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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVII. Chronicle & f cntintl. TI:K.VM or IIB.'M HIPTION. DAILT On * m ,v.» tl 00 I . e« < 3 60 Or* .. 1000 TK! WKEKLT. ' '&• yfchf W 00 H:* month* *8 BO Tiirttt&ofttJM *2 00 WtJtKLT. , „ < OMtiia 166 6 Kumtt.a 1 M 1 /ear 3 00 H KUXF.SDAT MuK> !>«.. FEBRUARY 2. Rcconhtroetlon and Radical Hjpoc rlity. Granting tbat Terry is a good officer and all that; isn't it a disgrace, asks, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to republicanism in general, and to our republic in par ticular, that the spectacle is presented to day of State compelled to bow to the behests of a shoulder-strapped martinet? Here we have this Terry swelling np to the Georgia Legislature like General “Baum’ in “La Grande Duchesne," and adjourning it ! Where will you find a more tyran nical act under Alexander of Russia, or Louis .Napoleon of France ? And the only reason for this is, that the State of Georgia, after havioe been “reconstructed'' dared to exercise its plain coostituti nal right to judge of the qualifications cf its legislators! When Georgia concludes to Sumncrize herself, perhaps she may bd temporarily admitted to the Union. Look at Georgia, look at Virginia, look at the insolent usurpation of power by the Radical ring-leaders, look at the extrava gance of the Administration, look at the tawdry tinsel and sickly apiog of royalty at the Executive mansion, and then calculate how it will end unless there come a change. The especial meanness of the Georgia outrage lies in the fact that, while it is perpetrated solely to blister up a hated political faction, the pretended motive is one of morality, loyalty, and a regard for good government, if the Radicals would only throw off the mask of saintly holiness and while engaged in the per petration of such outrages as the Virginia and Georgia plots, those outrages would be shorn of half their ropulsiveness. It is truly disgusting to see the best interests ot great .States deliberately interfered with by such arrant hypocrisy as this. With referenco to the interference of Terry iii the civil administration of Geor gia, Mr. Norton, of Minnesota, remarked in the Senate, on Wednesday, that it was unbecoming that body “to discuss the imposition of fundamental conditions upon a State while these infractions of law were being daily perpetrated in its name.” The Senator was right. The Radical Con gress is tho gieatest violator of law in the land; and while the work of reconstruc tion is g ing 00, wo submit that it is a a fitter subject for reconstruction than any State “lately in rebellion.” The Next Apportionment. Tho contest betweon the East and West for power in the Federal Congress, begins to show itself already. By the terms of the Constitution an enumeration of the people and apportionment of Representa tives is directed to be made every ten years. The present year is the time fora new census. The apportionment of repre sentatives has not heretofore been made to take efleet until tho election next aftor tho year in which the census has been ta ken. This deluy in the apportionment has been acquiesced in because of tho difficul ty in getting the full census returns in time for tho Fall elections of the year when the enumeration is rnado, and booauso no great necessity required immediate ac tion. Now the ease is different. Tho West will gain a largo number of representatives and the Hast will lose largely of its power. In addition, there are lour millions of ne groes in the South who are now entitled to representation and against whom a delay of two years would work groat injustioe, while it would prolong Eastern power. Hence Western members will press the passage ol a bill requiring the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as the census returns are made this Summer,to apportion among tho several States tho number of repre sentativi's each State maybe entitled to in the next Congress under the ratio of population wliioh maybe fixed by law. A sharp contest on this point is already brew ing in Congress. The few Southern mem bers there will join the West and the prob ability now is that the East will be defeated and the new apportionment made to take effect in the elections next Fall for the Forty-first Congress. Valuable Invention. The main item of expense in keeping our railroads in good running order is the wear and destruction of the iron rails by the running of heavy locomotives and trains over them. The immense pressure required to drag the long trains soon laminates the top of the rail in‘‘spots” and crushes its face so as to render it un safe to passing ears. The rails are not broken in twain —they are only crushed— pernaps for a few inehes, so as to render their removal an absolute necessity. To remedy this evil by the method here- j tofbre in uso, the entire rail had to be takon to a rolling mill and re rolled. If the injury only extended three or four inches the whole rail was rendered useless until re-rolled. A Mr. Hugh Baines, of Toronto, Cana da, is the inventor of a process, by which these damaged rails can be patched and madcap good as new at a comparatively trifling #ost. The Cincinnati and North western railway has erected the necessary shops and are now using the Baines method of restoring these old rails. The proce-s is described as follows: A piece of iron is laid over the damaged part of the rail and put into a furnace; when the rail is brought to a white heat it is withdrawn from the furnace by neatly devised machinery, and immediately thrust iuto a mould, where it is subjected to a pressure of several hundred tons, thus welding the patch so thoroughly as to render the rail as good and as strong as it was when new When the rail is taken from the mould it is out to the proper length by a large revolving saw, and after ward laid on a bench and oooled. There are several furnaces for heating the rails, and twenty damaged rails can be repaired in an hour. She cost of repairing is twenty cents per loot. The Michigan Southern, the Illinois Central, the Great \\ estern, ot Canada, and other roads have adopted the invention of Mr. Baines, and find it profitable. Perhaps some of the Georgia roads would Rest consult their interests by giving this new method a trial. Thi> Rothschilds and tbe Sew Loan. Little faith can be placed, either at homo or abroad, in the bonds of a govern ment ruled by a faction. Least of all can confidence be commanded when the rule of that faction, holding its power by cor ruption, abuses the sanctity of the laws by arbitra-y exactions ; with one breath ignoring the oovenaated fundamental law of the land, and, with the next, decreeing bayonets to force amendments to that self same law, and enacting specific decrees for the government of a large section by mili tary rule ; and, day by day, denying rep. resentation while collecting onerous taxes, in willful and direct violation of solemn obligations and of that cardinal principal which is cherished by tradition as well as treasured by history as that which gave life to the New Republicanism of the New World. Capital, always sensitive, may, there fore, with more than usual reason, com pute the prospective valueofthe debentures or bonds of a Free Republic haltingly, when military epaulettes have been made to become the insignia of Jostioe; when Generals are made judges of law and the in'erprefers of the true intent and meaning j of the civil statutes, and define the quali fications for law-makers. When a Con gress month after month, and session af ter session, and year after year, seeks to perpetuate partisan control by overriding its co-ordinates in government, and busies itself with distrustful inquiries concerning that portion of “a nation” whose products form the basis and chiefpart of prosperity at home and of financial credit abroad, and when a Rump uses coercion to ena ble ignorant Wahoos and pig-tailed Chinese, and all adventurers, “with out distinction as to oast or color,” from all quarters of the globe, by their bal lots, to decide the measure of government income which shall measure the value of government debt. Such a state of things may be inviting to cautious crafty foreign capitalists, but it is impossible for any close observer near the picture to discern the enchantment, or to attribute so much credulity to foreign bankers so long as Snmner dragoons the Senate of the United States, and Butler plies the party lash in the Honse, and Boutwell “runs” the government as a re construction business. But “let us have peace,” for so respectable an authority as the New York Express tells us that the “Belmont Democracy” of Europe are pre paring to take one thousand millions of a new five per cent, loan at par. The Ex press of the 24th instant states the pros pects thnsly : The pnblio has been regaled for weeks past with all sorts oi sensation telegrams and correspondence from Washington in regard to the liberal offers of prominent European capitalists to the American Government to take a long loan at a lower rate of interest. The statements which have been made from time to time have been so conflicting, that the community have begun to look upon the whole affair as without any foundation, and simply started at intervals in the absence of any other sensation at the National Capital. There is, however, some foundation for the so stories, at least so tar as the Euro pean banking firm of the Rothschilds is concerned. These eminent and wealthy bankers gave our 0-20 bonds a wide berth during the rebellion, and therefore lost those golden opportunities for making an enormous profit, which other German bankers realized. In the early stages of the rebellion the 5-20’s sold at 35 in gold in Europe, and to-day they are worth about 87. This remarkable rise has made many Europeans rich, and the Rothschilds after waiting some years finally took hold of Ame> loan bonds and to-day they are the reputed owners of about $75,000,000. It is stated that the Rothschilds, in view of the unsettled state of affairs in Europe during tho past few years, have turned much of their capital into cash, and now hold about $200,000,000 in gold and silver. This places them in a stroi g position to take new loans, and it would seem that they have been preparing for the Ameri can Government. It is further stated that they have made a proposition to take one thousand millions of dollars of anew five per cent, bond at par in gold, providing that it has twenty-five years to run, with a liberal sinking fund aod the interest payable at London, Paris, or Frankfort. The New Era. The Logislaturo of Mississippi has elect ed H. H. Revels, a colored man, to the Senate of the United States for the term expiring March Ist, 1871; Ames, General in the United States army, for the term expiring March, 1875 ; and ex-rebol Gen. Aloorn for the term ending March, 1877. The Mississippi “colored man" was not as smart as ho should have been to let Ames cheat him so-badly in the trade. A Georgia negro would have done far better, and made either Ames or> Aloorn take a back seat. Revels, however, will get five thousand dollars a year salary and mileage, and will discuss finanoe with Sumner, but won’t he be lonely? ought he not to have oompany ? What’s lu the Wind ? Mr. Dawes, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, has created a sensation by a speech acousing the Re publican party of violating the pledges of retrenchment and economy, by whioh they were enabled to carry the Presidential election, and assaults General Grant’s Ad ministration for proposing to make the public expenses $28,000,000 a year greater than they were under “the traitor,” Andy Johnson ; and the New York Tribune en dorses "well dono” upon Mr. Dawes’ effort. What’s in the wind? Is Dawes to lead an opposition, and to oontend for tho leadership in the House against Butler, Bingham and Schenek ? A Word to the Honest Republicans In the State Legislature. The moderate Republicans in the Leg islature, those who, from honest convio tions of policy and duty, have given their assent to the Congressional plans of Re construction, without approving their un just and vindictive terms, have now an opportunity of proving to the world that their connection with the Republican par ty was only influenced by the motives we have jast stated. The people of Georgia look with no oommon interest to the action ot the pres ent session. The material prosperity of j the State— the peace and quiet and good order of the people—the restoration of fra ternity and good will—the prosperity of our agricultural, mechanical, manufacturing and financial and commercial interests de pends very largely upon the character of the Legislation, which will be enacted during the session just commencing at Atlanta. We do not believe that the revolutionary and illegal conduct of Bullook is approved by any very considerable number of his party. Indeed, we know that nearly all of the intelligent and respectable members of the party coDdemD his late course iu ap pealing to Congress for further Legislation against our State We have reason also to believe that his intimate relations with Blodgett and his turning over of the State road to that notoriously disreputable in dividual is viewed by a large number of the party as a matter of serious alarm and dan ger. The reckless extravagance and enormous expenditures of Bullock have riveted at tention upon the financiol condition of tbe State. It is now very freely admitted that unless a speedy check is placed upon Bul lock and Blodgett’s financial operations, the entire revenue of the State will be squandered, and her credit utterly destroy ed. To prevent further loss and, if possi ble, to repair past damage, should be the first great objeet with every true son of Georgia now in the Legislature, without respect to present or past party affiliations. We insist that a watchful and vigilant supervision of cur financial affairs does not and should not involve any mere questions of party policy or allegiance. The whole body of our people, white and black. Dem ocratic and Republican, are deeply inter ested in securing an honest and faithful and economical administration of our State government. The State taxes should be kept as low as possible. Our people are too poor now to authorize a heavy tax schedule. Notwithstanding the acknowl edged poverty and large indebtedness of the people, they are required to pay very heavy taxes to the Federal Government. These are so heavy as to cause much indi vidual distress and public embarrassment. If a heavy system of State taxation be add ; ed to the great pressure now on the pub lic, the consequences will be disastrous to j the gene-al prosperity of the State. Ihe State Road, if properly managed, would afford much relief, provided the revenues obtained from this source were honestly and faithfully applied to the legitimate expenses of the State Govern ment With fair and honeat management the nett income from this source could be i carried to half a million yearly without neglecting proper and suitable repairs. This revenue might be carried even higher than our estimate, and the repairs and improvement of the road and its rolling stock kept up to the standard of our best Southern lines. The business of the road for the last five months has been, or ought to have been, greater than at any former period. The gross receipts of one of the feeders of this great State line has, under private management, reached from $130,000 to $150,000 a month. The receipts from the State Road should have been, and doubt less were considerably greater. Even estimating tbit they were no larger, the nett income of the road, allowing the largest ratio for expenses incurred by our best Southern lines, should have averaged from fifty-five to sixty-five thousand dollars a month. How much of this large sum has been paid into the Treasury of the State should be a matter of speedy and searching inquiry. If reports be true the actual amount paid into the Treasury from the nett earnings of the road for the last six months does not exoeed fifty thousand dollars, if indeed it reaches that sum. The Republican members of the Legis lature —those who are to the manner born and those who have permanently settled in the State and fully identified themselves with its interests—are as much interesteu in this matter as the Democrats. There is not a single Republican member who does not represent constituencies whose losses by the war have not materially di minished their incomes and greatly les sened their ability to meet a heavy tax schedule. If the money of the State has been perverted trom its regular and legiti mate channels—if the income of the State Road has been used to foster and promote the individual interests of any one con nected with the State Government—if its management has been made to subserve party interests to the detriment of the public—every honest man, irrespective of his past party affiliations, should endeavo r to ascertain these facts and promptly apply the appropriate remedy. Upon these great State questions party feeling and party prejudices should not be permitted to influence or control members’ judgment or their action. There is no reason why the honest and true men of both parties should not cordially unite in their efforts to serve the State and pro mote the general welfare of the whole peo ple. Whatever of feeling or mayhap of acrimony which may, in the past, have produced coldness, or even ill-feeling be tween them, is now passed, and should be forgotten, or, at least, suspended, while a united and combined effort is made to re deem the imperiled credit of the old com monwealth and alleviate the burthens of her people. We feel quite sure that many members who were elected as Republicans have never been fully identified with all the schemes and projects of that party. They have an opportunity now of showing, by their votes, that they have been and are still influenced by pure and patriotic motives. Let them begin at once to probe vigorously into the eecret and apparently dishonest management of our State finances and particularly the conduct of the State lload. Labor. W 4 hear very general complaints from planters in this section of the State of the scarcity of labor. In some neighborhoods large plantations are entirely destitute of hauds, while in more favored localities the supply is a little better. All accounts agree, however, upon the main fact, that unless labor can be secured from other sources, a large breadth of land will be left uncultivated. There has been no apparent emigration from this section. A few isolated cases aro known where a single hand here and there has left, but no general removal has taken placo. The scarcity is mainly at tributed to the fact that fewer women and youths hire this year than formerly, and to the general desire on the part of large numbers of negroes to squat upon the old worn out land of planters and fat ni on their own hook. Within the list few days several plant ers have sent to North Carolina for labor ers, where we learn there is a general de sire among the negroes to migrate to “old Georgia.” Those who are “short” of labor would perhaps do well to club to gether and send an agent to the old North State to secure themselves a full supply. If our information iscorrect, labor can be pro cured there at fair and reasonable rates. Sharp and Quick. Bullock’s manipulator of election returns has been, it is stated, appointed Super intendent of the Brunswick & \lbanyjßail road at a salary of “ten thousand a year.” We infer that his acceptance ol this position will withdraw him from the race for United States Senator, and leave the little perjurer a better ohanee for the support of the extreme Radicals. A Gross Libel. Amos T. AkermaD, recently appointed U. S. District Attorney for the State of Georgia, made a speech at a Radical meet ing in Atlanta on Monday night, in which he is reported to have said that the killing of Ayer in Louisville, Ga., “was a political murder which had not been punished by civil law.” We oan with difficulty believe that he could have made this statement, yet we find it reported in the new organ of Bul lock and Blodgett, which would hardly do him injustice. Mr. Akerman must have kuowo that his statement was wholly untrue. The facts iu that case have been laid before the pub lic. There is hardly a man or woman in the State who does not know that Ayer was killed by a Radical negro for his money. They also know that the witnesses against the murderer were Radical ne groes —one of them being his owu brother. They know further that the murderer was discovered and arrested by the white Democrats of the town —that he was committed to jail by a white Demo cratic Justice of the Peace —that he was removed from Jefferson Jail by a Radical Judge; that he was tried before a Radical Judge and legally acquitted. All these facts Mr. Akerman must have known, yet true to the character of his party leaders in ttiis State, he deliberately utters a false, a foul libel upon people who have never harmed or in any way interfered with him or his business. Death of Senator MrCutchen. The Hon. B. R. McCutchen, member of the State Senate, died at his residence near Lafayette, Walker county, a few days sioce. Mr. McCutchen was an honest, upright citizen, and strictly conscientious in the discharge of all his duties, public : and private He was the Senator elect from the 44th District, and served in the two last sessions of the present Legislature, but declined to take the oath required by the Georgia Horror when the General Assembly con vened on the 10th instant. The Virginia Admission Bill. The following is the text of the Senate bill, which the telegraph, yesterday, an nounced had been passed in tbe House of Representatives. Doubtless ere this it has received the official sanction of the Presi dent, to put the mother of States and statesmen back in the Union, out of which | she could never legally get, according to J Radical theory: “Be it enacted , kc.. That Virginia is en , titled to representation in the Congress of the United States, provided that before any member of the Legislature of said i State shall take or resume his sett, or any AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1870 j officer of said State shall enter upon the ; duties of his office, he shall take and sub i scribe and file, in the office of the Secreta ry of the State of Virginia for permanent : preservation, an oath in the form follow ! ing: *' “I, ; do solemn'y swear that I have never taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as officer of the United States, 1 or as a member of any State Legislature, j or as an executive or judicial officer of any ! State, to support tne Constitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in ! insurrection or rebellion against the same, ; or given said or comfort to the enemies ! thereof, so help me God.” Or such per son shall in like manner take, subscribe, j and file the following oa'h : I ‘ ‘I, ,do solemnly swear that I have, I by act of Congress ot the United States, been released from the disabilities imposed upon me by the fourteenth amendment of I the Constitution of the United States, so ! help me God,” which oath shall be taken i before and certified by any officer, lawfully j authorized to administer oaths ; and any | person who shall knowingly swear falsely ; in taking either of such oaths shall be- I deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be pun ished therefor by imprisonment not less I than one year and not more than ten I years, and shall be fined not less than SI,OOO and not more than SIO,OOO, and in | all trials for any violation of this act the 1 certificate of the taking of either of said - oaths, with proof of the signature of either party accused, shall be taken and held as conclusive evidence that such oath was lawfully and regularly administered by competent authority. And provided further , That every such Derson who shall neglect, for the period of thirty days next after the passage of this, act, to take, subscribe, and file such oath as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to all intents and purposes to have vaoated hisjoffice. And provided further, That the State of Virginia is admitted to representation in Congress upon the following fundamen tal conditions : That the constitution of Virginia shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizens or class of citizens of'the United States of the right to vote, who are entitled to vote by the constitution herein recogn'zed, except as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common law. whereof they shall have been duly convicted under laws equal ly applicable to all the inhabitants of said State ; provided that any alteration of said constitution, prospective in its effects, may be made in recard to the time and place of residence of voters ; tbat it shall never be lawful for the same State to deprive any citizen of the United States, on account of race, color, or previous condition of ser vitude, of the right to hold office under the constitution and laws of said State or upon any such ground to require of him any other qualification for office than such re quired of all other citizens ; tbat the con stitution of Virginia shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive aDy citi zen or class of citizens ot the United States of the school rights and privileges secured by the constitution of said State. Tbe Admission or Georgia. We may assume that Virginia has been born again into the Union she helped to create. Tbe only visible whioh remains to be accomplished, is that the Assembly of the Mother.of States, like the perplexed farmer of the Blue Grass region of Tennessee whose possessions lay be tween the contending armies of Bragg and Rosecranz, and was alternately occupied by the Federal and Confederate forces, has “to swear back again.” This, doubtless, will be. speedily achieved. The legislators are used to it, for as nearly every body, men, women and children, honest citizens, scalawags and carpet-baggers, in the South ern States since the war have had to practice swearing by the word of command, upon all points,‘whether they related to shipping a bag of flour or a bag of cotton or getting letters out of the Postoffice. The not overly sensitive nerves of the cosmo politan Uncle Toby, were shocked at the amount of swearing that could be done by Englishmen in the Flats of Flanders, and he so far betrayed his condemnation as to ejaculate and put upon the reeord, that “our army swore terribly in Flanders.” But whatever amount of swearing may Ijave been achieved by our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, we venture the assertion that the amount of swearing done by order of Rad ical military commanders in Dixie, since Joe Johnston's surrender ana Andy John son’s peace proclamations, will eclipse the British achievement in Flanders so far as the swiftness of an American locomotive will outstrip the speed of a Flanders’ mare. The Virginia swearing will, therefore, prove a small obstacle. Virginia, there fore, whether Statepr territory or military district, or by whatever political significa tion she may be designated, will be ad mitted. Indeed, she would have been ad mitted long before the reeurrence of that eventful day which marks the birth of that new and holy principle of “Peace on earth and good will to man,” marked by the birth of Him who gave it to man, had it not been for a doubtful spring in Republican locks and the still more dubious misgivings of Radical power. Virginia delegations, hat in hand, had waited upon the President, and with Virginia courtesy told the Com mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and President thereof, by permission of the Senate of the United States, Charles Sumner, of Massa chusetts, governing, that the acts of Con gress had been literally and exactly com plied with , and that Virginia was willing to stand by the administration of him who had been magnanimous under a Virginia apple tree, and had received the plaudit, “well done,” accompanied by the hope that Virginia would always “continue to merit the approbation of—well, the occu pant of the White House, by permission of Charles Sumner, Lieutenant Governor of the United Radicals of the United States.” But, unfortunately, “the wisest plans of mice aod men gang aft aglee.’j Radical men of nerve distrusted, and Re publican exponents of power preferred a nibble; and more than all a Nebraska ! Governor had advised that he could not ! call his Legislature together to ratify the j Ffteenth Amendment, offsetting pig-tailed ! Chinese against American negroes of : African descent, until February. There was the rub. Hence the delay. Hence the ! crisis of celestial wrath; Tho Adminis i tration had deliberately chosen to stake its ; political power upon the ratification of a j constitutional authority to place at its dis- I posal the ballots ot pig-tailed Chinese, ! Otahoitans 'and Digger Indians. West i ward the star of empire holds its sway, aod westward is the source ot power. I New York had revolted, Ohio muttered, reformed Virginia put too much sugar in ; her offering, and Georgia, althougn open | and honest, wa9 rebellious by her per tanaeious faith in the existence of a free j government. Whenever, therefore, the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment is made satis factorily to the powers that be, Georgia, although heretofore declared as entitled to representation, and in part so ad mitted by the actual presence of so called representatives on the floor of the Legislative Hall for the union of the United States of America, Georgia may be admitted, but not until then. Military Judgment on Civil Eligibility. The New York Herald asserts that Gen eral Terry, of the United States Army, arbiter and judge of the qualifications of law-makers for the State or District of Georgia (we say State or District, for if Georgia is, in the sphinx-like utterance of most eminent authority, “in the Union, she is not out of it; and if she is out of it, she is not in it,” except for internal and customs revenue purposes), has re ferred to the President a document which ■ ft oovers twenty-five pages of manuscript, and is said to be a very able argument.” In these twenty-five pages the Military Commander, Lord Lieutenant, Vioeroy, or Governor-General, or whatever he may be in this Dependency, has essayed to ascer tain the exact meaning and “the object of the framers of reconstruction] legislation and the fourteenth amendment.” Now, Torquemada Meade made the same effort, clothed with the identical plenary powers that hang upon the epaulettes ot the pres ent Major General commanding. But Maj. Gen. Meade evidently failed, although he evidently believed and so wrote down, that he had succeeded; because Major General Terry, the latest authority, while too modest to say so in terms, gently insinuates thereto, and endeavors to patch the Gettys burg botchwork. But the fifth year mili tary incumbent now decides, and the Presi dent affirms the decision, that “all persons who were in fact disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment, and received votes for office, could not legally be sworn io,” aod u could not be elected legally any more than an idiot, a non-t esident, or a duelist, or any other class in the list of disqualified ,” and that it is, an absurd interpretation, to deny him “full power to award seats to such persons as received the next highest Dumber of votes.” General Meade certified to the eligibility of the members now convened and to the organi zation of its members and to its authority to pass the Fourteenth Amendment and make it a part of the Constitution of the United States. But General Terry dis covers that it was not legaly done, that it isdi ne by an illegal.legislature, and also that idiots and non-residentsare not legally elected. The General has done what Meade did not do. But we might have expected it, for he did wkat Butler who looks all ways at oooe, could not do---he took Fort Fisher. But. we hope that’the General when he comes to purge the Legislature, will not show partiality for idiots and non-residents as against dis qualified “Rebs,” but will institute an examining Board which will determine categorically the qualifications of the elect, by their conceptions of the obli gations of an oath, and their understanding of the Constitution of the United States and their interpretation of the Radical Reconstruction acts. This would be but simple justice. God save the State 1 Extend the Circle. General Terry seems to be highly pleased with his success in dispensing Martial Law in a portion of the State, as we find an order from him in the Atlanta organ, ex tending the jurisdiction of his sub-satrap so as to include the counties of Oglothorpe and Elbert. Would it not be better to go the “whole hog” and place all the counties of the State under Martial Law ? washingtonTo&rkspondknce. Washington, January 21. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: The Senate has been all the week on Virginia, and a beautiful mess they have made of things. Procrastination and delay has so wrought upon the House Bill that BiDgham, who originated it, will not know it when it is returned there on Monday. Butler has promised the Radicals, who want to keep the State out much longer, that he does not intend that the Republi can party shall be damaged by the admis sion of Virginia. Other Republicans— perhaps not so very sarcastic and sore headed as Butler—hope that the party will not be damaged by refusing to admit the State. Sumner has whipped the Sen ate into all the injustice and meanness that has characterized its action on the admis sion of Virginia. The State will not be admitted until the first of March, if so sood. The Radicals—that is the Sumner Radicals—there is a faction of that color in the Senate—are afraid to admit Vir ginia. It is the only Southern State thus far who has representatives who will stand firmly up for the rights of the State and the people they represent. The carpet baggers, with a few exceptions—some of whom admit that they act from party ex pediency—voted to keep Virginia out of the Union. Mink, of South Carolina, voted to exclude Virginia. It was not South Carolina, however; it was—in the House—Massachusetts claiming to repre sent South Carolina. However, Virginia is not admitted and will not be, despite of the President’s recommendation. The debate in the House, when its bill gets baok there, will certainly be a lively time. The Democrats in the House, as they did in the Senate, will not vote for the bill, hampered as it is with these ungenerous conditions. Nothing was said to-day about Georgia, though it was expected that some action would be taken in the House concerning the proceedings in the Legislature. Sev eral Senators and Representatives have anonymous letters, or as well as anony mous, as the names of the writers will Dever be divulged, relating to the very awful condition of the country there. When any measure relating to Georgia comes up, Sumner will have his usual letters from loyal officials and old farmers, whose sands of life are fast running out, and from other mythietl beings, to help exclude the State. The fact is it won’t do to complete reconstruction. The party capital is lost when reconstruction is com pleted. In the course of this discussion in the Senate on the admission of Virginia, several Radical Senatore have insisted that no further conditions should be asked, and have yet stultified themselves by voting for the House bill, so alter'd, that—as I have said before in this lett«r —Biogham won’t know it on Monday. Ibis month has been productive of nothing h Congress that can redound either to the honor of Congress or the g( od of the nttion, unless we ex cept the speech of Representative Dawes, and the excoriation he gave the party to which he belongs for playing characters not appropriate to then. Several Radical menbers of the House are “laying low” for Pawes, and will pitch in next week. There is a large amount of “bad blood” brewitg, and we may look for more than or.e rcw in the Radical camp before the sumner sets in. Some of these Radical Senators have been so very reckless as to hint that Grant may prove an apostate. They, of course, have not said so iu just that many words, but the hint is enough at present. If Grant has either the “spun!” or “doggedness,” or one-half of it, for which his admirers gave him credit as a sildier during the lat ter part of the war, there will be a row in the ranks such as has not been thought of; but, so far, the indications are that the President will allow his views to be mold ed entirely by Congress. Nobody knows when to expect the first veto. To-morrow the House will meet in gen eral debate, and eratorical thunder with out any precise pant in view will prevail. The galleries will be oecnpied by the usual crowds who imagine they derive much in terest from the debates, and the con situents of membeis of Congress will have to thank the “off days” in Congress for pamphlet editioßS of speeches suitable to their tastes. Several of the original Virginia Repre sentatives are in Washington. I have noticed one of th«m very particularly be- j cause of the frequency with which he has | been seen astern of Sumner in the Senate chamber during tbese debates. His name; is Porter, and he has been excoriated time j and again by sevsral. Farnsworth spoke ot him as was deterved in the House, and Trumbull flayed him iu the Senate. Sum ner is his only backer. Porter has brass unlimitable iu his countenance. He knows that there is not an honest man in Virginia who can tolerate him, and that there is go Virginian who can say a word in his favor. He wants the State kept out. It is curious that a member of Con gress should be warring to this end, but the secret probably rests in the fact that he has several offices in the State under us Radical administration, which combined, pay him much better than his position as member of Congress’ would, aDd conse quently he thinks the State is not fit for admission. This is patriotism for yon I Coming down to fine points, Congress has done nothing yet. Everything is to be done—Virginia, Georgia, Missi-sippi and Texas to be reconstructed. Tbe Rads want to have everything their own way, and il they do not have everything their own way they will refuse to admit tbe 1 States. Nothing has been done with re gard to the finances or the reduction of taxation. With regard to the latter move ment the party, as a politic move, are in tavor of it, while tbe financial leaders op pose it, and there is a chance for a fight there. The currency bill has not been taken up, the tariff bill is not ready, and there are a hundred measures which the party in power are afraid to touch, which must be brought up soon, and which will, by the discussions they will provoke, pro long the session into mid-summer. More anon. Jasper. AFFAIRS IN NEW TORE. i Wall Street Bubbles—Over Issue of West ; efn Stock—Are Stockholders Ever Sen sible—A Case in Point—Our Judges Ashamed of their Conduct—lmportant Reforms —The Prince in New fork— An Outrage on Decency—New Enter prises North and South—The Negro j Senator — Cuba, etc , etc. \ FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. New York, Jan. 22, 1870. i Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Wall street is once more agitated, be* cause the same thing that has occurred a I hundred times before, has again been 1 brought to their notice in a most unpleas ant manner. Wall street never learns, and hence the news that there has been an ' over issue of Rock Island Railroad Stock comes upon them like a thunder clap. There has been failures in consequence of this and more will follow, and still the stream of fortune hunters, that daily pour into the LONG ROOM remains unbroken, ready to take up any other bubble that may chance to be thrown among them. Sometimes the gentlemen composing the Stock Exchange have a gleam of sense, which, when brought out practically, has a salutary ef fect upon the world outside; as for instance, the other day when they announced that hereafter if any member on having a dispute with another member of the Exchauge, should call in the aid of the oourts about a matter that properly ought to be decided by the arbitration committee, he will be im mediately suspended. Now this is bene fioial to the community at large which has suffered considerably by the INJUNCTIONS AND CROSS-ACTIONS from one Judge against another. Erie has succeeded in keeping its head above water- Simply when one Judge issued an order, another Judge vacated it; one Judge granted amo.ion, another Judgo ordered it to be re-beard, eto., etc. The thing became so disgraceful that the pro ceedings of our Supreme Court were on the verge of becoming a by-word of re proach to our entire community. The threat above set forth has already had the desired effect. The Judges have at last become ashamed of themselves and have just passed an order stating in so many words that an order granted before one Judge cannot be overthrown Ly another, and that a case commenced before one Judge must be finished before the same Judge. This, stops all that Injunction business, which of late, has so much inter fered with legitimate business, and, if honestly carried out, will at last restore confidence in our courts. Os course, THE ROGUES will hit upon something else, but with the best part of the against them, I do not see how’they will ulti mately flourish. Most of them are in Albany just now, endeavoring to upset the order just issued by tho Supreme Court; but, with Governor Hoffman in the chair, they will have a hard road to travel. I honestly believe we have seen the most of “injunction;” if not,’it is high time that we should at onoo fa’l back upon the old systrm of an appointed judiciary in this State. PRINCE ARTHUR, who has been only twenty-four hours in our midst, left for Washington this morn ing, accompanied by his suite and Minister Thornton. No public ovation of any sort took place during his sojourn here, and the young gentleman was permitted to pass to and from his hotel, take a ride to the Park, and go to the theatre, without being annoyed by meaningless ceremonies. He will be back here, after having eDjoyed a week’s festivities at Washington, on Sat urday next. It was not intended to give him even a reception on his return here, but since one of our New York papers, the filthy Sun, has so disgraced the metropolis by heading its article “Arrival of a Royal Snob,” I hear that our merchants aro de termined to get up a grand demonstration for the young prince. New Yorkers are not MAN WORSHIPPERS, but they are kind and hospitable, and as such they insist that the young son of the English QueeD shall not be insulted while sojourniog in this city. They do not be lieve in backwoods manners any more than they believe in royalty, and sensa tional as the son has been of late, pander ing as it may to the vilest tastes of the masses, it will find ere long that the honest heart of New York does not beat in con sonance with tbo spirit of a Dana, de termined to insult a visitor in our own city. NEW ENTERPRISES. While capitalists here commence more and more to discern the polioy which is to guide onward the Grant administration, we hear on all sides of new enterprises springing up both North and South, and others whioh will expand across the ocean. Os course a good many of these are in embryo, still they occasion conferences, meetings, etc., and efforts everywhere are made to collect capital for them. The capitalists now are exceedingly anxious to build new ocean steam lines, new telegraph cables to Europe, and the biggest sc leme of all is the idea to start a Northern Pacifio Railroad. This will require about $200,- 00),000, and when the subject was first broached in Wall street the other day, people shrugged their shoulders and asked "will it pay ?” THE SOUTH will not be forgotten, and as a field of en terprise, both foreign and Northern capi talists are carefully surveying the ground, prefering to try the South rather than the West, where things have not been flourishing during the past year or two. There is, for instance, the manufacture of meerschaum pipes, which industry was a novelty in New York ten years ago, and so successful has been the business here that Mr. Kaldenberg, one of the.leading manu facturers, has it in serious contemplation to establish a branch at a prominent point South. ■ Over 53,000 meerschaum pipes weie made by this house alone last year, aside of the Yacht Club pipes for Lorillard. While segars are soexpensive, and pipes in demand, more and more so from the South, Mr. Kaldenberg, with a keen eye to business, thinks he oan save the cost of transportation and obtain labor sufficiently cheap to establish a factory on a large scale in one of the Southern States. THAT NEGRO SENATORS. Apropos of the South. Our people here are somewhat anxious to know if the Hon. Mr. Revel, the colored U. S. Sena tor elect from Mississippi will be permit ted to take hi» seat. Everybody is on tip toe to find out, and not a few propose to pit him against Sumner, whenever possi ble. Charles Sumner is said to have lost a good deal of his Degro-love lately, owing to the large number of Cubans that have intruded themselves upon him. Poor fellow! he hasn’t been able to do them much good, and I don’t think that the Cu ban cause, so far as American sympathy and material aid is concerned, will flourish much this season. Argus. Risley's Fertilizer.—We have re ceived from H. W. Risley, Esq., formerly of the firm of'Haviland, Risley & Cos., and Risley, Kitchen & Cos., a gentleman well known to most of our citizens, a copy of the receipt deduced by experiment, and furnished the Southern Cultivator at tbe close of the war, making every farmer the manufacturer of his own fertilizer. This receipt is as follows : | Take of nch earth or dry muck... 7 bbls. Ashes. 1 “ Ground bones....' 1 “ \ Mix with sufficiency of water to make fluid: Common salt 50 lbs. Nitrate of soda 50 “ Sulphate Ammonia 60 “ and add to foregoing; then stir in and mix thoroughly one barrel ground plaster. The above proportions are sufficient to make one ton at a cost of from twenty to twenty-five dollars upon the plantation. The foreign chemical ingredients can be obtained from any home druggist, or from Morgan and Risley, New York City. Taxes on Interest and Dividends.— Commissioner Delano . decides that the same tax imposed upon dividends, un distributed sums, &c., by section 120 of the internal revenue law, upon dividends, interest, coupons, amounts used for con struction, Ac., by section 122, and upon i salaries by section 123, did not expire on : ths 31st ok, but should hireafler be I withheld and paid as heretofore. BY TELEGRAPH. FROM ATLANTA, TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CHRONICLE A SENTINEL. Atlanta, January 24, P. M. To-day was the time appointed for the assembling of the Legislature, and many belief ed that the House would bo allowed to effect its organization, bat such has not been the case. MEETING OF THE SENATE. The Senate was called to order at ten o’clock this morning, the President, Ben Conley, in the chair. The journal containing the proceedings of the meeting of the nineteenth was read and approved. Without the transaction of any business the Senate adjourned until 10-morrow. HARRIS STILL CRACKS HIS WHIP OVER THE HOUSE. The House of Representatives met to day at twelve o’clock, Harris, Bullock’s overseer, still in the Chair. Harris announced that P. M. Sheibly would read * AN ORDER FROM BULLOC.v, endorsed by General Terry. Sheibley then read the following order : Atlanta, January 24, 1870. Pendiog a decision of the Board ap pointed to investigate the rights of certain persons to hold seats in the House of Rep sentatives under the reconstruction acts, whose cases have been before the Board, aid that tho qualified members who are now absent from the city, and not expect ing an organization, may have an oppor tunity to be present: It is ordered that the Clerk pro tern., aftermaking this announcement and giving ample time for such persons as desire to do so, to take the oaths prescribed in the aet to promote the reconstruction of the State of Georgia, shall declare a recess until Tuesday next, January 25th, at 10 o’clock a. m., at which time it is believed that the House will be prepared to enter upon an election of its officers. Rufus B. Bullock, Provisional Governor. Messrs. Hughes of Twiggs, and Carpen ter of Pierce, took the oaths and their seats. CAUCUSING. Tho Republicans are holding a big caucus to-night. The Democrats are holding a caucus WAITING FOR ORDERS. The Board of Inquiry has probably re served its deoieion iu order to hear Hoar’s opinion on the subject ot the oath. The Board and defense have been hard at work all day to-day. It is rumored, however, that the decis ion of the Board will be that none, of the members are ineligible. Three of the cases against the members have been abandoned by the prosecution. THE CONSTITUTION HAS A SPECIAL dispatch from Washington, which states that it is believed there General Ruger will be made Provisional Governor of Georgia, and that the President stated to Treasurer ADgier that the validity of the election of Senators Hill and Miller will be recognized. THE MILITARY BOARD is engaged to-night in finishing its report to General Terry on the eligibility of the members who have been brought before it. Atlanta, January 25, P. M. When the House ofßepresentatives met yesterday morning, and was adjourned un der an order from “Provisional" Governor Bullock and General Terry, until tnis morning at ten o’clock, it was very gene rally delieved that an organization of the body would take place to day. The latter portion of Bullock’s order, which stated that it was believed at the meeting to-day the House would be prepared to enter up on the election of its officers, was received as competent authority on the subject, and as an illustration that the Express Agent had determined to hazard a battle for tbe Speakership. These expectations, however, have not been realized, and the House remains to-night, so far as an or ganization is concerned, just where it did when it first assembled, more than two weeks ago. MEETING OF THE SENATE. The usual daily farce was gone through with in both branches of the Legislature this morniog as gravely as it was on the second day of the session. The Senate met this morning at ten o’clock, the President, Benjamin Conley, in the Chair- After prayer by'Wesley Prettyman, and the reading of the journal of yesterday’s proceedings, a motion was made and car ried that the Senate adjourn until ten o’cloek to-morrow morning. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House of Representatives met this morning at ten o’clock, pursuant to the adjournment ordered on yesterday. Bullock’s Ringmaster, A. L. Harris, still occupied the Chair, the special dis patches from Washington to the oontrary notwithstanding, and called the House to order. After prayer, and before anything could be said by the members of the menagerie, Harris announced that an order from Gov ernor Bullock had been received, which be would have read to the House. ANOTHER ORDER FROM THE EXPRESS AGENT. The following order was read from Gov ernor Bullock similar to the order of yes terday : Atlanta, Ga.-, Jan. 25th, 1870. Pending a decision into the right of cer tain persons to hold seats in the House of Representatives under the Reconstruction Acts, whose cases have been before a Board of officers, and that the qualified members who are absent from the city and expecting an organization to-day may not have an opportunity to be present : It is ordered that the Clerk pro tem., after makiDg announcement and giving ample time for such persoos as desire to do so, to take the oaths prescribed in the act to promote the reconstruction of the State ofGeorgie, shall declare a recess un til Tuesday next, January 26th, at 10 o’clock, at which time it is believed that the House will be prepared to enter upon the election of its officers. Rufus B. Bullock, Provisional Governor. AND AN ENDORSEMENT FROM TERRY. Appended to this stereotyped order from the Bullock was the usual stereotyped endorsement of the commands of tbe latter by the Military Commander of the Depart ment : Headq’rs Military Dist. Georgia, 1 Atlanta, Jan. 25, 1870. j Pending a decision of the qualification of certain persons who are alleged to be inel igible to seats in the House under the re construction acts, and for other reasons set forth, I approve the foregoing order. • Alfred H. Terry, Brev. Maj. Gee. Commanding. Under these orders the House adjourned until to-morrow morning without taking any action. TERRY TO DECIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTION. No decision has yet been rendered by General Terry on the eligibility of those members of the Legislature whose cases have been investigated by the military commission. Although a report on these cases has been submitted to General Ter ry by the Board of Inquiry, he will not decide except in accordance with the opin ion of Attorney General Hoar, to whom tbe construction and scope of the oath in tbe recent Georgia act has beeu referred. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 5. TERRT MADE SOLE JUDGE. Republicans here srite that President Grant has sent to General Terry an Official endorsement of everything that he*has done in tho matter. They also say that they will have things entirely in their own hands, as General Terry has asked advice from Washington as to whether he was empowered to inter fere with members of the Legislature talcing their seats in that body after they have taken the oath prescribed by Con gress in the act to promote reconstruction in Georgia; ifhe thought that they were unable to take it properly; and also whether he has the right to give the seat of a member found ineligible under the act to the per son who reoeived the next highest number of votes at the election; and that Attorney General Hoar has decided General Terry competent to investigate the matter and make such a decision as he may deem proper. MORE MARTIAL LAW. General Terry has issued another order in wbioh he plaoes two more counties un der martial law. Oglethorpe and Elbert oounties have been added to the sub-dis triot, whioh has been placed under the command of Major Kline- DEATH OF SENATOR M'CUTCUEN. Information has been rooeived here of the death of Senatrr R. R. McCutchen at his home in Lafayette, Walker county, on last Thursday night. Senator McCutchen was elected to the Senate in 1868, from the Forty-fourth district, and served in the Legislature up to the present session. lie was in this city on the 10th, bift was una ble to take the oath and his seat in the present body. Atlanta, January 26, P. M. At last, after more than two weeks of bribery and intimidation, the Bullock and Blodgettites have felt themselves strong enough for an encounter, have offered bat tle, and have gained a complete victory. It was believed, from the order issued by General Terry yesterday, that an organiza tion would take plaoe to-day, and the modt intense interest was felt here in the re sult of the contest for tho Speakership, which was expected to take place in the House of Representatives. Accordingly when the hour had arrived for the assem bling of the Legislature this morning, the Opera House and its entrances were orowded with a motley throng of people —Bullockites, Conservatives, Republi cans and Democrats, - white men and ne groes, were orowded together, and every body seemed anxious to see the anticipated fun commence. THE STEREOTYPED FARCE IN THE SENATE. The Senate held a meeting this morning for a few minutes, and in that time went through the customary formula of the past few days. The Senate was called to order at ten o’clock, the President, Ben Conley, in the Chair. Alter a prayer by Wesley Prettyman, and the reading of the very short record of yesterday’s proceedings, the Senate, with out any action, adjourned until twelve o’clook to-morrow (Thursday) morning. ASSEMBLING OF THE HOUSE. The House of Representatives, the great centre of attraction, met in its hall at ten o’clock this morning, in accordance with the Bullock-Terry order whioh was issued to it yesterday. The corpulent Master of Transportation, A. L. Harris, still retained his position io the Speaker’s ohair, and brought the House to order with his gavel. He an nounced that the first thing in order would be the reading of an order which had been sent to him by His Excellency Governor Bullock. nm.T.nuK introduces terry. This order was then read. It was ad dressed to A. L. Harris, Clerk pro. tens. of the House, and directed that individual to read to the members General Order No. 10, issued yesterday by General Terry, and then to proceed with the election for Speaker, whioh should be held viva voce. GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. General Order No. 10 was then read to the House as follows : Hd’rs Military District of Georgia, I Atlanta, January 25,1870. J Whereas, the Board convened by Gen eral Orders from these headquarters to in vestigate the right of certain persons to hold seats in tho House of Representatives has made a report (n writing, by which re port it appears that (THREE MEMBERS DECLARED INELIGIBLE BY TERRY). R. A. Donaldson, of Gordon county; E. M. Taliaferro, of Fulton oounty, ana J- H. Nunn, of Glascock county, members elect to tbo House of Representatives of the State of Georgia are not eligible to seats therein under the laws of the United States ; it is therefore ordered, that these persons are hereby prohibited from taking any part in the organization ot the House of Representatives or attempting to exer cise any of the functions of a momber thereof. ELEVEN PASS THROUGH THE FIERY FUR NACE. And, whereas, the Board have found T. F. Rainey of Schley, J. N. Harris of Murray, R. W. Philips of Echols, L. C. A. Warren of Quitman, Joseph D. Smith of Ware, William P. Price of Lumpkin, J. B. Sorrels of Walton, G. N. Harper of Sumpter, C. C. Humber of Stewart, j L. H. Walthal of Polk, and Isnam Radish of Appling, eligible to seats in the House of Representatives, no objection will be made to their participating as members thereof in the organization of the House. ABSENCE CONSTITUTES INELIGIBILITY IN SIXTEEN MEMBERS. And, whereas, J. D. Burtz ofMitchell, J. A. Brinson of Emanuel, A. T. Bennet of Jacksou, A M. George of Baker, H. C. Kellog of Forsyth, D. Golf of Ran dolph, W. J. Hudson ot Harris, D. John son of Wilcox, J. W. Meadows of John son, J. H. Penland of Union, R. C. Sur rency of Tatoall, J. R. Smith of Coffee, Hiram Williams of Dooly, J. C. Drake of Upson, J. T. Ellis of Spalding, James M. Rouse of Worth, persons declared elected to the House of Representatives, have re fused, declined, neglected, or ware unable to take one or other of the oaths prescribed by the act of Congress, December 22d, 1869, to promote reconstruction in Geor gia, although ample oppo-tunity for them to do so has been given them, havi beoome ineligible to seats in the ll>use. The persons have also filed with the Governor their applications to the United States Congress for relief from their political dis abilities, thus admitting their ineligibility to hold the offices to whioh they were elect ed. It is, therefore, ordered„that, they are prohibited from taking scats in the House or participating in its organization aod proceedings. By order of Brevt. Maj. GeD: A. H. Terry. SCOTT GIVES NOTICE OF A PROTEST. After this order from General Terry had been read, Mr. Dunlap Scott, of Floyd, notified the Clerk pro tern . that he would file a protest against it. THE RACE F >R THE SPEAKERSHIP. Harris announced that the next business in order was the election of a Speaker of the House and that tbe vote must be taken viva voce. W. F. Holden, of Taliaferro, conserva tive Republican, nominated, for the speak ership, J. E. Bryant, of Richmond. nominated Robert L.' WcWhorter, of Greene, for the position. Before the voting commenced, W. R. Bell, of Banks, announoed that be had paired off with G. M. Hook, of Milton. The Clerk pro tem. then commenced j walling the roll of the members of tbe House j as it had been revised by General Terry: > A SMALL SPLIT ON PRICE, OF LUMPKIN. •When the call reached the county of Effiugham the representative of that conn - ty, M. Rawls, voted lor W. P. Price, of Lumpkin. A i soon as Rawls had called his vote Mr. Price rose from his seat and said he wished to distinctly announce that he was not a candidate for the Speakership and did not wish to receive any votes for that position. In spite of this deoleration of Colonel Price, however, Rawls still persisted in throwing his vote away upon a man who was not a candidate, and Messrs. W. M. Tumlin, of Randolph, and David Wel ched, of Hall, followed this bad example. AN ILL-TIMED PLEASANTRY. When the name of V. P. Sisson, of Fulton, was reached, that gentleman in dulged in a very ill-timed pleasantry by casting his vote for John Smith. ANOTHER VOTE FOR PRICE. When the call of ihe roll had been fin ished, W. P. Erwin, of Habersham, asked and received permission to change his vote from Bryant to Price, and Alex. Stone, of Jeff rson, changed his vote from Bryant to McWhorter. SCOTT AGAIN DEMANDS JUSTICE. Before the result of the contest was an ■ou-.oed, Mr. Dunlap Scott, ol’Floyd, arose and said that in behalf Messrs. Donald son, Nunn and Taliaferro, who bad been excluded by General Terry, he demanded that these gentlemen be allowed to record their votes for Speaker. They were legal members of this House, aod as sueh, no other tribunal than the House had eontroi oi tne question of their eligibility. U arris called the attention of Mr. Soott to General Order No. 10, and said that was the ruling of the Chair. Mr- Soott could appeal from this deoision if he chose after a Speaker had been elected. THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER. Harris then verified the count of the votes for Speaker, and announced the fol lowing as the result ol the electors: WLi le number of votes cast 133 Nee ssary to a choioe 67 For R. L. McWhorter 76 For J. E. Bryant 52 For W. P. Price 4 For John Smith 1 McWhorter’s majority 19 McWhorter's majority over Bryant 24 Harris, therefore, proclaimed R. L. McWhorter, of Greene, duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Tho announcement was received with great applause from the Radical side of the House.) A JOKE FROM HARRIS. A ; soon as the uproar had subsided, Harris appointed Messrs. Scott aad Bryant as a committee to wait upon the new Speaker, apprise him of his election, and conduct him to the Chair. At this the applause was redoubled, but the committee went through the part assigned it. M’wHORTER’s SPEECH. On taking the chair McWhorter made a speech in which he carefully abstained from committing himself to any line of policy; but closed by saying “let us forget the past, take bold of the questions of to day and dispose of them looking only to the future interests of all our people.” The House then adjourned until to morrow when the organization will be com pleted. THE ESTIMATED RADICAL MAJORITY. It is estimated that eight votes is the full Rullockite majority in the House. Gan. Terry has not yet rendered any de :ision in the cases of the Senators charged with ineligibility. THE GREEN LINE EXCURSION. The Green Line Excursion party from Luisville, arrived here to-day and was received by the Mayor and prominent citi zens, and the hospitalities of the city ex tended to tho visitors. Tho party consists of two hundred representatives from the cities of Cincinnati, Louisville and Nash ville. Speeches were made by the prominent men of the cities, which were full of good feeling and a desire for the cultivation of mutual trade between the Southeast and the West. A banquet at the National Hotel has been given the excursionists and the skating rink is kept open for their amuse ment. The party leaves for Savannah via Macon. Vicks’ Floral Guide for 1870.—We have received a copy of this valuable little w< ck. The first edition of one hundred an 1 twenty thousand copies is published, and is now ready to be sent out. It is ele gantly printed on tinted paper, with about two hundred fine wood engravings of flow er, and vegetables, and a beautiful colored pi ate—consisting of seven varieties of pidox drummondii, making a fine bouquet of phloxes. It is the most beautiful, as wi ll as the most instructive Floral Guide published, giving plain and thorough di rections for the culture of flowers and veg et .hies. The Floral Guide is published f<u the benefit of customers, to whom it is scut free without application, but will be ft i warded to all who'apply bv mail, for ton cents, which is not half the cost. Ad d.oas, James Vick, Rochester, New York; [communicated.] Meeting or the Citizens of Columbia County, Ga. In pursuance with a notice published in the Chronicle & Sentinel, some time since, a number of the respectable citizens, of the county at large, met in Thompson, Go., on the 25th inst, Hon. B. B. Wilkerson Sr., was nomi na led to act as Chairmam of the meeting, and Mr. Edward Symmes as Secretary. The object of the meeting was then explained by Maj. W. B. Hundley, and a further explanation was made by Dr. Jas. S. Jones in a few pertinent remarks. The object of the meetjng being to appoint delegates to confer with Gen. Terry, Military Commander of the District, com prising the Btate of Georgia, upon the affairs of the county of Columbia, which L now placed under martial law. To carry out the intentions of the meeting Maj. Hundley proposed the names of five dele gates, to be appointed by the Chair. After some discussion, it was considered best that the delegates be appointed who will serve without fail. The delegates then unanimously appointed by the meeting ‘trough the Chair, were Messrs. Jno. R Wilson, Geo. P. Stovall, Edward ev.inmes, Geo. W. Evans Jr., and the Chairman of the meeting, Hon. B. B. W-ilkerson, Sr. it was then moved by Mr. Geo. P. 1 Stovall, and adopted, that the number of u rates be increased to eight, and that tin; aames of Dr. W. A. Martin, Richard S Neal, and Judge Wm. Smith be ap pointed to fill the list. On motion of Major W. B. Handley, it was moved and adopted that, having per fect confidence.in the discretion and intelli gence ol the delegates above selected, we decide to leave the entire matter involved with them, to dispose of as in their judg ment they may think proper. Dr. Jas. 8- Jones then addressed tbe meeting in a few remarks relative to the present condition of the country, and moved that all citizens of the country who have the good of their State, and more especially of their eoußtry, at heart, art invited to uDita with the Committee ap pointed, and vian AdaDta on the 7th tnsL, to assist them in tbeir interview with uen. obiect of the meeting having been accomplished, » was moved by Maj. Hundley that the meeting adjourn sine moved by Mr. Geo. T. Stovall that these proceedings be published in the Chronicle & Sentinel. The meeting then adjourned in pursu ance with the motion of Major Hundley. Hon. B. B. Wilkinson, Chairman, Edward Symmes, Secretary.
