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Drown!
Brown! portentous name! Brosrn!
synonym of Georgia's disgrace and humilia
tion ! Brown ! indicative of treason and j
knavery ! is at last Chief Justice of the j
Bute of Georgia' Collards and Baoon!
Brick buildings and Bonds! Judas Iscariot
and Benedict Arnold! “what a fall is there, j
my countrymen. Then you and I and all i
of us fell down,” and Joe Brown “flourish- !
ed over us.” We had hoped that he was kill- j
edin the Legislature; but,alas! he was only
“scotched.” Bullock, the all-powerful Bui- 1
lock, grasped the wounded viper in his I
arms, and hors him aloft to glory and re- |
nown! “Brown!” he exclaimed, “Brown! j
friend of my soul, I love thee, I feel for
thee, I weep for thee. Let me embrace
thee. Let me console thee- Let
reward thee. I have taken thy advice,
and am putting corruption and villainy in :
high places; I will give thee the first seat |
1 will give thee place, honor and profit. I j
will reward thee Brown ! Brown I )
Brown! You shall indeed be Done ]
Brown !” And then the martyrs to carpet
baggery embraced each other, and shed
siient tears over their unhappy country’s
woes. The fat B. nominated the lean B
the Senate approved, and the demagogue
and traitor now disgraces the seat onoe
occupied by men wliose names have illus
trated Georgia’s honor, and shed ineffable
glory upon Georgia's name. “Oh ! shame
. where is thy blushOh, decency ! where
is thy abode ? Oh, honor ! whither art
thou gone V Hast thou indeed “fled to
brutish beasts” and left us only infamy
and disgrace as our part ?
Bullock—Brown—Brown—Bullock.
How doth the great fat burly B.
improve each shining hour ?
He ignores honor, truth, and worth,
To perpetuate hts power.
And then the lean tank busy B.
Improves Av, shining hour,
Lsy saving ooHards, and liiv bacon,
Through treason’s awful power.
But enough ! the Grand Mogul is on
the Bench ; and beside him his equals, if
any can be found, will be seated ; and on
all the other beuuhes the numerous little
Browns will find places. If Georgia has
erred, greviously has she suffered for it.
Heaven grant that her day of deliveranoe
from native treason and imported tyranny
be not far distant!
Iu justice to Win. Hale who says that
he has been falsely aspersed by the negro
incendiary whose arrest by the oolored men
of Hancock county we noticed on tho 11th
instaut, we publish the following disclaimer
from him.— \Ed. C. A S.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: —My at
tention has been called to the following
piece which appeared in your paper of the
11th instant :
“Ncoho Incknhiauy AniU'xricn—A
negro, calling himself Charley Jones, has
boon arrested and confined in jail in Han
cock county, to answer charges made
against him thereof an attempt to force
the negroes into a military organization,
which ho hud instructions and orders to
raise * * * * amt that he received his
orders through Bill Hale of Augusta.”
Ah l am the only Bill Halo in Augusta,
1 suppose this man must have referred to
me; aud as far as 1 am concerned, his state
ment is ftilse, without one word of truth.
( know no man in Hancock county named
Chas. Jones; never was in that county
myself; never had any correspondence
with any uian living in that county, or
any other county, outside of my business;
and never in my life persuaded or encour
aged any measure that was likely to cre
ate a disturbance. Furthermore," r have
never been a member of any militia
organization, a member of any secret
league, or other organization ; and never
havo boon, or ever expect to no.the “tool” of
any man or set of men to do tlieir biddiug.
it is true tii at my pa me has appeared on
several occasions as Chairman of public
meetings; hut 1 have never made a public
speech, and have but few associates outside
of my business. Why X am thus falsely
represented, XJo not know. Jdo not claim
to boa politician aud ask only to be let
alone I was born in Augusta, havo lived
here all my life, and,have Always tried to
act so as to bo respected by all good efti
/.etis. I never was guilty of any action
that I gtn ashamed of, and now take this
method of denouncing Gluts. Jones’ state,
inent, as tar as it concerns Bill Hale, as
false, and hope that no good citizen, nor
any of my acquaintances abroad, will give
it any credit. Wm. Hale.
August!*, Qa., August 12, 1 SOS.
A Soldier's Speech.— A Committee
of citizens of Tennessee, composed ofex-
Oonfederal Generals, recently presented a
petition to the' Legislature of the State,
protesting against the organization of the
militia as proposed by the Brownlowiles.
The petition was referred to the Military
Committee before whom the Committee of
Confederate Generals appeared. General
Forrest, as a member of that Committee,
addressed the Military Committee as fol
lows :
I feel it due to myself that I should
make a few remarks. The only thing that
1 can give you as a guaranty of what I
can do, is to refer you to what I have done
since the surrender. 1 have never, since
L received my parole, failed to yield obedi
ence to the laws of.my country. I have
endeavored in every way to have the laws
executed. I, at one time, offered to fur
nish the Chief of Police at Memphis one
thousand meu, if necessary, to keep the
peace at the election. I can call out to
day fifteen hundred men in the city of
Memphis to support the laws. I stand
hero to-day to pledge myself to the Gov
ernor of the State, to the Legislature, and
to you, that l will give my hearty eo-ope
ratiou toward keeping peace.
We are here in earnest. We mean what
we say, and we intend to carry it out. We do
not intend to disobey the laws of the eoun -
try. We are hereto uphold you and to
sustain you in all that you do. In regard
to the enfranchisement of the people I
have not a word to say—that is with you.
The Southern people do not want any col
lision or difficulty in any manner. I have
written many letters to quiet the people.
I aui satisfied that if you will give us the
right of franchise we will have peace.
Abolish the Loyal League aud Ku Klux
tvlan. Let ns come together and stand
toother, aud be as one man in the State
of Tennessee.
1 had the pleasure of going to New York
to the National Democratic Convention,
and met a large portion of the Federal
soldiers. It was doubted whether 1 would
be received as a delegate, but I declare
that 1 never spent a more pleasant week in
my life. lam willing to forgivo all that
has been done in the past. Let us go to
work iu good earnest. I want to see the
best men put in position. There will then
be no danger. Every man can go to his
home and be not afraid of assassination.
I laid my arms away when I surrendered
aud have not seen them since.
Gf,n. Grant.— Old "Let us nave
peace” is going East again. At Galena
he said: " I shall not on this occasion,
nor upon any other, make you a speech,
which I suppose you are well aware of.”
Well, why didn't he make one that “ you' ’
were uot so well aware of?
When he gets back to Washington he
can sing:
I’ve beeu to the North ; I've been to the
South ;
I've beeu to the East aud West;
I’ve been out among the Indiana, too;
Aud now I want some rest.
So Instead of speeches, “ let's have peace" '
For ou having that I'm bent;
Therefore, I’ll take my whiskey straight, j
Aud let Seymour be President.
A Base Slander. —Forney’s Press says:
Ten years since there came to Nebraska
a party of one hundred Irishman, all of
them without a dollar in the world. They
were worth only their spades and a Demo
cratic vote a piece. They took up land in
Douglas county, around the then unknown
town of Omaha, and now all of them are
enjoying affluanoe, and many of them
wealth. W ith clean shirts and comforta
ble homes, and their cattle covering a
hundred bluffs, a political as well as social
change has come over these American citi
zens of Celtic decent, and every one of
them votes for Grant and Colfax,
We ll bet our bottom dollar that that is
a falsehood ; and we'll bet the next one we
get, that, if it is true, the one hundred
Irishmen have acquired their affluence
and wealth through the political charge of
greenback arguments in behalf of the
Know Nothing ticket. They are moral
and political lepers, and their "clean
shirts’ ’ will not hide their leprosy.
True.—Hon. Garret Davis, in a recent
speech truly says:
"The revolution sweeps on, but it is act
yet accomplished, and will not be uutil
General Grant is carried through that
mockery of an election, and installed into
the office ot President. He will then be
Imperator and sway an Empire, but be
cause of his own ignorance, necessarily by
pimps and parasites. Congress, like the
Senate of Home, will become but an effigy
the real centre of power will be CaeSr, I
Imperator’ and when he is incompetent,
but has a Sejanus for his favorite, Sejanus
will rule in fact.”
Misrepresentation.
The Radical papers of the North, finding
it an upl ill busicess to meet the arguments
of the Democratic orators and Democratic
journals, are compelled to resort to that ’
low species of trickery—misrepresentation. >
In the North, Democratic statesmen, j
orators and soldiers are pleading the cause of !
true political principles with all the eloquence I
and ability which they possess; while at i
tho South those who led the Cenfederatc 1
cohorts in the war for Southern Independ- j
enee arc still battling for Constitutional j
liberty. And it is these latter who are
the objects of Radical misrepresentation.
If General Cobb, or General Toombs, or
i Gen. Hampton mount the stump and tell j
i the people of the South that they must
j stand together, work together, and fight
! together in this great contest for Constitu
tional liberty”, the Jacobin press gets up its
dismal howl that “ these rebel leaders
i mean war!” And so they try to deceive
f the people of the North, and influence j
; their passions against the people of the i
South. These Jacobins know that their j
j assertions are false; they know that they ,
are deceiving their people ; they know
j that they are misrepresenting the
soldiers of the South; but what do they
care'f Falsehood, deception, and misrep
resentation are the only stock in trade
which they possess, and they must, there
fore, display them to the best advantage.
We hope, however, that the people of the
North will read their speeches and judge
for themselves. And we call upon the Dem
ocratic press of the North and West to set
these men right before their readers.
Every Confederate soldier who has taken
the stump for Seymour and Blair has de
clared for peace. They have had enough
of war, and it is because they have had
enough of war that they are devoting, to
day, all their energies, talents, and influ
ence to the cause of the Democratic party.
In wzr, they were gallantsoldiers—in peace,
they are good citizens.
In war. they exerted a wonderful influ- |
ence over the men who followed them to
the battle-field ; and in peace they are ex- ’
ertiog that same influence to rally these
men around the peaceful banner of Con
stitutional Liberty.
War ! why, they want not war. If they
did, they would rally to the support of
! Grant and Colfax. They would ally them
, selves with the Radical party : and shout
hosannas to the man of blood, whose mis
sion is, to-day, to light the fires of civil
war in this Union—to array race against
race—to drown the Constitution in fra
j terna! blood ! Oh, no! they want no war.
j The people of tho South want no war.
! Peace and Liberty is all they crave— all
l they ask. Frdm every stump, and on every
occasion, the military leaders of the South,
from the highest to tho lowest, are raising
thoir voices in behalf of peace. Day and
night, anywhere, everywhere, they are
working with energy and patriotic devotion
to sty qre the triumph aud restoration of
| peace. Hero is hoard the bugle blast of
Cobb, there the clarion notes of Hampton;
boro the potent voice of Forrest,
! tin it: the sonorous words of Toombs ;
I ea’.tug upon the people of the South to
unco in the cause of peace—to work now
with t hearty good will and untiring ener-
Igy to be vigilant, sleepless, unceasing, in
| the eiu.se of Constitutional Liberty—“not
| to overthrow the Government, but to
1 preserve the Constitution’;” not to make
war upou any section of tho Union, or
upon any race or class of people, but to
restore peace and harmony to all parts of
the country and to all our people ; not to
destroy the Union but to restore it to what
its fathers made it, and intended it should
ever be—
“ The land of the free and the home of the
brave.”
Youa Ox and My Ox.— The New
York Times groWs eloquent in defence of
the Constitutional rights of Austria, and
the right of the Austrian people of self
government ! But never a word has it to
say in defence of the Constitutional ri.lits
of the South, ami the right of the South
ern people to self-government. Isn’t it
funny what a difference it makes when
' my. bull goes your ox and your bull goes
jmyox ? Oh, funny Times! Oh con
i scieutious Times ! Oh, liberal Times !
j Sometimes, but not all times the friend of
| Constitutional I'bcrty and the right of
I self-government.
A Miscegenation Case. —The Wash
ington city Evening Star of August 10th
says that a white department clerk was
married to a mulatto girl on that day.
The lair damsel is of the Catholic faith,
and consequently insisted on being mar
ried by a priest of that Church. Applica
tion to the priest of her parish failed, as
he refused to have anything to do with
the matter. The Star says that the clerk
and his would-be mulatto bride at
length succeeded in haviug an interview
with the Archbishop of the Dioeese of
Baltimore, during which they requested
permission for the proposed match, and
wore peremptorily refused. Nothing
daunted, however, they returned to this
city and found a Methodist Minister who
made them man and wife.
Editorial Change.—We stated the
other day that our local brother of the
Constitutionalist was about changing his
base. He has done so, and hauled up in
Atlanta; taking a hand in the Intelli
gencer, which journal we congratulate
upon its acquisition, and at the same
time bog leave to re assure John of our
continued good will: and good wishes;
The Intelligencer of August 14th, says:
We transfer to our columns, from ilie
Augusta Constitutionalist of the 12th iust..
the foregoing, amt take pleasure in inform
ing tlie readers of the Intelligencer that
Mr. Ells has already entered upon the dis
charge of the duties assigned him on the
editorial staff of the Intelligencer. The
compliment paid by the Constitutionalist
to Air. E. is well merited by him, and we
trust that our citizens generally will give
to him that cordial greeting and hearty
welcome which as a gentlemau, and as
one coming among them to aid in ad
vancing their interosts, and that of the
“Gate City" in the character of a journal
ist, lie merits. From the readers, especiallv
of the Intelligencer, we bespeak tor Mr.
Ells those kind civilities and cordial greet
ing which they have never failed to be
stow upon gentlemen connected with its
editorial department. As much of his
atleution will be directed to local, or city
affairs, information connected therewith
communicated to him will be thankfully
received.
Can the Southern States Rid Them
sei.vei.ves oe Carpet-Baggers?— The
usually well informed correspondent of
I the Baltimore Gazette writes as follows;
A highly important question has been
mooted, and is now being discussed in po
| litieal circles here, as to whether the
Southern States can by any constitutional
or legal means rid themselves ot the car
pet-baggers who have succeeded iu creep
ing into the l nited States Senate without
■ a constituency to represent, if it be shown
that they do not represent the people of
i the States from which they pretend to
hail. Prominent legal gentlemen have
given an opinion that it could lie done by
1 the means of the writ of quo warranto, to
bo taken out by the Governor of each
State, and thus bring the question into the
Supreme Court, where the legality of the
Southern elections could be thoroughly
tested and determined.
liow THE BOYS LN BLUE ARE USED. —
The 1 rib tine says :
"Those of our citizens who are in the
habit of dispensing their spare change to
the crippled soldier organist, may be in
terested to know that few of the objects ol
their charity receive the full benefit of
their generosity. The soldiers are nearly
all of them merely the employees of the
more wealthy Italian proprietors of the
organ, and are to be paid by the day for
their services.”
For "wealthy Italian proprietors” sub
stitute “scheming Radical politicans,” j
and you have the whole story of the "Boys
iu Blue, ’ in whatever guise they appear 1
to evoke the public sympathy. The dis- I
ference between the Italian organ con- ;
tractors and the politicians is, that the
former makes a square bargain with the
soldiers to pay them so much for their
services and stick to their terms, while the
politicians use the soldiers and then fling
them and poeket all the gains.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
A Radical says that Seymour can "make
the worse appear the better reason.” It I
does not follow that he does so, but it is an
acknowledged fact that Grant cannot make
anything appear the better reason. He is
"Remote, upfrJended, melancholy, dumb.” i
When Goner id Grant reached Denver,
Colorado, all the soldiers of Company B,
3d Infantry - , saluted him with a Seymour '
and Blair nag. The General felt Enable
to remain in that towD, or even to alight j
from the coach.
FROM GREESSBOUO.
Moss Meeting of the Democracy—Radical
•Jiitlge— Gordon s Speech An able Effort ,
—CvL C- IF. Styles' Ad'lras Democrat
ic Organization in Greene —Torchlight j
Procession y Sec. , Ac.
{•PKut c:uti' or i«« eskccJicLt 1 sentinel ]
Greensboro, August 10, 1868.
Editors Chronicle k Sentinel:
The Democracy of old Greene turned out j
en Mdae on Saturday, ath test., at this j
place. In the morning the white voters of 1
the county and some hundred and fifty
colored vot re assembled upon the square
at the north front of the Court House.
Mr. Speaker McWhorter, with two others
of the same kidney, held a barbecue —
(charging the darkies tweuty-five cents per
head) at “the Forks” (Apalachee and
Oeonee Rivers)—tokeep away the Radicals
from Democratic influences. To the praise
ok' old Greeße, be it said, the only ones
wearing white skins, was the aforesaid
so-called Speaker, his brother and. hand
kerchief sueking Kitchens of the Fork.
Tho first speaker who addressed the as
sembly was General John B. Gordon. Col.
Miles Lewis, introducing Ueneral Gordon
in behalf of the Democratic Club ofGrecDe
county, under whose auspices the meeting
had been called, introduced him as the
rightful and duly elected Governor of
Georgia under the Congressional Recon
struction Acts; but in making claim for
. this tide for the gallant soldier who was
1 about to address them, wished it distinctly
understood that he made it in opposition
| to the pretensions of the “Express Agent,”
j whom Meade and his other Express
) Agent, Hulbert, bad made de facto Gov
j ernor of Georgia under the military power
which he possessed, in the exercise of the
i “discretion” laid down for his government
; as Military Commander of the sub-district
I of Georgia; but by no means to the preju
! dice of that noble Georgian, Charles J.
Jenkins, who was Governor dejure, by the
clear and expressed willcf the people. On
a former occasion the people of Greene
j had the pleasure of listening to the gallant
| Georgian when, ina spirit of compromise,
under the expectation that a tiee and fair
ballot— not that awed by bayonets and
controlled by Military Bureaus, with their
stuffed ballot-boxes aud fraudulent votes—
they submitted to an appeal to the people.
He now had the pleasure of introducing
him as an Elector for the State at large,
upon the Democratic ticket, headed by
those gallant standard-bearers, Horatio
Seymour of New York, and Frank P. Blair
; of Missouri. • -
General Gordon upou taking the :-tand,
briefly but feelingly alluded to the kindness
with which he had been received and houor-
I e.d, on a former occasion, by the people of
Greene, again renewed by this largeassem
bly of his fair-country women and t he sons of
; the soil—the honest and honorable repre
- sentatives of the State, the true guardians
jof the country’s welfare, and of civil
! liberty and the principles of pure Democ
racy. He came among them to-day as
the represeptative of certain, well defined
principles, clearly and distinctly set forth
in the Democratic platform ; and ho would
ask thorn to consider briefly what was
affirmed in that platform —what was
meant by those principles—how their en
forcement, as the practical and settled
policy of the Government, would affect
j their interests, present and to come, in all
j the relations and in all the conditions of
j life, whether social or political.
J After discussing the several resolutions
J of the Democratic platform, General Gor
! don proceeded to analyse the Chicago
platform. He dwelt particularly upon that
doctrine which affirmed that negro suffrage
1 was good enough for the South--both
! those now in tho Union and those which
' it never it ad been pretended had been out,
and those which had been and were now
j undergoing the process of reconstruction,
| as it is called by Congressional enactment,
| lie had nothing to say against Gen. Grant
personally—would not pluck a single well
earned laurel from his brow as a soldier.
It was not for hint to say what might have
resulted if at the close of the war Gen.
Grant had chosen to eschew all political
pat ties aud boldly proclaimed ’himself and
declared the influence of his great name
for the. preservation of Constitutional lib
erty—for the preservation of the Govern
meut as our forefathers made it. That
was a tide in the affairs of man seldom
offered to the great, Tha’ was a picture
spleudid to behold. A sublimity as yet
only attained by him who, having been
First in War , became First in Peace,
and thereby First in the Hearts of His
Countrymen. But Gen. Grant had
chosen otherwise- lie had become the
representative of a party —a politician. It
I was of General Grant tho politician he
I spoke—the representative of a p'iebubld
party, one wing of which sought to alter,
and in altering to subvert Republican Gov
j eminent and substitute therefor a con
solidated Government but slightly removed
j from the rule of an Empire; while the
! other and dormant wing made a squint
! eyed benevolence the pretext to retain po
! sition and povv.fr. and emoluments, pro
! claiming that 1 —
| “From Greenland's icy mountains
To Texas’ coral strand ;
i Where Western sunny fountains,
I Roll down their golden sand.
| To-eveny Southern river,
j To every Southern plain, * *
We send them negro suffrage
And Reconstruction chains,
And taxed New England rum;
But these, from us, good Lord deliver
And keep away from ‘hum.’”
| This was the character of those who,
I under cover of General Grant’s name and
' military prestige, sought their votes. They
i were the Beast Butlers and Sumners who
sought to rulo and ruin, aud if successful
: would act toward Grant as they now act
\ toward Andrew Johnson- and peace and
prosperity would forever depart from the
country. He would, therefore, call upon all
who desire a stable, sound Government—
such a Government as our forefathers
made—one that they could glory in—whose
j national ensign would be the emblem of
j true liberty and justice and power, to rally
| with him to the support of Seymour and
| Blair. The honest masses of the North
had been arou-ed. They were moving in
i solid column full of enthusiasm. He called
; upon the Union men to support them—to
[ lead the boys in grey—hundreds of whom
he recognized as his companions on many
a field—in untold hardships—would follow
in an unswerving line.
| Gen. Gordon, having addressed the au- |
j dieuee lor nearly two hours, gave place to i
| Cel. Carey W. Styles. Col. Styles said
: that an editor’s brain—daily accustomed to !
serving an olla pudrida for the public—
was illy adapted tor the coiuage of a set
speech; but, in obedience to their flattering j
invitation, he was present to serve them
as heat he could. He was particularly
delighted to see so large an assemblage of
ladies,’well knowing that where they in- ;
terested themselves, ail would go right.
Aud why should they nut take deep in
terest in the present issues? Men could
stand or escape from the tlircatenings, al
most consummated, of moral and social
degradation which Radicalism utters. But
for our wives and daughters, our sisters,
and, above all, our mothers there is no
escape, lie was glad to see them present,
and hoped that they would uot only take
a deep interest, but bring to bear every
influence with which partial nature had j
endowed them to avert such calamities,
lie did not propose to touch upon the
issues so abiy handled by the gifted orator
who had preceded him, but proposed to
givethem some insight into practical politics
—to show them the character of the Radi
cal pnrty in Georgia as exemplified by
tueir deeds. He then proceeded to expose
the unblushing frauds which had been
practiced in the several election districts
in the last election. His closing delineation
of the character of J. Hamilton Mc-
Whorter, Senator from the adjoining coun
ty, was terrible. He stated that this so
called Senator, finding himself defeated in
spite of bureau and bayonets, after the
closing of the polls, received, upon Hnl
burt’s order, the ballot-box, and, in his
own house, made two of his own sons rob
the ballot-box of votes and fraudulently
iasert others —sufficient to give a majority
of three votes, and now he sits as a Sen
ator and votes in his own ease. The
Colonel declared that a baptism in all
the waters of the Carnbean Sea
could not eleanse such a man of guilt.
All the soap Colgate ever manufactured
could not. purify him : all the labors of all
the wash women, and ail the washing
machines could not make white his char
acter. Nothing could remove the black
ened stains except a regeneration by the
mercy of God. and this would not efface
it from the memory of those with whom
he and his children lived.
At the close ot'.Colonel Styles' speech the
assembly adjourned amid salvos of ar
tillery and the enlivening strains from
West's brass band.
The Democracy of Greene met in con
vention after dinner, and completed their
organization by the election of Vice-Presi
dents for each Magistrate's District, who
were empowered to organize subordinate
clubs, and to nominate and indnet into
office Presidents of colored Democratic
Clubs.
At night a proeessmn was formed, which
marched by torchlight through the town.
The town was illuminated, many admirable
transparencies were exhibited, conspicuous
among which was : “General Grant Lost
among the Politicians.” Fireworks and
National salutes from the "Baby-waker”
closed the first day of the campaign in
old Greene. Democrat.
At a Probate Coart in Ohio, upon com
plaint of a father that he had never been
permitted to see his first born, two months
old, the Court gave him permission to see
the child at all reasonable times and placea
The Judge declined to interfere in the :
further eouipiaiot of the father, that the’
child wa« christened Geo. H. Pendleton,
without hi? eonsent.
A maa in Massachusetts has invented a >
combination lock, which, is, he says, re- j
markable for its simplicity. We should ,
think so. It has only 1,0€0,000 eombina- 1
lions.
FROM ATHEgS.
Hon. Air. Ifardeman's Address —“7 he
Conflict of Life' —Addresses by Messrs
Cox and Grady — '’'Purposes," and
“Castles m the Air"—Presentation by
the Law School to Prof. Mitchell — The
Speech by Air. Green----Georgia's Love
ly Daughters.
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the volume of those that ard specially des
ignated ».s collegiate exercises, has hither- i
to prevented a reference to what are termed !
the literary addresses. Upou the joint invi- i
tation of the two Literary societies con- I
nected with the University, the Phi Kap
pa and the Detnosthenian, the Hon. I
Robert Hardeman, of Macon, delivered '
before these bodies an oration upon this j
theme—“The Conflicts oft
Lite. The distinguished orator handled.
“I s subject from a standpoint on Life's i
Meridian. He presented in sharp outlines I
the nature cf the conflicts which those up- '
on the threshold might anticipate when j
within the temple, revealing its inmost re- I
cess, and displaying in prospective its
lcniest riches, and, by brilliant antitheses, .
forced his audience to pronounce upon ;
their character and value. Giving loose
reins to his imagination, he gathered the
causes of conflict as with a cast net, from !
the great deep of the past and from the
surface ot the present—bringing cow I
to view golden apples From the
garden of the Hesperides, and now the I
golaen roiears of the modern counting !
houp—now exquisite textures, the hand- \
work of a classic Helen or an imperial
Dido, wrought with threads brilliant by
Tyrian dyes, and picturing deeds of lofty
valor and highest renown ; and again,
flexible hoopskirts of latest fashion, from
modern New England's hugest factories ; !
holding up now a block of wisdom from the
great King who builded the great temple
at Jerusalem; and now a hollow form from
the hands of the great sovereigns
who reconstruct the temple of Republican
liberty at Washington ; again displaying
the great causes which provoked celestial
wrath among the great gods and goddesses
of Olympus, and again the great causes
which moves the dire anger of the poten l
tial sovereigns who now control this uni
verse at its hub. Throughout, from the
beginning to the end, round after round of
applause, ofteu prolonged to interruption,
greeted the orator:
And when the stream of sound,
>s * * had passed away,
A consciousness survived that it had left,'
Deposited upon the silent shore
Os memory, images and burning thoughts'
Which cannot die.
The succeeding orations were from the
chosen representatives of the two literary
societies represented by Mr. A. 11. Cox, of
LaGraDge, and Mr. IlenryGray, of Athens;
the former selcc’ing for his subject “Pur
pose,” and the latter “Castles in the Air.”
Although nothing could be more dissimilar
than the subjects treated ot by these rival
representatives, nevertheless the goal ar
rived at was identical. Mr. Cox’s was a
clear, well pronounced, well delivered,
distinct utterance of one who, with firm
resolve, had carefully analysed the lives of
the successful, and had determined for
himself a well defined object of manly am
bition with the stern, unalterable resolution
of pursuing it unceasingly and unremit
tingly. Mr. Grady, admitting the utter
futility of youthful castle buildings as
founded upon thin air, and tracing with
unfaltering hand and in severe logic their
inevitable sequence —from the rustic milk
maid which forewarns the earliest years
to the dreams of fame, of glory and re
nown, which empurples the dawn of
manhood -nevertheless plead that it should
not be utterly condemned and destroyed
because it was the nursing mother of those
finer feelings and traits which adorn after
life. There was a genial glow in these
pleadings which would have charmed the
author of Elia. We confess, in the absence
of decisive plaudits, whatever may have
been our judgment, our sympathy was
with his plea.
Among other iuteiosting incidents of the
Commencement, the Law class presented
their Professor. 1 01. Wm. L. Mitchell,
with a beautiful cane, upon which occasion
Mr. Thos. F. Green, Jr., of Milledgeville,
as the organ of the class, spoke as follows :
Col. Mitchell—l have been selected by
the class to present to you this cane as a
simple testimonial of the high regard aud
true attachment which we entertain for
yourself.
The presentation is not a mere idle cere
mony, nor is it done in simply a compli
mentary spirit—it comes as a voice from
the heart. It is a genuine expression of
genuine feeling.
For several months past you have been
our kind and able instructor in thatsciencej
than which (Theology excepted) there is
none more sublime. You have, with re
markable clearness and force, enlightened
us iu the intricate and grand science of
Law. And, sii, yen have not only thus
efficiently discharged yourduties as a Law-
Professor, but while in the discharge of
those duties you havo’done a far nobler
work, aud one which imposes upon us a
vastly greater debt .of gratitude. You
have instilled into our minds ancl hearts,
correct views aiu,noble.seutiments.
You havo excited within us lofty aspi
rations, ari elevated moral influence has
pervaded your instructions. Our hearts
are deeply thankful and we earnestly
ask that Heaven’s tonderest benedictions
may ever rest upon you.
Colonel, we must part, but hope that the
cane which we present may often, while it
supports your declining years, recall
to memory those wliose hearts have been
made better, and whose heads have been
made wiser by your efforts and your
instructions. And I trust that the sim
plicity, earnestness and integrity which
mark's you as a man, may characterize
each one of us.
To this the Professor responded in a
few appropriate remark-. If we may
take young Mr. Green as an example of
this first class to receive the degree of
Bachelor of Law ad others to follow, we
may indulge the hope that this department
in our State University is destined to do
much to elevate that noble profession to
the highest point of usefulnessand dignity,a
profession which enters into and pervades
all interests ot society.
We can hut congratulate our State and
her noble University upon having fairly
inaugurated this Law department. We un
derstand that this department will open
on the third Monday of this month, and
that does not observe the usual College
vacation, but is open all the year, taking
only the recess of commencement week.
There are four Professors connected with
it as a branch of the University—Chancel
lor Lipscombe, Dr. R. IX Moore, Hon.
Benj. 11. Hill and Wm. L. Mitchell.
Much has been written of the orators of
the occasion, and of those who partici
pated in the College exercises, but as yet
lit;!e mention of the fair daughters of
Georgia—of the beauty who graced the
occasion by their wit and charms. Your
correspondent is far too great au admirer
of the gentler sex—far too gallant to omit
a tribute to their softening and refining in
fluences, in tho.-e classic Halls, where, for
more than half a century, the wit and
beauty of Georgia has welcomed the
graduates of'Franklin to the stage of man
hood. It is safe to say that the present
assemblage may fairly challenge the past,
and will long be remembered as a i
standard in the future. Where so
much dazzling beauty was congregated,
it is extremely difficult to particularize,
and this task is rendered doubly onerous
because of disagreement among youthful
and competent critics. But if not too
hazirdcus, permit me to iudieate a few of
the prominent. Athens has long been
famed for its rare loveliness. Among those
who. now command universal admiration
was the beautiful Miss Y—, and again
Miss S. H. and Miss B. H. As one and
another, and another of these exquisite
beauties were pointed out to your cor
respondent. he could not but exclaim that
if ancient Athens could boast her excel
lence by the possession of’the beau ideal
in temples, our modern Athens may j
fairly challenge comparison in the I
beau ideal of woman. Nothing could
surpass the exquisite loveliness of those
beautiful violet colored eyes of Miss
Ella B—which are only rivaled by the
brilliant competitors of her cousin Miss
M. K. of Milledgeville, as brilliant and as ;
soft in radiance as the evening star. Au- ;
gusta was well represented by the bewitch- [
ing Miss W — and by Miss 0 — and Miss
S. The lovely Miss R. N. represented |
Covington—the daughter of a brave Con- j
federate General, whose dazzling black i
eyes are now far more potent than the
sword. The graceful Miss D. G. of Ma- j
eon, and her charmiug hostess Miss C. of j
Athens ; Miss 8. S. of Savannah ; the ;
Misses C. of Greensboro ; Miss M. A. of
Madison and Miss B. of Griffin ; Miss
T. of Washington; Miss G. of Elbert eo.,
and that petite'blonde, Miss 8., cf Atlan
ta, who wore as a bracelet upon her
dimpled arms, as a cherished memento of
the "Lost Cause,” the collaret with its
insignia of a gallaDt Confederate; and
‘'La belle Creole,” the charming Miss
McH., of Green.-boro, were among those
peerless beauties, who lent inspiration in
approving smiles, and bestowed coveted
rewards in choice bouquets and eracefnl
wreaths. M.
A Youthful President. —Hobart
College, Geneva. N. Y., has_ chosen a
new president, Mr. Samuel Kent Stone.
Mr. Stone is only 23 years of age, having
been born in Boston in 1340. He is a
grandson of Chancellor Kent He was
graduated at Harvard University, and
subsequently spent between one and two
years in the University of GottingeD.
Germany. When the war broke out he
entered a Massachusetts regiment as a
private, but was soon promoted. He was
afterward elected professor of Greek at
Kenyou Ooiiege, and one year ago he was
chosen president of that institution. The
trustees of Hu;.art College have placed in
the bands of this young president almost
dictatorial powers, authorizing him to
nominate his own professors, and giving
him control of the fund lately raised to in
crease the salaries of professors.
Gough’s new lecture is on "Cireumstan
ces.” Some men lecture under circum
stances—of extreme depression.
FROM ATLANTA.
The Bradley Case—Radical Knavery — i
Campbell a Second Bradley—lnfamous j
Decision of the Senate —Negroes in the \
House—Contrast between This and For - i
mer Legislatures—State Aid to Rail
roads—Relief—State Printing—Negro
Eligibility , Ac. , dee.
tsrrcriL ooaaxiposccici or tux chxqkiclx a surnsm..! 1
Atlanta; 28th August, 1868. )
In the Senate to-daj the session was j
speut in the discussion and consideration
of a branch of the Bradley imbroglio.
This has consumed more or less of the time
of the Senate for thirty-two days. Every
ruse and evasive movement of Bradley's
friends to delay investigation had been ex
hausted and on Saturday last they were
driven to meet the case upon its merits or
fabricate some new evasive expedient.
Ihe Special Committee appointed to in- j
vestigate the eharges against him submit- |
ted a majority and minority report. The j
discussion of these reports consumed the j
day on Saturday, Bradley occupying the ■
floor most of the. time himself. It was j
evident, from the disclosures during Sat- j
urday s proceedings, that the. charges I
were fully sustained, and that over the I
alls “Aipeoria” must go, unless Rad- i
fical ingenuity aud fraud could evolve
some political dodge to save his credit, I
This they succeeded in doing, but in j
so doing have only added another to j
that long list of disgraceful frauds, j
which makes up a large part of their
legislative record. Under tho Code of j
Georgia, now of force, it is provided that, j
in ail eases where the person receiving the
largest number of votes is ineligible to of
j See, the person receiving the next largest ■
! vote shall be entitled to qualify and hold j
i the office. In this case A, white man and ;
j a Democrat, and, above ali, a high-toned
I gentleman would corns in and occupy the .
> place usurped and illegally held by Brad
; ’ey. In order to avoid this the miserable ;
| farce of a resignation was resorted to. A
| short note, tendering his resignation,
was sent by Bradley to Governor .Bullock,
and the Governor replied, acknowledging
the receipt of the resignatiqn, addressing
the Hon. A. A. Bradley—calling that
honorable than which few creatures exist
| less entitled to the appellation. This eor
| respondence was published in. the Sunday’s
t papers. The first - business in order on
Monday morning was the unfinished busi
ness of Saturday, being the Consideration
of the report of the Committee. The
point of order was at once raised on the
Republican side, that the resignation of
Bradley deprived the Senate of juris
diction of his case and precluded all farther
proceedings. The Chair decided the
point well taken and an appeal
was taken from the decision of
the Chair, and, upon this appeal,
yesterday was consumed in discussion,
and the discussion continued until
half-past one o’clock to-day. The most of
the time was consumed by Republicans,
and a great part of it by the negro Camp
bell, who is little less of a nuisance than
Bradley.
About two o’clock to-day the Senate
reached a vote upon the question and cer
tainly respectable, honest-thinking people
will be astonished to hear that the Georgia
Senate voted to sustain this unprecedented
ruling of the Chair, by which the infa
mous negro, who has cost the State of
Georgia fifty thousand dollars, is screened
from the just sentence of the Senate, aud
the wav opened by wljich his place can be
supplied by so ne rice field hand from the
neighborhood of Savannah. The vote
stood : yeas 20, nays 19. I would give the
names but they are upon the record aod
will stand there forever as a monument of
honor to the minority. There will be a
motion to reconsider in the morning, which
will probably be success! ul.
Scarcely less presumptuous and certainly
not less overbearing than Bradley, is Camp
bell (negro), who,iu debate yesterday, when
called to order by the presiding officer,
recognized not the right of any one to dis
turb him, and finally the hammer of
the presiding officer came down, and while
the Senators were bat in hand, he was left
standing “alone in his glory,” wondering,
no doubt, why he was not treated more
courteously- The other negro Senator,
Wallace, though never before emancipa
tion having enjoyed the boon of freedom,
is, wheq compared with the two of whom I
have spoken, polite and unobtrusive, hav
ing, no doubt, as much hatred toward his
white brothers hut not inclined to take ad
vantage of his position to vilify and abuse
them.
In the House there are twenty eight
negroes and but twopl them are inclined to
enter into the debates. .1 allude to Turner
and Sims. The former very frequently
speaks and generally with some point—he
ii conservatively disposed, is fully conscious
that he is a negro and always addresses his
race as such. »
Sims has little use for white folks—
thinks it a burning shame and disgrace to
Georgia that his race'is ignorant and de
based—and were it in his power he would
put his heel down on the white race, and
he and his black brothers would run riot
over the land. *
Too much' prominence has been given
these, in my eorrespondenee, but the his
tory of this, the first mixed body of Geor
gia legislators, would have been incomplete
without it. They fire men of some shrewd
ness, a gread deal of impudence, and hav
ing, as before remarked, an intense hatred
of the race from which two, at least, of
them claim their paternity. In more than
one instance they have illustrated the
venom which characterizes Thad. Stevens’
policy of annihilation, extermination, the
utter humiliation and degradation which
were his humane intentions toward the
Southern whites. To understand fully
the meaning of negro supremacy, one
but to spend a day in witnessing the de
liberations of the Georgia Legislature. In
what strange contrast to the days when
Cobb, Toombs, Jenkins, Troup, Meri
wether, Miller, Jenkins,. Crawford, Gor
don, Milledge, and a host of others, illus
trated Georgia and the Caucasian race—
when giants in intellect arid statesman
like prowess contested for the prize of
party ascendancy, the inauguration of some
great political policy; when foemen, when
worthy foemen’s steel made the halls of
legislation resound with eloquence of which
the National councils need not to have
been ashamed.
State aid is asked for the Air Line, the
Macon and Augusta, and the Griffin and
North Alabama Roads, and even for a
Street Railroad in Atlanta. It is doubtful
whether it will be granted ; the more
prudent and conservative members being
not only doubtful of the policy, but sagely
concluding that the State has no aid to
give, no credit to lend. It is pretty certain
that the Committee which has these bills
in charge will report "adversely" to their
passage.
Relief has not yet assumed any definite
shape. There is a strong disposition to
declare null and void all debts contracted
prior to June, 18G5, while those who advo
cate any stay upon debts created sinoe are
few.
An interesting question was sprung in
the House yesterdav, as to the printer for
the present Genial Assembly. Under
the Code, Dr. Bard certainly is not, nor
can he be, till the Code is altered. Ac
cording to all precedent, and. law, Mr.
Burke is printer to this Assembly, but a
strong effort will be made to oust him.
The Radical party must have a press in
•every .Congressional District, and being
unable to sustain it themselves, they fain
would have it sustained out of the public
Treasury.. Bryant’s resolution, a day or
two since, to have the Governor nominate
to the Senate a press in eaph Congression
al District, which should be the recipient
of all legal advertisements, means noth
ing more or less than the perpetration
ofPope’s order No. 49—none but a "loil”
paper should have any -public or official
patronage say the Rads. If Bryant can
carry out his scheme every white man’s
paper in Georgia will be put under the
ban.
Mr. Tumlin’s resolution declaring all the
negro members of the House ineligible
meets with more favor than was at first
supposed. Many of the Republicans
favor it, or are afraid to vote against it.
The close observer of the tendency to social
equality, as evinbed in the present House,
may weH cause the whites to ponder-to
reflect. The action of'this House, too, will be
placed asaprecedent by future Legislatures.
One thing ip certain, the whitesmust make
laws for the blacks, or the blacks must
make laws for the whites. Negro su
premacy or white supremacy must’be the
policy of the South, One race or the
other must go under—must be subordinate.
"The wayfaring' man, though a fool need
not err as to the ultimate solution.
V\ eaith and intelligence wiH ever control
poverty and ignorance. Constitution.
Gen Halpine’s Opinion of Seymour
and Blair. —Among the last written
words of the generous and gifted General
Halpinc were his opinions of Blair and
Seymour: "On the whole muster-roll of
our army no name shone more cocspicn- :
ously for personal gallantry than that of
Frank Blair ; few ofScers have been more ■
desperately wounded, and no officer has !
been more gloriously conspicuous for never
saying ‘go’ to bis men. but ‘follow me.’ ” I
* * * "Knowing Seyipour well, and
having had opportunities to know him
thoroughly, officially, and personally during
the war, we reluctantly but firmly apply t&
whomsoever shall question his action and
practical loyalty, the famous words of the j
great Radical chief who answers every 1
charge which he deems unfounded by this i
striking phrase of the pure Sgxon dialect.
'You lie, you villain, you he ;’ and—what
the great Radical philosopher does not do
—we are willing to be held responsible fur
these wordy.”
The Smith gold mine, in Spotsylvapia
county, Va., containing one hundred acres,
was sold at a trust sale last week forsl,4oo.
A year or two ago Northern capitalists !
bought it for $15,000. 1
FROM ATLANTA.
Aaron Alpeoria A<piin— Bradley's Hand-
Bill— Ineligibility of Negro Members—
Brawn's Opinion Character of the
' Legislature-^Superintendent if Educa
tion Governmen t Aceomnmlations
Augusta Municipality.
fFiOiAL C R3t6P HDXSCt or IHI C3K NICLI 4 SENTINEL.
Atlanta, August 13th, 1868.
Editors Chronicle dc Sentinel:— The
irrepressible Bradley is still occupying the
attention of the Senate. After a long dis
cussion a vote has been-reached, declaring
that Aaron had never had a seat, this, too,
after having allowed him, under protest of
the minority, to vote on every question
from Senator down to the most trifling
measure. It is also still stranger, that
this blot, tlmstigma, even to his oivn race,
should have claimed so much consideration
when, upon a heal vote, there were but
Jive who voted to sustain the minority re
port, which declared him eligible. These
five are Adkins, Campbell (colored), Hig
( bee, Sherman and Wallace (colored). Im
mediately alter the vote on the minority re
j port, the majority report was carried by
| the sound; whereupon Mr. McArthur in
| troduced a resolution, seating Hon. Rufus
:E. Lester. This was not taken up, but
l lies over, under the rule. It will come up
i to-morrow.
I enclose Bradley a hand-bill, taken from
his manuscript. It is an e.cact copy—ver
batim, liter at urn, et spellatim. The em
phasis and punctuation are likewise his :
“OGEECHIES!
RALLY, RALLY, RALLY !
j • For your alters and your fires;
; For tho green Graves of your Hires,
For God and your native land,
j The year of Jubilee lias come :
“Every man. woman and child must go
out to the Groat Political (Jarnp Meet
ing at Station No. 1, Gulf Road, Bryant
> County, Saturday 29th, and Sunday,
j August 30th, 1868 :
“And also at Riack's hair, Wednesday,
September 2d, each beginning at 10 o’clock
A. M., for Speaking, Preaching, and
Pray for General Grant Colfax ; and A.
Alpeorla Bradley for Congress. Ail good
men and women are invited, called by A.
A. Bradley.”
With this I close Mr. Aaron’s case.
•We next shall hear of him in the Halls
of Congress, where more congenial spirits
will surround, and doubtless a more hearty
welcome will greet him than have fallen
to his lot in deliberative assemblies in
j Georgia.
j In the House, there is but one very ex
citing question, to wit: The resolution to
declare ineligible all the negro members.
This will come up in a lew days. Mr.
Bryant, always alive to the business
going on in the House, never tails to
“rise to a point of order” whenever it is
proposed to take up the resolution. Many
| Radicals have caudidly said, that they
did not believe negroes could hold office
under the new Constitution, and that
j while they are unwilling to turn those out
yet they are peri'ectly willing to say
they shall not in future hold office or be
: eligible to seats in the Legislature. It is
generally conceded that Chief- Justice
j (that is now), was in earnest, when he
said, during the late canvass, that the
negro could not hold office, and I have
heard it hinted that this opinion con
tributed largely to his confirmation. Be
this as it may, I predict that negro office
ho'ders in Georgia will not be again.
What a day will that be for Middle, South
ern and Southwest Georgia. With the ex
ception of the last named section, the
; Black Belt, as it has been called, is most
j wolully misrepresented. From Atlanta
' to the Tennessee line, not a negro has
been returned, but their representatives
are either natives “to the manor born,”
or adopted citizens of the highest re
spectability. From Atlanta to the sea
board, with some honorable exceptions,
negroes and white adventurers, “to fortune
and to fame uuknown,” have usurped the
places once filled by the first talent of this
good old Commonwealth. The heart
sickens, and the pen almost refuses to
record ,the wrongs perpetrated and being
perpetrated under the operation of the
infamous measures under which this
General Assembly was elected and con
j vened.
The new Constitution provides fora Gene
ral Superintendent of Education. There
are hut four aspirants, as I have heard tor
the place. Colonel Milledge of your city is
:in the field, llev. Joshua Knowles is also
! an aspirant, and Mr. Montgomery of At*
| lanta ; but I very much fear that all these
native Georgians, if 1 mistake not., must
yield to the pretensions of a Mr. Ware, a
Downcast schoolmaster, arid at present,
Superintendent of Freed men’s Schools in
Georgia. * »
• .The question of accommodations for the
State. Government is about to be settled.
Messrs. Kimball & Cos., of Sleeping Car
notoriety,and late purchasers of the'Opera
House, agree to furnish the building when
completed for $7,000 per annum . * The
City Council, however, at whose cost and
I charges these accommodations must be
i supplied, are more favorable to the plan
of enlarging the City Hall, as they think
the situation more eligible, and that it will
take a smaller outlay of money and produce
less depression upon the market value of
their bonds.
On a motion this morning to refer the
bill bringing on the municipal election in
Augusta, there was a considerable debate
j Had this bill been on its third reading I
think it could have been passed.
The familiar form and jovial face of Capt.
Geo. T. Barnes has been seen in the hall
of the House for the last two days. Were
hq a member of the present House, he
might win laurels and, at the same time,
| subserve the interests of your beautiful
! city, who, when she could speak, always
| honored him. It is to be hoped that both
: he and the city of Augusta may outlive
! the "disability. ” Constitution.
ME THE CHEONIcj.S k SENTINEL.
letter From Oglethorpe.
j Grand Rally of the Democracy in Ogle
thorpe County—Speeches of General's
Cobb, Toombs and B. 11. Ilill— Barbe
\ cue — Torchlight Procession, &c.,Ac.
Lexington, Ga., August 12, 1868.
Messrs. Editors : Yesterday, the 11th,
was a grand day with the Democracy in
Oglethorpe county. Early in the morning
large numbers from th« counties of Greene,
Taliaferro, \Y ilkes, Elbert, Madison and
Clarke assembled in Lexington and they
j continued to do so until 11 o’clock A. M.
At teu o’clock A. M , with the sigual of a
| spirited piece by the band, the vast crowd,
estimated by many at four thousand,
formed into a procession and marched from
the Court House to Church street, and
thence to a stand prepared for the speakers
in the grove near the Female Academy.
Banners and flags bearing the names of
Seymour and Blair, were to be seen in
many parts of the procession, and when
the procession reached the stand the very
welkin rang with cheers and shouts and !
huzzahs for Seymour and Blair. When ;
the excitement had partially subsid
ed, the orators of the day were es
corted to the stand by the Marshal of the
day, Benjamin A. Gresham, and his Assist
ants. W. H. Foster, W. G. Johnson, S.
11. Hardeman and H. 0. Latimer. After
prayer by the Rev. Dr. Jno. J. Robinson, of
Eufaula, Ala-, Dr, Willis Willingham in
troduced to the vast assemblage the first
speaker—Hon. B. H. Hill. Mr. Hill
spoke one hour and a half, and made one
of his clearest and ablest speeches. He said
nothing offensive or harsh to the rank and
; file of the Radicals, and his arguments to
i the negroes, who wejre present, were un- j
! exeeptionable and unanswerable. To the ’
; leaders of Radicalism he administered
I blisters neither too severe nor too frequent. *
Mr. Hill was followed by Gen. Toombs, i
who spoke ODe hoar. Gen. Toombs was
! followed by Gen. Cobb, who spoke one
; hour also. These gentlemen delivered able
and eloquent speeches, that fully con
vinced every one present of the magnitude ;
and importance of the issues involved it. I
! this campaign. They held up to the !
burning indignation of the thousands as
j sembled, the infamous corruption, wrongs,
villainies and indescribable enormities of the
Radical party, the Radical Congress, the
I Radical Governors and Legislatures of the
i South.
The day was bright and beautiful, and
the ladies were there to grace the passing
events of thi? great Democratic festival.
Every part of this continent, if possible,
should hear Mr. Hill, Generals Cobb and
Toombs. Their eloquent voices have
swayed the American people in m ny
exciting campaigns, and these great men,
this grand intellectual triumvirate are
equal to the issues involved in this mighty
struggle for Constitutional government*
and "are exposing, with the clearness of
sunbeams, the aims, ends and consequences
of that hideous monster Radicalism, now
infesting all parts of the American conti
nent. Georgia had her Troup and Clark
in the day3 of mighty issues—her Berrien
and Colquitt, too—but none were more
equal in any day, age or country, to any !
contest than Ben. Hill, Bob Toombs and
Howell Cobb to the dangers now threaten
ing us. The Radical (so-called) stump
speakers will not and dare not meet these
intellectual giants before the people of
Georgia, for to meet them would be the
signal of their political burial.
After the speakers concluded the assein- '
blage, under the management of the model j
Marshal, repaired to tbe tables, where a
magnificent barbecue wasprepared inquan- i
tity sufficient for all present, white and black, j
to "feast sumptuously. At the tables the
numerous concourse remained until all
were satisfied and many then .dispersed to
their homes and many remained to par
ticipa'e in the torchlight processian at j
night. At half-past eight o’clock last I
night Thomas S. Gresham and William M. '
Lane, Lsqg., headed the long procession !
with torches burning and gleaming through
every street. As the vast procession pass- .
ed and halted at the residences of the citi
zens of Lexington, the residences illumin
ated, remarks of welcome and wishes of
Gfe! speed for the suecess of Seymour and
Blair, were made by each oceupanh
Speeches, full of fire and enthusiasm, were
made by Hon. Joseph H. Echols, Gen
er»l Toombs, E. Young, Esq., Dr. W.
YYillingharu, J. (J. Reid, W. G. Johnson,
Rev. J. J. Robinson, Judge J. G. Gib- *
son, llev. T. A. Harris, J. Harper, S.
Lumpkin, J. T. Ilaire, T. S. Gresham,
Jas. S. Sams, R C. Latimer and Col. B.
F. Hardeman.
This Democratic rally began at eight
o’clock in the morning and ended at twelve
o’elock last night.
Old Oglethorpe is ablaze end determined,
by a thorough organization, to route Radi
cal ism,horse-fcot and dragoon in November,
and cast her vote for Seymour and Blair.
Old men and young men—the boys — j
women and children are enthusiastic for
the Democratic nominees.
You perceive then, Mr. Editor, that
the Democracy of old Oglethorpe have
opened the canvass in this county in true
Democratic style, with banner, flags, trans
parencies, torchlight processions and
speeches; her bar, pulpit, merchants,
artisans and farmers, supporting the van
of Democracy, Constitutional Liberty and
Constitutional government, determined to
work with all their energies for the success
of Seymour and Blair.
O’d Oglethorpe bids you God speed in
the success of Democracy. Passenger,
From f/u Qrijjin ((fa.) fri-Weekly Star.
Newspaper Enterprise.
We are pleased to notice that the Chron
icle & Sentinel of Augusta is exhibiting
a vast amount of energy just now in the
way of telegraphic news; their issue of
Sunday last contained a full column of
special telegraphic news from Atlanta.
This is light, and the fact is, that city
dailies who do not freely use the miracu
lous influence of electricity in supplying
their readers with tho news of the day,
will sooner or later “go up the spout.”
We are fully apprised of the great em
barrassments that the Southern Press
labor under—one of the principal causes
of which, is the fact that the Southern
people don't take papers as they ought
Long before we had the remotest idea of
ever being connected with a newspaper en
terprise, we would- as soon thought of
doing without our breakfast as being with
out. our papers, both local and foreign,
and we supposed the feeling was a gen
eral one until We happened to go into the
profession, when we learned, to our sur
prise, as well as chagrin, that a major
ity of the people took no paper at all.
A respectable and intelligent®minority
took some paper, which was loaned out to
those who took none, while a vast num
ber relied entirely upon second-hand news
gleaned from neighborhood gossip. This is
all wrong, and while it continues the South
ern Press must languish. Under this
burden our Southern Papers have relied
too much upon advertising patronage—a
very uncertain source of revenue at best,
and when considered as the main depend
ence for sustaining a paper, it is a broken
reed. A paper which < annot make at least
a fair support from its subscription list,
should shut up shop at once. Perhaps
another reason why our Southern Journals
do not enjoy the patronage they desire, is
the morbid desire for Northern Sensation
newspapers. Men will turn out under our
very noses, and get up clubs for “Brick”
Pomeroy, the New York Ledger, and even
the Police Gazette, while the Journal &
Messenger, Telegraph, Augusta and At
lanta and Savaunah, standard papers are
completely ignored. Now, then, Northern
Journalists care nothing for us, except to
“take in out of the wet” our surplus earn
ings, while the home papers are the bul
warks of our liberties, and the tests of our
prosperity, and in many cases are actually
superior in ability to the Northern sheets.
Y\ 7 e say this in no spirit of illiberally to
our Northern cotemporaries ; we only state
facts. Every man of intelligence knows
that an able, pure and free press is one of
the very essentials of Kepubliean liberty.
Without it all is chaos, uncertainty and
ignorance ; with it, we have a power which
tyranny itself cannot overcome. None
know this better than the Radical giant
which is now attempting to crush out the
last vestige of liberty at the South, and
make our people the vassals of a Northern
oligarchy.
If the people will sustain the press, the
press will hold up the hands of the people,
expose the villainy of our oppressors, and
do more than their part toward the redemp
tion of the South, from a worse than Egyp
tian bondage.
The Electoral College-Prospect of
Difficulty Ahead. •
From the action of the Florida Legisla
ture, from the apparent determination of'
the Radicals to choose the President by
manipulating the electoral vote for this
purpose, tjiould the contest be a close one,
and from several other difficulties looming
up with regard to this question, there is j
some reason to fear, serious .consequences, j
The Radical Legislature in Florida and the '
Legislatures in some other of the recon
structed States show an evident purpose of
frustrating the popular vote for President
ial electors, in ease that vote is likely to
be against them, by giving the Legislature |
the power of choosing electors, as was
formerly the case in South Carolina. Sup
posing even the Legislatures have this
power legally—but that is questionable—
such an abuse of authority would be con
trary to the spirit of the constitution, to
our republican institutions and to the
avowed principles of the Radical party,
which all along denounced the South I
Carolina mode of choosing electors as auti
republican ; but worse than that, it might j
lead to great trouble, or even to civil war.
Then there are three States—Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas—not yet fully re- 1
stored and not likely to be before the |
Presidential election. Are they to be ex- ;
eluded from the Electoral College because i
their representatives have not been ad
mitted to Congress '! They will doubtless
send electors to the College. Will it be
left to the President of the Senate, whose
duty it is to count the Presidential elect
oral votes, to say whether these States
shall be excluded or not ? Their votes
might decide the election. The contest
may be so close that the votes of these
three Stales counted for Grant and Colfax
would elect these candidates, and without
| them Seymour and Blair would be elected,
j In that case would the Radical party and
| would Mr. Wade lose the opportunity of
j securing the power and patronage of the
' Government ? The prize is an ernormous
one, and, judging from the antecedents of
Mr. Wade and the Radicals, we think
they would not lose the opportunity. True,
Congress passed a joint resolution, and
that over the veto of the President, ex
| eluding States not reconstructed and enti
i tied to representation in Congress, which
j was evidently intended to apply to Vir
| ginia, Mississippi and Texas ; but this
l resolution could be repealed or a special
; act of admission passed between September
! and November, or any time before the
| counting of the votes, if that became a
i party necessity, to secure the election. |
! On the other hand, should Seymour and j
I Blair receive a sufficient number of votes,
which by counting those of the three
; States named would give them a majority
in the Electoral College, would not the j
President of the Senate, acting upon the j
joint resolution of Congress and in favor of j
his party, refuse to count the votes of!
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas ?
These are some of the complications and
dangers of the approaching President elec
tion. The President in his veto message
of the Eleotoral College bill referred to
holds that all the Stales, thoughsome may
not be represented in Congress, have the
constitutional right to vote for President
and Vice President, and, of course, this
includes Virginia, Mississippi and Texas.
The Democratic party will probabiy insist
upon this right. W e can imagine, then,
what a terrible conflict may tiecur should
the votes or exclusion of-the votes of these !
three Stati s, decide the election one way I
or the other. This is not a fancied danger
nor an improbable one. There is a fearful
prospect of it. The only way to avert it is 1
for the people of the Northern States to
cast such an overwhelming vote for one or '
other of the tickets that the election may ;
not be left to a few of the Southern States
or to the contingent action of Congress in ]
any case.— Aew York Herald.
To Old Line Whigs.—Geo. D. Pren
j tice says : If there be a solitary human
! being within our reach, who, by some
whimsical hook or crook of heart or brain,
has got od the wroßg side of the line of
battle —particularly if he had been an old
Whig or Union man, and considers it a
sort of duty to go against the Democrats—
we entreat him to pause and reflect upon
what he is about to do. Why should he
go with the Radicals ; and. what reason
oan he offer ior not going with the Dem
ocrats ? All the issues over which we
used to fight are dea l. The Democratic
party itself is reorganized after a division
which completely destroyed and recreated
it. In 1860 it foqght within itself as reso
lutely as we ever fought against it. Times
nave changed , men have ohanged j issues
have changed. Clay, if he were living now,
would be a Democrat. Webster could be
nothing else. All the reputable old-line
VY tugs that remain are Democrats, from
Fillmore to John Bell; and God knows,
L can there is no one of
their fodowors in the by gone times who
has any excuse to h*»!d back.— Prentice.
The Mexican debt, now acknowledged
by the present Government, foots up
$100,000,000. This is $1 260 per capita
ior the whole population." Os tbe whole
sum, $5U,0u0.000 are due to English credit
or.-, about *lg,UovkO.*o, to. Spam, *d,ouu,-
000 to France, and a small sum to tbe
United States.
General Logan, of the’ G. A. R. (Grant
aßd Rum), commands “fall in.” The
order is obeyed from Grant down.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer. - *
6 orgta Legislature.
SENATE.
Wednesday, August 10.— The Senate met
pursuant to adjournment, and was opened
with prayer by the Rev Mr Prettyman.
Mr Higbee moved to reconsider so much
of the journal of yesterday as relates to
the action of the Senate on the appeal from
the decision of the Chair in the i**o of A
A Bradley.
Mr Campbell moved that the same be
laid on the table, whereupon the yeas and
nays were required to be recorded, and
are—yeas 18, nays 21.
Those voting in the affirmative are:
Messrs Adkins, Bowers, Campbell, Col
man, Corbitt, Dickey, Gridin of the 6th
District, Harris, Higbee, Jones, Merrill,
McWhorter, Richardson, Sherman,Speer,
Stringer, Wallace, Welch.
Those voting in the negative are:
Messrs Anderson, Bruton, Burns, Cand
ler, Collier, Fain, Graham, Griffin (21st
District), Hintou, Holoombe, Jordan, Mo-
Arthur, McCutehen, Moore, Nisbet, Nun
natty, Smith (7th District), Smith (86th’
District), Welbourne, Winn, Wooten.
The question then recurred upon the
motion to reconsider the previous ques
tion, which was agreed to —yeas 21, nays
18.
The question then was the motion to re
consider the main question, whioh was
agreed to—yeas 21, nays 18.
The Governor sent "in a sealed mo sage
through Mr DeGratfeuried, his Secretary.
Mr Higbee moved that the Senate go
into executive session
Mr Candler opposed the motion until the
Senate had disposed of the reconsidered
| question.
Mr Harris was in favor of the same, be
-1 cause lie wished that the world could see
we were doing something.
! The motion to go iuto < xecutive s. ssion
I prevailed, and your Reporter, with sever
al others, retired outside.
Atler Executive session the Senate re
sumed the regular order, which was the
reconsideration in the case of A A
| Bradley.
j Mr Candler cited from authorities, bear
! ing on the case in point, that the Senate
| had acted erroneously. '1 he main point
assumed by Mr C was to prove that Brad
ley was never a Seuator and therefore had
nothing to resign. A woman may have
been elected, a felon, or a duelilsi,but they
are not entitled to a scat. He assumed
further,that a party Ineligible cannot hold
office, therefore, the office is vacant. He
cited the case of Genera 1 Shields, who was
a foreigner and could not hold his seat as
U fc> Seuator. He had lived here 17 years,
had fought gallantly. Illinois sent him
as her Senator, and yet not being natural
ized, he resigned,and vet Mr Webster said
that be could not resign as he held no
office to bring about such a result. The
vote in this case was 12 to sustain the res
ignation ami 32 against.
Mr Higbee followed in opposition.
Mr Burns followed, stating that the
Board of Registration has decided under
the ioc ustruction laws, lie could not reg
ister-then how can he resign ? It would
not surprise him to see the same man
back here iu ten days
Mr Merrill moved to extend the time
to two o’clock, for the purpose of going
into Executive session. Agreed to.
After Executive session the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
The House met. Praver by Rev. Knott.
OF THE COUNTIES.
Mr McDougald introduced a bill to ex
empt from jury dutv the physicians of this
State ; also, a bill to provide for an elec
tion of municipal officers in Columbus.
Mr Turuipseed—A bill to prevent hunt
ing on the Sabbath day, in Clay county.
Mr Cloud—To amend 4,478 th sec.ion of
the Code.
Mr Long—A bill to be entitled an act to
allow defendants to redeem property sold
under execution and for other purposes
Mr Powell—A bill to increase fees of
Justices of the Peace and Constables.
Mr Williams, of Dooly—A bill for the
relief of Isaac Williams.
Mr Fryer—A bill relative to duty of road
hands.
Mr Sisson - A bill to authorize the Build
ing Loan Associations. Also a bill to de
clare the forced effect of contracts made
between buildings, incorporated by the
Superior Courts of this State, Ac.
Turner, of Bibb—A bill to prevent com
mon carriers from distinguishing between
white and colored persons, in aceormno
dations, Ac.
Mr Ellis, of Gilmer—To repeal an act re
quiring certain criminal prosecutions to
be not prosed.
Mr Erwin—To authorize the survey of
6th District, of Habersham county.
Mr Franks of Bibb—A bill for the relief
of BF Henry of Bibb.
M r Ayer—An act to allow any citizen of
Jefferson county to retail spirituous
liquors.
Mr Fryer—An act for the proper man
agement and ventilation of county jails.
Mr Williams of Morgau—An act to
reconstruct public roads and protect the
same.
Mr Walthall—A bill io be entitled an act
to abolish the lien of judgments upon
property so soon as the same is bona fide
disposed of by the judgment debtor.
Mr Cunningham—A bill to appropriate
mouey to purchase corn for the indigent,
etc. •
j Mr Warren of Quitman—An apt to
I change the 1,640 th section of the Code of
Georgia, and define the fees of Solicitor
Generals iu certain cases.
Mr Humber—A bill to be entitled an
act prohibiting persons from selling Or
bartering from boats or water crafts on the
Chattahoochee river.
Mr Betlmne—An act to organize a coun
ty court in each county of the 28th Sen-’
atorial District.
Mr Wilcher—To allow W J McGill to
peddle without license.
Mr Tweedy introduced a memorial from
citizens of Richmond; without being read
referred to Committee on Education.
Mr Drake—A bill to provide for a board
of physicians.
Mr Shuinate—A bill to fix the yenue of
suits against the Superintendent of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for
other purposes.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
F'or relief of securities of Daniel W
Reeves. Lost.
Mr O’Neal, of Lowndes, Introduced the
lollowing bill: An act to carry into effect
the provisions of the Constitution with re
gard to District Courts in certain districts
in this State, and abolish the same in other
districts.
bills on third reading.
To authorize the payment of certain
c.aims against the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, taken up and made special order
for Tuesday next.
Speaker McWhorter being unwell Mr
Hudson, of Harris, presided to the entire
satisfaction ol the House. He is dignified,
courteous and prompt—strict in the en- ;
forcernent of order and anxious to progress ,
with the business. Speaker McW deserves
tho thanks of the House for appointing
Mr H as his temporary representative.
The House adjourned to 10 am, to
morrow.
SENATE.
Atlanta, August 13—The Senate met
pursuant to adjournment aud was opened
with prayer.
The journal was read and approved.
Mr Higbee moved that the Senate go in
to Executive session.
After some discussion, on this motion,
the Senate refused to go into Executive
session.
The Senate resumed theunfinished busi
ness, which was whether the decision 0/
the Chair in the Bradley case having been
confirmed as tbe judgment of the Senate
should be reversed. The decision of the
Chair was that as the Senator had resign
ed, therefore the case was no longer before
the Senate.
After considerable discussion, in which
Messrs CampbpiJ, Adkins, Crock and
Smith of the 7th participated, the Senate
reconsidered the decision of the Chair.
The majority and minority reports were
then read.
Mr Candler then called for the previous
question, which was sustained; the same
being tire adoption of the minority report,
whereupon the yeas and nays "were re
quired, and are yeas 5, nays 30.
The majority report was then adopted,
which declares Bradley ineligible. It was
adopted by the sound. Nays but few.
Mr McArtCur introduced a resolution in
effect, seating Mr Lester
Objection was made to action on the
same because the rules had noi been sus
pended.
The objection was sustained.
The Senate then went into Executive
session after which the Sebate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment (Mr. Hudson in the Chairj, and was
opened with prayer,
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr. Scott moved to reconsider so much
of the journal of yesterday as relates to
the postponemes t of the bill to pav cer
tain claims against the Western and At
lantic Kailroad. Xhe motion prevailed
and the bill was referred to tl e Judiciary
Committee. J
A message was received from the Senate
announcing that the Senate had adopted a
resolution authorizing the Governor to
order an election for members of this
House, aud c unty officers in the counties
of Teliairand Irwin.
The resolution was taken up and con
curred in, and ordered to be transmitted
forthwith to the Senate.
BILES OS THIRD BEADING.
A bill to incorporate the town of Trion,
in Chattooga county, and providing for
the election of Commissioners for the
same. Passed.
A bill to allow James M Richards, of
Pickens county to practice medicine and
collect tees for the same. Lost.
A bill to incorporate the Citizen’s Bank,
Os Dalton, Ga. Passed.
A bill to fix the pay of grand and petit
jurors, and bailitls, in this Btate. Kefurred
to the Judiciary Committee,
A biil to pay each maimed soldier in
this Stale tbe sum of sixty dollars per an
num. Laid op the table.
i A bill to relieve James Goode, a blind
! man, from taxation. Lost.
A bid to encourage internal improve
ments, railroads, Jtc. Lost.
A bill to reduce the pay of the Sheriff of
Clay county from ten thousand to five
thousand dollars. Withdrawn.
A bill to continue in force all laws now
of force in Georgia until the same are re
pealed. Referred to the Judiciary Com
miitao.
A bill to deprive the Mayer and Alder
men of the town of Valdosta of ail lees, J
and fix their salaries. Passed.
A bill to define the liabilities of In- 1
surauve companies in this State. Referred
to Judiciary Committee.
A bill for the relief of Georgia, and to :
prevent the aaie of property for a limited |
time. Referred to. the Special Committee j
on Relief.
A bill to change the law of evidence.
This bill allows prisoners, when on trial I
for lelony, to make statements to the !
court—not under oath—and that the jury
give such weight to the statements as they
may think proper.
Mr Andersou and Mr Williams, of'
Dooly, addressed the House in opposition
to the adoption of the bill.
Messr. O’Neal, of Ijowndes, Shumate,
Hall, of Meriwether ami r 7
h ‘ of passage' of
■MtaiMd,\h« 9 iHMn qaesHo 03,10(1 and
the bill passoc. 90081100 was put, and
Mr Williams Os Moivan . ,
resolution to appoint . Vr,,’ nt f f,duced a
fer with tho late S,?r. b ° Ulumtee to con "
Western A Atlantic Rakroad”* ° f the
into the justness of certain and in 9 ulr «
said road. Nottaken ClulUls a « alQSt
Tfi® rules were not suspended
A bill to reorganize the MunVi»„l
ernmeut of the city of’Augu to
Mr Madison moved to
the JudiciaryOominittee. li st llle bIU 10
Mr Rice moved to refer the bill to the
Committee on Corporations.
On this motion*! he yeas and nays were
and yeas CM, Ilays - lß<
I he bill was then made the speJial order
for Wednesday next.
This bill provides that an election for
Mayor and members of Council f„ r the
city of Augusta shall be held ou the 2d of
September next, in the manner establish
ed by law, and by the ordinances of said
city, as they were of force on the first, dav
of April, 1566, and that tin- officer so
elected shall continue to Ikil.l their offices
until the regular auuual election in Vnri I
LSoi), and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Mr Lee introduced a resolution that tho
Capitol be permanently located in the city
PnrGmnt- la ’ llal Committee on
Penitentiary be requested to report on the
expediency Os removing the Penitentiaiv
to btone Mountain. Not taken Up.
inor Uouso “'Uonrned til-110 o'clock to-
SENATE.
Friday, August 14, 1868—Senate met
pursuant to adjournment, and wasonened
w.th prayer by the Rev Mr Smith,
tor from the 7th District.
approved. rnaior - VeßU>rday Was rwul and
A sealed communication was received
wffh ?: ~Vernur;
t,lat tlle same be cousid
erea in executive session.
A document from the Governor was
read requesting the Senate to repeal Sie
tion l’ftn of the Code, [the replug of
this seeffon authorizes the Public Printer
6 t< L PJltt ‘ r upon bis duties at once.}
Mr Nunnally moved that the Senate
now go into executive session, which was
sustained.
The following nominations were con
hrmed during executive session ;
Associate Judges Supreme Court—H K
McCay, 8 years ; Hiram Warper, 4 years
„r N ,V rU,eru Circuit—Garnett Andrews of
Wilkes county, Judge ; and John M
M thews, of Madison, as Solicitor.
Macon Circuit.--"Carletoir R Cole,of Bibb
Judge; and Ezekiel W Crocker,of Twiggs’
as Solicitor.
Pataula Circuit.—S Wise Parker.of Clay
county. Solicitor.
Southern Circuit.—.l R Alexander of
Thomas, Judge; and W li Bennett,’ of
Brooks, tt> Soueitor.
After executive session the Senate re
sumed its regular business.
Mr McArthur moved to suspend the
regular order of business for the purp >se
of introducing a resolution authorizing
the Secretary of the Senate to employ ad
ditional clerks.
The regular order was suspended and
the resolution was adopted.
A document from the Governor was read
containing lengthy reports from the Pro
visional State House Officers.
On motion of Mr Harris, the reports
were referred to the Finance Committee.
Mr Campbell (colored) moved to recon
sider so much of the .journal of resterday
as relates to the action of the Senate in the
adoption of the minority report in the case
of Bradley. He urged iu lengthy and:
emphatic remarks the reconsideration.
He hoped the Senate would excuse liis
warmth, as the case was near to him as a
colored man, and was also near to the
white race. If Bradley was sent forth up
on the world with this foul imputation
resting upon him he would be met by the
sympathies of 92,000 voters of a down-trod
den race.
Pending the remarks of Mr Campbell,
the Senate adjourned until 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
HOUSE.
Friday, August 14.—The House met
pursuant to adjournment end was opened
with prayer by hpv Mr Knott.
Mr Hall, of Mefi wether, rose to a ques
tion of privilege, so fer as relates to his re
marks being utisi epresented by tbe re
porter of the Constitution-he simply used
the words by way of illustration.
Mr O’Neil, of Lowndes, al-o rose to a
question of privilege as to bis remarks be
ing misrepresented, when he used the
name of the Hon A II Stephens in sup
port of his argument. The ground as
sumed being that the reporter introduced
to convey the idea that this was tho only
argument he urged io support of the bill,
aud the language “benefit to the poor ne
gro” was tho only argument used by the
gentleman from Meriwether in support of
tbe same.
On a call of the roll the following bills
were introduced and read the first time :
By Mr Hamilton— I To incorporate the
Baptist Church of Union, in Scriven
county.
Mr Bryan rose 40 a point of order, that
the bill could uot ho entertained on ac
connt of being Unconstitutional.
The Chair decided that tbe bill could not
be entertained under the rules of the
House.
A bill to provide for the removal of the
penitentiary was also introduced by Mr
Hamilton.
By Mr Johnson—A bill to reduce the
Sheriffs bond of Towns county.
By Mr Shumate—A bill to incorporate
the Dalton and Morganton Railroad Com
pany.
On motion of Mr Scott, the rules were
suspended, and the House took up the
special order, which was
A bill to incorporate tho Cherokee
Manufacturing Company of Floyd county.
A motion was made to re-commit the
bill in order to have it referred to the
Finance Committee. The ground taken
for the bill taking this course was, that a
question of finance, in the way of taxation,
was involved, also the same privileg, s
could be granted to all.
Mr Phillips opposed its reference to tho
j Finance . Committee, and moved to the
Committee on Internal Improvements, and
two hundred eopiesbe printed, which was
agreed to.
The regular order was resumed for bills
on first reading.
• By Mr Wllclrer—A bill to prevent the
organisation of armed companies in cer
tain eases.
By Mr Salter—A bill to change the lines
between the counties ot Wilcox and Pu
laski.
By Mr Strickland—To change the resi
dence of John T. Shipp.
By Mr Pickens—lA dispense with tho
District Court of the 41st District.
By Mr Halt—A bill to amend the 7th
paragraph of 1711 section of the Divorce
law.
By Mr Cobb—A bill to organize a fire
company in Americus, Ga, to be called
the “Wide Awake Fire Company.!’
By Mr Kellogg—A hid to organize a
| District Court in each Senatorial District
I in this State.
| Mr Rumph—A resolution that the Mes-
I senger eject one A A Bradley, a convicted
i felon, from a seat on the lioor.
| A motion was made to suspend lire rules
| in order to take up the resolution,
j Mr Bryant hoped that the House would
j proceed with the regular business, as this
thing of Bradley’s case happened twenty
years since. In a case happening so long
since—
The point of order was raised that the
question was to suspend.
The Chair decided the point well taken.
Mr Scott—Mr Speaker, has a seat ever
been tendered to this personage?
Mr Phillips, of Echols—ls it not the duty
of the Chair to eject such personages with
out resolution?
The Chair—There is no rule governing
on this subject, though I thluk no one ob
noxious to the House should he allowed to
a seat on the floor.
The previous question was culled for and
sustained.
On the rar lien to suspend the yeas and
nays were required to be recorded, aud are
yeas, 85 1 nays, 35. It requiring a two
thirds vote, the rules were u :t suspended.
Mr Turner, of Bibb, liegged to be ex
cused from voting on such an insignificant
proposition.
By Mr Butt —A bill to regulate the en
forcement < f contracts between landlord
and tenants.
By Mr Lee of Newton—A resolution
that when this House adjourn to-day it
adjourn until the 19th August, and that
the per diem be suspended. Laid over.
By Mr Madison—A bill to define tho
qualifieationsof officers in thisStato. (Con
siderable merriment was manifested at
the reading of this bill, reason we could
not gather from the confusion.)
By Mr Htone—A bill to exempt Phy
sicians of Jefferson county from serving
on Petit and Grand Juries.
By Mr Felder —A bill to authorize the
Macon aud Brunswick Kailroad Company
to construct a branch of iheir road from
Hawkinsville to F irt Valiev.
Mr Hudson moved that when the House
adjourn it adjourn until Wednesday,
whereupon the yeas and nays we*n re
quired to be recorded, and are ycmmCiO,
nays 56. So the motion prevailed. »
Nearly every member, after the vote was
taken, changed bis vote, amidst much
laughter and confusion.
A resolution was introduced authorizing
the clerk to draw an amount not exceed mg
SI,OOO from the Tn-a-ury to purchase
| stationery, etc * 1
The House i ■•>.. u. ’>'<• <- of tin*
j Governor in reference i < the payment cf
; provisional officers of the State, Referred
to Committee on Finance.
t Mr introduced a bill to incorpo
‘rate the Turtle River A Semen Railroad
Cos.
j By Mr Scott—A hill to fix the time of
! holding elections for membersof Congress
;in this State. Also, a biil to incorporate
! the Memphis Branch Kailroad Cos., and
' grant certain powers aud privileges to the
; same.
By Mr Ballard—A bill to incorporate the
Central Georgia Mutual Insurance Cos.
By Mr Hail, of Glynn—A bill to incor-
g orate the Manufacturing,Marine Railway
ommercial and Dry Dock Company of
| Brunswick.
By Mr Hurrency—A bill to authorize a
fishery to be established by joliu Over
street, of Appling, on the Tattnall side of
the river.
By Mr George—A bill for the relief of
criminals confined in prison.
By Mr Osgood—Resolutions from Board
of Aldermen from city of Sataunah, in
reference to registvation and election.
By Mr Powell —A resolution requesting
tbe Governor to direct the Superintendent
not to permit persons to travel on the
W astern A Atlantic Railroad With passes
except officers and employees. [This ex
cludes members of the Legislature.]
The House then adjourned until Wed
nesday next at 10 o’clock.
The carpet-bags used by the" Radical
office-holders ot the South are notable for
their large side-pockets.