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Go*ly,—Mr. Geo. A. Oates has
Godey x Ijtuly * Book for September.
We acknowledge the receipt of a copy.
Quinn. —Quinn has s Maga
zirte, (fodey’s Lady's Rook, and Demur
mi’ll Magazine, for September ; Harper's
Bazaar lor August 29, and several il
lustrated papers, juvenile and other pub
lications of the latest dates. Give him a
call and supply yourselves.
Godly lor At oust —We arc indebted
to Mr. Goo. A. Oates for the August
number of this popular ladies’ book, 'i lie
present number wifi be found to contain
the usual variety of fashion plates, read
ing, Ac. Air. (tales has the Larin'* Bonk
(or sale.
Gauge Fee. — A rumor is current that
our Council of three have authorized the
employment of Him. Alexander 11. Ste
phens for the defence of Dillon and Evans,
giving a foe of ten thousand dollars. The
current estimate of the expenses for this
•trial is forty thousand dollars. A nice
little sum lor the tax-payers’ consideration.
Scoundrels Around. -A correspondent
infotiiH us that on Saturday evening last,
Air. FuHhiglit, a few miles from Thomp
son, Columbia county, was slidt at by sonic
unknown party or parties. On tho same
night Mr. Brown was also shot at. And
as the np-freight train was passing over
the switch, hear Thompson, it was tired
into and a colored man shot in the face.
A couple of colored men, fugitives from
justice, are suspected of being the perpe
trators of these outrages, and efforts will
doubt less he made at unco to secure their
arrest.
K. W. Doughty & Co.— Messrs K.
W. Doughty and VV. Daniel, so well and
favorably known in this community, have
entered into copartnership, as will be seen
by reference to their advertisement in an
other column, for tin* transaction of a cot
ton factorage and commission business.
Mr. Doughty has had an experience of
more than twenty five years in the busi
ness,' and Mr. Daniel, being also an
experienced business man, tlmy offer strong
inducements to the public. We bespeak
for them a Liberal share of public pat
ronage.
Crystauxbu Fruit.—We saw Mon.
day, a specimen of Southern fruit orys
tulizcd by a Southern lady. They arc
equal to anything of the kind imported,
and gives evidence of Southern progre.se in
useful and ornamental work. There are
very muny things which can be done by
our Southern people to develop the re
sources of their section, add to its trade,
and give employment to those in need.
Any enterprise of this character, however
small or large it may be, should meet with |
the earnest cncouragment and liberal sup- i
port ol all who desire the prosperity of the
South.
We do not know tho name of the Geor
gia lady who erystulizod tbu (Vuti referred
to; but she deserves groat credit for her
energy, industry and enterprise, and will,
we hope, realize u large profit from tho
work. _
A Religious Undertaking.—OnSun
day last, at a church meeting of St..) ames'
Methodist church, a proposition was made
by the I’astor to the congregation to form
a society,the members thereof to pay an
installment of 50 cents per month, for the
purpose of educating two young men, who
had been licensed to exhort, and who lolt
the importance of being better prepared
(menially) to enter upon the duties of the
ministry. Both wore of limited lueaus,
and this course was suggested,
A young man who has recently como in
to possession of quite a handsome proper
ty, volunteered to take one of them under
his especial charge, and bear tho expense
alone. The other was taken in charge by
the Sooiety. Forty-six names were enter
ed on the roll Sunday morning, and many
more are expected.
The magnanimous spirit of that young
man, in undertaking such a responsible
task, is commendable, lie could not have
extended his benefiaaace on a more worthy
and exemplary person.
Personal. —We learu that Col. K. W.
Colo, having boon elected to the Presidency
of the Nashville and Chattanooga Hail
road, will neeept tho position, in which
event the S uj»o rintend oucy of the Georgia
Railroad wilt become vaeant. We suggest
Col. Campbell Wallaoe as the proper man
for the position, and sincerely hope he
will receive and ao« pt it.
Tnr. Cou miiia and Augusta Rail
road. Col. Johnston, President of this
Hoad, is in our city, lie anticipates finish
ing the road to Granlteville, S. C., some
time next mouth, and entering the city
with it by March next. The Colonel is an
energetie business man, and, under his
supervision, this enterprise will be speedily
completed, and no doubt prove a success.
Pike in Columbia County.—We re
gret to learn that the barn “of the Fury’s ■
ferry place, ” belonging to our esteemed |
fellow citizen, Joshua B. Griffin, was
totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday night.
The ham was well filled with corn, oats
and fodder, sufficient for the wants of the
place the next year. AH of the oat crop
and more than half of the fodder crop —
the product of the present year on the
place—was destroyed, together with a
large amount of farming utensils. The
tire is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary, as the owner was at the barn at
6* p. m., and the frceduian in charge left
it “locked up” an half an hour later,
whilst the fire did not break out for more
than two hours afterward. This is a heavy
loss to a worthy citizen ; one whom we chd
not suppose had an enemy in the world.
New Firm.— Messrs. S. D. Linton, R.
L. Gentry, and George K. Moore, have
formed a oo; artnership for the transaction
of a Cotton Factorage and Commission
business in this city. These gentlemen
have bad many years experience in this
business, and King well and favorably
known, will, no doubt, attract to them
selves a large share of trade. They offer
great facilities to their friends and the pub
lic generally, and should receive a liberal
share of public patronage.
Gen. Howard as a .Traveller.—As
the venerable the Bureau and all
its drawers, including Stapler's Sweat Box.
passed up the Georgia Railroad the other
evening, he heard some Pea Ridge boys
celebrating the Kentucky victory by firing
“baby-wakers.” “Ah, what firing isthat?
are they shooting anybody?” inquired he.
“No,” was the reply ; “it is only a little
rcicicing by the Democrats—a little Dem
ocratic thunder.” “Ah !" said he, “to
scare the poor negroes. ” Now, the fact
was that the firing was done t>y the “poor
negroes”—a colored Democratic Club to
scare the scalawags of the General’s Bud
reau. Can’t the General send us a few
hundred thousand dollars more from the
“bureau?” The country needs it and is
now m) organized as to retain a part of it
and not let all he carried off by the carpet
baggers and scalawagers.
Heller.
We continue to receive assurances from
all parts of the State that our dismission o*
the relief question meets the approval of
the people. We know that it is the only
point upon which the Radicals hang a hope
of being able to rally aay oonuftleraUe num
ber of white men to their support. We
must pluck this arrow from the Radical
quiver by adopting a scheme of just and
equitable relief which shall be free from
the doubt and depressing tendencies of
stay lata, on the one band, and from the
unjust and dishonest effects of open re- |
pudiation on the other.
We want—the people want—compromise
jon this question. The interests of both
J the debtor and’creditor class must be
guarded and preserved by a fair, liberal
! and magnanimous compromise. The old
; Jehu of the people of Georgia can never
j be paid, more especially if the little prop
erty which has been left them by the dis
astrous effects of the war is forced into the
market and sold under the Sheriff’s ham
mer.
Even if the property now owned by our
people was sufficient to pay their debts it
would be an exceedingly unwise policy
which would force it upon the market in
the present condition of our material in
terests. The present owners of the soil
are tho very best class of population which
we can ever expect to occupy it. If our
broad lands are forced from the possession
of the present intelligent, virtuous and
industrious Southern white people, they
must necessarily fait into the hands of
Northern land-jobbers and speculators,
who in turn will pared them out to suit
their own views and interests. We would
retain the present population by making
some lair adjustment of their old debts by '
which they could retain their interest in
the soil.
We believe that the creditor class
of our people are willing to meet this
question in a spirit of liberal compromise.
They are sufficiently intelligent to perceive
I that if they clamor for the “last dollar”
! they must inevitably lose a great portion
jof their claims. They are willing to divide
the losses which the war entailed upon us
in such a manner as to enable their debtors
to retain such an interest iri the soil as will
stimulate their industry and renew their
exertions to make a iiviog.
But all classes are sick and tired of the
miserable attempts which have heretofore
been made to afford relief by the enact
ment of silly stay laws. All Impest men
are likewise opposed to Gkk infamous
scheme of repudiation incorporated in the
negro Constitution. They desire a system
which shall not look altogether one way.
They recognize the fact that there are two
classes whose interests must be subserved.
They are willing -nay anxious—to have a
system adopted which recognizes the great
truth that, as the war was waged for the
benefit of all, all would have shared
in its benefits if it had been successfully
prosecuted—so should all bhare alike the
losses and burdens which its disastrous re
sults have entailed upon the State.
Foremost among those who have re
sponded to our suggestions are those who
ilo not need rduf, those who belong to the
creditor class. Below we give an extract
of a letter just received from a gentleman
in Middle Georgia, who favors proper re
lief and who is himself out of debt:
“This country you know is thoroughly
impregnated with reliefism, and although
I am not one of that party,myself, I know
them. The articles now appearing in the
Chronicle & Sentinel upon that subject
take immensely among my relief neighbors.
Relief m right, and lam glad your paper
hrt>t tabs* that line- — xamtJh'"*-’ ‘ '
done jor these ante helium debtors.
Kadiqals To tier—Judge lflgham.
The great re ,ction in popular sentiment
against the revolutionary programme of
the Washington Jacobins, is causing con
siderable commotion among the Radical
leaders. They do not fail to perceive the
general discontent of tho masses, which,
day b> day, is manifesting itself in the
general enthusiasm for the nominees of the
Democratic party. Some of those who
crawled into the Radical party through
fear of worse conditions being placed upon
the South than those contained in the
military Reconstruction Bills, if the South
refused to accept those iniquities, are now
renouncing their error, and scekiDg ad
mission into the folds of the only true Con
stitutional party—the National Democracy.
In Georgia those secessions from Radi
calism are becoming of daily occurrence.
The most intelligent of the Radical lead
ers have become disgusted with the extreme
action of this party upon the vital ques
tions which now divide the people of the
State, and are openly denouncing the rev
olutionary conduct of their late associates.
Among the •number of recent converts to
the true faith we find Judge B. H. Bigharu,
of LaGrange. The Judge, in a letter to
the LaGrange Reporter , gives in his adhe
sion to the Democracy. The following ex
tract explains his position very fully :
“I intend to support Horatio Seymour for
tho Presidency, because I want peace. Not
a lull in the tempest; but that peace which
only the complete and permanent re
establishment of the Union can secure.
And, without any disparagement to
others, in my judgment, Mr. Seymour is
the man who best embodies the re-estab
lishment of the Union on principles of
equably, and justice, and Constitutional
law. Hy natural endowment lie is pos
sessed oi groat ability. By education and
life-long study, he is a philosopher in
statesmanship ; hy experience ho is an
expert therein—for he has been the chief
executive of New York, a position scarcely
less important in its duties than the Presi
dency. _ __
lion. James 1. Seward.
This influential citizen of Southern Geor
gia has renounced Radicalism, and has
made an appointment to address a grand
mass tneeting'of the Democracy of Thomas
and adjoining countiqs on the 22d inst.
Seward sees which way the cat will
jump as soon as any other man, and, like
Bennett of the New York Herald, has the
great facility of getting on the strong side
at the right time and in the right way to
avoid disaster and ruin. Radicalism must
be very bad if it smells iu J. L. Seward’s
nostrils.
Who Is Be ?
Kx-Onvornor G. A. Miller, of Georgia,
an original Union man, who, When the
war broke out. left Ms fine plantation in
Georgia, canto North, entered the army and
rose to tire rank of brigadier-goneral be
fore its close, has taken the stump for
Grant and Colfax.
The above paragraph, whichvve clip from
the Utica Herald (Rad.), has been going
the rounds ol the Northern Radical jour
nals, and we call attention to it now mere
ly to say that there never was a Governor
of this State of that name,"nor have we
ever heard of any such individual.
We have noticed for several days similar
paragraphs in the Radical papers giving
the names, or pretended names, of “dis
guished ’ persons who hud forsaken De
mocracy, and espoused the Radical cause.
In every ease, however, we jiud the distin
guished individual located in a Slate differ
ent from that where the announcement is
made. This is an old and very shabby
trick, and should in every case be exposed.
Will our Democratic Northern ex
changes inform their readers that cx-Gov.
G. A. Miller, of Georgia, is a Radical myth
—. lat no such man is or was ever known
in this State —and that all the inteUigent,
honest patriots of the State arc warmly for
Seymour and Blair.
Periodicals. —We have received from
the publishers the September number of
the JVao Eclectic, a handsome monthly
published in Baltimore—Turnbull and
Murdock, editors and proprietors. The
number before us is well filled with choice
reading matter, selected with much skill
and good taste from the leadiug journals
of this country and Great Britain. In its
mechanical execution, the New Eclectic
will compare favorably with the very best
of the Northern Monthlies.
Why lie Did It.
R. B. Bollock, thecarpet-bag Governor,
! so called, of this State, has issued an or
der or proclamation declaring that one
! Samuel Clark, of Spaulding county, tried,
| convicted of murder and sentenced to be
hung, has been pardoned and restored to
all Lis civil rights. Among the reasons
given by the Fettisch Chief, for the par
don of Clark, he states that the main wit
nesses against him were two ignorant ne
groes, aad that since his confinement in
jail “Lis foet have been badly bitten by
the intense cold.” Here is a convicted
murderer turned loose upon the communi
ty by a man who is the head of a party
whose leading principle is negro equality i
and excellence, on the ground that his con- j
vietkm was produced by the evidence of j
“two ignorant negroes.” Was ever im
pudence so bold and unblushing ?
What do the negroes think of their j
chosen leader now ?
Nashville k Chattanooga Railroad.
The stockholders "of the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad have elected theanti-
Bevins Directory by a large majority. The
Directors met and elected E. IV. Cole
President; John IV. Thomas, Superin
tendent ; W. A. Gleaveas, Secretary and
Treasurer, and R. O. Bransford, Book
keeper. Bransford is the only old officer.
We congratulate the Directory upon
their having secured the services of Col.
Cole as the President of their Road. His
large experience in railroad management
and his great industry, energy and enter
prise, distinguish him as one of the best
railroad men in the South.
His election to the Presidency will be a
serious loss to the Georgia Railroad, in
whose interests he lias labored so assidu
ously and successfully for the last three
years. Colonel Cole will take with him to
his new field of duty the good wishes of a
large circle of friends here.
New York State Convention.
The Democratic Executive Committee
have called the State Convention at Albany
on the 3rd of September. This Conven
tion will nominate candidates for Governor,
LieuteDant-Governor and other State offi
cials and select an Electoral ticket.
The contest for Governor has been nar
rowed down to two aspirants—Mayor Hoff
man and State Senator Alurphy. The
chances of the latter to obtain the nomina
tion arc said to be improving, and his friends
claim that he will certainly receive the
nomination.
It is stated that John Morrissey is bet
ting very heavily on Murphy’s nomination,
and as John is said to be very knowing in
such matters, his backing of the opponent
of Hoffman has caused the friends of the
latter considerable uneasiness.
The Coming Cotton Crop.
The following report relative to the
prospects and condition of the coming
Cotton crop, has been compiled from the
most trustworthy sources and will be found
of great interest to most of our readers :
NORTHERN LOUISIANA.
Reports from all the important points in
this district indicate as follows:
Cotton—There was about a fourth less
planted this year in anticipation of danger
front worms. The yield is estimated at
about one-fourth more than last year.
It is seldom that crops generally have
been better. The weather has not been so
very warm, but there was too much rain
in July.
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.
Wost of the Mississippi the quantity of
land under cotton is but little over one-half,
while the yield will bo equal to last year.
The general prospect of all the cror>“ *••
danger to cotton from the army worm and
rot, where the growth is rank, is threatened,
owing to excessive rains, and, if not dam
aged, the crop will equal last year's.
> SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.
Cotton—The yield will be about the
same as last year. Tha rains have been
excessive during the last six weeks, and,
owing to this fact, the prospect of the cot
ton crop has been seriously damaged.
WEST MISSISSIPPI.
Sardis, Panola County, Miss. —Cotton
—Prospect fair; much better than last
year; worm is making its appearance.
Weather warm ; too much rain for cotton.
Panola, Panola County, Miss. —Cotton
—About the same as last year. Weather
—Too much rain tor cotton.
Grenada, Tattabusha County, Miss. —
The crops generally are better than for tbe
past ten years. Cotton—Very clean;
doing well.
NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Reports of the crops in this section in
dicate as follows, compared with last year :
Cotton About one-eighth less was
planted, and the prospect is good, although
there is too iliuch rain ; the army and boll
worm is appearing in some sections.
Weather —The drought in June, and the
heavy rains during the last twenty days
have been very injurious.
EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS.
The following is a report of this district,
embracing the Natchez, Trinity, Brazos
and Colorado Valleys; also, some of the
best upland counties in the State, covering
the better part of the cotton, corn and
sugar-growing country, but o-riy a small
portion of the wheat region. Italso reaches
as far West as San Antonio, taking in
Guadalupe, Cornal and San Antonio Val
leys ;
Cotton—iw little less was planted than
last year; the yield promises a third to a
half more; the prospect for maturiug is
excellent, but not safe as yet from the
j worm, which has appeared in a few locali
ties ; the weather is warmer than usual,
with less rain atid otherwise favorable ;
half a crop is considered almost certain in
the most untoward event. Some localities
report more rain and well-grounded fears
of the worm; others, that the prospect is
better than in five years.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.
Reports from all important points in this
district indicate as follows:
Cotton -Less area was planted this year,
but the prospect of maturing is very good.
The weather has been pleasant, but the
rains rather too frequent recently for cot
ton.
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
Reports from all important points in this
district, including the greater portion of
Tennessee, indicate as follows;
Cotton —About a fourth less was plant
ed this year, but the yield promises to be
equal to last.
WEST TENNESSEE.
Paris, IFcnry County, Tenn.— Cotton —
About one-third less planted this year.
McKenzie, Carroll County, Tenn. Cot
ton —Promising a fair erop. Weather—lt
was dry and warm to the middle of July.
There is now an abundance of rain.
Humboldt, Stetcart County, Tenn. —
Cotton—About the average crop.
Brmcnvilte, Hayward County, Tenn
Cotton —Not so much planted; looks well;
will be a large yield for the quantity.
Mevtpkis, Tenn. —The prospects of
crops in the region embracing the south
west portion of Tennessee, North Missis
sippi, as far south as Grenada, and Ar
kansas, embracing the Arkansas River on
the south and west and the State line on
tbe north and east, are as follows : Cot
toa—One-tenth less planted this year ;
prospects are flattering for a good crop,
much better than at the same time last
year; the yield necessarily depends on
the weather for the next three months,
tbe attack of worms. So. VV eat her—
Warm ; rains general and plentiful tor
the past two or three weeks ; a cessation
is now gladly desired for the benefit of the
! cotton erop.
EASTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
NORTH ELORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
I ion Point. Ga. —Cotton —But two
thirds of last year's planting was planted
this year, but the erop promises weU.
Athens, Ga. —Cotton — A third less was
planted, but promises are good.
Madison, Ga. —Cotton—About one
eighth less than last year was planted; the
prospects are bad.
Augusta, Ga. —Cotton—Promises a
good yield, though less was planted.
Milieu, Ga. —Cotton—A third less was
planted, which was damaged by the rains
and caterpillar ; the probable yield will be
about two-thirds of a crop.
Savannah, Ga . —Cotton—About a third
less was planted, which is damaged by the
worm and late rains, particularly Sea
Islands.
i Live Oak, Piet.—Cotton— About one-
(sixth less was planted this year ; the cater
pillar has done much damage, and the
prospects are bad.
Lake City, Fla. —Cotton—There was
! more planted, but it will fall short of last
year ; the rain and worm have done much
damage.
Tallahassee, Fla.— Cotton —A quarter
less was planted, and the yield will be a
third les3. The rains and caterpillar are
damaging the eotion throughout the coun
try-
E>ifaula. Ala.—- Cotlon---A sixth less
was planted, but the prospects are good.
Albany, Ga. —Cotton —Quarter les3
yieid. Oatterpillars and worms are de
stroying it
Americas, Ga.—Cotton— Quarter less
planted, with a bad prospect.
Thomasville, Ga. —Cotton—loess was
planted, and the prospect is had on account
of the heavy rains and tho catterpillar.
Macon, Ga. —Cotton—A quarter less
yield.
Milled get Me, Ga.— Cotton—A third less
was planted, and the yield will be a quarter
short.
I) innsboro', S. C. —Cotton—A third
less, but good prospects.
Ckes’er, S. C. —Cotton—The prospects
are good for a yield of an eighth more than
last season.
PocotaUgo, S. C. —Cotton —About one
• third of the cotton land was planted this
year, and about two-thirds of a crop are
expected.
Sumter , S. C. —Cotton —Two-thirds less
was planted, and a quarter more yield is
had.
Columbia, S. C.— Cotton—Alorc was
planted, hut the yield is the same as last
year, the caterpillar doing much damage.
Florence, S. C. —Cotton—Fifth less was
planted; prospects fair.
Charleston, S. C. —Cotton—A quarter
less was planted, but improved cultivation
and organization make the yield fully as
much as last year, though the caterpillar
is destroying the Sea Islands. Accounts
are gloomy all along the coast.
Branchnille, S. C.— Cotton —There was
an eighth less planted, but the yield is of
better quality.
Southern Georgia and North Florida
have suffered from heavy rains ; South
Carolina and Northern Georgia have had
warm weather and above the average of
rains.
EAST AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
Cotton—One quarter less planted, but
the plant is boiling finely, and the yield
will be as largo as last year—Weather—
During the first twenty days of July it was
dry, but there were rains on each of
the remaining eleven days, which appear
to have been general throughout the dis
trict.
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTII ALABAMA.
Cotton—Reports from all points in Ala
bama indicate that the land planted in
cotton is one-tenth less than last year.
Wi s h a long speLl of dry and favorable
weather, planters were able to put their
crops in excellent condition, and well pre
pared to receive the rains. The drought
had checked the growth, and the cotton
plant was small but heavily laden with
fruit. From the 14th of July to the 6th
of August heavy and continuous rains fell.
On the low lands there is great complaint,
and the crops will amount to nothing. The
worm has made its appearance in some
places, but has done but little damage so
far. 11 is thought the crop will be equal
to last year’s.
Rame, Ga. —Cotton—The prospect is
good ; yield about the same as last year.
Atlanta, Ga. —Cotton—One-fourth less
planted than last year ; present prospect
is fair, and if there is not too much rain
the crop will equal last year’s.
Columbus, Ga. —Cotton—The rains ear
ly in the season caused cotton plants to
grow rapidly, and shed too much of their
fruit. Abou iue-eigth less was planted
this year, and the yield will be about the
same as last 'year. Reports from many
neighborhoods are not so good, while
others are better.
The Judiciary—Legislation Needed.
The fall terms of tue n IWtE
of several Judicial Dlstri<?t^ p Y™ r
commence and there seems to be some
conflict between the old and new system
which requires immediate legislation.
Paragraph 3, of Section 3, of the slh
Article of the new Constitution, declares
that “There shall be no appeal from one
“jury in the Superior Courts to another;”
and paragraph 2, Section XIII, of the
same Article says: “the General Assem
“ hly shall provide by law for the selection
“of upright and intelligent persons to
“ serve as Jurors. There shall be no dis
tinction between the- classes of persons
“ who compose Grand and Petit Jurors.’
Under the old system the Jury boxes
were made up from the list of tax payers
in the several counties. The Inferior
Court Clerk and Sheriff selected the
names of the most able, discreet and qual
ified citizens from among the whole num
her of persons who were on the list of tax
payers, for service on tho Grand Jury—
all others were placed indiscriminately in
the Petit Jury Boxes.
The juries drawn for the approaching
fall Courts were selected in accordance with
the provisions of the’ code upon this sub
ject In other words, the petit juries are
composed of the mass of tax-payers with
out regard to qualification or experience,
and the grand juries are made up of such
selections as have been made in accordance
with the old law.
Our system of appeals from the verdict
of a petit to that of a special jury selected
by both parties from the panel of the
grand jury, doubtless grew out of this pro
vision of the old law which made all tax
payers competent jurymen.
By tbe terms of the new Constitution
these appeals are abolished. Shall, then,
the verdict of a petit jury, which has not
been selected of “upright and intelligent
persons” as required by the New Consti
tution, be final and conolusive between the
parties ? As the law now stands can an
appeal be taken from a petit to a special
jury ? Can another hearing of a case be
had where a verdict has been rendered by
a petit jury before the adoption of the
Constitution ? ,
These questions will certainly arise in
all the Courts now about, to commence
their fall ridings, and we suggest the pro
priety of immediate action by the Legisla
ture, which will authoritatively settle these
mooted points, and thus prevent expense
and continued litigation.
By reference to tho particular phraseo
logy employed in section 3d of the sth
article of the Constitution, it will be
seen that all appeals are not abolish
ed. The Constitution simply declares
that there shall be no appeal from
one jury in the Superior Court to an
other. llow does this provision affect
the practice in the City Courts of the State ?
In the City Court of Augusta appeals have
been taken from a petit to a special jury,
exactly as has been the practice heretofore
in the Superior Courts. Shall we have in
future appeals in this Court from the
verdict of one seleet or special jury to
another of a precisely similar character?
Our City Court meets on Monday next
are there no ditfieulties in the way es a
proper administration of tho law ?
The Legislature should provide at obcc
for the proper adjustment of the old and
new system —one with the other. Such
action would secure uniformity in the
practice and save much useless litigation.
Joe Brown on Union Men.
We reproduce the following extract from
the message of Joseph E. Brown then
Governor of Georgia to the Legislature of
the State, on the 10th of March, 1564, for
the benefit of those Union men in North
Georgia who are disposed to affiliate with
tbe Radical party.
Joe Brown is the head and controlling
spirit of his party in this State. He is
willing to allow every negro in the State to
exereise the ballot, but he is most bitter
and implacable against the honest, sincere
and intelligent white Union men, who
would not do violence to their consciences,
and fall down and worship the great he
Rebel Joe Brown. He favors the enact
ment of laws which shall forever disfran
: chisc and decitizenize a large member of
1 good men in upper Georgia.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, IS6S
This rabid febcl was not willing even to
jiermit the wives and little children of
those whom his cruelty hadforcedto flee the
State, to remain in their humble and un
pretending homes in the mountains. The
same spirit of intolerance and bitter hate
toward the white people of the State still
marks, his course. 'He still burns with
anger toward Noith Georgia and hence he
insists upon punishing the people there hy
placing them under the control of the
negro element in the fctate. By the .Con
stitution which he aided to concoct in At
lanta, the power and influence of North
Georgia has been neutralized and over
shadowed by the black belt. The large
negro counties are given the control in the
Legislature of the State, and they will be
able to fix the taxes and regulate the social
and material interests of the whole people.
The course of Gov. Brown since the
close of the war shows that he is now as
furious and as implacable in his hatred to
the white men of Northern Georgia as
when he penned the following extract from
his message in ISO 4, It is true that he
pretends to desire universal amnesty, yet
his acts and advice belie this pretension.
If his party shall be able to retain power
in the State, he will soon prove to the
white Union men in Cherokee Georgia
that he was in earnest in recommending
their disfranchisement and < ?xi!e. Union
men of Cherokee, ponder well these words
of Joseph E. Brown : . *
“1 am informed that a number of persons
in that portion of our State adjoining East
Tennessee, have lately removed, with
their families, within the lines of the ene
my, and oarried With them their movable
property. Those persons have never been
loyal to the cause of the South, and they
now avail themselves of the earliest op
portunity of uniting with tho enemies of
their State.
“I recommend the enactment of a law,
providing for the confiscation of the proper
ty of all such persons, and that ,all such
property be sold and the-proceeds of the
sale applied to the payment of damages dome
to loyal citizens of. the same Section, whose
property has been destroyed by raids of the
enemy, or by armed bands of, tones.
“I am also informed thatdisloyal persons
in that section have deserted from oar
armies, or, avoiding service, have left
their families behind and gone over to the'
enemy, and are now under arms against
us. I am happy to learn that the number
of such persous is -very small. I recom
mend the confiscation of the property of
this class of persons also, and in case they
have left families behind that are a charge
to the country, that no part of the relief
fund be allowed them, but that they be car
ried to the enemies’ lines, and turned over to
those in whose cause their husbands now
serve.
“1 also recommend the enactment of such
laws as shall forever disfranchise and dc
citinizeall persons of both classes, should
they attempt to return to their States.” .
Selection of Electors bj the State Legis
latures.
The action of the Florida and Alabama
Legislatures, in assuming the right to east
the votes of those States, for Presidential
Electors, has elicited a very able and
thorough discussion from the Northern
and Western press. All the Democratic
journals oppose it upon principle as being
anti-Republican, and opposed,if not to tho
letter, at least to the spirit of tho Constitu
tion of the United States. A large num
ber of the leading Radical papers also
demur to this action of their party friends
and predict the overthrow of their party if
such auti-Ilepublican enactments are not
discontinued.
The New York Times (trimmer), true to
its previous history, discourses of the mat
ter as follows: <, - ,
Constitutionally the Florida Legislature
may have acted within its powers. The
Federal Constitution provides that “each
State shall appoint, in such manner as
the Legislature thereof may direct, a num
ber of electors” —and so forth. What
South Carolina was at liberty to do before
uihc-'i* Vj F'mjd 9 ,," *:'States may .’. ,4 ml
in the same path, if-they please.
But the wisdom of the step, whether
taken by Florida or any other of the re
constructed States, is extremely doubtful.
Waiving altogether the relative merits of
the two plans—election by the people or
election by the 1 Legislature—it seems inex
pedient to enact the latter with direct
reference to the contest now progressing.
To render seemly the choice of electors by
a Legislature, its members should have
been elected in view of the exercise of that
authority. The people would then have
an opportunity of expressing their prefer
ences, and the legislators would proceed
with entire propriety. These Legislatures,
however, were chosen without reference
to this question, and they cannot now ex
ercise the power claimed by the Florida
Legislature without appearing to deprive
the people of a cherished privilege.
We put the case wholly on theground of
expediency. Asa matter of constitutional
right, the new Legislatures may avail
themselves of the appointing power. But
we are persuaded that its exercise, in the
present condition of tho public mind at the
South, would operate injuriously. It
would look like an attempt to secure a
snap judgment. It would give color to
the pretence that the Republican Party is,
after all, afraid to trust the Southern vote.
And it would be used as evidence of a
determination on the part of the Republi -
cans to profit by any questionable agency
that may be at hand. These imputations
would be as false as other of the rebel
cries- But they should be prevented, if
possible. Not evil only, but the appear
ance of evil, should be avoided in a contest
with opponents who eagerly seek a pre
text for the disturbances they threaten.
From Nett- York.
Extract from a Letter from a New York
Merchant to one in Avgusta.
*******
“A change of rulers and of policy is what
the country needs—what tho country
wants. On that want mainly, I rely for
the defeat of the Radicals iu thePreshlent
iai election; yet I sometimes fear that
‘the people’ are content that this change
shall bo from a Constitutional Republican
Government to a declared despotism. *—
Does it occur to you that Grant’s famous
phrase, ‘Let us have peace’—may have
struck a chord in the public mind like that
which made Louis Napoleon President,
Napoleon the III,’ Emperor of France—by
the grace of God and the wRI of the people—
which gave them an assurance of protec
tion fbr their lives and property, from
plunder and destruction by* blind, unscru
pulous Red Republicanism ? , <
“Is not the march of Radical Republican
ism like that of Red Republicanism; legis
lating outside of the Constitution—seizing
power in violation of laws and covenants
and of the solemn obligations of tbeir
oaths; teaching the people, both by pre
cept and example, that might makes
right; and banishing from among the
people everything like respect and vene
ration for Republican institutions and pub
lic virtue, and pandering to the vilest
passions of the human breast. lam sure
that the larger pari of the rich of the
Northern States would be content with
any government which will assure the nr
quiet enjoyment and security, and the col
lection of interest frqm their Government
bonds. From the extreme of universal
suffrage we may pass suddenly to (w suf
frage at all, Save under the rule and con
trol of military power.
“It is by no means certain that, at least
an attempt will not be made to effect such
a change, and that under the sanction of
the wealth of the North. I am no politi
cian, and am subject only to the influences
of those who surround tne, and yet, when
I reflect upon what I daily hear and see,
I have come seriously to the conclusion
that this is one of the contingencies which
we must weigh as an item in “the venture ’
of the future, and adjust our accounts ac
cordingly.”
Corn—lts Promised Abundance. —
The arrivals of corn by the South Caro
lina Railroad during the past week _have
been large and has reached some 57,31i
bushels. This is almost entirely from Ten
nessee, a section whieh some years back
did not supply this market, but which has
been for some months pastthemain source
from which the article has come.— Charles
ton Neics, 13th.
The Arrest of General Sheridan.
—General Sheridan was arrested on Satur
day, at Leavenworth, on the complaint of
Mr. Dunn, the Postmaster at Fort Leaven
worth, for assault and battery. Dunn had
been ordered off the reservation for alleged
misconduct, and on refusing to go had
been “forcibly ejected.” Now that “the
cruel war is over” the “man on horse
back” must yield precedence to the judge.
•
FRO* ATLANTA.
Campbells Harangues—His Insolence.—
A Second Bradley—llls Rumored In
sanity—Probable Expulsion—Lester and
tlie Sanateship —-The Radical Conven
tion, &c.
. [SrECiAI. CjaiIESrJNPEJfCK OF THE CHBUnCL* & SENTINEL.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16.
The House of Representatives, in order
to give sufficient time for their Commit
tees to act, and also through an exchange
of courtesy toward the Republican Con
vention, have, as you are already aware,
adjourned over to next Wednesday. This
privilege, however, has been denied the
Senate, for in the person of one of Afric’s
sable sons, to wit: Campbell (negro,) this
body has received a check which, for impu
dence and unblushing effrontery, even sur
passes Aaron himself. He has, no doubt,
Bradley on the brain, and a mania has
possessed him to speak against time, and
also to be heard by gaping lobbyists with
ebony skins and thick lips. The congratu
lations extended by this class on yesterday
to their chief after his harangue until the
hour of adjournment, was somewhat lim
ited, but abounding in zeal and ardor suf :
ficient to prove to lookers on that now, since
Alpeoria is undoubtedly ineligible, they
look to him as their leader in the
Senate of Georgia. Filled with a
surplus of ambitious hopes ol a na
ture so pleasing as even to lull his
senses into a lethargy of Congressional
repose, Campbell is the very personage to
carry out the views and wishes of the Radi
cal conclave. It is even mooted, that an
understanding exists between himself and
Bradley, that inasmuch as the latter can
not hold his seat, the State shall saddle an
expense attendant upon his removal of at
least $400,000. The true surmise is, that
if the majority report is reconsidered, an
amendment can be adopted declaring that
a vacancy exists, and hence anew election,
thus depriving Mr. Lester, a Democrat, of
his right to the Senatorship. Whatever
hopes might have been entertained by the
Republicans as to the success of a recon
sideration, they are now abandoned, for
their spokesman has effectually killed the
measure. Occupying,asLe has, more than
two days, and now having the floor for a
third, he has never touched upon the sub
ject-matter, dealing only in epithets as to
the duty of Senators in the case of
Bradley, also invectives, really harmless, as
to the veracity of witnesses, and
invariably winding up every halfhour in an
urgent appeal for all men to rally round the
flag. It is a scandal and a shame that a
legislative body, with business enough be
fore it to consume at least fifty days,
should be retarded by senseless harangues
from.a negro preacher, urging, as a plea,
that one of his race has been thrust out of
the body. It is impossible to go into
Executive session, or even to entertain a
motion having for its object the good of
the country, for his bare-faced impudent
replies, that of his being entitled to the
floor precludes the attempt. Reso
lution will be introduced, I learn, from
both parties for his expulsion, iho main
point being that if the Convention could
expel Bradley for his impudence and in
sulting demeanor, the Senate can and
will get rid of this nuisance. Undoubted
ly it is the judge of the qualifications of its
own members, and one of the charges will
be as to sanity. Many here believe
him to he non compos merit us, and the
specie of mania affecting Campbell is his
inordinate desire to hear himself declaim
his senseless jargon. If he persists Monday
in this course, his fate is sealed, as no dis
tinguished body will for a moment submit
to be. thus insulted, neither will they have
legislation thus retarded.
i was anxious to have informed you of
further confirmations, but my remarks
above is a sufficient explanation as to
compliance.
The Republicans here are making a few
preparations for the Convention. The
stand is erected ©n the east end of the
capitol. All the negroes from this and
adjoining counties will carry torches and
transparencies. This is understood, and is
conceded by Republicans to be nothing
Hi,in inuk Your own good judgment
is mada’"“lf is' eveti- cObjcoiuat-u mno o*
many whites will be present that fears are
entertained the colored loil canijot get near
enough to the stand so as to be sufficiently
instructed. Distinguished speakers will
be present from all sections, including
Grant, Colfax, and the ghost of GteVens.
The first named speaker says speeches
should be limited to five minutes, so that
all may have tho opportunity of contribut
ing their mite to the cause. I shall reserve
a more lengthy letter as my next, in which
full particulars of the affair of the 18th
will be given. Constitution.
BFECIAi CORR7SPONDI.NCR C V THE CHBI N'IC'LE & SENTINEL
What Becomes or the People’s Honey.
No. 1.
Washington, D. C., Aug. Bili, 1858.
Dear Chronicle <fe Sentinel:
I propose to give, iu a series of articles, a
bird’s eye view of some of the enormous
swindles and robberies practiced upon the
Government Treasury here in Washington,
beginning in an examination with the
Congress of the United States as the
law-making power, and through whose
legislation appropriations of moneys are
made for the support of the Government.
In ventilating these "frauds I propose to
begin with Congress as the fountain head,
and in turn pass in review the Treasury
Department, the State Department, the
War and Navy Departments, the Interior
Department, the I’ostoffice Department,
the Freedmcn’s Bureau, and last, though
not least, the Internal Revenue Depart
ment, and to let the people see for them
. selves what becomes of the millions of their
hard-earned money paid to the Tax Col
lector for the ostensible purpose of sup
porting the Government. Or,inotherwords,
to support in gaudy luxury thousands
of government thieves and public plunder
ers. And let not the tax-payer forget
that this money is that which he had toil
ed for by hard days’ works, and when paid
deprived his wife and children of many
necessary comforts of life. Let the labor
ing mau - for after all it is the poor labor
ing man, and not the rich, who pay the
taxes- —remember that ten percentum of
ail the taxes which he pays under the ex
. isting adminstration of the Government, is
stolen from the public Treasury ;n the
manner which we shall hereafter show.
In making these exposures of the frauds
practiced by the Congress and its imme
diate-officers, I am greatly indebted to W.
J Marikgr, late assistant doorkeeper of
the House of Representatives, who has
done himself great credit and the country
immense service by his recent pamphlet
publication of the. e enormous robberies.
Says Mr. blanker:
“ The public mind has become so accus
tomed to fraudulent and extravagant trans
actions in relation to the people’s money,
that it would seem almost useless to at
tempt to engage their attention to that
subject at all. It is a matter ot the most
common occurrence to read aeoounts in the
daily papers that A B or C D, collector of
customs, or some other position under the
Government fir the collecting or disburse
ment of the public money, has been dis
covered to be a defaulter to a large amount,
or that some whiskey-ring has cheated the
Government out of large sums of money
by colluding with Government officials, or
in some other of the thousand ways that
dishonesty is so fruitful in inventing ; all
such announcements, however, are soon
forgotten.
“There must he some reason fur this
seeming want of a proper vigilance upon
the part of the people upon a question of
sueb vast importance to the materia! in
terest and permanent prosperity of the
! country. This seemiQg apathy arises
from one of two causes : either the masses
of the people are not informed as to the
, extent and magnitude of the shameless
, swindling that is continually going on in
' almost every department of the Govern-
I ment, or they have come to the conclusion
i to toil on and submit patiently to the enor
mous exactions that the landholders, the
eapiulists, and the moneyed aristocracy of
the country—and, last, but not least, in
the list of public plunderers, the law
makers of the land and the officers of the
Government, whose duty it is to protect
the interests of the people—may demand
of them. It looks as though each one who
has an opportunity to swindle is vieing
with the other to outstrip his fellows in
deeds of the darkest and most villainous
swindling, as I shall, humiliating as it is,
be able to demonstrate to the satisfaction
of all candid minds.
“If the people have concluded to toil on
and still furnish this army of swindlers
with supplies to glut their insatiable thirst
for personal gain, it is with a hope that
they, like the leech that hangs upon the
living body and feeds upon the vital fluid
until its once lank and flabby form, from
very plethora, drops in disgust from the
tody that furnished the supply. Rut as
yet we see no indications of the swindling
crew following the example of the leech ;
on the contrary, we see every man of them
ready to again do battle against the peo
ple s interestsin endeavoring to perpetuate
the power of the present ruling party, the
bondholders' party, that has already
brought the Government to a state of
bankruptcy, and oppressed tbe industrial
millions of this country with exactions, in
the shape of taxation, to an extent un
heard of before, and without parallel in
the history of the civilized world, while
the oapitalof the country has, to a jyeat
extent, been exempt from taxation. Banks
have been instituted at the bidding of that
same capital, with privileges and im
munities unheard of before—the whole
action of the Government tending to make
the rich rieher and the poor poorer.”
■Jfr -Ik -It -X- $
“The subject of public expenditures is
one in which the people have a greater in
terest than any one subject that can be
brought to their attention, and especially
so at this time, on account of the enor
mously-high taxes, both State and Nation
al. Those high taxes speak in thunder
tones upon the subject of public expendi
ture, and ought to be a sufficient reason
with those who control the expendi
tures to use all the economy in this respect
that is possible ; for the people themselves
know but little about the management, in
detail of public affairs. All they fully
realize is the terrible burdens that they,
from year to year, are required to bear.
My object, therefore, will be to shed some
light upon the subject of public expenses.
This inquiry, however, will be confined
mainly to the expenditures at the Capitol,
and especially the House of Representa
tives. I select this particular branch of the
Government, for the reason that it is un
der the immediate control of Congress, and
as a test of party honesty and integrity.
The party, therefore, cannot go back on its
own record upon this subject, as there is
no other department of the Govern
ment to share the responsibility.
“ Whatever that record disclo-os, be it
good or bad, it is the record of the party,
and no effort upon the part of the party
majority, in Cougress or out of it, will be
able to shift or avoid all the responsibil
ities that can attach to their action upon
that subject. If tho examination of the
contingent and other expenses of tho
House develop an extravagant waste of
the public money, the people will know
who to hold responsible. Those affected
by the publication of the facts have no
just cause to complain, for they made the
record themselves. If, in the examina
tion that I propose to' make, I shall show
the existence of a ring of swindlers, more
dark and infamous than the whiskey-rings
of Now York, I trust I shall have the
sympathy of all honest men, whether in
or out ot Congress, whether Republicans
or Democrats.
“A statement showing the expenses of
the House of Representatives for the
Year ending JuneZO, 1864, 1865, 1866,
1867, and 1868.
Year end’g June 30, 1564 ... $353,630 00
“ “ “ “ 1866 462,438 00
“ “ “ “ 1867 502,081 00
“ “ “ 1868.... 725,555 00
Additional compensation.... 100,000 00
Total $2,625,588 00
Mark you, the difference between the
expenditures of 1864 and 1868. And this
table docs not give the salaries of the mem
bers of Congress, whose salary is $5,000
a year, and twenty cents a mile for travel
ing to Washington and returning home.
The appropriation made for this salary
and mileage ot the members for the year
ending June 30, 1868, is $1,100,000,
to which we should add $725,555 of inci
dental expenses, making $1,825,555 for the
year 1868.
There are two distinct funds set apart
with which to defray the expenses of Con
gress. The one a contingent fund and the
other a salary fund. The officers of Con
gress are paid out of the salary fund, while
the clerks and all other subordinates are
paid out of the contingent fund. Bear this
in mind, for we shall have occasion, as we
progress, to examinine in detail, to some
extent, the manner and objects for which
the contingent fund is raised; besides it
will demonstrate what we have already in
timated, the most disgraceful and shame
ful use of the people’s money.
s>nopsis ot the expenuauiouui congress in
the item of stationery, which will give you
an inside view of the thousand and one
avenues through which.the public Treas
ury is reached and its vaults robbed of
their contents. Metropolitan.
No. 2.
Washington,D.C.,August 9,1868.
Dear Chronicle & Sentinel: I promised
in my former communication to give you
an insight into the expenditures of Oqn
greas in the item of stationery,and in thefol
lowing tables I only propose to ventilate
those of the House of Representatives,
and not to include that of the Senate, as
no report has yet been made by the late
Clerk (John W. Forney, the editor and
proprietor of “my two papers, both
dailies”),of the expenditures of that body,
and for reasons, perhaps, not known to
that gentleman and those connected with
him in its financial operations.
Again, in order to make the facts plain
and forcible, I will institute comparisons.
It is said that comparisons are often dis
tasteful things ; that, however, depends
upon circumstances, says Mr. Manker. If
those I give are distastful to the Radical
party, the fault is not mine but that of the
records of the House of Representatives
from which Mr. Maukor makes up the fol
lowing :
Stationery for 1808...577,500 00
Commutation of
stationery for
1868 22,150 00
Sationery for 1864*.536,600 00
Commutation ot
stationery for
1864 2,000 00
Excess of 1868
over 1864 $61,050 00
“This table exhibits the startling fact
that the item of stationery for 1868 cost
$61,000 00 more than for 1804.
“Let us examine that difference and see,
if we can, what reasons, if any, could have
made it necessary for this increase of cost
in this item. It cannot be that more sta
tionery was required for the use of the
House in 1868 than 1864, for there were
no more members in Congress in 1868 than
there were in 1864 ; nor can it be that sta
tionery cost rearly 200 per cent, more in
1868 tban in 1864. 1 hat surely is not the
case, for, if I remember correctly, paper of
all kinds was much higher iu 1864, when
it cost for the use of the House only $38,-
000, than it was in 1868, when it cost $99,-
650. The difference in the cost is certainly
A matter of sufficient interest to inquire
into with some care, and were it not for
the fact that the honorable members of
Congress have so many other matters
of more weighty importance to look
after—such, for instance, as the im
peachment of the President; the regulating
the powers and duties of the Mayor and
City Council of Washington in suoh a way
as to be sure that the appointing power is
always in the hands of loyal men, so that
none but the Simon Pure shall be the re
cipients of favors in the way of laboring
upon the streets of said city at public ex
pense; the ejectment of Miss Ream from
the Capitol on account of her holding opin
ions adverse to tho majority in the House
upon the subject of the impeachment of the
President; or upon the more important
question as to whether Mr. Woolley did
actually purchase three honorable Senators
for the President with that $17,090 that
was found in some old safe, after the
President was acquitted of the charge of
high crime and misdemeanor, notwith
standing tho honorable managers sent one
of their number to the realms of infinite
wisdom, through the hole in the skies, to
learn wisdom whereby they might convict
the President (I believe it was a failure,
after all that trouble); and various and
sundry other most important matters to
claim and occupy their precious time—
they would, I doubt not, take vigorous
steps to look after and inquire into this
trifling difference of only $61,0.50 in the
cost of paper or stationery for the use of
the House. An additional reason lor not
looking into such matters is perha{*s the
want of time and adequate oomponsation.
For it will be borne in mind that their
salaries, as fixed by law, are only about
SB,OOO per annum, and 20 cents per mile
lor travelling expenses to and from the
capital, and only $5,000 and the mileage
paid in money, the balance in trade, snch
as books, paper, gold pens, pocket knives,
scissors, gold pencils, visiting cards of the
latest French style, and various other ar
ticles too tedious to men* ion and then to
think of it again, their time is limited to
only twelve months in the year, and they
are elected for but two years at a time.
Under such circumstances, who would be
so unreasonable as to expect them to look
after such small matters as the contingent
| expenses of the House, and especially so
when they have so vigilant, conscientious,
i and close-fisted a Committee on Accounts
I as the present, as an examination of their
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVII. NO. 34.
disbursements Tor the House and their
connection with it will abundantly show by
the time we get through.
It will be seen by an examina
tion of tablo marked “A” that
the House expenses for the
year 1865 increased over that
of 1864 $128,254
It will be seen by an examina
tion of table marked “A” that
the House expenses for the •
year 1866 increased over that
of 1864 108,808
It will be seen by an examina
tion of table marked “A” that
the House expenses for the
year 1867 increased over that
of 1864 148,451
It will be seen by an examina
tion of table marked “A” that
the House expenses for the
year IS6S increased over that
of 1864 371,925
while the average increase per year lor the
last four years is $184,359 50.
“The increase of IS6B over that of 1864
is the enormous sum of $371,925, or double
that of 1864 and $16,295 over.
“There are many very interesting facts
and items connected with the disburse
ments of the House funds for the years
1865, 1866, and 1867, but the limits
that I have prescribed for the examination
of this subject will not permit so wide a
range. I shall, therefore, content myself,
and, at the same time, I trust that the de
mands of justice will be amply met, by an
analysis of the subject for the years 1564
and 1 SOS, and particularly ISOS.
“The comparisons that have already
been made are sufficient to show the most
profligate and unjustifiable waste and ex
travagant use, or rather squandering, of
the people’s money, and that, too, in maDy
cases, without the authority of law or even
common decency, and resting solely for a
justification upon the mere acquiescence
of the Committee of Accounts for their
legality, or rather upon a custom that is
both vicious and dishonest, that has been
allowed to grow up in the last few years
in matters connected with the business of
the House, until its proportions have be
come so great, and its capacity for swal
lowing the people’s money so wonderful,
that it demands almost an equal share of
the_ contingent fund with the legitimate
business of the House.
•“I will now return to theitem of station
ery, and endeavor to finish that subject
without further digression.
“I will now introduce Table B to the
attention of the reader, as a continuation
of the stationery subject. This table is
compiled from House Mis. Doc. No. 31,
2d Session 40th Congress (Clerk’s Report).
Table B.
734 gold pens $2,908 89
1,730 grosß steel pens 1,886 84
152 boxes “ “ ... 165 65
Quills “ ... 124 70
2,786 penknives 5,620 00
540 pair scissors 601 00
T0ta1.... $11,287 08
“The items in the foregoing table are in
cluded in the stationery account of 1868,
and my object in presenting them in this
form is two-fold: first, to lot the public
know to a certainty that which has been
but vague rumor, that penknives, gold
pens, &c., are bought with the public
money ; second, to sustain what I before
stated, that this financial and disbursing
committee are remarkable for their pru
dence and interest in the expenditure of
the people’s money.
“I find upon a close examination of the
document referred to thateighty-sixof the
pocket knives were purchased expressly
for the use of the Clerks’ office, at a cost of
$250 00, some of them costing as much as
$lO 50 each; forty-six pairs of scissors
were also purchased for the use of the
same office, at a cost of about SSO 00;
thirty-one gold pens were appropriated to
the use of the Clerks’ office, at a cost of
$165 00, some of them costing as high as
$lB 50. (See page 226 of the Doc. refer
red to, Clerk’s report.) The whole amount
of stationery purchased would be equal to
about $520 00 to each member ot Con
gress. But it will be said that the paper
used for book folding is included in the
bill; that is true, no doubt; but will any
sane man say that one hundred dollars’
worth of wrapping r-v-o- wpulJ not he
v>* J- i _ __ o l*A^<a.Avjr>ku.nOJUO
doubt that forty dollars’ worth would be
quite ample for that purpose.
“That being the case, and adding the
S4O to the stationery allowed by law to
each member, would make the stationery
allowed each one as follows :
Stationery, proper, allowed $l5O 00
Wrapping paper........ 40 00
Total $490 00
Making the total amount of paper for use
of members $38,000, leaving $61,650 for
other purposes. But let us look alter tho
seven hundred and throe gold pens still
remaining undisposed of, saying nothing
about the cart load of steel and quill pens
on hand.
“The gold pens are valued as per bill, at
$2,743 89, or about sls 00 to each member.
Is it reasonable to suppose that the mem
bers have bought all this $2,743 worth of
pens ?
“It is duo to tho members to state, that
all the stationery that they draw as mem
bers is charged to them—or that is the
law; and if they draw more than is allow
ed them they are compelled to pay for it.
The 2,700 pen-knives still remaining must
also be accounted for ; their value, as per
bill, is $5,370.
“Let us see what disposi'ion we can
make of them: Tho value of the knives is
about $25.50 to oaoh member. If they
were equally divided among them, they
would bo entitled to about -fifteen knives
each. 1 now propound the same question
that I did in the case of the pens. Ido
not suppose that any one would he foolish
enough to even think, niuoh less say, that
those knives were bought by the members.
Upon the contrary, I assert, without the
fear of successful contradiction, that not
even one-half of the knives, scissors and
gold pens left, after the Clerk’s office was
supplied, was ever drawn by members of
Congress. This proposition I shall prove
most conclusively, by such evidence as will
not be questioned by any one. The whole
cost of the knives, gold pens, and scissors,
as shown in table B, is $11,287; amount
used by Clerk’s office $465 ; leaving sl<),-
822 to be used by members or accounted
for through them. By an examination of
the Clerk’s report, it will be seen that
SB,OOO worth of stationery proper was all
that was actually drawn by them, the
balance, about S22,(XX), to make up tho
$40,000 to which they were entitled, was
dra%n in money, as commutation for sta
tionery not aotually drawn by them.
“It is fair to presume that the members
would, on an average, draw at least thirty
dollars’ worth of- actual writing materials,
such as paper, envelopes, etc., that, in the
aggregate, would amount to $6,000, there
being two hundred members, including the ;
territorial delegates. It wul he seen by
this calculation that $2,000 is all that
could be drawn by members, unless they
should overdraw their accounts, a thing
that is never done, or at least the Clerk’s
report, in which these items are found,
gives no instances of the kind I think
the proposition that the members did not
draw those articles is proven by tho fore
going facts beyond cavil or doubt.
‘ ‘According to the foregoing calculations,
it will be seen that there are nearly
$62,000 00 worth of stationery left, after
supplying the folding-room and the
amounts allowed by law to individual
members. It will 3UO he kept in mind,
that there are still $8,822 00 worth of
penknives, gold pens, and scissors, not
disposed of, nor can we find out what has
become of them. We know from the
Clerk’s report the amount drawn by the
Postmaster, who is the agent for selling
and distributing the stationery to members;
but we have no report of what the Post
master did with it. It may be said that a
large amount of stationery, including gold
pens, &e , was left to tun over for another
year. That, I undertake to say, is not the
case, for in looking over the report of
former years in respect to the contingent
expenses of the Hoifle, it will be seen that
the shameful and extravagant purchases
are made each year. For the year ending
June, 1867, the stationery account was
even more soandalous than in 1868. The
stationery that year, 1867, was :
I Stationery purchased, about $85,006 00
Commutation of stationery 20,000 OO
Total - $105,00000
and the purchases of pen knives, gold
pens, scissors, &c., were as extravagant in
1867 as in 1868. There were none of those
articles left over in 1867, I am authorized
by the facts to say ; for if there had been
a supply left over, the purchases for 1868
would not have been made.”
These expenditures are made from year
to year, as no account is taken of the pre
vious year’s purchase in the subsequent
purchases, but the quantity gradually in
creasing from year to year 24s these officers
of the House perceive the indifferenoc of
Congress to the profligate extravagancies,
and by which they are enabled to rob the
Government of thousands of dollars whioh
they put in their own pockets, for all this
vast amount of stationery loft over at the
close of each Congress is spirited away
and sold, but the money never returns to
the Treasury unless it be a few dollars con
science funds (?) Which is now and then
reported to bo returned by the Treasurer
from some unknown source or parties.
But enough has been said on t his branch
ol our subject, and in our next I will ex
amine the expenditures connected with the
bergeaat-at-Arms, N. G. Ordway.
Metropoutan.
So. 3.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 10, 1808.
Dear Chronicle <fc Sentinel :
When we look over the immense profli
gacy of the present Radical Congress (so
called), and attempt to isolate any one
particular class of these frauds, we are
confused and stand amazed amid their mul
tiplicity ! There never has been a Con
gress assembled since the declaration of the
American Independence that ever spent so
frivolously and shamefully, for mere parti
san purposes, half the money which the
present Congross has squandered, which,
if ever made known to the people, would
not only meet their unqualified condemna
tion, but make them blush with very
shame at tho wanton profligacy and perfidy
of their trusted servants.
But I will not be so uncharitable as to
charge the entire Radical party with this
profligacy. I am willing, in that same
discriminating philosophy which actuated
the expressions of Governor Seymour in
his letter of acceptance, when he says that
he doos not hold'all the individual mem
bers ot the Republican party accountable
for the wrongs and grievous departures
from those principles of good government,
which have always guided us as- a people
in the past.
Yet, when I speak of this Congress, I
speak of the leaders of the Radical party,
and their crimes arc not the crimes of the
masses of the party only so far as they
end rse them and sustain their profligacy
and negligence in squandering the people’s
money. These leaders in Congress have
lain themselves so open to the exposition
of fraud, and their connivance at fraud
through the officers of the House, that it
is rendered a difficult task as to where 1
shall begin. But 1 promised in my former
communication to show up tho expendi
tures connected with the office of Sergeant
at-Arms, which I will now do. Asa start
ing-point in this exhibit, I append the fol
lowing from Mr. Manker’s pamphlet:
Amounts received by N. G. Ordway,
Seryeant-at-Arms, as per Clerk's lie
port, January 1, 1808. (20 Mis. Doc.
No. 31, 2d Sets. 40 th Conyress.)
PAGE.
X 4 Committee on Public
Expenditures § 700 80
21 Committee on New Or
leans riots....:. ) 1,087 jo
34 Committee on Internal
Revenue frauds.... 1,101 93
46 Item 100 00
47 Committee on Funeral
ofP. Johnston 2,144 65
47 48 Committee on Southern
rai1r0ad5......... 1,703 00
50 Committeeon Judiciary 1,020 00
61 Committee on Indian
Affairs , 712 SO
62 For arrests on call of
House... .... 577 20
52 Case of Assault on W.
H. Painter 263 20
52 Case of C. V. Culver 240 10
52 Crape in case of death
of Grider..,.. 200 40
53 Committee on Naval
Affairs 133 00
53 Horse-car tickets. 56 84
53 Cash paid Whaley 50 00
53 Summoning witnesses. 24 20
53 Committeeon Naval Af
fairs..... 359 85
59 Committee on New Or
leans riots. .- 2,392 40
00 Committee on Public
Expenditures 2,192 00
141 & 142 Committeeon J udiciary 3,773 80
143 Committeeon Judiciary 110 00
“ “ “ “ 264 00
189 & 190 * “ “ 1,236 90
191 & 192 Committee on Pay De
partment 1,090 80
192, 3 & 4 Committee on Prisonr
ers of war ] ,955 00
195 & 196 Committeeon Elections 1,263 23
190 & 167 Committee on Pay De
partment i... 371 81
198 .Committeeon Judiciary 214 40
H*. me 'i tof qyoviWf jf owa!
4868 910 81
195 Committee on Pay De
partment 805 25
Salaries for Sergeant-at-
Arins, Clerk and Assist
ant..) 0,912 00
Estimated temporary
assistants 3,000 00
$38,109 13
“It will be seen that the foregoing ex
hibit is prepared in tho same order that
the several charges appear in the document
referred to ; my object in this is to facilitate
an examination of the items, if any one
should have the curiosity to do so. 1 q the
analyzing process to which I propose to
subject the seven*! items in the exhibit, as
well as tho expenditures of the commit
tees, 1 shall have frequent occasion to refer
to them.
“The following bill of expenditures may
he found on page 14 of the Clerk’s report.
1 give also the charges of all connected
with the committees upon this occasion,
except witnesses.
N, tl. Ordway - Travel from
Washington to Boston and
return with doemnoutsfor
Committee on Public ex
penditures, 960 miles $96 4ft
Board, in September and
October, 1866, with Com- *
mittee 222 CO
4 travels from Warner, N.
H. to Boston, 450 miles... 45 00
2 travels from Uotherness,
N. H., to New York, 550
miles 55 0(1
Paid for rooms to take testi
mony .. 93 OO
Paid for stationery...'. 69 50
Paid for back hire 24 26
Paid for telegrams 75 06
Paid for for procuring testi
mony 21 00
C. T. Ilulbnrd—Board and
expenses as chairman of
Committee on Public Ex
penditures during recess
of 39th Congress, 43 days at
Boston and New York.,.. 258 00
4 travels from Boston to
Brashear Falls, N. Y.,
I, miles 148 00
3 travels from Brasher Falls,
N. Y., to New York city.
I,too miles 120 00
1 travel from Boston to New
York, 240 miles 24 00
-t— —. 550 00
E. H. Rollins Board and
expenses as member of
Committee on Public Ex
penditures during recess
of 39th Congress. 29 days,
at $6 174 00
4 travels from Concord, N.
IL, to Boston, 450 miles.... 45 00
5 days’ expenses examining
testimony 30 00
tl. G. Hayos Board and
expenses in Boston and •
New York as stenograph
er for Committee on Pub
lic Expenditures, 19 days,
at s<i 114 (XI
2 travels from Now York to
Boston and return, 914
miles 94 20
— 208 40
F. H. Smith Board and
expenses in Boston as re-
i >orter for Committee on
hiblic Expenditures, 14
days, at $6 :. 8100
Travel from Washington to
Boston and return, 942
iniles 94 00
“On page 60 I find the following charge
(omitting the names) for services for the
Committee on Public Expenditures r
N. G. Ordway, summoning wit
nesses $2,1 92 $0
“The number of witnesses summoned
upon this occasion was 36, for which he
was entitled to $2 for each witness. Serv
ing the 36 would be $72. Deducting the
$72 will leave $2,120 60. This amount was
received by Ordway for mileage. The
chartre would indicate that ho had travelled
21,206 mites. By looking at the first
charge, however, we find that he is paid
for 1,960 miles more, making in all 23,166
miles.
“ I have always understood that when
public officers were allowed mileage, it was
to cover all personal expenses. And the
law in regard to the duties of Die Ser
geant-at. Arms of the House provides that
that officer shall receive ten cents per mile
for each mile necessarily and actually
travelled in executing any process tor the
House. If the law means anything, it
means that the officer shall receive no
more pay than for the distance necessarily
and actually travelled. No one, I presume,
will be foolish enough to suppose that tlie
Sergeant-at-Arms traveled 23,160 miles
actual and necessary travel, in connection
with bis duties lor the committee upon that
occasion:. And tor the purpose of com
prehending more readily the vastness of
the distance, we will call it trip No. i
around the globe; and as there will be
quite a number of such trips developing
themselves duriDg this inquiry, 1 desire
that No. Ibe kept in mind. The board
bill for Mr. Ordway is not set out definite
ly, but I think, from the character of the
charges for board, that his bill would be
for thirty day 9, SIBO. I think the charge
for board in his account justifies that con-