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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1870)
OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVIL ffkrsßtrte & S'cntiiicl. tf.um> of subscription. dITLt. Or(V .... .... ..93 UO tme T t--r 1 “■**=« y - v ,<„ 2., ' ■ *■: 50 i ■ rej .v.” w* WI.KKIK ' "f 1 50 1 "Ur' ' 8 00 WKDMCBUAV MORSfIXG JILY 6. |»ig Tail as a Labor-’* awing Ma chine. Tire New Vork Herald and other lead ing Joui rials are discussing the probable cffeit of the introfiucrion of the’Chinese as j laUir rs into the Atlantic and Gulf States. The Herald thinks the Chinaman a good worker, and, therefore, just the sort of hu man machine which the necessities ot labor in a country like ours, and especially the [ Northern States, would require: “Coolies appear to he specially adapted to labor in warm climates. They have j turned the “howling wilderness” of tropi- i cal possessions into lands overflowing with j sugar, ruru and molasses. They have j in a remarkable degree enriched the British j colonial planter. By ail means let them ! be recruited Sr a tike purpose into the service of tlie South. Let us have lively! Asiatics who will work, rather than lazy t Africans who will not work.’’ So says the Herald ; but it docs not | speak (or the Southern people. The man- j ulaeturers of New England may have all , the “lively Asiatics” they require or wish j for, to supply the places ol their white j slaves; but we want none of the breed. J Wo prefer the “lazy Africans” rather [ than the lively Asiatics. The New York &’un discusses the same subject, but from a different and more practical standpoint, from which it appears that the “lively Asiatic” is not so cheap after all. The editor says : Willi regard to the Chinese there is one thing in their favor. That is the fidelity with which they perfoim any contracts into which they may enter. They always make good their undertakings. Even if they are imposed upon, and agree to work for less than their services are worth, they stand persistently by their word. Hut it i is a mistake to rupposc they will labor at j >atonies* than the standard compensation tor the work they perform. They are ex ceedingly intelligent, and will invariably demand fair pay when they know their market andaro fee. There will bo no re duction ol wages in the United States, by reason o! the Chinese, to the scale that Western candidates for Congress have fallen into the habit of denouncing. At loast that reduction will not take pla-e in t his nor the next generation. It costs just about as much to get a shirt washed by a Chinaman in Silver How, Montana, as it does by a person ol any other nation -only the other person is not there. The China man is lliorc, aud is a necessity. Bushy bearded minors thank Providence for him, but they don't find him dog-oheup. lie will outwork all the laborers of the world in every department ol labor except whal ing and lumbering ; but nowhere in the world does ho work lor starvation wages unless lie lias been cheated in a labor con tract. bullock and Holden—Fresh Outrages Wanted. Who would have thought of finding tbo following in the columns of the New York Tribune/ Its special Washington corres pondent says: The manner in which partisan telegrams from the South have been manufactured and published in the North, to further the personal dosigna of unscrupulous and am bitious men, wuh well shown up in the de velopments brought out in re I ere nee to the Washington Chronicle during the progress of the recent Georgia investigation. The same game is now going on in connection with the inti mal alf airs of other Southern States. It is believed that the ensuing elections in the South w.ll result, in some instances, not perhaps in the defeat of the llepubliean party, but in the defeat of cer tain indiviuuals who are and have been using that party as a means to their own advancement. Foreseeing this, the effort is to get. up an excuse to declare martial law, and local newspapers in the interest of the men alluded to are teeming with accounts of outrages- This is partic ularly the ease in North Carolina, and no surprise need be felt at a daily dish of hor rors ironi that State, served up in the* Chronicle , “for,” said one of the North Carolina Senators, “wo intend to use the military, and, in justification, wo must get those statements disseminated through the North.” The “certain individuals’' who are charged with using the Republican party at the South to advance their own selfish ends arc Bullock, ol Geoagia, and Holden, of North Carolina, and tin if followers. The allusion to the Washington Chronicle relates to the artielos published by Bullock in that mercenary sheet, and lbr which he paid three prices above the ordinary ad vertising terms. Bullock s account of the condition of Georgia is well known to be a tissue of falsehoods, gotten up lor the pur pose of operating on Congress. Holden’s recent manifesto concerning Ku Klux out rages in North Carolina is of the same stamp. Both these men, as well as those who act. with them, are working desper ately to bring about the very state of things they now mendaciously allege to exist, aud the ultra Radicals in Congress are aiding and abetting them to the best of their ability. Kirk, a man of infamous notorie ty in Tennessee, and who was at ouo time in command of Brownlow’s militia—which consisted of the most infamous gang of des peradoes in all that, region—is to be put by Holden at the head of a similar militia or ganization in North Carolina. On Thurs day last the Georgia bill was reported back to the House by General Butler, who had attempted to surreptitiously strike out the Bingham amendment in the absence of some of the committee; but woo was exposed and foiled by Farnsworth. The bill reported is the same as passed the House originally—the amendments in the Senate, allowing the militia of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana to be re organized, having been rejected in com inittee. No sooner bad llutler reported back the bill than Dawes, of Massachu setts, moved to amend it by aliewing the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia to call their militia into service. The passage of this amendment yesterday is all that Bullock need* to perpetuate bis power. A similar privilege is already ex ercised by Holden, and as permission is also given to organic (he negroes as a Slate militia in Louisiana and Texas—for it is the evident intention that r oue but ne groes shall be called into service—what wonder would there be if anarchy of the worst kind were to be the inevitable result. An excuse is thus had lor Federal inter ference; and if United States troops are summoned to the assistance ol the State authorities, martial law may be proclaimed, and the whole game of disorganization, under the plausible name of reconstruction, may be played over again. The mendacity and eorouption of those | Southern carpet-bag Governors and their allies have been,repeatedly exposed. But what avail., exposure with men who have , no sense of shame, no sentiment of honor, and who arc determined to hold cn, at a'.l hazards, to the offices they have usurped, for the saxc ol the opportunities which arc thus offered them to plunder and oppress ' an indignant and down trodden people ? ' And there arc Ivadicalt in Congress who use the men as servile tocls, and are shame- i lcssly upholding them not only by reason ! of their servility, but because the exigen cies of the party—now threatened with disintegration in what are called the “free” States—obliges them to maintain their control over the South through the credulity of the negro and the terrorism of the bayonet. In this state of things, no “suprise” need certainly be felt if venal journals like the Chronicle should continue to pollute their columns with a succession of falsehoods, not emanating from North Carolina alone, but fro n other Southern States where “the same game ia going on,” and where .Radical partisans equally in terested in promulgating them, but less I hardly frank than the North Carolina Senator alluded to, may quite astruthluily say: “We intend to use the military, and, in justification, we mu3t get these statements disseminated through the North.” —llaltimore Gazelle. The Tone of Public Sentiment. The present Congress is sinking im measurably low, even in Radical estima tion. The Philadelphia Bulletin (Radi j cal) thinks Whittemore will not be prose - outed in a court of law for the “high crime | and misdemeanor ’ tor which he was kicked | tint of Congress, for the reason that in his defense he would show that a number of other Congressmen, not yet exposed, have • committed the same offense. The paper says: “It is this fact which has prevented Whittemore’:. indictment under the law of 1853. In a court of law Whittemore would be on equal ground with his prose cutors, and his defense would bring to light the facts which the Committee of the House have, either willingly or otherwise, concealed. It would be a very awkward thiugif Mr. Whittemore should set up a line of defense which would put cadets and midshipmen oa the witness stand to account for the process by which their ap pointments were procured. It is very safe to assume that Mr. Whittemore will net be indicted.” Although Whittemore could do no such thing in a criminal court, the extract we have quoted shows the opinion a Radica entertains of his Radical brethren in Con gress, and what could be established by the testimony of parties that could be called. The Philadelphia Aye says the moral of Whittemorc’s ease is too impor tant to be lost. It has a most satisfactory significance. It proves that the tone of public sentiment in this country is still pure and elevated, while the tone of the politicians in power is groveling and base. U vindicates that faith in the power of public opinion which Jefferson alluded to when he said : “Were it left to me to dc esda whether we should have a govern ment wi'hcut newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not licsi tate for a moment to prefer (he latter.’ For in this case it is a voice of the press, uttering public opinion, that has “called to order” the public functionaries who be lieved that they had successfully debauch, cd tbo public mind and set at defiance the laws of the land and the laws ot common decency. For the law (statute of 6th Feb ruary, 1853) positively prohibits, under penalty of lino and imprisonment, the ac ceptance of'atiy bribe or present or other valuable thing whatsoever by any member of Congress, or any officer of the United Htatca, cr any person holding any office of trust or profit under the government. The violation of this law is declared to be “a high crime and misdemeanor,” punish able iu any court of the United States having jurisdiction over such offenses. Yet, on the day of President Grant’s in auguration, be inaugurated anew and hitherto unheard of system—for wo pass by, as comparatively trivial, Mrs. Lincoln’s acceptance of shawls and trinkets. He publicly accepted a great sum of money from the hands of Mr. A. T. Stewart, and on the same day sent in his name for the office of Secretaty of the Treasury of the United States, and as this was a violation ot law, lie sent, the next Juy, ■! message to Congress asking it to repeal the law. Here public opinion, through the press, made itself heard, and the wise and salutary law was maintained. But the effect on public unorals was not the less pernicious. Radi cal office-holders took their cue from their chief’. One branch of the revenue service was soon almost paralyzed by the corrup tion of the officials employed in it. Con gressmen not only sold patronage, but be gan openly to advertise it for sale in the public newspapers ! Whether the Radical officials will prosecute Whittemore, under the law of 1853, for his “high crime and misdemeanor,” is yot to bo seen. Rut before the great tribunal of public opinion be and his confederates and abettora have, at last, been tried and condemned. The selling of offices, the taking of gifts and presents by officials, with which the Radi cal party have initiated an ora ot public corruption without parallel in the history of the world, lias rceoived, let us hope, a check. There remains now the vile and infamous traffic in pardons carried on by wholesale at the seat of government. Let public opinion now take cognizance of that. The Pardon “Ring” at Washington has thus far resisted every project lbr a gen eral amnesty as interfering with, its profits. The War of Bates. We learn from the hfcw York Bulletin that tho competition usual at this time of the year between the principal lines of railroads to tho West, still continues ao" tive between tho New York Central and Hudson River and the Erie and Penn sylvania Central Combination. Further reductions in fares were made on Thurs day, and the Erie ticket agents reduced the first class fares to New Orleans, by way of tho Mississippi river, from $55 to $52 85, and to St. Louis from S2B to s2ti 85. The rates of fare by the South ern line, via Richmond, are also reduced, and a further decline is promised—s4o for a first-class passage to New Orleans being the lowest figure to which lares are likely to fall. By the principal trunk :ies the fares rrc now $lB to Chicago, sl7 to Cincinnati, and s2l to Louisville; but these charges are not likely to be long maintained, as the competition will necessitate a material redaction all round. It is announced, on the authority of the general freight agent of the principal Western roads, that an effort will bo made on the Ist of July to effect a materia! ad vance in freight rates. From the schedule j of prices agreed upon to take effect on that date, wo learn that first-class freights to Chicago will lie advanced from $ l 12 to $i 50 per ewt. ; to .Cincinnati from ! t 0 Louisville from $1 23 to $1 73; to Quiccey, 111., from $1 40 ; to $1 01 ; and to St. Louis from $1 40 ! to $1 91. Tiie Present Condition ofthe Soi th. ihe New korx llor/Jhas a leader upon the present oendidon of the negroes in the South, based upon information received from an observing gentleman who has just returned from a residence of seven or eight months in a Guit' State. According to this testimony emancipation is no( regarded as an evil by the owners of the Southern plantations, and they heartily acquiesce in free labor. The negroes, he says, are reasonably industrious, ar.d are improving every year under the wages system. More over, The social problem would be no problem at all, if it were not for meddlesome carpet bag interferer.ee. A law has been passed i by the Legislature of Louisiana giving negroes equal rights in schools, theatres, ; hotels and public conveyances ; tut this is | something which the negroes themselves j do not care for and have never demanded. It is repulsive and odious to the whites, and in their ptesent temper they will never submit to it. They will willingly be taxed to support separate feee schools for the black children ; the street railroad com panies in New Orleans are ready to give iup every other car to the negroes; but association and contact are repelled as in dignities, and as a general rule, the negroes ido Dot claim this kind of equality. The attempts which have been made to enforce it have utterly failed. Every law of that j kind will be a dead letter, as there is no | possibility of executing it. North and South. Capital, enterprise and well-directed in j dustry are essential to success in all the affairs of life. The merchants of Savan nah, intelligent and public spirited as they are, were quick to perceiye and act upon this progressive principle; anl hence the metropohs of Georgia is to-day far in ad vance of her sister cities of the South —second only in commercial importance to New Orleans. Savannah is, however, much indebted for her present prosperity and prospective greatness to her admir | able facilities for freight and passenger travel, which are uot surpassed by those of any Southern city. Indeed we know of no city South which excells Savannah in this respect. Four .-teamera sail weekly for New York, aud others for Philadelphia and Baltimore. These steamers are of substantia! build, and afford every safety and comfort to the travelling public. The Southern freight and passenger route being connected with the Central Railroad, offers facility to the people ol Georgia for safe and speedy travel. Our reader? will fled in another column full particulars ol this important railroad and steamship combination—forced for the benefit of trade and commerce. To be Wiped Out and Expunged. At a recent meeting of the Democracy of Schuylkill county, Pa., Hon. Francis Hughes, speaking of the 15th amendment, said that “as long as the Supremo Court has not declared it unconstitutional the Democratic party must submit to it. But the same power that did it cun undo it, and the time will and must come when that part of the Constitution will be en tirely wiped out and expunged as was the resolution of the United States Senate censuring General Jackson. Look at the signs of the times since the adoption of the amendment. Connecticut, before Republican, elects a Democrat, and the Radical Governor is superseded by bis Democratic competitor, English. Then came New York, with its immense majori ties for the Democratic candidates for the Judges of the Court ot Appeals. We were at first surprised to hear that the majority was 50,000, then it was 60,000, then 70,000, then 80,000, and now it is about 90,000, and he did not know whether it would stop short of 100,000. This is a glorious vindication of the natural law stamping the white man as the superior. The Democratic party should not cease to agitate and to vindicate the white man’s rights.” TJie Georgia Bill. The new b’li simply provides that Geor gia, having complied with the reconstruc tion acts cf Congress and ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amondments to the Constitution, is declared entitled to representation in Congress; it is also pro vided that the people of Georgia have the right to elect members of the General As sembly a3 provided for in the State Con stitution. The effect of this bill is most unfavorable to the Bulloek interest, and will frustrate all the deep laid schemes to continue himself and his black-and-tan legislators in office in defiance of the will of the people.— N. Y. Herald, June 25th. The Crop Prospects. The New York Herald publishes re ports from every section of the country, giving, as it claims, the most reliable data upon which to base a safe calculation in regard to the prospects of the coming crops. Commenting on these reports it remarks: “It appears, no doubt, with sincere giatifieation, that the auguries for an abundant, if not an unprecedented harvest were never more striking and encouraging. Iu the South (he harvesting has already commenced under very flattering aus pices, although in Virginia there is a little complaint on account of wet weather. But it so happens that, while the wet weather in a measure interferes with the work of husbanding the cereals, it has a flourishing effect upon the tender tobacco plants, so that what is lost in one way will be gained in another. Among the most interesting feature.- iu this agricultural exhibit is the fact that tbo South has been blessed to an unexampled degree in the prospective luxuriant yield of its staple and cereal pro ducts, particularly in Tennessee. “It has been ascertained, also, that a greater breadth ol’corn has been planted than was apprehended early in the season; so that, with lull cotton gins and full corn bins, our Southern brethren may “rejoice in their abundance” for some time to come. They now can claim the honor of holding the “horn of plenty,” and with the prodigious yield of wheat and corn foreshadowed in the reports from Illinois, ! Indiana, lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, | Kansas and other great Wtstern wheat ! growing States, they arc entitled to the j distinction ot contributing largely to the j strengthening of the backbone of theca lion, the stamira ofthc republic, the natu ral products ot its soil. From California, whore reports of crop failures have pre vailed, the latest accounts are encouraging, showing that the “Golden State” I will have something besides glittering nug ge'3 and quartz to throw in the lap of our country’s general prosperity.” Taking the crop reports as a whole, there b a promise of an abundant wheat harvest throughout a large portion of the j grain-growing region of the United States. : In some parts of Maryland, Delaware and \ West Virginia, owing to the almost daily rains of the past three weeks, there are serious complaints of rust and scab, of the depredations of the weevil and of abund aaco of straw, with a deficiency of grain. There are also fears of a short wheat crop here and therein the Western States. But, taking the Northwest as a whole, the promise of a he ivy crop is remarkably good, whilst in the Southern States, where tiie harvest is over, the yield is said to be unprecedented. There is a reasonable prospect that breadstuff’s will be cheap for ; another year at least. . m - Massachusetts Magnanimity.— Can the Chinese shoemakers of North Adams vote in Massachusetts? And why can they not? Because, beloved, it is written in the fundamental law of Massachusetts, that “No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under tbe ccn sthution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his came.” It is very well to cram igoorant, barbaric suf frage on other States, but none for us. — N. FI IForM. Tiie Honor-Men at the .State Uni versity.—From a special correspondent f the Chronicle & Sentinel at Athens, we learn that the honors and speakerships awarded to members of tbe senior class in the University of Georgia have been announced as follows : The first honor is shared bv A. 8. Camp bell, of this city, and N. E. Harris, of Cartersvilie. Second honor —W. Dessan, of Macon. The third honor is shared by J. B. B. Seuith, of Atlanta, and W. B. Hill, of Macon. Fourth honor—A. F. Trimble, oi llogan.-ville. Speakerships for next highest standing I in the class are awarded to C. L. Bartlett, ’ of Monticello, and J. G. Hammond, cf ; Atlanta. Speakers Ciected by Demosthcnian So- j ciety \\ . Trammell, of Hamilton, and J. L. Olive, o! Lexington. By Phi Ivappi Society—W. A. Shorter ; and C A. Key, of Jonesboro’. -a.—— the Jackson Cianon states that there has been a “bust up” in tbe Mississippi Railroad r.ug. This ring was composed of I radicals and Democratic members of the Legislature, but at a leeent meeting the Democratic portion, being informed of the mode of operations by which it was proposed to swindle the people, not only retired trout the coneern, but denounced the swindle in terms more forcible than i elegant. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY (>, IS7O. Unauthorized Statement. The i Chronicle & Sentinel savs it is reponed ■ that Judge Cabinets, Chairman of the I State Democratic Executive Committee, wiilcall a Convention of the Democracy on j the 26th of July. Now we undertake to ! charge that journal with knowingly violat i propriety, if uot confidence. We doubt I not all prominent Democratic editors in j the State knew aa much about the matter as did the editor cf the Chronicle & I Sentinel, and yet not one of them said booh. I If there ia a call before the final action j of Congress, we hope the first resolution | of the Convention will be the ejection of j imprudent members from the Executive j Committee. • The above, which we clip from the Al j bany News, is cbaractcristic of that sheet i and its editor. We care nothing for the I charge made against this paper of “kcow i icgly violating propriety,” for that is a I mutter of taste, and we cc-itainly do no: regard the News as in the least particular qualified to decide upon matters of that sort. But when the News undertakes to charge us with violating “confidence,” it simply asserts that which is untrue. We may be “imprudent,” though upon that point opinions may differ. We have a very distinct recollection that a few years smcc, when a certain patty was upon trial for his life in the lower part of this State, the “imprudent” counsels and cervices of the writer w re eagerly sought and ob tained in behalf of the accused, and that laborious services, prolonged through a trial lasting more than a week, in behalf of that person, have received as yet no other requital save the unjust remarks above quoted and others of a similar nature. “A wink to a blind horse is a3 good as a nod.” Does the News take ? Tl»e Mineral Wealth of Georgia. Wo cheerfully give publicity to the fol lowing letter from an experienced and in telligent Geologist making known the recent discovery of an extensive and very valuable formation of Pyrophillite or Talc in Murray county. The specimen accom panying our correspondents, letter shows that the character of this Talc is fully equal to any cow known to the Geological world, and we doubt not would amply re pay the cost of mining and preparing for market : June, 1870. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel ; Sir : The specimen 1 gave you is irom a locality recently discovered in Murray county, Georgia, where it abounds in im mense quantities. It is called “talc” (pyrophillite), and is composed of silica 63, magnesia 33—is used extensively in the arts as a base for toilette soaps—as a cos metic, and for tailors’ marking, under the name of “French Chalk, ” though it doos not contain a particle of lime. This locality is by far the most extensive in thg world, now known, and from 20 to 600 feet thick —cropping out occasionally for 60 miles — running northeastwardly to Macon county. North Carolina. It is in the laconic formation, and its counterpart, or corres ponding formation, east of the Appalachian ChaiD, is now extensively worked in Macon county—also found in Chatham and Mont gomery eounties, where the magnesia is displaced by alumina, and known as “Chinese Figure Stone” (agalmatolite), in consequence of its being used in making their idols for family worship. Accom panying the agalmatolite, in Montgomery county, is found a peculiar fcssilif'erous quartzite rock, containing millions of shefis of a species of coralline. What gives greater interest to it in a scientific point of view, is the fact that it is at least 5,000 feet lower in the sedimentary strata than any fosuliferoua rock now known, and most probably the dawn of life on this globe. I gave a box of these rare mine rals to our University, and one to Prof. C. A. Shepard of Amherst Col ege, where the curious may sec them. Yours, M. S. The Law Outraged by Bullock. Wc find iu the Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, the following proclamation from Bullock which denotes anew era in crime. It will be seen that the im maculate Varney A. Gaskili, one of the State Road officials, is pardoned in advance of any indictment or prosecution. It is an outrage upon justice and holds out a re ward for the commission of crime : Atlanta, Ga., June 27, 1870. —To all whom it may concern—Greeting : Where as, Varney A. Gaskili, of the county of Fulton, State of Georgia, did, in cr about the month of December, A. D., ISC9, di rectly give railroad bonds and money unto Nedonr L. Angier, Treasurer, aa officer of this State, as a bribe to influence the be havior of said Nedom L. Angier as Treas urer ; and whereas, tho said Varney A. Gaskili lias freely, fully and frankly testi fied to all his acts and doings in that re gard, to the end that the truth might be made public ind the ends of justice accom plished ; and whereas, the said Varney A. Gaskili, believing himself in danger of prosecution,, has made petition for execu tive pardon for the violation of law as above recited : Now, therefore, Ido here by fully and freely pardon the said Varney A. Gaskili of any and all violation of law of which he may be guilty in connection with, and which may have arisen out of or be based upon the transaction hereinbefore recited; and I hereby relieve, and forever discharge him from all tho pain3 and pen alties thereof. . Given under my hand and the seal of the Executive Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, the day and year first above written. Rufus B. Bullock, Governor. 1 Corves. Baltimore Gazette .] From Washington. Washington, June 25, 1870. There can no longer be any doubt that the elements ol opposition to the rotten party now domineering over the people are abundantly sufficient to sweep tbe country at its next Presidential election. It is equally apparent that those masses of men heretofore affiliating with the Radical organization, but who have become dis- j gusted with its imbecility, profligacy and ! recklessness, arc not disposed to throw any j difficulties in the way of a perfect union oi | all the materials favorable to the restora- j tion of the Government to an honest and I Constitutional basis. From a somewhat j extensive inquiry I cannot find a single j influential politician of the latter class I who will not cheerfully co-opcratc with the 1 Democratic Conservative party, in the ! next national struggle, upon a platform j and candidates entirely satisfactory to its i masses, and their trusted leaders. Regarding this matter as already sub- i j stactially settled, it becomes the more ita- j ! portaut that the future National Exccu- | tive should La supported by a sympathiz i ! ing Congress. The history of this Con | federacy, though brief, contains maDy ex- | ; staples of the inefficiency of an Executive, ! however honest, capable and patriotic, ! 1 when thwarted at every turn by an antago- ! : nistie National Legislature. It may not : be that the Senate can be purified so soon ■ as the spring of 1573, but it i.s undoubted- ! ; ly within the easy power of the present opposition to Grant’s administration to re generate the II: use of Representatives even so early as the coming faii. With an Executive and tbe popular branch cf Con gress in harmony, a Senate, however con stituted. could not long resist the will of the people of the States ■ It is in this view that the recent caucus of Democratic and Conservative members of Congress have recommended prudence and tbe utmost activity in selecting and electing proper candidates for Congress and tho State Legislatures at the approaching elections. It is impossible to exaggerate the impor tance of this admonition. Iu order to show, beyond cavil, not only \ that a great revolution in public sentiment ; is in progress, but that, irotn those who j are leaving the profligate and usurping dominant faction, the Democratic Con servatives have nothing to fear on the ground of principle in the future , I beg to refer to a recent letter of Hon. James Hughes, cf Indiana, offering himself a candidate for Congress in the Sixth Dis trict ol that State. In this letter Mr. Hughes says he neither desires nor expects an election (the election of* Mr. Yoorhees being certain), his object being to state in advance his present political attitude, in order that he may not be considered a bolter j from the Radical nomination, when made. • It is also necessary to premise that Mr. 1 Hughes was formerly a Democratic repre- I sedative iu Ccncress from this very dis trict. aud subsequently appointed odo of the Judges of the United States Court of j Claims, by President Buchanan. He has uniformly acted, however, with the Re publican party (so called) since the out ; break of the late civil war. Os his tolera tion of the freedom of opinion, even in the extreme expression of it in the late “un pleasantness” between the “sections” (as the war was called by Ex President John j son), he has given a practical proof very j lately, by associating with him in the prac tice of the law, in Washington, a son of i President Tyler. Premising these facts, I proceed to quote the principle which con j stitute his platform: ! "To those” (he says) “who, from devo tion to their country, have acted vitli the j Republican party, without approving of its violations cf the laws and Constitutions, I irtate and national—without accepting ne gro equality, or trampling under foot our State Constitutions—of which class of men I am one, I dcsite to give an opportunity to be represented. It may be but a begin ning, but it is right." * * * “I will advocate an equal and just tariff; the re peal of the whole internal revenue system, except an income tax [the latter to be col lected through the State governments), the payment of the principal of the five twenty bonds in United States legal tender notes (which includes the abolition of national banks), aud a national convention to con sider the propriety of amending the Con stitution of the United States. I would have the Consritution and its amendments ratified or reformed by the direct will of a iree people, in ti—to of peace, not on terms dictated to prostrate State* by Congress, reacting on the other States and establish ing a central Government with imperial powers, different from the one framed by those who achieved our independence. To those who may not hear me during the canvass, this is, in brief, ruy exposition of principles; before those who may happen to hear me, I will discuss public affairs more at length on the same basis.” The skies are bright all round. The suggestion of Mr. Hughes of a constitu tional convention is not new. Many have for along time thought it the true panacea for existing evils. Others see, however, a shorter if not a surer way. If prudence shall bo observed by the Conservative ele ments in the Northern States the regenera tion of the republic will be assured. The South, iD despite of bayonets and bravado, will shortly be a unit. All that is required of them is a little patience for tho present. “Cos operation of all the elements of op position to the Radical faction" is the word with every man I have lately con versed with who really desires thepacitica tiou of the country upon rational and per manent principles. In the meantime the acts (or attempted acts) of this expiring Congress may well be left to public contempt. What they may do, or leave undone, will avail little, and that little not long. Even aB to Geor gia it is known that, through the courts, elections will bo forced this fall, notwith standing the scandalous action of Butler and his majority in the House, and Sum ner and his in the Senate. Conkling’s Naturalization bill has scarcely the ghost of a chance of final passage. Laws of further aggresiivo action in the line of “reconstruetion,”it is thought, are impossi ble ox onactmeni —thanks alone to the up rising of the petple in all quarters. X. WAStifiiGTON, June 26, 1870. With an unexpected expedition the House lias once raa-e disposed of the Geor gia question. The bill which passed on Friday is as near ncthing as so skilled a legislator as Mr. Dawes could devise. It is neither fish, flesh, fowl nor good red her ring. It iscomposedof glittering gcneral itites meaning nothing It had, as origin ally presented, one salient feature. It called for an election inlß7o, in accordance with the State ConstitUMn. The words “in 1870” were stricken out, on motion of Mr. Dickey, of Pennsylvania, whose leg islative efforts bad previously been confined to roaring out in stentqriahiones, strangely in contrast with his dimiauffc person, "I object!” When the House adopted the Dickey amendment it extinguished the one vital spark in the bill. As it ,‘tands, it simply declares that there shall he an elec tion in accordance with the State Consti tution. But the Constitution i» *». *— courts and a legislature, over which the unscrupulols Bullock has supreme control. Besides tiey have ample precedents for violating till State Consti tution. Is not the •Fedcßt Constitution violated by Congress almott daily? Those who voted for this amendment with the belief that they wire not perpetu ating a corrupt Legislature and extending the term of a corrupt aid unprincipled man as Governor of Georgii, simply erred in judgment, or were wilf’uly misled by the paid advocates of the Bulock ring. But will the Senate accept tie House bill ? Certain Senators have sail that it would not. The result of this will probably be, a3 has been predicted for some time past, that there will be no joint action by Con gress on the Georgia question this session. The anomaly will thus be presented of a State still without the pali of the UnioD, and unrepresented in Congress, having a representative In the Cabinet in the person of the law officer of the Government. The Globe of yesterday itates that But ler’s speech on the Georgia question is “withheld for revision.” As his speech inciudessome interjected remarks in rela tion to Governor Bullock, the proprietors of the CrYo&e should look ft itthat Butler neither commits sins of onission or com mission in the revising of lis proof, as in the instance exposed by Mr. Randall. As none of the reports yet published give these remarks, 1 quote Iron my notes as follows: Butler said tho charges against Governor Bullock had been disproved, and that they originated only with Mr. Augicr, the State ( Treasurer ct Georgia, wlic was now under going an investigation hitosclf. Mr. Haldetnan, of Ptnnsylvania, said Dr. Bard had made explic t charges against Bullock, and that he hid given up the Governorship of Jdaho toreturu to Geor gia for the purpose of defcoding the people against Bullock. Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, said that others had made similar charges sgainst Governor Bullock. Butler—That proves nothing. Mr. Haldetnan, of Pennsylvania—They prove as much as Mr. Farnsworth’s charges against you. As the press of the whole country has oustained Mr. Farnsworth’s charges, and declared Butler’s attempted refutal of it a failure, the hit was a hard one, and But ler wineed under it. It is surprising that the inconsistency of Butler’s attempt to explain away the very serious charge preferred (and proved ) again-t him by Mr. Randall has not at tracted mote attention. Butler drew his pen through the re marks of Mr. Rardall, and wrote on the proof sheet the following: "Nete— Here is a misreport, as all that passed between the Speaker and Mr. Ran dall is omitted. I heard no such statement or I should have replied. B. F. B.” Iq his attempted explanation Butler said: (I quote lrom the Globe report ver batim. ) “Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts—Know ing him to be generally a courteous gentle man, I did not think he would indulge in that kind of remark; but I excused him, and wanted it to he stricken out of the j Globe," etc. It will be seen that Butler here admits that he did hear Mr. Randall, and was willing to excuse him, How considerate, j But he will find it rather difficult, I fancy, to reconcile the variance between the Etate- I ment made in his note on the proof-sheet | that he heard no such remark from Mr. I Randall, and his admission to the House ; that he d:d hear but was willing to excuse i him. X. Cheering for North Carolina.— From every direction comes cheering news. Tne good and true people of the State have been aroused and on all hands arc putting forth t’-cir strength to kill out Radicalism in the land. Already the Republicans be come demoralized, tbe front rank of the party—the carpet-baggers—going down from political view. The late action of the Governor, in calling out troops to sup press disorders that could easily be put down by a strict and impartial adminis tration of justice, is a great confession of weakness. Troops are needed at the polls to intimidate voters, and force ia to be used to assist fraud and chicanery to gain the day. Ilolden is determined to ruin or else to quite bankrupt the State. But tbe very means that he has adopted to secure him in place will but accelerate his downfall. The people are not intimi dated, even by the formidable warlike preparations of our gallant Governor. On the contrary they have been aroused, and are everywhere throughout the land de nouncing the corruption and tyranny of the State’s Executive. In August they will express themselves at the ballot-box, and next winter, with a Legislature of our own, all true and loyal men, we can defy Holden and his partisan friends through out tbe State.— Wilmington Journal. Decisions or the Supreme Court of Georgia. Delivered at Atlanta, Tuesday, dune 21. i [reported expressly for the consti tution, BY N. J. HAMMOND, SUPREME COURT REPORTER.! | John R. Jones, plaintiff in error, vs. John A. Payne, defendant in error. Motion j to dismiss from Lee. By the Court — Brown, 0. J-, delivcr i ing the opinion.—A motion to docket and dismiss this case was n ade by Judge Lyon at the last term of this Court, on the ground, among others, that the Clerk of the Superior Court of Lee couDty had failed to make out and certify the tran script of the record within ten days after the bill of exceptions was filed in his office, as required by the statute. Tiie motion was overruled, and the case, which reached the office of tho Clerk of this Court too late for the last term, was or dered to be placed on the docket for this term. It was reached in order redargued; but before we had pronouheed any judg ment, the ease of Seay vs. Treadwell, in which Judge Lyon was of counsel for plaintiff in error, was also reached in its order, and dismissed on motion, on two grounds: Ist, that all the evidence in said <.ase, on the trial in the Court below, was not embraced in the bill of exceptions, as required by the rules of this Court; and 2d, on the ground that the Clerk of the Superior Court did not make out and certify the transcript of the record for more than two months after the expiration of the ten days, and no sufficient excuse was shown for tho delay; and no diligence was shown on the part of the plaintiff in error, or his counsel, to secure this dis charge of duty by the Clerk. The decision in this case at the last term was afterward quGted upon us, and Judge Lyon, who had left the Court, applied through lus law partner, Colonel Irwin, for permission to renew his motion to dis miss this case. It is our wish, in the dis charge of our duty, to apply the same rules to all alike, and on account of our groat respect for the able counsel who feel aggrieved, we have consented to rc-hcar the motion to dismiss, in this irregular manner, after tho ease has been argued upon its merits. By this, however, we will net be bound as a precedent. The earlier decisions of this Court, so far as we are advised, wore uniform ; that if the Clerk of the Superior Court failed to make out and certify and send up to this Court a transcript of the record with in ten days after the bill of exceptions was filed in his office, the writ of error was dis missed. See Beall vs. Scott, 4th Ga. 525. Leak vs. McDowell, 6th Ga. 264. 6th Ga. 317. The Act, organizing this Court under which those ruling were made, provides, that, if any Clerk shall fail or refuse to send up the transcript of the whole record in any cause, aecording to tho provisions of this Act, or he or any Sheriff shall refuse or neglect to perform any duty imposed upon him by (his Act, said Superior Court, while in session in any district in this State, may issue <» writ of mandamus to such officer and enforce obedience thereto, if necessary, by attachment; and in case that such refusal of any such officer have delayed the party applying for or tender ing a bill of exceptions as atoresaid, be yond the time limited in the foregoing part of this Act, he shall not thereby lose his remedy, but may proceed as if ,ue time limited had not expired. Here nothing is said about diligence on the part of the plaintiff ia error to secure the discharge of duty by the officer. But this Court in Dukes vs. Trippe, 6th Ga. 321, in construing that Act, says: “And in a!«l such cases the party applying for such writ shall not lose his remedy, but may proceed as if the time limited in said Act had not expired.” In other worns, if the time has expired, and tho Clerk has not done his duty by certifying and sending up the bill of exceptions, the case must be dismissed, unless the party has applied lor the writ of mandamus to compel him to send it up. That was the legal diligence required by this Couvt; and if that was wanting the case was at an end. The dilicencc which was then required of the party as a condition to me continu ance Or his case in Court, after tho <Lfault, of the Clerk, by the construction placed upon the statute of this Court, is now re quired by positive enactment- Section 4204 of the Code now enacts that: If any Sheriff or Clerk, or other officer shall fail to discharge any duty re quired of him in connection with the fore going provisions, upon petition, the Su preme Court or the Judge of the Supe rior Court, may compel the performance of such duty by mandamus, and no suitor shall lose any rightby reason of the failuie of such officers to discharge their duties, when he has bceu guilty of no fault him self, and has exercised ordinary diiigcnce to secure their discharge of duty. It will be observed that it is not enough that the suitor has been guilty of no fault himself. But lie must have exercised or dinary diligence to secure the officer to dis charge his duty. What is meant by ordi nary diligence to secure the discharge of duty by the officer ? We think it requires the party to have exercised ordinary dili gence to obtain a mandamus against the officer for the failure to do his duty. That is tho legal remedy given him to secure the discharge of tho duty neglected by the Clerk, and if he fail to pursue this legal remedy, with ordinary diligence, the case will be dismissed on motion. In other words, the defect is cured only by the ac tive pursuit of this legal remedy, when the Clerk has neglected his duty. Under the original statute, the applica tion for the writ of mandamus could only be made to the Supreme Court. To expe dite the remedy, the Code provides that it may be made to the Supreme Court, or the Judge of the Superior Court. If tho Su preme Court is in session at .he time, and within a convenient distance, the applica tion may bo made to it. If not, the exer cise of proper diligence would require that it be made to tho Judge of the Superior Court. The rule as now laid down by statute is in fact more stringent than that laid down in the Act organizing this Court. That Act was not explicit, that any diligence was necessary to save the righ's of parties, iri case of the failure of the clerk to do his duty, it was so construed by the Court, however, as to require that lie apply for the mandamus, which the Court was au thorized to grant, or the case be dimissed. But tho present statute in express terms requires vigilance on the part of the suitor, to save his rights in such case. But wc are asked what damage bus the defendant in error sustained by the clerk’s failure to certify, and tend up the bill of exceptions, and the record within the time prescribed,j il he has in fact sent it | up, and it is here, when the case is called i in its order. There may be no actual dam- ] age. Then why dismiss the ease ? For the reason that the law has not been com plied with, nod it is not legally brought to this Court. The statute requires the bill of excep tions to be tendered, and certified by the Judge, within thirty days after the ad journment of the Court, at which the de cision was made. Suppose it is tendered and certified thirty-one days after the ad journment of the Court, and all the par ties are in this Court when the case is called ; what damage has the defendant in j error snstained by the performance of the I required duty, only one day after the time fixed by law ? Probably none can be shown. Then why dismiss the case? Be-, cause the law has not been complied with, j,Dd the case is not legally here. Again, suppose the plaintiff in error has failed to notify the defendant in error of the signing of the bill of exceptions, within ten days, and has failed to file it in the clerk s office within fifteen days, the same may be baid as to damage. Yet in ail suen cases there i is but one uniform ru.ing. The case is j dismissed because the law is not complied : i with. So in this class of eases it is not for us to sav whether the defendant m error , has sustained actual damage or not; it is ; enough that he can show that the oase is ( not brought here in accordance with the ! law and he is entitled to have it dismissed, and to stand upon his rights as they were I adjudicated in the Superior Court. Again, the familiar law is quoted, that -. i every officer is presumed to do bis duty 1 till the contrary is shown, and it is said, ! why may not parties stand by this rule I and take it for granted mat such duty has ! been performed till the contrary appear . I That rule may apply generally, but it does not apply here, for the simple reason that the statute repeals it by requiring the party to use diligence tosec that tne offamr does discharge bu duty, or, in other words, I to use diligence to secure its discharge. : The Constitution of tne State, in exist ence at the time this Court was organized, required eases to be disposed of here witn ' promptness, to prevent delay in litigation. Since then, the people have met in conven tion three different times, and each con vention has formed a constitution, and i there has been no relaxation of tlie_ rule, except that the Court may, in its discre tion, withhold its judgment for one term after the ease is argued. The provision of the present Constitution is in those words; I The Supreme Court shall dispose of j every case at the first or second term, after such writ of error is brought ; and in case the plaintiff in error shall not be pre pared at the first term to prosecute the case, unless prevented by providential cause, it shall be stricken from the docket, and the judgment below shall stand affirmed. Iq case the Court may, in its discretion, withhold its judgment until the next term after the case is argued. Now, it is a grave question whether thq Legislature can pass any act to delay a case till the second term, by putting the party bringing it up upon ordinary diligence Must not the diligence that keeps the case from being stricken from th; docket be such extraordinary diligence that the fail ure to get here and prosecute it at the first term may be the result of providen tial hindrance. That seems to be the plain language of the Constitution. But admit that the Legislature has pow er to proscribe reasonable rules as to the mannerof bringing up cases, and to say how long before each term a ease shall be docketed to make it returnable to that term ; still, it must make reasonable rules keeping in view the imperative mandate of the Constitution ; that tho plaintiff in er ror shall be prepared to pr iseeute the case at the first term. When a bill of excep tions is sued out, all the subsequent steps required by the Act of the Legislature must bo promptly taken within the time required; and, if by taking those steps promptly as required, the case can reach the office of the Clerk ot tfis Court twen ty days before the commencement of tlio term, as provided by the statute, that is the first term of the writ of error; and if the plaintiff in error docs not use all the remedies the law gives him against every officer for neglect of duty, and discharge promptly every duty the statute requires of him, or show that ho was prevented by providential cause from so doing, the case must be stricken from the docket, and the judgment below stand affirmed. We may observe here that the Constitu tion is imperative that the case shall be disposed of at the second term. Even providential cause is an excuse at the first term only, as is very apparent by an ex amination of the clauso of the Constitu tion above quoted. It is not probably in our power to lay down any rule as to tho precise time within which a mandamus shall be obtained by the plaintiff in error against a defaulting officer, to secure bi3 ease from the steru rule of the Constitution, which requires it to be stricken from tho docket, if he is not prepared to prosecute it at the first term. In a case like the present, we think it rea sonable to require that he apply by him self, his agent or attorney, at the Clerk’s office, on the day or the day after the duty is required to be performed by tho Clerk, and to ascertain whether it has been done, and if not, that he apply to this Court, if in session, or to the Judge of the Superior Court, with reasonable promptness for a mandamus against the defaulting officer. The precise time within which the appli cation is made must depend on the dis tance from the county, where tho ease was tried, to this Court, or the Judge of the Superior Court, and the condition of the parties, and other circumstances of the case. [“Another reason for dismissing tho case, if the necessary diligence has not been used, though the case may have reached this Court, is found in tho fact that this diligence is exacted in order to carry out the ‘requirement of the Constitution and the public policy of the State: that cases shall be disposed of in this Court without delay. If the rule of diligence is relaxed in one case, or class of cases, because the ca e afterwards reached hero without the exercise of the required diligence, the re laxation will sanction a iooso practice, which, in many cases, will result in delay and the loss of a term. We are of opinion, therefore, that tho enforcement of the rule in all cases is most in conformity to the requirements of the Constitution. If the duty has been per formed by the Clerk after the expiration of the time allowed him for that purpose, before the party could, by the exercise of ordinary diligence, have obtained a writ of mandamus, we will not dismiss tho case. But if the plaintiff in error, by the exer cise ol ordinary diligenco, could have ob tained the mandamus, before the duty was m.&s'm objection. Apply these rules to the case now under consideration, and we are satisfied it is not our duty to grant the order. The record in tbecase is a very volumin ous one, and the plaintiff in error, by his counsel, shows on oath, that, with the cler ical aid which the Clerk of the Superior Court could command in the little village of Starkville, where the case was tried: he could not do his other necessary duties, aud prepare and certify the transcript of the record within the time, and that the plaintiff in error not only did all he could to get the Clerk to prepare the papers in time, but he aided him to make them out, aud the whole was completed, as the rule required, within three days after the ex piration of the time. As the Judge, of the Supi rior Court did uot reside in the coum ty, ordinary diligence would hardly have enabled the plaintiff to obtain a writ of mandamus within tne three days. There is a very clear distinction between this case and the case ofßeay vs. Tread well, in which the duty was not performed for about two months after tho expiration ofthc time, and no excuse was given for its non-performance, and no diligence shown by the plaintiff in error to secure its performance. The motion to dismiss this cise is over ruled. Tlie Cotton Move in e lit- The Associated Press furnishes us with the following interesting abstract of the cotton movement for the week ending Fri day, June 24: The cotton movement for tho week lias been comparatively light, both in receipts and exports. The receipts are smaller than for any one week since the cotton season commenced to draw tea close. The exports show a very heavy falling off as compared with last week, but they are largely in excess of the corresponding week last year. The receipts at all ports for the week wore 12,847 bales against 15 526 last week; 17(995 for the previous week, and 22,441 three weeks since. These figures show au uniform and gradual decrease in receipts. Exports ffom all United States ports for the week were 19,898 bales against 40,332 last week, and 8,104 this week last year. The preceding figures show a fitful and ir regular movement in the export line. The receipts at all ports from Septem ber Ist, 1869, to date, reach 2.813,323 bales, against 2,096,604 for the same time | last year, showing an increase of 716,719 bales in favor, of the present seasdD. The exports from all ports from Septem ber Ist, 1869. to date, is 2,042,183 bales, against 1,409,907 bales last year—showing • an increase of 632,276 bales. Stock at all ports is 206,827 bales, against 72,053 bales last year. The rtoek at the interior is. 42,813 bales, against 46,365 bales last week and 5,835 bales this date last year. The stock of cotton in Liverpool is 642,- I 000 bales, against 338,000 bales last year. The amount of American cotton afloat for , Great Britain is 100,000 bales, against 79,- | 000 bales last year. The amount of India ; cotton afloat for Europe is 320,663 bales, j against 626,754 bales last year. Accounts of the growing crop is favor- . able iu the main, although there have been considerable complaints of late of too ; much rain in many sections of the South. We cannot learn, however, that any serious j damage has resulted from the rain, except | in a few localities. The heated term, in- , augurat:d at this point during the week, seems to have extended generally to the South, and tho latest advices are more fa vorable to the growing plant. The cotton maiket in New York was a little firmer at the opening of the week but afterwards be -1 came dull and heavy with a decline in prices. In cotton circles Lhc price at which the new crop is likely to open is the subject of much discussion. Luring the wee< some transactions wore made at 18(«d8’,;: for October delivery, which is I about the only indication at present. Sals of Texas Sea Island Cotton.— : The Houston Time* of the 18th, mentions having a letter to Judge Davis, of j Harris * uuty, from his merchant in Gal j veston, Mr. Alfred Muckle, which stated ; ; “I have received to-day account of sales from Liverpool at the following prices for Sea Island cotton, for 14 bags 48d, 53d and 55d.” The New Y ork Sun (Radical) is very severe on Butler, considering that he has done so much of tho dirty work of the | Radical party. That paper says; “If Butler’s .statement about the Cubans is l true, that they offered only bonds to pur chase influence, it is easy to understand his dissatisfaction. What he wanted was spoons.” NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 27. [ From the London Times, 9(A.] Mr. Dickens’ Last Hours. Daring the whole of Wednesday Mr. . Dickens had manilested signs of illness, saying that he felt dull, and that the work j on which he was engaged was burdensome to him. He came to the dinner table at 6 i o’clock, and his sister-in-law, Mies Hogarth, observed that his eyes were full of tears. ; She did not like to mention this to him. | but watched him anxiously until, alarmed by the expression of his face, she proposed j sending for medical assistance. He said i “No,” but said it with imperfect articula -1 tion. The next moment he complained of toothache, put his hand to the side of his head, and desired that the window might be shut. It was shut immediately, and Miss Hogarth went to him and took his arm, intending to lead him from the room. Artfcr one or two steps he suddenly fell heavily on his left side, and remained un conscious and speechless until his death, whioh came at ten minutes past 6 on Thursday, just twenty-four hours after the attack. As soon as he fell a telegram was dispatched to his old friend and constant medical attendant, Mr. F. t Carr Beard, of Welbeok street, who went to Gad’s Hill immediately, hut found the condition of his patient to he past hope. Mr. Steele, ol Strood, was already in attendance, and Dr. Russell Reynolds went down on Thursday, Mr. Beard himself remaining until the last, The pupil of the right eye was dilated, that ol the left contracted, the breathing stertorous, the limbs flaccid until half an hour before death, when some convulsion occurred. These symptoms point conclu sively to the giving way of a blood vessel in tho brain, and to consequent large hemorrhage, or, in other words, to what is called anoplexy- It is believed that no post-mortem examination will bo made. HIS RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS. The London Daily News publishes the following letter, which has hcretolore been alluded to in the cable dispatohes : Gads’s Hill Place, j Ilighaui by Rochester, Kent, j- Wedncsday, the Bth June, 1870. ) Dear Sir : It would be quite incon ceivable for me—but for your letter—that any reasonable reader could possibly at tach a scriptural reference to a passage in a hook of mine, reproducing a much abused social figure of speech, impressed into all sorts of inappropriate occasions, without tho faintest connection of it with its original force. lam truly shocked to find that any reader can make the mis take. I have always striven in my writings ;o express veneration for the life and les sons of our Saviour, because I feel it ; and because I re-wrote that history for my children—every one of whom knew it from having it repeated, long before they could read, and almost as soon an they could SDeak. But I have never made proclama tion of this from the house tops. Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens. The Attorney General and the Work Before Him.—A Washington special of Friday, to the Richmond Dis patch, says Akerman’s resignation of the position of United States Distriot Attor ney for Georgia has been accepted, and that he was to receive his commission as Attorney General yesterday, though his duties will not commence until August Ist. Immediately upon entering upon his duties, he will begin the work of reorganising the Attorney-General’s office into the Depart ment of Justice. The Solicitor-General, two Assistant Attorney-Generals, a chbi clerk, and several additional clerks will have to be appointed to perfect the organi zation. The Solicitor’s Bureau of tho Treasury, with tho secret seryico divisions, comes under the new department, togeth er with nil the cotton and abandoned prop erty, ami claims for cotton and property, etc., before the Treasury Department. All the sugar and tobacco cases, internal rev enue seizures, penalty cases, etc., also come under this department, as well as the legal business of all the departments ofthc United States, district attorneys, marshals, etc., throughout the country. Georgia National Banks. Washington, June 26, 1870. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel ; TI.O fnllnwincr id an nhdtraet of ttin re ports made to the Comptroller of tho Cur rency showing the condition of the Na tional Hanks in the Slato of Georgia at the close of business on Thursday, the 9th day of June, 1870 : resources, Loans and Discounts $2,234,741 88 Overdrafts 39,091 88 U. S. lJouds to secure Circula tion 1,283,500 00 U. S. Bonds to secure Deposits 100,000 00 U. S. Bonds and Securities on hand 100,000 00 Other Stocks, Bonds aud Mortgage 21,250 00 Due from Redeeming aud Re serve Agents 115,203 12 Due from other Rational Banks 111,454 89 Due from State Banks and Bankers 312 206 36 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 106,966 81 Current expenses 5,13.3,509 <0 Premiums 1,:59 ird 00 Checks and other cash items.. 4,951,617 O 0 Exchanges for cle. ring house Bills of other National Banks 201,340 00 Bills of State Banks Fractional Currency 1,564,457 00 Specie 5,487,51 1 00 Legal Tender Notes 668,301 00 Clearing Housoeeitiheates Three per cent, certificates 75,000 00 $645,432,439 00 No. of Banks, 7. LIABILITIES. Capital stock $1,750,000 00 Surplus fund U 12,000 00 Undivided profits 378,978 94 National Bank Notes out standing 1,147,120 00 State Bank Notes ot.l-stand- Dividouds unpaid 565 00 Individual deposits 1,628,915 31 U. 8. deposits 8,216,635 00 Deposits of U S. Disbursing Ottioers 3,689,515 00 National Banks 161,638 00 Due to State Banks and Bankers 5,674,558 06 Notes and bills re-ilis counted Bi Us pay aide $545,432 439 00 Jasper. A Tremendous Explosion -A Frightful Devastation. At Lwenly minutes past ten o’clock on the morning of the 23d. the city of Wor cester, Mass., was startled by a tremendous explosion, which shook buildings to their foundation?, and at the same time a dense column of smoke was seen to rise in air near the Bos on and Albany railroad junc tion. So unusual and alarming was the report that it at ODce drew an immense throng of people to the spot, where a scene of devastation presented itself such as was never before witnessed in the city. The explosion occurred on board of the last car of the freight train on the Boston and Albany railroad, bound west. The train had just stopped before crossing the junction, and the explosion took plade at the moment of starting again. The car was totally demolished, tho tracks wero driven into the ground or broken into frag ments, t.nd the rails displaced, bent and hurled to a great distance from the road. The contents of the car were widely scat tered. The causeofthe explosion was dis tinctly revealed by the discovery of a copper wire, such as is usually used for the ex plosion of nitro glycerine. Ti e devastating effects on surrounding buildings was frightful. The houses on I South Bridge street for the distance of a i quarter of a mile were utterly destroyed ! or so badly wrecked as to be untenable. The windows of Etban Allen & Co.’s fac tory, nearly one-fourth ol a mile distant, were blown in, leaving scarcely a soore of ' panes of glass unbroken. Wood, Light & Co.’s maohine shop, tho Sargent & Cood clothing factory, and every other building withiu a quarter of a mile of the explo | siou sufltned severely. The Worcester Academy, a mile distant, suffered similar iojuries. 8o far as at present known, one life only was lost. Those who were in volved in the ruins were extricated as speedily as possible, and a large number of physicians were soon present to dress their wounds. The fragments of a human body were picked up near the embank ment, and are supposed to be the remains of a station hand or some other person who happened to be on the road on foot at the time.. The express train from Providence had a narrow escape. It had just passed the freight train, and felt the force of the explosion sufficiently to break, some of the windows in the rear car. It is known to be a common practice among millers to mend their broken or worn out stones by pouring molten lead into the crevices. From this cause the flour afterward ground is always more or less impregnated with minute particles of lead, which is one of the worst poisons. A competent authority states that an ar tifical stone, which would subserve the purposemuch better without any objection, : may be made of silicate of soda and chlo ride of caloium. The Vermont Democracy. The Vermont Democrats held their State Convention last Friday, and re ' nominated their ticket of last year as fol ' lows : For Governor, Jf. W: Heaton, of Mont pelier , for Lieutenant Governor, Murillo Noyes, of Burlington ; for Treasurer, J. M. Weeks, of Lyndon. H. B. Smith, of MiltoD, was re-elected Chairman of the State Committee. The following were the resolutions adopted: Resolved, That the Democrats of Ver mont recognize the Constitution of the Cn'ted States as the supreme law from which the Federal government derives its j authority, that the rights and powers not i herein delegated to the general govern- I nie “h belong to the States, and all at ] tempts to usurp, override or impose con | ditions upon the several States without ! constitutional authority, are unjust, op pressive, and subversive of the rights of the people. Resolved, That the persistent and re peated violations of the constitution and constitutional laws by the Radical party since that party has had control of the general government, merit the condemna tion of all good citizens, and has once, and shall receive the continual and determined opposition of the Democratic party. Resolved, That the profligacy and cor ruption which has entered into all the nfti oial stations ol the ieibral government, the favoritism that has appointed to posi tions of public trust the partisans dr tools ot those who control the* public patronage, should be denounced by all true friends of the Union. Resolved, J hat we still have faith in the wisdom and integrity of the people, and that ultimately they will rise in their maj esty and strength and hurl from power our present corrupt rulers, and restore the government to its original purity, Resolved, That we commend the ticket, this day nominated for Governor, Lieute nant-Governor and Treasurer to tho cordial support of the freemen of the State, on the first Tuesday of September next. Defeat of the Income Tax. Lnus Deo! For once we can use tho language of thanksgiving and congratula tion on the action of tho Senate. Yester day, by the strong vote of 34 to 23—a two-thirds majority—the Senate struck the income tax out of the House hill. This vote is a death-blow to that odious im position—“hateful beyond all others, be cause it is utjust beyoud all others.” The fears expressed by Senator Sherman may prove to be well-founded, that the loss of the income tax will defeat the whole bill; tBo House having inserted the income tax by a vote of three to one. But, “all the tears lie in an onion” which Democrats will shed over such a catastrophe. Wheth er the bill passesor fails, the income tax is dead, dead, LEAD ! Readers must not confuse tho repeal of a tax with its re newal. The income tax does not need to be repealed ; it suffices for its extinction that aD act is not passed for its reimposi tion. By the law enacting it, it expires in the year 1870. It can be revived and con tinued ODly by the passage of anew law- T ho vote of the Senate, yesterday, renders it certain that no such law will be passed. The tax bill ruay, or may not, go through without it; but it will not be passed with it. Senator Conkling, who, to his credit, lias resolutely fought tho income tax, stated that he had information respecting the sentiments of members of the House which led him to suppose that the House would not insist on this feature of tho hill. Mr. Sherman thinks that tho rejection of the income tax makes it necessary to throw out also the provisions relating to the tax. The bill purports to be a bill for tho reduction of taxes, and if the whole revenue from income is given up, Sir. Sherman is of opinion that the government eannot afford to make any reductions in tho revenue from customs. But wo prefer no changes rather than such alterab'>»“ are proposed in Mr. Sehenck's tail tariff, with its monstrous Bessemer steel job, telegraph wire job, nickel job, and the other corrupt jobs sought to be veiled un der a reduction of the duties on tea, coffee, and sugar, and tho putting of certain speci rtwJ a*u h u 1U iLw five lioL. Wl all ill i bo willing to see the whole rickety structure, income tax and all, tumble into ruins to gether. At any rate, the country is safe against a renewal of the unpopular, unjust, and unconstitutional income tax. The defeat of this bad tax furnishes a new illustration of the want of respect for President Grant’s opinions and recommen dations on financial subjects. In his an nual message he asked Congress to con tinue the inoomo tax, as did also his finan cial subordinates, Secretary Boutwell and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The President is justly treated as a novice in such matters whose views are not worth regarding. —New York World. Thf. Western Grain Speculation.— The Chicago banks have wisely arrested iho unreasonable Western speculation in breadstuff's. The Western dealers had un dertaken the foolish experiment of locking up the supplies of grain lor the purpose of exacting higher prices. Tho banks, per ceiving the folly of sueh a course with the present large supplies in sight and the new crop jnst about to come to market, refused to re-discount any paper to dealers to carry tbeir stocks. The speculators are conse quently compelled to sell instead of carry ing, and the old crop will therefore stand a good chance of being cleared out before the new one comes to market. The hanks have shown a verv commendable prudence in adopting this plan, and have really pro tected their dealers as much as themselves, for nothing could he more certain than that the holding back of supplies would have ultimately precipitated a heavy break-down in prices and general derangement of the market. The fact that to-day, in conse quence of this action of the banks, wheat has declined 8c at Chicago and 5e in this city, shows that prices have been bolstered up by an artificial condition of things. The arrest of tho speculation will produce more confidence in the market, and busi ness will move on with regularity, to the advantage of all dealers. Time was when the Western banks always moved with the speculators; this evidence that they have learnt to discriminate between prudent and imprudent speculation will contribute to ward strengthening confidence in their man agement.—New York Bulletin. The Prospect in Illinois.—The Dem ocratic journals of Illinois are making vig orous warfare upon the new Constitution, which is to be voted for at the coming elec tion. The opposition to it is on the in crease, and there is good reason to hope that it will be defeated; and it ought to he, for it contains provisions that ought not to be enacted in any form of law, much less in a fundamental law of tho State. The Pittsburg Post says that the odiou.sness of the fifteenth amendment will redeem the State of Illinois, and bring it back into the L'emocratic fold. .This is tho effect of it everywhere, and the fruits of its enforce ment by the Radical party against the known wishes and expressions of the peo ple, have scarce begun to be realized, in their full bitterness, by the loaders who have so utterly disregarded the public will. General Movement .of the Banks to Discriminate Against Grain Paper.— Considerable excitement was caused in business circles to-day by a somewhat gen eral movemect upon the part of the hank • to discriminate against grain paper in the discount market. There was no announce ment or understanding t f the banks in the matter, and no ulteiior object beyond an endeavor to relieve the money market from its present stringency and themselves of the burden of carrying the large stocks of grain which are held here through speculative influence ami on speculative ac count. In fact, speculation in grain, and lor that matter in whiskey, has been carried forward here to tLe extent of al most closing up our market to the out-ide world for weeks past. Prices, through the influence of the speculative excitement, have been so unsettled and high on the different grains that shippers have been compelled to stand aside for tbe want of a margin to speculate upon, and our stocks have been steadily on the ioe-ease, hence the present course of the hanks became necessary in the premises ; ami on tne in cline of speculation, and when an increased shipping movement is developed, w tc m expected to occur within a short time, the present discrimination will uDdouUed y he abandoned. —Special A. 1- »urld % 24th. Good'-Under the head, “Has H Forgotten,” the New York Sun (Ral.) gives Grant this dig under the fifth rib; “One of the points ol the Cuban message to which Gen. Grant has signed his name, is that the Cubans ‘arc busy in carrying devastation over fertile regions.’ They are also condemned by him for ‘the wanton destruction of material wealth. “Does the President remember the or-. ders ho gave to Sheridan in 1867, to devas tate tbe Shenandoah Valley? We pre sume the fact has passed from bis mind.’’
