic payments by any
bank except by a vote of twot thirds of the
i General. Assembly. The Genera! Assem
j bfy shall have no power to grant any char
ter without 3 provision therein so- the per
sr-nai liabilities of tlie rtuekhojders for the
ultimata payment of thedebtsof the same,
and with a specific, speedy, and effectual
mode therein pointed out by which that
! liability may bo enforced. The General
1 Assembly shall pass no law making the
State a stockholder in any corporate com
pany ; nor shall the credit of the State be
granted or loaned to aid any. company
without the concurrence of two-thirds of
both houses ; nor without a provision that
the whole property of the company shall
be bound for the security of the State
Trior to any other debt or lien ; nor to any
company in which the re is not already an
equal amount invested by private persons;
nor for any other object than a work of
public improvement. The General As
sembly shall grant no charter or permis
sion for any lottery, and shall, by law,
provide adequate penalties to prohibit the
sale of lottery tickets in this State. The
General Assembly shall have no power to
appropriate money, except for the support
ot the Government, the preservation and
repair of the public property, tne pay
ment of the public debt, provision for the
common defence, and such other purposes
as the General Assembly is specially re
quired or empowered to accomplish by the
Constitution. No provision in this Con
stitution lor a two-thirds veto or both
houses''of the Generably Assembly shall be
construed to waive the necessity of the
signature of the Governor, as iu any other
cases, except in the oaso of tho two-third
vote required to override the vote. The
General Assembly shall pass no law
changing the rules of iuher tauce, altering
the mode of making or the effect of con
tracts, changing the practice in the
courts, or methods of proceeding to enforce
any right, or making or repealing any
criminal law without the concurrence of
two-thirds ot both houses ; but this sec
tion shall not apply to such acts as are
necessary to make or alter the laws now of
force so as to conform to this Constitution,
and shall be construed as directory only to
the G neral Assembly.
Tho paragraph was, on motion, taken
UP and acted upon, sentence by sentence.
LII Whiteley moved to strike out the
word “company” and insert the word
.“bank.”
11 \ M Miller moved the previous ques
tion.
1111 W hiteley’s amendment was adopt
ed.
The Sentence was adopted as amended.
I O Welch offered the following amend
ment, to come in as anew sentence:
lhe General Assembly shall pass no
usury laws in this State, but in all cases
whe/e no rate of interest is mentioned, it
shall bo seven per cent.
Resolved, I hat the above section be
adopted and referred to the Committee on
in-vision and inserted in this constitution,
in its proper place. *
N L Angier offered the following amend
ment to the above :
There shall be no usury law in Georgia,
but tue rate of interest shall be that men
tioned on tire face of the note. Provided,
where no rate is mentioned, the legal rate
of interest shall be seven per cent, jier
annum.
i* O Welch accepted the amendment.
J li Hudson spoke in favor of a repeal
of the usury laws in the State.
LL Wtanfojd opposed the proposition.
It met with fiis most hearty disapproba
tion.
J h Blount did not want such a law put
into the Constitution, and hoped it would
be lelc with the Legislature. The ayes and
nays were called on the amendment, when
they stood: Ayes 50, nays GB.
The amendment was lost.
file third sentence .w.as.read, when .
B '.’ii'r i'-.’i' --:,it'words • il<jv -thftjfecuing
double tho amount of the. stock held by
them.”
ii \ M Miller suggested that the words
“at least” be inserted after the word “ex
ceeding.”
B Conley objected to the amendment
on the ground that it would place the
matter at the discretion ot the Legisla
ture, and he wanted to restrain the Legis
lature. ■
II V M Miller did not want the Legisla
ture restrained.
The amendment of Conley was adopted.
Ii H Whiteley moved the striking out of
the'entire section.
The motion prevailed.
H K MeCay offered the following as an
additional sentence :
The General Assembly shall grant no
charter exempting ‘the of the
company from taxation, nor to any railroad
without insuring the right to permit said
road to be crossed by other railroads, and
other railroads to be built within at least
ten miles in the same general direction.
,1 E -Bryant spoke on the subject. He
told them how things was done in his
State—the State of Maine—and thought
that some power ought to be left in the
hands of the Legislature. He moved to
iuseft after the word “taxation” the
words “manufacturing companies and
literary institutions.'
II V M Miller agreed in part with the
last speaker. He moved the previous
question, when the amendmenr'was lost.
The fourth sentence was adopted without
amendment.
P Martin offered the following resolu
tion—the rules were suspended and the
resolution adopted:
tie-solved, That the disbursing agent of
this Convention pay pro rata, front - time
to time, to the members and officers, and
to the contingent expenses of this Con
vention, such sums of money as he may
receive from loans or other sources, for
the use of this Convention, upon receiving
from such fatty interested a proper
voucher for such payments.
The Convention on motion adjourned.
From Washington.
Washington, February 19, noon.— Bur
lingame’s Chinese appointment is for life
with salary ai §55,000 in gold per year.
Washington, February 19, p. m.—The
President’s reply to the Baltimore Muni
cipal Committee i; conservative but de
termined. It developes nothing new, but
concludes thus : “i repeat that the en
couragement given me on this occasion is
very acceptable. The stoutest heart, when
surrounded by doubts, and menaced with
perils, needs countenance and support.
The kind expee---ions of approval of the
City Council of Baltimore are sincerely ap
preciated, and will be remembered with
gratitude as long as life shall last.”
Hancock’s recent removal still under con
sideration at Grant’s headquarters.
The Foreign llelations Committee con
sidered Samaria Bay acquisition to-day
without action.
Seward advises citizens visiting Great
Britain to secure passports-
Stevens opposes special legislation re
garding Alaba i a’s admission. If anything
i» necessary w. might as well be a whole
sale letting ail in at once.
E-timated cost of the Indiana side of the
canal at the Fids near Louisville is three
. and a half million dollars.
The revenue to day was two hundred
and fifty-three thousand dollars.
Norton, elected to Congress, and
Chairman 6f the Alabama Kepublican
Convention, was on the floor of the House
to-day urging her admission.
Genera! (JL L. Khepherd, Colonel of the
Fifteenth Infantry, has becu ordered to take
command of the sub-district of Alabama.
Baring the discussion on the Thomas
case General Lee was made the topic.
Cameron said that he was informed by
a gentleman iu whom lie had confidence,
that General Lee having received an inti
mation that he might have command of
the Federal-army, had assured him of his
entire loyalty and devotion to the country.
Cameron thea consulted General ricott,
>ho approved of placing Lee at the. head
of the army, and rl.e place was offered to
Lee officially, with the approbation of
General Soott, but Lee went to Virginia
;n the lalso pretence of seeing his family,
and never came back. Cameron added
that he would have arrested Lee if he had
had a chance, hut never suspected that be
would act perfidiously. Johnson doubted
the truth of this very much. (Laughter.)
Gentlemen might laugh but he would in
form the gentleman who indulged in the
merriment (Conness) that Lee was as
honorable a man as any man to be
found in California.
In the town of New Baris, Ohio, the
women adopted a very effective method of
spoiling the business of a liquor dealer.
They made him a visit, carrying their knit
ting and sewing, and spent the day, re
peating the call every day until the shop
was shut up in disgust. The men would
not go there while they were in possession.
