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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1870)
OL J SERIES, VoL. LXXVII. Chronicle & THU ll* UK ->l 111*1-Kll’TlON. V wit. U*t mo-.tfi *' TiowmoDUa ■** ( "“TANARUS TBi.wifcW. n't mi."-.?,; ® ■nir •: «*« J* it«S~ **> W'FDSfcSnAF M O K> ! > i>. FKBKIARY 22. /lie West Aroused, i’.y telegraph wc have the information that the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, by a unanimous vote, has passed resolu tions denouncin' the scheme of General Vienna .Schenck for a rccision 0( the pres cm ur just and unconstitutional tariff laws. R cannot be charged that this action of the Cincinnati merchants is instigated by opposition to the Republican party, for men of both parties iu the West are cast ing about for a combination which wiil relieve the over burdened industry of that section from the unjust (tractions of h.ast. cm manufacturers. The West cannot secure relief except by a fraternal coalition with the South. Ours is almost entirely an agricultural people, and, like Western agriculturalists, their interests are at present sacrificed by CongresH, in order that the Jjowcll lords and sheddy aris tocracy of the East may thrive and fatten. Congress is fully alive to the danger which a united West and South wnu'd bring against their inquitous tariff schemes, and hence a f'eeLle attempt is made by Schenck to conciliate Western wool grow ers and Soutkern sugar-planters. This weak effort to divide the opponents of high protective tariffs will, we trust, prove unsuccessful. The action of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce gives us much hope that a thorough reform is near at hand. Will be Rejected. The nomination of Joseph P. Bradley for the vacancy on the Supremo Bench, occasioned by the and ath of Judge Wajne, is very certain to bo rejected by the Sen ate. The objections to his confirmation aro so good and so strong as to leave little hope in his favor. He is suspected of bcingathorough lawyer,an impartial Judge ufid an honest man. Besides, although a strong Republican, he is charged with holding the obsolete idea that Congress can exercise no powers not delegated by the ox press terms of the CuDstitutjon or necessarily implied for ths purpose of carrying out delegated powers. It is feared that, such a man would he likely to decide the National Police Bill— the hill regulating elections iu the several States—and other contemplated Radical outrages on the Constitution, “unconstitu tional, null aud void ” Furthermore, it is not quite certain that the ratification of the 14th and Isih amendments can stand the test of a lair and faithful interprcta* tion of that instrument. For these and other like reasons,- Judge Bradley must give way to some more lacile and pliant tool of tho Radical Jacibinswhe control ' two branches ol the Federal Government. * The (iuitno Trade. The Mu eon Telegraph & Messenger “learns from a clerk in the Central rail road office that up to this time no less than eight million pounds of guano have been received and delivered into the hands of deal ers aud consumers since the 15th day of last November. Eight million pounds more have passed over the road to other railways, and gone into the coun try.” These sixteen million of pounds make 8,000 tons, worth an average of about eighty dollars' per ton, or iu the aggregate over a million and a quarter. Tins -s a large trade, aud shows to what extent planters in S mthwest Georgia now rely upon com mercial fert.diz us in the production of cot ton. Luge as this showing is, it does not com par- with the guano trade of this city. We hav e ice concern here—the Dickson Fertilizing Company—which has sold and received orders for more than five thousand tons, and new orders to tho extent of bun dreds of tons aro. pouring iu upon them daily. This is a home company, and we are re juiced to ifroniolo its admirable success. Wc have other largo dealers in guano here, some of whom have sold as much as three thousand tons. Wo believe wc would bo clearly within bounds in say ing that Augusta dealers have sold at least thirty thousand tons this season, worth over two and a hdf million of dollars. The New Dlsnhllliy Bill--Nauies from Richmond fount)'. The disability bill reported from the j Committe on Reconstruction on Tuesday j last, and referred back to that committee j on Wednesday, contains the names of the following persons from this county. We are under the impression that soaie j of these parties have been “pardoned” j before and cannot understand why anew ] whitewashing is necessary. One or two of j them, we think, in the condition reported ] by Governor Swain, of Emanuel county, j some years sinoe to the Senatus Academicus -“They hnin’t got nary disability and don’t j (shuld’tit) want aiyoue.” JohnP. King, Ephraim Tweedy, Joseph : P. Carr, William Doyle, James S. Hook, ! William Philips, vVilliam Gibson, C. P. j McCalls, Edwin G. Philips, Alexander C. j Walker, John Milledge, Robert Campbel 1 , ; Alexander Deas, William It. Davis, ! Betijomin Cawley. The name of Jared 1 Whitaker, of Fulton, also appears among the list. An Offer to Sell Tuba. Tls New York H' rid says that Senator j Sumner, the Chairman cf the Senate Com mittee on Foreign Relations, stated to ono of its correspondents, “that during the rnontn of May last he was authorized by Geaeral Prim to se l Cuba to the Cuban Junta, but that the latter was unwilling to pay the price demanded for the Island.” If this statement of Mr. Sumner is cor reot, the Junta have exhibited far greater anxiety to save their money than to pre serve the lives of their insurgent friends. We apprehend that since this disclosure is ' made there will be no more “friends of, Cuba" in the United States willing to risk their lives lor the consummation of Cuban Independence, while the Cubans thera r-elves are uot wiling to pay fair prices in money for so great a boon. Judge 8 ssions and the Grand Jury of Glynn. The foil >w ing is the presentment made by the Grand Jury of Glynn county, which so moved the wrath of Judge Sessions last week. We give also his order, taken after the j «ry An./ l*a. di ck-iri/td, ike'aricg them guilty of contempt, and requiring them to pay twen’y fire dollar? each, or be con lined in j.i l twen’y fisc day? : • !ram..l: uv Room, GlynnCovstt, } February sth, 1870. J .We, the Grand Jury of the adjourned bebtuary Term, make these our general presentments: \\ hile we congratulate our citizens that every convicted colored offender found guilty by a legal Jury has been sentenced by the (. ourt. that they are now under going the penalty due their crimes, and arc prevented for a time at least the oppor tunity of repeating or renewing their of fences, we regret that a white criminal found guilty by the same Jury of a far more heinous offence than any alleged to have been committed by those who arc now payiDg the penalty of their misdeeds, should, under the administration ol our laws or the interpretation of them, be per mitted to go at large, and while we are placed without our seeking in a position that requires us to diligently inquire into and true presentments makeol all offenoee, we feel we are engaged in a bolemn farce, mockery of law and we have noenooorage- ! ment to offer oar people that the present enforcement of law affords them any ade qnatc pro‘cct'on against the comroissior of I crime. We are painfully alive to the fact how j futile all our efforts for the establishm .nl I of law and order have been rendered by | the action of the Court in admitting to bail I one convicted of assa dt with intent to i murder, against whom an indictment is standing for murder in the first degree. We have the honor to be, very respect ■ fully, Hamilton A. Kenrick. Chm’n. Trends E Kemp, Horace Dart, Alex. B. Forrester, Alex. Peters, Edw. L. Harvey, J. B. Habersham, Wm. A. Couper, Jap. T. Blaine, L. H. Dußignon, J. C. Goodbread, Benj. E. Oargyle, 8. C. Littlefield, Joseph Dangaix, G. W Aymar, J W. Roberts, Burr Wiuton, H. B. Robinson, Roland B. Hall. Upon the conclusion ol the reading of ; the t resentments, the Judge rebuked and i discharged the Jury. He then ordered the j Clerk not to spread the presentments upon | the records of the Court. After disebarg- I ing the Jury, he issued the annexed or | der It is ordered and adjudged that each of said Grand Jurors, having used such dis respectful and contemptuous language in regard to the action of this Court, be and he is hereby adjudged in contempt of the Court in the premises, and that they and each of them pay a tine for such contempt in the sum of twenty-five dollars each, or in default thereol be confined in the county Jail of said county, or in such other Jaii as the Ordinary ot said County of Glynn may direct, for the full term and period of twenty-five days, and it is further ordered, that the Sheriff of said County be aud is hereby commanded and directed to execute this order. W. M. Sessions, J. S. C. B. C. I After consultation with their legal ad | visors and friends, the gentlemen of the ! Grand Juiy have unanimously determined j to submit to the arrest, and will be taken to SavaunahTuesday morning next, where they will he “locked up,” and sue cut a writ of Habeas Corpus. Tin; Fraud at Atlanta, By reference to our Atlanta special tele graphic correspondence it will be seen that the present thing called the Georgia Legis lature has gone thrmigh the farce of an election for Senators, resulting iu the choice of Blodgett, Farrow, and Whiteley. The Conservative members, we judge from tho number of votes cast, very properly declined to vote or take any part iu this outrageous fraud upon the people. This infamy has been consummated by the power of the military and through the in strumentality of the bayonet. The whole proceeding is without the shadow of law or authority. It is an outrage which our people can only protests against in their present helpless conditiou. These men, Bkdgett, Farrow and Whiteley, have teen chosen by the military and not by the people. Every respectable citizen of Georgia despises these venal political tricksters arid unprin cipled demagogues. Now comes the ques tion : Will Congress admit the legally elected Senators. Hill and Miller, or the representatives of fraud and corruption, Blodgett, Farrow and Whiteley? The “ Little Perjurer" is not to take his seat until Match, 1871. This is a long way off, and wo are inclined 'to think that ' it will be much longer before Blodgett \ ever gets there. We are hopeful that this bitter cup may pass and that Georgia may be spared this crowning humiliatioe. Bullock. • | Bullock has delivered himself of an other message, which is intended not for | the people of Georgia but for the Radical I Congress. It is intended as an electioneer ing dodge to be used for the purpose of seeuriug seats iu the Senate of the United States lor Farrow and Whitely who are to contest for seats with the lawfully elected Senators —Messrs. Hill and Miller. Bal loon believes iu the old adage that a lie | well stuck to is as good as the truth. He ! has acted upon this line thus far, and | Congress appears to agree with him. Blodgett. Foster Blodgett, it appears, has written a letter to his boon companion, Bullock, requesting him to withhold the certificate ot his election as Senator until he, Blodgett, is triumphantly vindicated from the charge of perjury. Well, this is tri umphant, superlative impudence. Blodgett was indicted in the United States District Court, in the city of SavanDah, Judge Erskine presiding, by a jury composed of Union men, overy one of whom took (he test oath, and a true bill for perjury wati found against him- By adroit manipula tions Blodgett succeeded in having hi trial postponedfrom one term to another, and in this way has evaded that justice which the law would be sure to mete out to him. Had his trial taken place two years ago Blodgett would now, in ail probability, bo in the State. Penitentiary. Patriotic. The carpet bag and seallawag repre sentatives in Congress from the South are eminently pure and patriotic. They have sold to the highest bidder cadet-ships to West Point from their respective districts. The Mtlitary Committee are now investi gating this little job, and rich develop ments are looked for. Our Washington correspondent inquires the names of the cadets from the Ist and sth Congressional Districts. Can any of our friends furnish the desired information ? G ary Forbids. Governor Geary, the Radical Governor of Pennsylvania, has administered a se vere rebuke to the Radical policy of gov | erning cities by States. In his veto mes sage of the Philadelphia Police Bill, he says: “To recognize the right of the Legisla -1 turo to legislate specially for one city is to ; acknowledge that they have a similar pow er over every other city, village and bor- ! ough within the State; and that by the same reason Congress possesses hi e power to legislate for different States, make a grand Metropolitan Police Bill and secure the executive, legislative and judicial pow er to a few persons and exclude the masses l of the people. He is unprepared to sanc tion any such mischievous legislation, so anti-republican in its character, and ealcu - lated to destroy the dearest privileges of the people. It is anti-republican in term, and uot democratio in principle, for The j majority in the State to perpetuate its power by the passage of unequal and un- ■ just laws towards the minority. For these and other reasons he cannot approve the bill, uer do anything to take from the peo- j pie any portion of their inherent rights. The election of every local offi'er with exec utive duties should be submitted to a pop ular vote, aud there is no reason why Phil- , adelphia should be deprived of the right of choosisg by her own vote those who | shall constitute commissioners of the police as well as those who shall be mayors, coun. cilmeu and members of the Legislature. There is some rumor that the Radical ! con'em in Atlama will attempt to pass n Metropolitan Police bill lor Georgia. If we had respect for their intelligence, or a * particle of laith in their honesty, wc would commend the sentiments of Gov. Geary !to their attention. Bullock and his faction have the will, if they can wield the power, to embarrass and plunder all the munici pal corporations in the State. Party Asperity.— The Louisville Jour nal commends "the magnimity ' of the four Republican members of the Kentucky legislature in voting for General George B. Crittenden for the omce of State Libra rian. It interprets their votes as indicat ing a desire to “show themselves above the littleness of proscribing a gallant Ken tuckian who fought against them. The Journal says : “In the name of a liberal, tolerant and peaoetul spirit, we extend I them the cordial acknowledments of a peo ple who are sensitive to obligations of this Dature, and who know how to appreciate them from whatever quarter they mav i come- 1 ’ The Grant Family. WheD Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, troubled inspirits, wrote to her brother-in-law, Cor bin, that she hoped the gold speculation would be closed soon, for it made the Gereral so nervous that he ctuld not sleep of nights, she evidently wanted to get through the work and realize the divi dends a3 soon as possible. Oao check for $25,000 was drawa for her benefit. An other for SIOO,OOO was made out for her, when the bubble burst. So Fisk testifies in Lis straightforward and uncon tradicted evidence. It was during the great gold job of last September. And now every day the Republican papers say that General Grant had nothing to do with the affair, nor did Mrs. Grant ; . and if pressed, we presume they would say that Dent didn’t, or Corbin, the man who takes shelf and ail when he rraobes—aod they are all in the family. The charge of com plicity really Deeds a frequeut contradic tion. Just hear the Tribune : “The examination of the messenger, who delivered the notable letter from Mr. Corbin to the President in Pennsylvania, conclusively settles the case. He distinct ly testifies that the President gave no an swer whatever, ana as this was the only pretext by which it could be claimed that any connection existed, the committee have wisely decided that there is no neces sity, for examining the President or his family.” But if it was “ail right,” as the messen ger telegraphed to Corbin, the ring “going in” as soon as the dispatch was received, we should think Grant and his family would demand to be heard—would desire to testify. Why not ?—Hartford Times, There seems to be no peace for the peo ple of Georgia. General Grant, General Terry, Governor Bullock and their negro allies have all taken a hand at reconstruc tion, and yet affairs do not suit the Radical party. The latest phase ot the issue is that the facts in relation to the reorganiza tion of the Legislature ot that State are to be inquired into by the Judiciary Com mittee of the United States Senate. What is wanted by the dominant party? The Democrats are out, the negroes in, and General Terry superintends the running of the Legislative machine. If this does not satisfy the faction at Washington, what will short of despotic power? Nothing. Despotic power is ths point they are aim ing it, and it will be reached unless the people appreciate the danger and face it in a proper manner. —Philadelphia Age. Despotic power has already been reached in Georgia. Bullock exercises it and Ter ry sustains his infamous usurpations. Our people feel and appreciate the dangers which encompass them, but they are pow erless to right the wrongs which they puf fer, so long as the President, and Congress and Terry—in fact the whole power of tho Federal Government—justify, encourage and sustain a disgraceful, thieving faction in their work of outrage and plunder. Our people, though perplex'd by doubt and uncertainty, are not disheartened as to the future salvation of this vexed ques tion of Radical supremacy in Georgia. It is only a question of time. Whenever the Government removes the props which support and protect this rotten structure of Radicalism, it will fall to pieces. Bul lock and Congress are well aware that this is the doom which awaits the Radical par ty in this State, and the dominart party intend to stave off its dissolution as long as possible. If Congress removes the t res sure the people of Georgia will make short wotk of Radicalism. It wiil be acoipse in a year from to-day. The Supreme Court. The recent decision of the Supreme Cour*, in relation to legal-tender notes, has given serious offence to the Administra tion, and it is given out in Washington that Congress will take the matter in hand and regulate that venerable institution hereafter. The judgment must be reversed; but this will not make much difference to the people of the South, as it seems to be admitted that the decision will have very little, if any, practical effect. The Wash ington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette, writing on tbs 13th, says, in ref erence to this matter : It is stated here, in a journal careful ol its words, on the euthority of Senators, that the ‘President has declared that no mau shall be put in the vacant seats upon the Bench of the Supreme Court “who is not pledged in advance to unite with the dissenting Judges in reversing the. decision just rendered !'' Is it the purpose, in this matter, ol the present Executive and the majority in Congress to test to the utmost the forbearance of the people ? Is it lot enough that Congress threatens the Court, on the one hand, to destroy its functions, and, on the other, by increasing the num ber of judges, to subsidize its judgments? Is the country to he uow intbruud that the whole jurisprudence of the country, so far as it. depends upon the judicial decis ions of thq Supreme Court, is to be sub mitted. to unscrupulous partizan “recon struction?” In the vehement efforts of the Chrontde to get judge Strong confirmed, this point is distinctly made, and Ins decision or ipse dixit whiie on the Supreme Bench in Pennsylvania quoted in proof of his willing ness to upset the decision just made. In -1 deed, it is “upou authority” announced ! that b. tb he and Mr. Bradley haye “pledged” themselves “in advance” to General Grant, not only upon this, but other specific points of law, long since thought to be well settled. It is, therefore, J no longer a question whether the Supreme | Court is hetealter tn act as a conservative j ibstaele to the cneroahments of Federal authority. Ths thing is plain that it is to be u-,ed as an engine of further oppres sion, and as a means of wholesale pecula tion ! Sueb a revelation ought to con vulse the country —but will it ? The idea j that any man fit to boa Judge of the Sui preme Court would pledge bimself, “in j advance,” upon a particular point, sure to j come before him for adjudication (as the price of his appointment), is sufficiently 1 alarming. But what is the country to an- i ticipate as to its liberties, or the people as j to their property or personal safety, whop the purpose to exact such “pledges” is openly avowed? We all know what sort ol a Judge Jeffries was. But history excuses King James of demanding a j previous “pledge” of his judicious brutali ty as the incentive for his employment. Let the people ponder upon the following piece of brazen impudence of the Court Journal : . “Happily for the country the last decis- . ion is not beyond cure. There are other ! cases which must come before the court i when the two vacancies are filled by the \ President and Senate— cases involving the same principle, and we are confident of the , reversal of that most damaging decree if \ the new justices are selected with distinct i reference to their known opinions on these great statutes enacted to save the Republic On this point there should be neither mys tery nor reserve. The pros) ect of a speedy reversal of the last decision of the court - will be good news to the country.' L lfTSi FROM A. C. WALKER. Editors Chronicle dt Sentinel : Y"our issue of the 15th instant contains the names of certain persons in this coun ty whoe% disabilities have been removed by Congress -mine among them. In Sep tember, 1565, Governor Jenkins sent me a pardon granted by President Johnson, in consequence, as I have understood and be lieved, of my having becD a member of the Constitutional Convention, which as sembled in Milledgeville in the tall of 1565. I have never given the subject of a removal of my disabilities a single thought since ea:!y after the close of the war. I I had no U*? for a removal. I was never an : office seeker or a rogue. I make this explanation because some might suppose that I am iu the same cate -1 gory with most of those whose names are published in conjunction with mine. I have endeavored to live the life and sustain the character of a gentleman, and now that I have nearly finished my course, God forbid, that I should be suspected of dishonoring my record of near forty years of manhood. A. C. Walker. Madrid, February 16, p. m. —Prim assured the Cortes that the visit of Mootpensier was not political. Paris, February 16, p. m, —Continental Banks are generally reducing rates of in ! terest. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY 31QRN1NG, FEBRUARY 22, !S7O AFFAIRS IS SKtf YORK. The Mercantile Community and the Su preme Corrt Decision —Commodore Vanderbilt and the Lady Brokers—New Yorlts Means of Transit—Too Many Pirns—Horrible Aspect of the City— Distrust of the- Men who Propose the New Charter—The Rival Political Clubs Trying to Invent a Model Charter —lhe Coming Great Criminal Trial — What McFarland's Lawyers will Show— Mtyre Scandal Coming, etc., etc., etc. [prom our own correspondent. 1 New York, February 12th, 1870. Editors Chronicle cfc Sentinel: Chief Justice Chase’s decision has been well digestei in Wall street by this time, and the result is that the entire mercantile community regard the decision rendered as of no practical account At first it ap peared as if a revolution was to follow the announcement that all contracts made before the war must be paid in coin, but on reflection, it is well known that during the war part of these same contracts have been paid in currency without objection' and there seems not a single corporation here, willing to risk its reputation of popu larity, and insist upon the pounder of flesh to which the decision gives it the legal right. Hence, the manner in which the legal tender act has been disposed of by the Court falls flat upon a community which has for moQths past been expecting it to lead the way to a final resumption of specie payments. THE LATEST SENSATION in the street, the establishment of the lady brokers, Woodliull, Claflin & Cos., is now regarded as a permanent institution in Broad street. Both the ladies are exceedingly clever for their sex, and if they don’t know all about stocks themselves, they have a sufficiently influential corps of backers,/ who assist thim in transacting their business on change. It is stated that the ladies have deposited $700,000 with t l, e Fourth National Bank. If so, it must be Com modore Vanderbilt’s money, who takes an extraordinary interest in their welfare, and, iu fact, hesitates not in announcing himself as their special protector. The Commodore, of course, as everybody knows, is a power in Wall street, and whoever is known to be uoder his protec tion c n command any amount of credit or capital in ' the street. In this move the ladies have acted wisely at least ; what their future operations are to be, remains to be seen; for the present they aro the talk of the town, arid vis’ted by our most gay and gallant financiers. MEANS OP TRANSIT. New York is troubled again with too many schemes to build railroads. The snow has again choked up the city, loco motion is terribly annoying through the various wards, aud the Legislature hap pening to be in sc sion, everybody comes out in reviving old schemes of railroads, and in planning new ones. As usual, the multitude of cooks will spoil the broth, and New York in the absence of good cab accommodations, like London or Paris, will continue to be doomed with the most outrageous system of city locomotion known in the world. THE ASPECT OP THE CITY just now is anything but inviting. The snow lies piled up in hills along the streets and avenues, the sidewalks are filled with melted snuw and mud, the sewers are choked up, and nowhere, notwithstanding the fact that ourcitizeDS pay over $20,000,- 000 a year taxes, does there seem to be a disposition to raise the blockade. There exerts never any very great amount of ener gy in any of our municipal departments, and certainly not now while we are hero on THE EVE OF RECONSTRUCTION. Something will come out of the new city charter which has been submitted to the Legislature, but how or what,is more than oven the political leaders kaow to-day. Unfortunately there is no honesty of pur pose anywhere, apd the men who have brought out the new city charter are justly regarded with suspicion by the bet ter class of the community. Their work, as 1 have already stated, has been well done, but a habitual liar even when he for once speaks the truth is not believed- So it is with the men who are engineering this new scheme for governing New York. They are rot trusted, and the result will probably be that their scheme will be over thrown. What is to come in the place of it, will be some compromise or other, which I hear is now being concocted by members of the rival political clubs. The lion and the lamb are willing to lie together for the good of the city. The Manhattan Club aud the Union League Club, are to join their wine and under the bewitching aroma of their best brands concoct a scheme which they think will suit both political parties. These theorists talk as if the city of New York was a sort of building society where politics ought to be excluded, forgetting that our Empire City offers with its vast resources, its multifarious departments, and its ever accumulating questions of government policy, as'vast a field for the ambition ol politicians as government of many a State in the Federal Union. It may be all very nice theory to say that politics shall be excluded from our municipal gov ernment, but it is human nature for a man to vote for his own partisans, and so long as we have universal suffrage in New York city the government of the metropolis cannot be otherwise than Demoeratio. The puzzle how to govern this city is vexatious, but the problem which must be solved during the next three months cannot be handled by theorists like the gentleman who preside over the destinies of our Fifth Avenue club houses. the great trial Os McFarland, for the homicide of Albert D. Richardson, the Tribune free-lover, is set down for March 7th and the best Criminal lawyers in the ci'y have been re tained to defend the unhappy man. They have notified the.Ccurt that they are as siduously at work ami have requested it to make the necessary preparations for the trial, which is to continue probably for three weeks. The defence will endeavor to show that Mrs. McFarland has had re peatedly illicit intercourse with Mr. Rich ardson and that through years of continued deception, on her part, McFarland was misrepresented to others as a dt toepid, brutal man, whom she was anxious to abandon. It wiil be shown that when commencing her readings aod theatrical performances, her husband was fully capable of taking eare of her and that she sought literary notoriety and frequented Bohemian circles at the instance of Albert I). Richardson, and encouraged by Mr. Greeley, Mrs. Calhoun, Mr. Sinclair and other shining lights of the Tribune schools. If the lawyers do their duty it will be the severest blow the Radical free- I lovers ever received, and the private doings j of men now occupying public positions. will be shown up in a manner that will i astonish the communi y. MORE SCANDAS COMING. Just about the time that the Richard i son-McFarland trial will be at an end, there will come to fight further scandal which wiil keep the tongues of the gossip-moog ; ers busy. A person occupying a prominent position in Brooklyn has been notified by his wile that she prefers the company of a 1 naval officer, and has, therefore, instituted a suit of divorce against him. A well known engineering General in this city, who has rendered signal service during the war, has commenced an action for divorce against his wife, and in the Courts during the next five months there will be enough j food for scandal to satisfy a thousand ! spinsters. Argus. I ary Disability. ! Augusta, Ga., February 15, 1870. ! Elitors Chronicle a- Sentinel: j Gentlemen :In your issue of to-day the names of the undersigned appear among those mentioned in what you call ‘Hie New Disability Bill,” now pending before Congress- Some person, doubtless of hit own motion, inserted our names, for we have not, either directly or indirectly, applied for removal of disabilities —in- deed, we have no disabilities to be removed. Will you be kind enough to give this note a place in your columns. Respectfully, yours, Jno. P. King, Jar. S. Hook. A boy in Detroit disregarded bis mother’s warning not to skate on the river, as the ice was thin. His mother don t have to cook for so many u she did. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Washington, February 10, 1870. | Editors Chronicle & Sentinel : The round of fashion and frivolity keeps J up. Legislation is slow, and but little of j importance to the American republic has l been transacted during the present week. 1 Congress is laying up for itself a long siege, J aud there is do idea when they will be able i to adjourn, although many of the members call for.the greatest industry and diligence, | so that before the scorching rays of mid summer shed their light upon this unhap- I py and unfortunate capital— unhappy and i unfortunate because it is the capital— they i may be able to accomplish a little luxuria tion at the sea-side and the springs. But very much has to be done ; as yet there is I hardly, a commencement- Reconstruction !is delayed. That must be finished during i j this session. It is one of the party neees- : sities, and as bad as the job wiil be wheD j it is finished, it nevertheless must be j brought to an ending. Mississippi is in J hand now, and Trumbull, consistent in.his I record, fights honorably for the admission of the State without conditions, as he did in the case of Virginia. He was defeated in that, and he will defeated in this. The Radical party in Congress are a fearful set of politicians. Unjust and dishonest them selves, they refuse to trust others. They will not even trust their President -[per haps, however, this is because he will not j ‘rust them, as is clearly evident from his j appointing, in nearly every instance, men 1 | who are not party politicians, while he j fighis shv ofimpeaehment by nominating men of Republican feelings for the impor tant offices). There is a difference between the admin istration and Congress on very many points, but the one upon which they are more likely to come to words—possibly blows— than any other, is the Cuba ques tion. Grant will not, under the advice of bis Seoretary of State, see that the Radi cal parly must, in its decay, have a war cry to help them along, ands range to relate, Sumner is similarly afflicted with an impaired vision as to the fitness of things in this way. The leaders of the party are daily becoming more clamorous for a row on account of “The Ever Faith ful Isle. ” Morton, and Banks and Logan are anxious, and since the recent outrage in Havana many converts in the ranks of the Radical legions have joined them in declaring for the recognition of the bel ligerency of Cuba at any price. It won't do, however—not so long as Bou well keeps Grant posted about this little mat ter of the public debt. No man knows better than the President that it costs money to fight, and when the exchequer is in a collapsed condition, where are the sinews of war to come from ? There will be no practical sympathy towards Cuba, however much of a party necessity it may become. There is no question but that CoDgress will clamor for it ; but if the anxieties were carefully sifted there is no doubt but that they would present the appearance of being very thoroughly tem pered of the kuowledg-that Boutwel 1 , in charge of the money chests, with Fish in charge of the proper enactment of neu trality laws, with Grant 1 okiDg about for renouliuaiiou on the score of a reduction of many miiiioDsiu the debt, and the in auguration of economical government, will be very apt to lot Cuba struggle, and suffer and fall before extending the hand of help or sympathy. j The two factions.of Republicans from [ the Georgia Legislature are still here, both apparently in a highly satisfied mental condition-their bodily comforts are also well attended to—they have both been to see the President and both have departed from the Executive presence edified, satis fied arid delighted. The one are confident that the Pre ident will uphold them, aud the other is certain that their views have made the real impression. Grant would rather have had a visit from neither party if lie could have had his way, but being a great man, he was forced, as all other great men are to submit to annoyance. He bstened to both standing up by the side ofa long table in the Executive chamber with one hand in hiseoat tail-pocket, and the other manipulating his cigar, an 1 said very little to either, making up his mied, in army fashion, that bo would do what Terry re commended. The moral is, that both delegations would derive more substantial satisfaction from Terry than from Grant. He is now here, and was at the White House this morning, when he had a short confab with the President. He will also have the opportunity to see a large num ber of Congressmen, and the delegation here may make sume capital while the military commander in Georgia ig here, it they can manipulate him. As competi tion is the life of business, they had better commence their persuasions at once. What Terry says Grant will endorse, and Congress confirm by legal inactments. Grant asked the particularly loyal dele gation the other day, that is the one which has Bullock’s sanction, who the Republi cans would elect as Senators. He is not alone in his inquiry. Everybody else here who feels an interest for the Empire State of the South, is anxious to know, and those who think that_ Bullock will be one of the Senators are by no means “few and far between.” The colored element here, acting under an undue inspiration, caused by the eleotion of a negro from Mississippi, feel that there is no reason why another representative of the race should not make his appearance on the floor of the Senate from Georgia; and, while the election of negroes as United States Senatois are in order, let Texas send one as well. The white Radicals, however, Ire by no means so enthusiastic, and the less darkey there is in the legislative halls at the Capitol, the better they like if. It is even now questionable as to whether Revels will be admitted. I hear that Downing, who is the entertainer (speak ing in a culinary and lodging house sense) of Revels, has become of’late so much im pressed with the idea of following the political paths of his Senatorial guest that lie intends giving up his feed house in the Capital and emigrating to Accomac county, Virginia, in the hope of beating the rep resentative from that District for tho House of Representatives next fall. The Hou e of Representatives is now engaged in the consideration of the Legis lative appropriation bill. The discussion of that measure afford scope for an exhi bition of the variety of sentiments that prevail among the members concerning the theory of expenses incident to their own salaries and comforts For instance there is a proposition made by one mem ber more inclined to gather fame on the alter of retrenchment than others, to re duce the salaries of members of Congress j from five thousand dollars per annum to j the three thousand dollar salary ot ante | helium days. That proposition will-inevi- j tably fail, as is also very probable will that j suggesting an abolition of pay for mi cage. 1 Several of the members announce boldly j that t k ey are not will ng to serve their country in Congress for two thousand j dollars less than they now give their re- I | ceipts for, particularly while boarding j ' houses and hotel, keepers charge them ! ! such high rates of board, or while produce j i stands so high as the case is here. An- ] other matter talked of here is the aboli- ! tion of the Globe debates. It is talked of | as regularly every winter as Congress meets, and so far it has ended and it wiil end in talk, though many more predictions i are made dow than formerly that the de- j bates will not be published officially after \ ! the end of the present session. If that f i happens there are a great many members ' of both Houses who will hereafter see but i little of their own ebullitions in pleasing I (to them) priDt,. The House paid honors to-day to ao old : revolutionary soldier, odc who is probably : the last of that stock, though every winter j almost turns ODe out. This, however, j was a genuine case, and he called on the President, having, like ail Lis comrades, I who have shown themselves for years past, the same story to relate of hav- j ing shaken hands .with all tne Presi- i : dent3 of the United States from George Washington down. At the White House the veteran met old Mr. Dent, 1 Mrs. Grant’s father—who, by the way, is a hale old gentleman, of eighty-five, aod an old-fashioned locofoco in his political opinions besides beifcg t.y no means de prived by time witb the loss of any of his mental faculties—and the two talked over the past and mutually agreed, those days, and not the present, were “the times that tried men s souls.” is still on.the rampage, and mem bers of Congress are being fondled and feted to their hearts, content. Many of the 1 citizens of this place spend no small share 1 of their incomes in dispensing magnificient hospitality to Congressmen and other , j strangers, and thathhese “honored guests” I f should vote and work for a removal of the , | Capital the chance afforded them at least twice a week to get drunk on the best of champagnes and sherry without aDy expense to themselves, is the basest of 1 ingratitude. As yet there is no sigu of * j return for this hospitality. Congress b&V not even indicated a disposition to appro priate money enough to pave the avenues, and appropriations for additional public buildings are not beard of. The fact is significant. Jasper. BY TELEGRAPH. FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, February 14, P. M. To-day was the time appointed for the ( re assembling of the Legislature and much j interest was manifested in what was ■ anticipated would be its action on the J question of the election of United States ; Senators. Every one knew that an effort would be made to order an election, as that ' was in accordance with the programme, but opposition was expected from some of the negro members. Bullock, since his i return from Washington, seems more de ! termined than ever to precipitate the mat : ter, in the hope that by the election of two j extremists he would get the iuside track on Hill and Miller in Washington. SENATE. The Senate met this morning, and was called to order by the President. After the readingof the Journal, Marion Henderson was sworn in as Senator from the Third District, vice E. D. Graham, pronounced ineligible because absent. T. J. Speer offered the following reso. lution : Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly meet in joint session on Tuesday, the Isth instant, aud proceed viva voce to the election of One Senator to the Senate of the United States. E. J. Higbee opposed the resolution. He said that there was some difference of opinion existing as to the number of Sena tors to be elected, and he offered the fol lowing as a substitute for the first resolu tion ; Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly meet in joint convention on Tuesday, the 15th instant, and elect Senators to the United States Senate viva voce, according to the acts of Congress. Mr. Candlor said that the Senate should not eleot Senators until their was a va cancy, no vacany now existed, and there was no law authorizing the eleotion, and such an electiou would not bo the voice of the people of Georgia or her Representa tives, and it would bo an outrage upon their rights. W. W. Merrill advocated the election of Senators. Mao. [Hungerford called for the pre vious question, when A. A. Bradley arose and hoped it would not for the present be pressed, and the attempt to shove the pre vious question failed. Alpeoria protested against this indecent haste, and the efforts to gag members, lie said the Senate Judiciary Committee had the matter now under consideration. Congress did not want such an election until 1871. It was their wish that Geor gia should remain as a territory, and he would not be surprised if General Sheri dan wis coming back as Terry’s successor. If Georgia is admitted now she will stand on her present Code, under wjiich the colored man has nothing to expect. The Code was good enough lor white men but framed when negroes had no rights that the white man was bound to respect. He thought Georgia should be held in hand until she was ready to act in har mony with the General Government. He wanted mixed juries and a military bill pass and allowing all to car y arms, and favored a mixed militia. He said life and property was not safe in Georgia at pres ent. After some debate, Speers’ resolution was passed by a vote of 20 to 12 - Bradley and Williams (Degroes) voting nay with the Democrats. Bradley had copies of his telegrams, to Grant laid on every Senator’s desk, as fol lows : Atlanta, Ga,. February 7, 1870. To Vice President Colfax, Washington, D. C. : Sir —If we elect Senators before revis ing the barbarous Code of Georgia, and enacting a mixed jury and militia bill, the Republicans are defeated. A. Alpeoria Bradley. Atlanta, February 9, 1870. lo President Grant, Washington, D. C : Please answer quickly, yes or no, should we vote for Senators before repealing the Black Code of Georgia ? A. Alpeoria Bradley and others- To A. A. Bradley, Georgia Legislature : President has; received your dispatch. Heaannot advise you—prefers that you j use your own discretion. Horace Porter, Secretary, j the house of representatives. The House met to-day pursuant to ad- [ journment, and was called to order by the | Speaker. After the reading of the Journal the Secretary of the Governor was announced with a message from the Express Agent. The message recommended the admission '■ to seats in the House of A. M. Johnson, of Forsyth county; W. G. B. Rogers, of Union county, and Powell, of De catur county, when they had properly qualified. A message was then read from the Sen ate by the Seoretary an nouncing that that body had passed a resolution to elect an United States Senator, the House concur ring, on Tuesday, the 15th instant. The Secretary called the name of A. M. Johnson, of Forsyth county, to come for ward and be sworn in as a member. Dunlap Scott, of Floyd, arose and ob jected to his qualification. lle asked if the House was organized. The Speaker declined to answer the question, but had read the communi cation from General Terry to Bullock saying that the House was organiz )d for the purpose of complying with the condi tions of the Reconstruction Acts. Mr. Scott wanted to know what the Speaker recognized as governing the House. The Speaker said the House was pro ceeding under the Reconstruction Acts. Johnson did not appear during the discussion, and the matter dropped. A communication from Penland, of Union county, to Bullock, in reference to his application for relief from his disabili ties, and requesting to be sworn in, was read. Bullock referred the matter to the House. J. J. Shumate desired to read the affi davit from Penland that he signed the ap plieatiuu fur relief through fraud, and moved that the House refer the matter to a Committee or to General Terry, and tha neither Penland or Rogers be sworn in until a proper decision was made. The Speaker ruled that the affidavit . i/Ould not bo read and that there was no appeal from his decision. He said that Rogers slould be sworn in ; and while tne matter was being discussed Rogers was j quietly sworn in and the Speaker declared there was nothing before the House. E. Tweedy offered a resolution concur ring with the Senate resolution in relation | to the electiou of United States ■Senators. Mr. Scott spoke in opposition to the resolution. He said th2t he knew the Radicals would urge an election" to-mor -1 rows on tie ground as that was the second Tuesday after organization, and the State i constitution required at. election at that time. He said that this law was net rec oognized by the Speaker or the powers | that ruled; if it was then the House was illegally organized, as a register in 1 bankruptcy had qualified all the members, 1 while the State law required the qualifica j tious to be made by a Judge either of the ! Supreme or Superior Courts, Scott moved j i to adjourn. / The Speaker refused to entertain the ; motion. H. M. Turner, colored, said he was 1 opposed to an election of Senators, and i wished Georgia to remain under a terri- ! tonal Government He was afraid that action in the premises might make the Code of Georgia a law and enable the Democrats to get possession of the Goveru me: t. The previous question was called and carried and the resolution was adopted. The House then adjourned. The Radicals are holding a caucus to night to nominate their candidates. Blod | gett is certain to be the nominee. It is reported that if the election for ; Senators takes place to-morrow the Legis lature wiil take a recess for thirty days. RADICAL NOMINATIONS FOR SENA TORS, Atlanta, February 14, p. m.—The Radical caucus made nominations for three Senators-to-night: Blodgett long term, commenciug March 4th, 1871; Farrow for the term ending 1873, and Richard H. Whitely, of Decatur county, for term expiring 1871. Atlanta, February 15, p. m. On to-day tho crowning act of infamy of this bogus Legislature was consummated by the pretended electiou of United States Senators. As I telegraphed last Dight.the Buiiockites were determined to force the matter through and make a direct issue between their candidates aud Hill and Miller, and thus force the Senate to decide upon the question at onoe. The Demo crats and Conservative Republicans de termined to have nothing to do with the election, on the grounds, the first being that the present Legislature was illegally organized, and the second that the two Senators had already been legally elected to represent the State. They, therefore, decided not tomominate candidates, and to protest against any election. Everybody anticipated a lively session this morning and all the interest centred at the Opera House. SENATE, The Senate met at 10 o’clock this {Dom ing, the President in the Chair. The journal of tho proceedings of the 14th was read. Senators Wallace and Merrill were allow ed to record their votes iu favor of the 14th and 15th amendments. Senator Hinton was a’lowed to record his vote against tho same. Senator Wellborn was permitted to re cord his vote against the passage ot the resolution bringing on an election for United States Senators. The Senate then took a recess until half past eleven o’clock. At 12 o’clock the Senate reassembled, and a message from the House was re ceived. Senator Nunnally offered the following: Whereas, By the Legislature of 1868 Dr H V Miller was regularly elected* to tho unexpired short term in the United States Senate, and whereas the Cong-ess of the United States has since passed am act to further promote the reconstruction of the State of Georgia, ad by virtue of said act several persons then members, and voting at said election, have been de clared ineligible, and whereas, it i3 a well settled fact that after counting out all the illegal votes Mr Miller still has a majority of all the votes cast. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives , That there can be no election for said unexpired term, and that said Miller be and is hereby declared the regularly elected Senator from this State to fill the unexpired term. Senator Harris raised a point of order. Both branches of the General Assembly had resolved to elect Senators, and such a resolution could not be entertained. The President sustained the point of or der. ■ Senator Nunnally then moved a recon sideration of the resolution to bring on an election for Senators. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley favored the re consideration. The President decided the motion to be out of order. Senator Candler presented a protest against the election of Senators, sigmd by himself and others, follows : The undersigned, members of the Senate of Georgia, present at an election this day ordered by the General Assembly of Geor gia, organized under the direction of R B Bullock, claiming to be provisional Gover nor of the State of Georgia, and the ap proval of General Terry, commanding the Miliary District of Georgia, lor Senators to the Congress of the United States for the term expiring March 4th, 1871, pre sent the following protest against said elec tion, and ask that the same be entered on the Journal of the Senate. Said election is illegal and unauthorized under the acts of Congress, known as the reconstruction acts, because, under said acts, at a session of the General Assembly of Georgia held in the city of Atlanta in the year 1868, two Senators were elected for the term ending March 4th, 1871, and March 4th, 1873. The persons so elected are entitled to the places to which they were elected, and are now before the Sen ate of the United States claiming the same, and said Senate has not determined that they are not entitled to their seats. The acts of Congress approved July 25th, 1866, to regulate the time and manner of , holding elections for Senators to Congress requires the Legislature chosen to act pre ceding the expiration of the time for which the Senator is ejected to represent the State in Congress, shall, on the second Tuesday after the meeting and organiza tion, proceed to elect such Senator. In accordance with this act the Senators now claiming seats iu tho Senate of the United States were elected according to the Con stitution of the State of Georgia. Anew Legislature must be elected on the Tues day after the first Monday in November of the present year, and will assemble on the second Monday in January, 1871. This is the Legislature chosen next preceding the expiration of the terms of the Sena tors elected in 1868. Under the said act of Congress the Legislature is authorized to elect a successor. If this be the fir-t ses sion of the General Assembly of Georgia under the reconstruction acts of Congress then the election of Senators to fill the terms expiring 4th March, 1873 and 1877, respectively, are illegal, because even, ad mitted by all, whether given in provisional faith or not, the Legislature must be elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1872, to be competent to the election of Senator for the term expiring March 4th, 1873, and to other terms. A vacancy can only exist because of the death or resignation of the person elected or by a vote of the Senate which shall de termine the qualification ol its members. An eleotion has been held and the persons e’eefed are living and have not resigned nor has the Senate of the United States, by any action, informed the Legislature of Georgia that there is a vacancy existing in her representation in that body, and, there fore, protesting against the election to be held as unauthorized, we decline to par ticipate in it. (Signed) Milton A Chandler, C B Wootten, B B Hinton, J C Fain, J T Burns, W T MoArth- r, A D Nunnally, C J Wellborn. A W Holcombe, The last three approved the protest so far as Senators Iliil and Miller are con cerned. I Mr. Mathews, Senator from tbeTwer.ty i third District was sworn in. Senator Hungerford arose to object to ! the protest beiDg entered on the journal of I the Senate on the ground that it charged I Bullock with claiming to be Provisional i Governor, when the President announced : that the hour of twelve had arrived and 1 the Senate must proceed to elect Senators. T J Speer nominated Foster Blodgett a-, i Senator for the term ending March 4th, j 1877. A vote was taken, and Blodgett i received 37 votes, including Bradley, colored; not voting 11. Dunning nominated H P Farrow for the term ending March 4th, 1873. Farrow received 29 vot s ; not voting 13. Burton- nominated RC Whiteley for the ] term ending March 4th, 1871 ,and Whiteley I received 28 votes ; not voting 14. Blodgett, Farrow and Whiteley were de- I clared elected. HuDgertord resumed his speech against entering the protest on the Jourral, and a lengthy discussion ensued between Chand ler, Brock, Bradley, Dunning and Speer in favor of entering, and Burton against. A vote being taken the motion to enter the protest on the 0 ournal was carried. The Senate then adjourned until 11a. m. to-morrow. THE HOUSE. The House met at 10 a. m#, and was called to order by the Speaker. The calling of the roll was dispensed with, and the Journal of yesterday was read. Bryant moved to reconsider so much of the action of the House provided in the resolution of yesterday, being on the eleo tion of U 8 Senators. I O’Neal arose to a point of order. No ' NEW SERIES, VOL XXVIII. NO. 8. objection was made yesterday, and no no tice of reconsideration given, and the reso lution had been transmitted to he Senate, and had passed beyond the control of the House. Shumate said the Senate was not in ses . sion when the resolution was concurred in, j and never had beeu transmitted, aod was still in the House. The Speaker ruled that the motion could not be entertained Fitzpatrick appealed from the .decision, ; and the yeas and nays were called, with ! the following.result : yeas, 76 ; nays 36, i and the decision of the Speaker was sus- I taiued. Somebody here wanted to take a recess until 12 m. The Speaker said that several members were present to be sworn in, and W B Smith, U S Couft Clerk, was in attend ance to do the swearing. Brewster, Smith and Bennett were an nounced as candidates for the reception of full membership. Brewster’s name was put in by Bulloekas receiving the next highest number of 1 votes. Bennett was one of the old issue, against whom do objection was made, and he went I in like magic. Smith was elected under Bullock’s proclamation in one of the oounties where do election was originally held,'but he was objected to. Dunlap Scott moved to admit to his seat Smith. O’Neal moved to take a recess until half-past eleven o’clook, aud O’Neal’s mo tion was carried. Alter the recess, the House was oallcd to order by the Speaker. A message from His Excellency was announced and read. It provided that Joel Harris, of Glasscock, having reocived the next highest number of votes in plaee of J H Nunn, ineligible, should be sworn in, which was done. Dunlap Scott, of Floyd, called for the administration of .the qualification to Smith, of Telfair. The Speaker said he had already de cided that he could not entertain this motion. Johnson offered a resolution that the House proceed to eleot Senators in the following order: for the lODg term first, for the second term second, and for the short term last. Bryant.gave notioe that he would file a protest against action in the premises. Tomtit-Tweedy nominated Foster Blodgett as Senator for the long term, and there was no opposition. The Clerk proceeded to call the roll- Soott, of Floyd, when his name was called, declined to vote, and banded in a protest against the actioo. The Democrats declined to vote. The Speaker declared that Blodgett had received 86 votes; aod Harrison, colored, of Franklin, 1. Blodgett was declared elected. Someone nominated H P Farrow for the second term, and no one else was nom inated. The call of the roll proceeded, and Pot- Ash voted for Golden, colored, of Liberty. The vote stood, Farrow 78; Golden, color ed, 8; Wallace, colored 1. Turner voted for Wallace and then de sired to change his vote to Farrow, as he had promised to vote for a nigger and had done it, his conscience was satisfied. O’Neal, ot Lowndes, nominated White ley for the third term. A negro nominated J M Sims, of Chat- j ham. Gofer Dominated Coal. The vote stood as follows: R Whiteley 82. Sims, none. Coal, 1. O’Neal moved to adjourn till half-past eleven to-morrow, which was done amid applause on one side of the galleries. The following is the protest of Scott and others: • Whereas, Hon Joshua Hill has been duly elected United States Senator, to fill •he unexpired term which ends on the 4th of March, 1873, and Hon H V M Miller has been duly elected United States Sena tor to fill the unexoired term which ends on the 4th of March, 1871, by the General Assembly ot the State of Georgia. Whereas, The General Assembly so called has obtained its present organiza tion by force, violence and fraud. Whereas, the Constitution and laws have been dis regarded in its proceedings, and protesting against the legality of its acts and believing them to be illegal, unauthorized and void, we decline to vote (Signed.) Dunlap Soott, Frank Welcher of Tay lor ; Louis Nash of Gwinnett; C C Cleg horn, of Chattooga. The election of Blodgett, Farrow and Whiteley causes much rejoicing among the Radicals, and all look for a stiff tusscl in Congress over the Senatorial matter.^ Atlanta, February 16, P. M. After the excitement attending the Sena torial election of yesterday, the legislative proceedings to-day have not excited so much interest, except by the raid which the Senate has made on the almost ex hausted State Treasury, and the gross act of injustice committed by the House in deciding that more than twenty counties in the State shall remain unrepresented. THE SENATE. The Senate met this, morning and was called to order at ten o'clock by the Presi dent, Ben. Conley. The roll of the members was called and the journal of yesterday’s proceedings was read and approved. MERRELL PROPOSIjj A RAID. Senator Merrell then announced anew raid on the State Treasury by introducing the following resolution: Resolved , That His Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested, to draw his warrant on the Treaeury for the amounts due the officers, door-ki opera, messengers and employees of the'General Assembly on the certificate of the Secre tary of the Senate and tho Clerk of the House of Representatives, aDd that the amount shall be charged to a final settle ment. Senator Bruton immediately arose and opposed the resolution which he oha - acterized as another raid on the State Treasury for an indefinite amount. He moved to lay the resolution on the table. Senator Harris said ue hoped that Mr. Bruton would withdraw his motion to my the resolution on the table.. Senator Chandler was in favor of the. m tion to tabic, and opposed the resolution for two reasons. The first was because of its unconstitutionality, and the second be cause it provided lor taking an indefinite amount from the treasury of the State. NINE DOLLARS PER DAT. Senator Hungerford said he thought that it Came with a very bad grace from Senators who received nine dollars per diem for their services to object to paying the Clerks and Messengers for the work performed by them. Senator Dunning said that he was op posed to the resolution, but that he did not receive nine dollars per and em. Senator Hungerford retorted as follows: “There is a good rea on why you don’t you get four thousand dollars per annum j as United States Postmaster.” Senator Hinton offered the folio ing as ' a substitute for the resolution : i Resolved, That his Excellency the Gov ! ernor be authorized to draw his wan ants on the Treasurer for such sums as a-e due the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Door i keeper, Messenger, and the Ulerks, Glowed i by the Constitution. | Senator Caodler raised a point of' order. ! This resolution, providing for an appro priation of money, the Cons'it r'ion of the i matt; provides must originare in ihe House I of Representatives. The President decided that the point of i order was not well taken. THE SENATE VuTES TO PLUNDER. The BuLout.aU) waa put to the vote and 1 lost—ayes, twelve; nays, eighteen. 1 The original resolution was then put to ! the vote and adopted—ayes, twenty-nine; ! nays, eight. Senator Merrel moved that the resolu ! tion be transmitted to the House. I Senator Nunnally objected. He called upon the Senators to consider what they were doing, and moved to reconsider the adoption or the resolution, supporting the motion in a forcible speech. Senator Dunning said that the charge made that Senators were unwilling to pay proper officers for their labor, was false. But while they were willing to pay they wished to know what amount was being paid. Senator Merrel said that he disclaimed making any imputation against Senators. Senator Candler favored a reconsidera tion. He had taken an oath to support the Constitution of the Btate of Georgia, and while others might consider this child's play he did not. The Constitution de clared that no money oould be drawn from the Treasury without an appropriation by law. All measures for appropriations must arise in the House, and if they did not something was wrong. Why was it that the names of the parties and the amount to be paid them were refused ? He made a telling sp<e;h against the perpetration of such an outrage. Senator Broelt made a lengthy and iq- : genious speech in favor of the resolution [ passed. lie hooted at the idesf of the Sec retary doing a wrong. Before he finished a messenger was announced from the House, saying that body was ready to con soli late the vote for Senators, and the Senate accordingly proceeded to the House. Upon Ihe reassembling of tiro Senate it was again addressed by Brock in a pungent style. • Senator Fain explained his vote, and concluded by moving that the motion to reconsider be tabled, but withdrew ’it, when Senator Nunnally obtained the floor, urging harmony of aetion iu passing a resolution to protect the Secretary him-, sell and pay every officer, but no more. Senator Harris moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. Carried, ayes 25, nays 12. Senator Candler offered a resolution that the Secretary be directed to enter on the journal of the Senate to day, the ; names of the clerks employed by him ; ; when employed; when they entered upon j their duties. j The President ruled the resolution out ! of older, as there was no enrolling Com mittee appointed, and the clerks would ! not be sworn in till this Committee waa appointed. Senntor Candler responded by saying that they should not be paid. Tue message Was received from Bullock and 500 copies ordered to bo printed for the use of the Senate. Suiator Brock offered a resolution to stay ail proceedings in the ooarts founded upon judgments on contracts made prior to June Ist, 1865, and levies and sales un-’ der.them, until twenty days after the expira tion of the recess of the General Assem bly, and requesting General Terry to sanc tion and enforce the resolution. Senator Hinton opposed the resolution in an earnest and forcible speech, whefi the hour of adjournment arrived, and the President deolared the Senate adjourned until 10 A. M. to-morrow. house.. The House was called to order by the Speaker at 10:30 A. M. The calling of the roll was dispensed with on motion of Mr. Turnlin. The journal of yesterday was read. Mr- Bryant presented a protest against the eleotion of Senators yesterday. The protest was read and ordered to be enter ed on the journals. Madden objected, but was voted down. Mr. Scott moved to have his protest en teied, but it was voted down. Th i yeas and nays wero called for, but the Speaker decided there was not a suf ficient number to sustain the call. A message from Bullock waa received and i ead. It recommends an adjournment until the State is readmitted into the Union. Darnell moved that the Clerk be in struc ed to inform the Senate that the House was ready to unite with the Senate in consolidating the eleotion returns of yesterday. Carried. The Senators came in a body in couples. Conley displaced McWhorter, and direct ed the Seoretary of the Senato to read the verified election returns for United States SrUaters. 11c and j so, and so of the House returns did he Clerk of the House. C n''-y announced the consolidated re tun <t* follows : Blodgett jig Scattering * i Biodge t was deolared elected fjr the term ending March, 1877. Farrow 107 Scattering 2 Farrow was declared eleoted for the term ending March, 18.3. Whitely hq Scattering 1 Whitely was declared elected for the term ending March, 1871. The Senate, on motion of Senator Speer, retired to the sanctity of its own chamber. Mr. Scott moved to take up his resolu tion instructing the Governor that it is the sense of the House that he issue his pro clamation filling vacancies existing in the various counties. He paid there were twenty vacancies, and appealed to mem bers, irrespective ot party, to insist upon the r:ght of every county to representa tion O’Neal objected to this course as illegal at present, and contrary to the act of De cember 22, 1869, and moved to lay the morion on the table. Carried. The yeas and nays were called for : Shall the Speaker be sustained ?—yeas 68, nays 48. On motion of MaddeD, (he House ad journed till 10 a. m. to-morrow. Blodgett gave a reception last night to his personal friends, at his residence. A large number of Democrats were in at tendance. He has written a letter to Bul lock, asking the latter to withhold the cer tificate of his election until tho charge of perjury against him is settled. FROM WASHINGTON, Washington, February 14, P. M. The Senate Judiciary Committee having finished its examination into the affairs of Georgia is ready to report upon tho sub ect and will probably do so to-morrow morning. There can be little doubt but that the Cornmitte will report a bill which - ill pro vide lor the immediate admission of‘Geor gia into the Union without any farther conditions being imposed as in the case of Virginia. It is also confidently stated that a ma jority of the committee will report in favor ol the legality of the election of Senators, Hill and Miller, and will recommend that they be allowed to take their seats in the Senate. There is a difference of opinion as to whatcourae tho Senate will pursne in this latter matter. Some outside statements say i hat the old eleotioD will be allowed to stand, while others think that anew deal •will be required. , It is believed that -the Piesident will issue his proclamation to-morrow declaring that the fifteenth amendment has been ratified by two-thirds of the States and ie now a part of the law of the laud. Ne hr tska will ratify to-morrow. Washington, February 15, P. M. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which ha- l>een considering the claims of Hill and M il r to Scats in tho Senate, has had re fern and to it the credentials of' theso gentle men formerly presented to the Senate. she friends of Hill and Miller are confi dent that they will be adnitted to their seats. The President has appointed Charles H. Prii ce, formerly Republican member of Congress from Georgia, to the Postmaster ship of Augusta. He is said to owe the appointment to the influence of J E Bry ant, the present incumbent. Beast Butler will roport a bill from the Reconstruction Committee on to-morrow, prov iding a system for the removal of po litical disabilities from the people of tho Sou: h. Tho only classes excluded under it are old officers of the United States Army ! and Navy, and members of Congress. ! Washington, February ]6, 1870. The House Committee on Military Af fairs, General Logan, Chairman, was en g*i. and to-day in investigating the sale of cadetships by carpet-bag Congressmen i-om North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas. The proof is conclusive against Whitte more of South Carolina, and Edwards of Ge rgia. Th ) Committee is of opinion that not ' 'he appointments are legitimate Ii 1 -rination is wanted as to the resi j dene , names of appointees, and bargains ma.i The people of the different Con gres; oal Districts are expected to supply the <|aired evidence. L j are appointed from the first and hi ■ h i 'ongressional Districts of Georgia ? in-' indications are that Messrs. Hill and Miller will be allowed to take their . seats as Senators. ( SECOND DISPATCH. I Washington, February 16, P. M. i The Senate Judiciary Committee had | th# case of Georgia under consideration | to-day, but was unable to come to any con | elusion on the subject. — | The Matter Explained.— The Lon- I don Times has a very just oriticism on the j want of ability manifested in tho proceed - ! ings of the United States House cf Repre sentatives. The New York Commercial I Advertiser, Radical, explains the matter |i n this plain, but decidedly sarcastic man- I ner . “We long ago abandoned the very i absurd practice of sending men of either culture or natural intelligence to Congress. The fact of it is, that suoh men are rare in a'newoountry, and especially ours, that we oannot afford to expose them to the mental and moral degradation of two years in Wuhington.”
