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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1868)
OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. tflirpnulc & £rn touch IIK.NJIY MOOItK, a. it. wmotiT. PATRICK WAlsll. Associate Eriltor. TKIttlS ON *1 list KII'TION. I>A ILY. or. - moDtL *1 to T»,r* wmrkt U ) ftw On* y -i* 10 00 WKKftLY. * «th« 1 W 1 VMV... * H 00 AUGU m lA . <* A : AKBNKdBAf MOKMNfe, AH.I ST 2ft. 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-
