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Interview of Sergeant Bates with Ike
President— Into e-ttng Account of His
Trip from Vltskibai Bruacet from
Use Southern People so the President
'"f" [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, April 18.-t-Sergeant Bates
called upon the President to-day to perform
vbat he o_eu°iderecl a very agreeable duty , that
duty," ‘»TTto deliver to the President
the Chief Magistrate of
nalior*vhiuh he had received in the swamps
end in the woods, along tlie stretches of pine
forest through which his route now' and then
lay. At the lonely farm house and in the vil
lages, cities and towns : “ Tell the President,”
said a grey-haired man, “we are praying for
him.” “ Say to him,” said hundreds, “ God
bless him.” Many, very many, begged the
Sergeant to tell the President that their hope
was that heaven would bless Andrew Johnson
in his efforts to secure their rights “ in the old
Union.”
“At Richmond, Virginia,” continued Ser
geant Bates, “ a line looking old lady, pushing
through the crowd, came to me as I was ma
king my way out of the city, and with the tears
coursing her cheeks, said, as she took my hand,
“ Tell Andrew Johnson that he has the earnest
prayers of thje matrons of Virginia for liis
welfare and happiness ”, Grey-haired men,
trembling witli age, invoked upon President
Johnson Heaven’s blessing.”
“Just beyond Montgomery, Ala., my flag
was decorated with flowers and a laurel wreath
by a young lady, who said to her mother as
she returned to my colors, “ I wish I could
send by Sergeant Bates a boquet to President
Johnson.” They would dismiss schools to meet
me, and many of the little girls would want to
kiss me and to waive my flag. My rooms have
been decorated with evergreens, and in North
Carolina girls strewed my way with flowers
and pinned bouquets upon my breast.”
‘•ln passing through North Carolina and
Virginia I had a bouquet in my hand every
hour of the day. I honestly believe, sir, that in
every State through which I passed in my long
journey, I could raise a thousand men for the de
fence of the flag as quickly as I could anywhere
in the entire Union. I have taken by the hand
dozens of ex-Gonfederate soldiers, whose warm
grasp, quivering lips and moisteued eves could
not lie. In Georgia, for instance, I met a man
who had served in the rebel armies, and who
had been watching for me along the road. He
had been engaged in chopping wood. 1 ac
companied him to his home, distant about two
miles. On the way he told me that the grave
of his brother, who had fallen in the rebel
cause, was uot far from the roadside. I went
with him to the spot : he stood upon one side
of the grave and I upon the other. A plain
wooden headboard marked the place, and as I
was reading the inscription, he asked why such
a bad state of feeling should continue to pn -
vail-—reaching his hand over the grave of his
brother. I clasped it; and will any one say
I did wrong in taking by the hand oyo against,
whom I had fought, but who now was willing
to stand by the good old flag ?
“In North Carolina I met an old man who
had ‘served in the rebel forces. He was quite
old for one who, but a short time since, had
carried a gun and knapsack. The poor old man
during the war had lost two sons and a son-in
law, his only supports. It was eight miles to
the Catawba, the bridge over which had been
destroyed by Steedman. It had been rebuilt;
was very high and bad to cross. This old sol
dier took such interest in me—l had stopped
over night in the house where he lived—that he
went with me to the bridge, and led me over
for fear I might fall and hurt myself.
“ Between Selma and Montgomery, in Ala
bama, I went to an elegant residence, occupied
by a gentleman named White, on a plantation
called White Hall. Mr. White himself came to
the door. My flag was unfurled, but he did
not know me, nor had he heard of my singular
journey. He, however, warmly welcomed me,
and I explained how I had come to seek shelter
under his roof. During the war, he told me,
Wilson had passed through that country, and
destroyed all he had. During a talk of two
hours there was hardly a moment that his eyes
were not moistened with tears. In the morn
ing I found my flag decorated by his daughter,
with wreaths of laurels and flowers. He went
with me on my way about a mile, aDd finally
said he would have to leave me. I took him
by the hand. A gentle breeze was blowing, and
the flag, held in my left hand, was flying. The
old than tried to bid me good-bye, but he broke
down and for minutes wept like a child.”
At the request of the President, the Sergeant
explained the circumstances under which lie
had undertaken the long journey which he just
concluded. “ Persons,” said he, “ made asser
tions which I believed to he both foolish and
unfounded. I contradicted them, saying that
I did not care for their individual opinions, but
as perhaps thousands believed as they did, I
would make a proposition that, if carried out,
would disprove their theory. I thereupon made
an offer to do what I have done. I did not
think my proposition would be accepted, nor
did the principal person of those to whom I
refer think I would dare to carry out my plan.
He, however, at once accepted my offer, and
dared me to fultill its terms'. He had declared,
for instance, that if the government would
withdraw the military forces from the Sdutli,
and leave tlie flags flying the Union soldiers
would hardly be out of sight before the colors
would be torn down and trampled in the dust.
I replied that I was a poor man, that I was not
in a condition to undertake the journey, but
that if he would give me a dollar a day for my
family while I was gone, I would go to Vicks
burg and would alone, unarmed and without
money, carry the American flag from that place
to Washington. I was told that my life would
not be worth a cent; that indeed, I would
never be permitted to leave Vicksburg alive.
“ Articles of agreement were drawn up, and
I was dared to sign them. I did so and thus
bound myself to their performance. I went
home, thought over the matter, saw it was a
novel enterprise, and would attract some atten
tion, but did not think it would receive the no
tice it has. I felt sure I would be treated well,
and that the flag would be respected : but I
had no idea that, the people would take so
much pains to show their respect for the flag,
or that I would receive sucli an ovation. There
was, sir, during tlie entire journey, not a breath
uttered against the flag or myself, whether in
the rich man’s parlor or in the poor man's ca
bin ; whether on the road or in the city, the
old flag received the respect and homage of all,
and myßelf welcome and hospitality.
“ I was determined to carry out the plan. I
have done so, and when I reached Washington
I had not a penny in my pocket. I did not
know where I was to get a meal, or where to
find a resting-place. I have had money enough
offered me on the route to make me rich for
life ; but I have not accepted » cent, nor have
I sold a photograph, as some have said, during
my journey.
“ Mr. President, I recaptured one of our flags
without expending a shot. It was a flag that
had been taken from us at Chancellorsville, and
it|was handed to me by an ex-Confederate sol
dier, who had preserved it at his home.
“ Before I leave I will again call on you to
show a sash presented to me by the ladies of
Montgomery, Alabama, and whicli I promised
when I reached Washington you should see. I
hope on Monday next to leave for my home,
near Edgarton, Wisconsin, where I have a wife
and two children. The last work I did before
I left was the cutting of two cords of wood. I
left a tree partially cut, and I want to get home
and finish it.”
Must be “Lpil,” Drunk or Sober. —A
couple of drunken Philadelphia printers, be
ing ou a ‘‘circus” on Wednesday last, and
not having the fear of the Radical powers
before their eyes, one of them shouted,
“Here's Health to John Wilkes Booth, who
pulled the trigger that shot the nigger Lin
coln. ” The prisoners were arraigned before
Alderman Beitler that evening. By whom
they were placed under SI,OOO bail.
The Financial Revulsion.
Our Northern exchanges are commenting
on the very alarming indications of an ap
proaching financial revulsion as nmnileatfd
in the sud len decline of leading stocks in
the New York market. The Baltimore Ga
zette says; The terrific bleak down has been
so sudden and so rapid that it has quite out
stripped the calculations of the most prudent
brokers and his more than swept away all
margins which had been put up as security*
When a steamship stock, remarks the Gazette,
declines steadily from 2-10 to 00, or trom 130
to 30, and when sixty per cent, of th's de
cline occurs in a single day, itis eertaiuly
very hard for a broker to protect himself
with the ordinary margin of ten per e<-m.,
and it is not surprising to hear of the numer
ous failures which are acknowledged, it not
announced, in New York and elsewheie,
among business men, or to learn ot the mis-
fbrtuuts which have happened to retired gen
tlemen Who were above want but who still
wanted more.
The New York Herald says the recent
smash in Atlantic Mail it regards as but a
precursor of similar disasters, and thinks
there is hardly more confidence felt in Pa
cific Mail, than in Atlantic. It says that the
universal bursting up of such railroad stocks
as are used lor “short” sales and ‘‘cor
ners,” and the caving in ot all other fancy
securities—express, telegraph, raining and
the whole list of kite-ilyiug rubbish—would
scarcely take any persou by surprise.
Tbe Herald attributes tbe cause of these
pending calamities to several sources : lit.
Tbe unsettled condition ot the government.
2d. The want of confidence in the men who
control affairs in Washington. It thinks
these causes, have produced loss of confi
dence, uneasiness, and the general desire to
get clear of stock operations, and an unwil
lingness to make any further loans on such
collaterals.
A Hard Hit.— The New York Tribune
dofends its habit of calling Gov. Seymour
an I others with whom it differs in opinion
liars, on tbe ground that “lying is not mere
ly in bad taste, but is a flagrant moral wrong,
a wroiig alike to those who are belied and to
those wbo are misled by tbe falsehood,” and
suggests to its cotemporery, the Times, that
that paper “would be more useful, more in
fluential, and more respected if it thought
so too.” Whereupon the Times retorts as
follows: “We are grateful to the Tribune for
its advice; but if that journal supposes that
we have perused its editorial articles regu
larly aud thoughtfully—tiu to say pray* r
fully—since iho early Spring of 1841, when
it first began to praedee its peculiar theories
of political discussion, until the present
time, without acquiring a profound aud
rooted dislike of ‘lying’—both as a matter of
‘taste’ aud as a ‘flagrant moral wrong’—that
journal does very grtat injustice to its own
powers, aud underrates prodigiously the in
fluence both of its precepts on the one side
and its example ou the other."
Abraham Kuowlton, of Wilbraham, Mass.,
has been arrested for the murder of au in
fant, the child of his own unmarried daugh
ter, and of which he is supposed to have
been the father, as tbe two are known to
have lived in criminal intimacy. Knowlton
is 52 years old, and has beau a widowef for
three years.
What Ma. Lincoln saio <fg Gen. Leh.—
Mr Beecher has been heavily assailed be
cause at a public meeting lu New York, some
time since he spoke tveli of the personal
character of Gen. Lee. W hat will these as
sailants say about the opinion of Mr. Lin
coln upou Lee, aDd especially when they get
that opinion from a source they must credit
so unqueslioningly, viz.: a colored woman,
Mrs. Keckley, the colored servant of Mr.
Liuculu’s lumily, says that on the very
morning of the assassination President Lin
coln took up a portrait ot Gen. Lee, scanned
the face tbouguifully and said; “It is a
good face ; it is the lace of a noolu, noble,
brave man. lam glad that the war is over
at last.” Locking up at his sou Robert, he
continued : “ Well, my sun, you have re
turned safely from Ihe front. The war is
now closed, aud we will soon live in peace
with the brave men that have been fighting
aghast us. I trust that the era of good feel
ing has returned with the close of the war,
aud that henceforth we shall live in peace.”
Were President Lincoln not dead, be would,
lor such sayings aud thoughts as these, be
denounced as a first class, double-dyed trai
tor by those who have now tbe hypocrisy to
pretend reverence for his memory.
Another Negro Outrage. —Tlßar negroes
made a raid on the chicken roost of Dr.
Miller, on Hernando road, near Memphis,
a tew nights since. Au old negro woman
hearing them, went into tbe yard, when they
shot at her, slightly wounding her Her
son came to her rescue, when he was shot
through the body, and fatally wounded:
On the appearano- of Dr. Miller with a gun,
the assassins fired upon him, and then beat
a hasty retreat.
Hon. Henry 8. Fitch.— Thi9 gentleman,
the Conservative candidate for Congress iu
this District, arrived here at five o’clock yes
terday morning, almost unannounced, and
addressed a large and intelligent audience of
our citizens at three o’clock, P. M. It was
uot known until late ou the psevious day
that Mr. Frtch would address the people
here, and no opportunity had been allowed
to notity the people ; nevertheless, a con
siderable body of citizens assembled, before
which Mr. Fitch entirety demolished bis
Radical opponent, Mr. Clift, wbo declined
to meet him iu debate, and reviewed some of
the obj ctionable features of the Constitu
tion. Bullock was, also roughl v handled,
aud his loyal record exposed. Thamasville
Enterprise.
A Home Trust.— “ London Judy,’’ a fa
mous comic peril dical, says: “It has been
tbe fashion of tbe Americans to ridicule us
for what they call our intolerance. Before
casting stones, however, they had better
look at home, where they have very brittle
houses indeed. Trials are now pending
against two eminent American Episcopalians
for preaching in pulpits not their own. Now,
where there is so much talk about ‘the bird
of freedom,’ we expect to see him roosting
about somewhere. But in the instance just
cited, it would a[ pear that there are chains
tied to bis legs.’ Judy’ would just observe
to the panegyrists of America, you may sing,
if you pi > j e, (and even go there) —
Tt the West, to the West
but do not add—
“To the land of the free,’
as there are many little things in which the
eutiinent would be inexact.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, 1808.
THE t’OSSERVA FIVE UEKTISU LAST
night.
The large tnrn-out and the eat nest zeal of
those present at the Conservative meeting
last night, afl'irded gratifying assurance that
our people are at length lully aroused to the
importance of the pending election. Meas
i* esjwere adopted to bring out the full Con
servative vote, and to prevent as far as pos
sible the shameless system of intimidation
and illegal voting, which has thus far char
acterized the election. In the bourse of the
proceedings tbe following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That tbe Conservative party ot
.Chatham county pledge themselves to the
colored then acting with them to protect
Ibeui in the exercise of their rights u«w, and
to remember their fideli’y in future.
Resolved, That each and every white man
here pledges himself to attend at the polls
10-morrov and on each succeeding diy of
the election, and to give all Conservative
men. encouragement 1q .netr right to vote,
and that every Conservative man in Chat
ham county be requested to give bis pres
ence at the polls fur the s une purpose.
Resolved. That the Const vi a ive mer
chants and business men of tlie city be re
quested to close their offices, stores and
places of business during the’days ot elec
tion, and lo attend at ihe polls, and that
these resolutions be pit bit-bed io the pipers
of tbe oily.
Tbe heurt-sickeuing spectacle of yester
day, when hundreds of ignorant negroes,
under the absolute cuutrol and drill of their
less Iguoraut but more despicable leaders,
were marshaled to tbe polls like a herd of
swine and put through the forms of exer
cising tbe franchise of American freemen,
of'tlie obligation aud solemnity of which
they knew nothing, and in which they had
no judgment or will of their owu—should
quicken the patriotic impulses of every true
utan,and call forth his utmost effirt to rescue
the State from degradation aud ruin. The
shame, injustice, outrage and peril with
which we are threatened, is more than our
people can endure, and if we would avert
from ourselves and the deluded dupes who
in their unsuspecting ignorance are used by
an unscrupulous corrupt aud utaliguaut sac
tion for our oppression aud humiliation,
from the fearful consequences which must
inevitably follow, we m ist exert every means
in our power lo prevent the consummation
of the most stupendous wrong ever iuflioted
upon a civilized people
Now is the crisis of ottr fate r.nd if we would
have the approval of our own consciences,
aud the respect of good men, let us do all io
ourpower to avert the impending evil.
COLORED HEFIIUEES VKHSDS COL-
Ultaill CONSERVATIVES
It is worthy of remark, aud we notice the
fact with pride and pleasure, that tbe belter
cla-s of our colored p ipulatiou ot the city
men of character, who have au interest iu
the welfare of the city aud State—were not
in the herds of refugee vagabonds who, in
their rags and filth, and armed with clubs,
bung around the polls yesterday like a
ft -ck of buzzards around a butcher pen,
cursing. biusteriDg, insulting and intimi
dating any one of their own color who dared to
vote according to his owu judgment. The
miserable creatures seemed to have hut one
idea, and that was that Republicanism was
only another name for hostility to the white
men, and that as the enemies of all decent
white men, they were bound to vote and
force all others of their color to
vote the R publican ticket. Their attitude
yesterday, as a race, was an open declara
tion of unreasoning antagonism to tbe white
people of Georgia, and so far as they were
concerned their conduct left no grounds for
hope of mutual good undcistanding aud
kindly relations hereafter. The white men
now know what to expect from them iu the;
future, and will govern themselves accord
ingly. Thus alienated it remains to be seen
who will be the losers by the estrangement.
Avery different feeling is manifested by a
large portion. of the more intelligent aud
worthy colored men of Savannah. Yesterday,
like the whiter, most of them remained away
from the polls, where they kuew they would
not be permittt and to cast their votes in peace.
To-day they will be assured of protection
from vtoluuce, and will vote as freemen
should vole, according to the dictates of
their owu judgment.
Notv and Then. —At the late annual ban
quet of the State Rights Society of the city
of New York, held on the return of the
birthday of Thomas Jefferson, Hon. Thomas
H. Seymour, of Connecticut, made a spirited
speech, in the course of which be said :
“lu those days when the Southern coun
try was in no danger from Great Britsiu, but
when tbe North was selected by tne British
ministry aud the king tor the first exercise
of bis tyranny, then Jefferson aud the men
of bis day iu Virginia made the cause of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island the cause
of the entile South, and came io the rescue
ot the North, (cries of “ Yes, that’s sc,”)
reversing tlie condition of things at Lite pie -
eut time. And now tell m; what is the duty
of the people of the North towards tbe
Sou'h, aud what is tbe fact? Whaihts
brought this great change about? In the
year 17?3, in the m’dst of that dead calm,
Jeffers,in, Dobney, K. H. L-e, Frauds L-e
and Patrick Heuiy got together in the old
Ralegh taveru, in Williamsburg, Va , and
there inaugurated tbe cetehiuted committee
ot correspondence with the legislalures of
the different colonies, which, under Provi
denci.ledto the fird colonial'Conaresa i t
British America, (applause,) and this pro
duced that first germ of independence which
freed us from the British yoke, aud gave us
that admirable bili of rights aud that consti
tution which is now menaced by the mi mar
chists in Congress who are endeavoring io
destioy all that was bequeathed lo us by our
conscript fathers.” (Applause.)
Remarking ou the above, the Baltimore
Sun says:
The historical truth of the above will
hardly bo questioned. We may add that of
the sympathy expressed by the people of
the South, aud of the liberal contributions
in provisions uud ntheiwise, made to Boston
in its distress, iu various parts of Virginia,
Maryland aud other portions of the South!
we happen to have evidence before us in an
old volume ot an Euglish newspaper,
“Lloyd’s Evening Post,” published iu 1774,
aud which contains letters from America,
giving accounts of the substantial relief ex
tended to Boston in bet calamity by those
who surrendered the safely which they
might easily have purchased for themselves,
to relieve and rescue that section which is
now called upon to crush out of the South
tbe last spark ot liberty, and to reduce them
to a lower condition than the slaves whom
the king of Old England and the slave traders
Os New E tgland brought to their shores.
The Manchester Print Works, in New
Hampshire, employs two thousand five hun
dred hands, and mu ninety thousand spin
dles and seveuty sets woollen cards at lull
capacity. Their works embrace manufac
tories of cassimereß, delaines, prints and
sheetings, ot which their aggregate jear.y
product is twelve million yards.
“Against tlie Comti utlus.”
Let every Georgia patriot, white and
black, see that these words are distinctly
written or printed on ticket before he
votes it. To defeat the infamous form of
government prepared at Atlanta, is the
great duty of tbe people~at the coming
election. The success of this or that man
dwindles into insignificance when contrasted
with this paramount obligation. Vote
against the Coustitulion without failure, and
then for honest men to administer it should
it be forced upon us through fraud—for in
no other way can it be adopted. The instru
ment that africanizes one half the State, and
will in time bring the wtoo’t* into the same
form of subjugation—that takes power away
from tbe intelligent white^, who own the
country, and confers it npon ignorant
blacks, their former slaves, who own noth
ing—Ahat will demoralize aud degrade by
its influence the graj, body of society—
that yields np to i. Congress the
power to make the goy-anmeut o! Georgia
jqst whatever they may please to make it—
that will involve an expeuse of many mil
lions to put it into operation in addition to
our already heavy burdeu of taxation and
in a time of seriou- public distress—that
, breaks down ad established social barriers iu
our families, our churches, in our public
schools, iu our hotels and on our public
thoroughfares—such a government, we say,
lias no claims upon auy man who wishes
well for titber of the races in our State.
So far as coucerus his real welfare, tbe
black tnau is as much interested to defeat it
as the white man. The privilege of voting
for others will be but poor compensation for
the utter alienation and estrangement that it
must bring between him and those to whom
he mu3t look for friendship and employment,
or else go friendless aud starve. The labor
ing man who is poor has everything depend
ing upon good laws faithfully administered,
for they are his sole protection ; while the
rich have the means of subsistence within
themselves, and when one State fails to afford
them protection they can go to another.
The more we think of it, the darker and
gloomier does this crisis in our history as a
people loom up before us. If the people of
Georgia should deliberately affix their ap
proval to a Constitution that is not only not
one of their choice, but is utterly destructive
ol every iuterost of society, then must they
be mad indeed. Heaven save us from such
a calamity! Let the people rise ard take the
alarm wheu they may, for the Philistines are
upon them! Mucon Telegraph.
The Military Arrests in Valdosta.
[From ihe South Georgia Times.]
We are sor.y to have to state tint ou Mon
day night lust some of cur young men were
’taken from their beds an i imviiediatsly hur
ried off to Savannah by United Slates t| oops,
we presume lo undergo in litary trial. It is
alleged that they were engaged iu the gun
powder sport refuned 11 iu our last They
had a:ready given bond—or are under anest
—to appear aud and answer before toe civil
tribunals. Our Mayor and Sheriff promp’ly
discharged inei: duty iu the premises. Tlie
h irdsliip ot the case is. that civil law has
but a name The ilga is enter.ng into the
soil, and liberty and la&is last paSsrag away/
These young men are to be tried where per
imps I heir ctse is already piejudged, far
awuytioui their homes and sympathy aud
kindness of moods. Time, was when such
an act would have fired the great heart of the
country tr.m one end of its bounds to the
other. 'I hey should have beeu tried by their
[jeers “f the vicinage, and if guilty of the
violation ol law, punched as that law vvou and
punish them, and nut at the behest of priju
diced strangers,
Our Mayer sent the following telegram to
Geu. Meade relative lo what had betn done
h. re General Meade’s reply is appended
Alas! for the rights for which our latheia
fough', and ot which we have so much
boa 3 ti and.
A telegram was received by Mr. M. J.
Grffiin, at 6 o'clock yesterday, from Mr. T.
B Griffin that “the boys were all comfort
ably quartered in the barracks, and well
Cared lor.”
Valdosta, April 14, 1868.
Major Gen. Meade, Atlanta, Ga.
Hitt : —At a iate hour fast, night, without
my knowledge, a party of U. 8. soldiers ar
rived hete and carried away the following
persons, viz: A- H. Domed, Iverson Griffio,
John Caiboun, Ben fchnicb, John Rtmbo—
who are alleged to have been concerned
iu u riot at, this place on tbe 4th inst. Tuese
men, as Mayor, I had arrested aud bound
to appear at the Bupeior Court ol this county
to au9Wer for the same. I respectfully re
quest to be iutormed if they were arrested
by your order, aud if cot, that they be re
leaned aud take their trial before the civil
tribunals of the county.
1 have the honor to be,
Your Obedi 'ot Serv’t
M. J. Griffin,
Mayor Valdosta.
Atlanta, Ga , April 14th, 1868.
M J. Gr'ffin, Mayor Valdosta :
Tbe persons named lu your telegram were
arrested by General Meade's order, and will
be held tor trial by Military Commission.
R. C. Drum, A. A. G.
The Knlhnaluam for General Gordian—
Governor Brown Cheered Down by an
Atlaiata Audience.
Governor Browa delivered a speech at At
lanta, in advocacy of tbe election of Bullock,
on Thursday uighi last. Iu the course of
his notice of the Ex Governor’s effort, tbe
editor ol the Intelligencer says;
We feel deeply a burniug sense of shame,
not because that audience last night treated
Governor Brown with s«ch disrespect; not
because it was necessary to send lor bayonets
1 1 preserve order—but because a man who
lias been honored as highly as Governor
Brown has, should stoipso low, as to try
aud pander to au ignorant crowd of negroes,
to cause the election of his man; that he
should assert that it liis man should be
elected he would appoint judges to construe
the Constitution his way. How triumphant
ly he announced the feet that the “black
men would be a unit for Bullock!" No man
in the State cin maintain the respect ot the
people by insulting them, aud Governor
Brown cannot expect fto be thought as well
of now as wheu he was lrying to elevate the
State. He is now trying to elect a man over
us as Governor who he and other party men
have said would ruin and bankrupt the State.
They may attempt to controvert this, but
they cunuot successfully deny it.
We regret exceedingly that he was cheered
agaiust his will, hut such was the enthu
siasm ot tbe audience that on the bare men
tion of General Gordon’s name the house re
sounded with applause; the folly was in
Governor Brown .trying to prevent it. At
the close three cheers were given for General
Gordon, and three groans for Governor
Brown.
Arlington.' —Arlington, once the beautiful
and magnificent estate of G. W. P. Curtis,
aud uow the property of General R. E. Lee,
though in possession of the Uultad Stales
government, and on which cemeteries for
white and colored Federal soldiers have
beeu locate*!, is to be divided into small
farms and sold to colored people. The man
sion has gone to ruin, the handsome groves
that once decorated and adorned the grounds
buve bee® tuUdessly destroyed, and devas
tation has usurped tbe place of ancestral
splendor.— Alexandria Gazette .
[Washington Correspondence of the oew York Herald,
April 14 ]
Tlie Great Radical Conspiracy.
Events have occurred here within the
last two or three days which render it cer
ain that the ultimate object of the men
vho are now striving to control the Repub
! icau party iu Congress is to effect an entire
change in our republican form of govern
ment, and to subs i ute in its place a dic
i atorsbip more absolute aud arbitrary than
that of Robespierre and the Commune do
r’aiis. The apparent triumph of the itn
t teach or b ou Saturday last, when the Senate,
; Iter giving the broadest license to the man
i gers, in regard to the admission of evidence
t.gaiust Presiderit-Johnson, refused to the
latter the privilege of examining Genera.
Gherman on points vital to the defence, im
parted such confidence to the Radical cou
f piralors as to tempt them to cast aside ail
caution, aud to boast openly t f their power
ind ot the manner in which they are re
solved to exercise it. In the bar moms and
ever the dinner tables principles were avow
ed which, uuder other governments, would
speedily consign their exponents to a leion’s
cell. The objects of tbe revolutionists were
declared to be /Uuentire overthrow of a con
slitutiouarrepirnTfiSau government, as a fail
ure, proved to be such by the war of the
rebellion, and the substitution in its place
of a so-called “Government of the P“on!e,”
under tuo delusive Jacobin cry of “Liberty
and Equality.” The means aud process by
which this eud is to be accomplished are set
forth as follows:
The conviction and removal of Andrew
Johnson, and the installation of Ben W ,de
iu the Presidency for three or four mouths
betore the commencement of the next Presi
dential terra.
Tbe election ot Grant as President and
Ben. Wade as Vice President and President
of the Senate, by the aid of martial law iu
doubtful S'ales, if necessary.
Tne virtual abolition of the Supreme Court
of the United States, by stripping the judi
ciary of the power to pass upon the consti
tutionality of any Act of Congress relating
to reconstruction or to the business of the
Govern meat.
The extension of the term of office of the
President, Grant, tbe Vice President, Wadi,
aud the present United States Senate to ten
years irora the Ist of March, 18G!), on the
plea that a constantly recurring change in
the Government is harmful io the existing
condition ot the couutry, aud was one of
tne main causes of the late war of the rebel
lion.
The unlimited inflation of the currency,
through the instrumentality of the uatiooal
banks, so as to throw upon tbe country au
enormous amount of paper money, by means
of which the people are lo be kept iu a state
of excitemeut and good humor, and to be
amused and made satisfied with an apuaieut
prosperity.
This is the end and aim of the Radical con
spiracy, to which impeachment is only one
of the preliminary steps. Tne dictatorship
ot Grant will be nominal only, and the real
power will be in the Senate, with Ben Wade
at its head. The appointment made by
him during bis briet term of power wit) be
carefully selected trom tbe tools of the cou
pirators, aud the patronage aud influence of
office holders will stand at the back of tbe
revolutionary commune. Graut wilt not
have tbe power, if he had the disposition, to
change a single feature iu tbe programim
a single feature in the a ctiou of the drama —
for the Senate will hold him in a vice
stronger than that yiey have ptepited for
Andrew Johnson. With the latter out
of the Presidential office no voice will be
raised iu vetoes to expose the true 'Char
acter ot Radical legislation, aud aets will be
passed which will strike down what little of
piotecliun yet re mains to the people iu the
barriers of tbe Oousti utiou. With a paper
currency fi aiding the country speculation
will run wild, stocks of ail kinds wiif rise,
railroad schemes, land schemes, aud ail the
wildest pr- jects that ingeutti y can devise
will find ready votaries, and in the gener .1
tire and smoke of tbe great revolution the
Radical dictatorship will be made perpetual.
The united power of Grant, the Seuute and
the national banks is relied upon to cru.ffi
out all opposition and to enforce a II ign of
Terror to which the experience of 1»62 and
1863 will be but a trifle, Tne conspirators
cite the ease of Louis Napoleon iu support
of their argument that boldness only is re
quired to turn into an absolutism a rule com
menced uuder the guise of Republican lib
erty.
The immediate admission of the Southern
States, with their negro constituencies and
negro representatives, will follow tile first
successful steps of the conspiracy, aud then
the vote of New York iu the House of Rep
resentatives will be nullified by that of
South Carol ina. The leal obj ct of the
Radical con pirators is no longer asocre..
Men may shut their eyes lo tne truth, but
the revolution will not go backwards, aud
its last acts, which are here foreshadowed,
will come as surety as military rule, negro
supremacy, the usurpa'iou of the constitu
tional powers of the Executive, tlie destruc
tion of the Supreme Court, ami finally, the
impeacbmeut of the President of tbe United
States, have one after another followed the
close of tbe war of the rebellion.
A not lit;r Order from Geu. Mcude.
Heat quarters Third Military District, »
Djkp’t of (jfrJCGRGiA, Florida, and Alabama, 5
Atlanta, Ua., April J 5,1608. )
General Orders No 61.
I General Orders No. 52, issued from
these headquarters, on tbe subject of eligi
bility to < fflee, have reference only to the
qualifications for holding office under the
new Constitution of this State, should it be
ratified, and after the Slate should be ad
mitted to representation in the Congress of
the United States as provided for in the Re
construction acts.
II The question having b’eu submitted
whether the members of tbe General Assem
bly of this State, to be elected next week
will be reqired, before entering upon their
duties, to lake what iscommonly called “tbe
test oath,’ the Commanding General is o.
opinion that, inasmuch as said General As
sembly, should the Constitution now submit
ted to tbe people of this State bo ratified by
them, aud be approved by Congress, is re
quired to convene aud adopt the proposed
araeudmeut to the Couslitution of the United
States designated as “Article XIV,” befoie
the State can be admitted to representation
in Congress ; it may be decided that the
members of said General Assembly are,
while taking this preliminary action, officers
of a provisional government, and as such,
required, uuder the 9,h section ot the act of
Congress of July 19, 1867, to take “the test
oalh.” That oath is as iollows:
“I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I have never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since I have been
a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily
given no aid, countenance, counsel or en
couragement to persons engaged in armed
hostility thereto; that I have neither sought,
nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the
tunctions of any office whatever, under any
authority, or pretended authority, iu hostili
ty to the United States; that I have uot
yielded a voluntary support to any pre
teoded government, authority, power, or
cons'itution, within the United States, hos
tile or inimical thereto. Aud I do further
swear (or affirm) that, to the beat of my
knowledge and ability, I will support and de
fend the Constitution of the United Slates
agaiust all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to
the same; that I take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose
of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully
discharge the duties of the office on which 1
ant about to enter. So help me God.”
By order of Major-General Meade :
R. C. Duum,
Assistant Adjutant Geueral.
—A Sign. —The Radical candidates in
Cherokee Georgia are coming out for Gor
don, Bullock being too heavy a weight
for them to carry.
Letter From Washington.
[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEWS AND
HERALD.]
Washington, D. C., April 16, 1868.
The great trial progresses, but slowly
however since Saturday, on account of the
il ness of Judge Stunbery, the chief coun
si 1 for the President, to whom was mainly
confided the important part of the examina
tion of witnesses. Nevertheless, some im
portant evidence has been submitted, oral as
well as documentary. Yesterday, it was
principally of the latter description. Judge
Curtis presented statements of the number of
removals aud appointments ad interim for a
series of years. It appears from these docu
ments that several hundred removals were
made, mauy of which were without the Sen
ate being advised ot the reasons thereof, and
conclusively demonstrating that most of the
Ptesideuts were less careful iu tbi9 respect,
than Mr. Johnson has been. A distinguished
Radicul, now a member of Congress, told
me to day that he regarded the evidence ad
mitted by the Couit of great importance aud
materially strengthening the President’s
cause. To day testimony of still greater
importance aud interest was adduced. Wal
ter IS. Cox aud Rickard T. Merrick, who
acted as attorneys tor Gen. Thomas when he
was so summarily arrested and (akeu before
Justice Carttr at Stanton's instigation, were
on the witnesses’ stand. They established
the fact that not only was the President anx
ious to have tested, before the Supreme
Court, Mr. Stanton’s right to the War Office,
but one of these geutiemeu (Cox), actiug
under the President's instructious.had taken
the steps which would have secured the de
sired end, but unfortunately it was thwarted
by the gross malfeasance iu office of Judge
Carter, who was acting in concert with
Stauion and the cabal of Congressmen who
advised him iu that affair. What, then, be
comes of tba charge “that the President
wilfully violated tne law,” when he was
seeking by every inode possible lo have the
controversy adjudicated by the highest Court
in the land ?
Butler made a desperate fight against its
admission, but he was defeated, the Court
deciding to allow its introduction. From
that moment the General became irritable,
and more than usually overbearing; aud at
the close, because ft motion was made to ad
journ, he broke out into a violent and im
proper political harangue, charging lhai
counsel were endeavoring to delay proceed
i: gj, while murders were taking place all
over tbe South, while the Treasury was be
ing robbed, aud Johnson’s parasites having
full sway in the laud. But the Court ad
journed, Butler’s fellow conspirators even
naogiug their heads in shame.
The course of General Butler in the con
duct of this trial is no less a disgrace to his
party lhau to himseir. They selected him
to badger and eoufuse witnesses, to bluster
and bully, aud insult Court and counsel,
and to conduct everytuing in regular “Old
Bailey” style, resomnis to most disreputable
and lowest order of psititogying.
Thejjesuit of this is, that he has been call
ed to by the Court; he lias been snub
bed by Staob :ry aud Evai ts ; he cowed and
lied out of it like a dog before the assembled
multitude, when Reverdy Johnson called
him to account for au imputation ou his
motives iu propounding a que-tion. And
finally, to-day he was pointedly rebuked by
the Chief Justice, who has borne bis inso
lence until it b -came intolerable. The Cuief
Justice had admitted certain evidence with
the siietrt couseut ot the Senate, and as the
witness was proceeding, Bntiersaid, “I wish
to clear our skins of this, it is pul in with
out our consent.”
The Chief Justice's face flushed as he rose
and sternly said : “The evidence goes in by
direction of the Senate aud tbe pre.-idiug of
ficer.” Butler was silenced for a while. His
associates ate offended at his course, but not
so much for the manner as for thrusting
hlmseif forward to the exclusion of them
ail, and they cannot console themselves that
is the work has been his principally, so the
dishonor w ill most attach to him. It will
cling to them all alike, aud the infamy they
deserve will be meted out to tbtm during
life, lor so foul a wrong calls for swift retri
bution.
The evidence admitted thus far, will ac
quit the President before tbe country, but
what will be the verdict of this Court, is ab
solutely beyond conjecture. Tbe policy of
the Managers and tueir co-conspirators iu
the Senate now, is to plant themselves ou
this proposition, all others having fallen to
the ground ; (viz:) “ Tnat the President iu
removing Stanton, violated the Tenure of
Office Bill, aud that act pre-supposes a guil
ty intern.” If then the Court convict,
it will be on one single count, while the
verdict of “ not guilty ” will be rendered ou
the balance of the charges, but without dis
qualification.
To-day, however, the Managers were so
terribly worsted, that tbe anu-Impeaehers
have regained their spirits which were tem
porarily depressed, and declare the Presi
dent will not be convicted, but it is mere
speculation. There are twelve Radical Sen
ators who are so close-mouthed, their own
party friends do not know their opinion,
but a great pressure has been brought to
bear on them, with what effect will be seen
hereafter.
Giiunell, the person whom Gen. Rosseau
caued here some years ago, arrived to-day
for the avowed purpose of influencing the
vote of Senator Grimes. But Grinnell is in
a bad way. He lost bis carpet-bag which
contain* and the precious documents which
were to be presented to Grimes. It it sus
pected that Grimes is a lineal descendent of
that “good old man,” for he said the other
day, “don’t talk lo me about party neces
sity; I’ll be d—d if I don’t decide this case
according to the law and the facts,” and as
he is a man of his word, the Impeachers
don’t bet on Grimes.
There are rumors afloat touching the lute
defalcation ot a “clerk in the Senate,” which
amounted to forty thousand dollars. It was
cba’ged on one Wagner, and Forney, the
Secretary of the Senate, is said to have
made it good. But it seems old Simon
Cameron, who hates Forney, believes
there is a “ii tie nigger iu the wood-pile,’’
and he hat succeeded iu getting the Senate
to have an investigation of taut officer’s ac
counts: Can it be possible that the clerk has
been victimized to cover the crime of tome
body else? Well, stranger things have hap
peued.
Bu'ler has met his match. It was under
stood th.it “Muck,” ot the Cincinnati Com
mercial, wouid be called in bebaif of Mr.
Johnson, aud Butler said be intended to
“rasp him severely.” M ick thereupon sen
him word if lie insulted him, he would be
prepared to disp'ay a haudkerchief with a
“spoon” attached, in the presence of the
Senate and audience. The result was that
Butler sent word to the correspondent he
never thought of “rasping” him, but on the
contrary, thought he was a devilish clevei
tellow and rather liked him, &C. Ah !
The proposition Thad. Stevens has made
to the House is a rich one, viz: That as
the Senate i xclu lea certain of the Managers
trom sneaking iu the trial,that they shall de
liver their arguments before the House!
This may not prevail, but it is certain the
“Rump” intenos that tne production of all
the “ seven wise men” shall go to the
courts, at the puhlie expense.
1 hud an interview to-uight with a dis
tinguished Texan just from his Slat-. He ]
says it is not yet known when the Conven-1
lion (of which he is a member) will con
vene. That, instead of the election retums
being sent direct to Geu. Buchanan, the
commander of the Department, they have
beeu forwarded to Gov. Pease, who;it is feared,
will manipulate them in the interest of the
Radicals. My informant says, however,
that Texas will vote down any obuoxious
Constitution. Potomac.
PRICE. 5 CENTC.
By Telegraph.
MORNING DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Progress of the Impeachment Trial.
Washington, April 20.—House.—Informa
tion has been called for regardiug the deten
ri in of tbe steamer Sabiue at New London.
It i9 alleged that the detention is for politi
cal purposes.
.Senate.—Tbe Senate proceeded with the
impeacument trial, tbe Managers intro
ducing documentary evidence. Blodgett’s
indictment was offered. Butler offered
Blodgett’s answer. Mr. Evarts objected that
Blodgett was not on triul here. Butler pro
ceeded to state orally what he iutended to
prove. Chief Justice Cbuse ordered it to
be reduced to writing. Butler protested.
Mr. Chase persisted and Biller is now wri
ting.
Heavy Katun In Alabama—Stock of Cot
tun In Montgoikierjr.
Montgomery, April 20.—The rains are re
tarding farm operarioas and the creeks and
streams of water are risiug rapidly.
The stock of hpre is 2.103 bales.
Total receipts 59,300 bait* stuce September.
From Abyssinia.
London, April 20.— Napier requests heavy
shipments of specie fearing his communica
tions will be cut off during ihe rainy season.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
'J he Cotton Claims—Close of Impeach
ment Evidence, etc.
Washington, April , 20.—The Court of
Claims have decided fifty-four cotton cases
under the seizure and abandonment law, in
favor of tbe claimants. Judgment io forty
of which were rendered during the present
term. The amounts in each case vary from
SIO,OOO to $123,000. Randolph L. Mott se
curing the hignest claim. Claims aggregate
$623,000.
E. G. Townsend has been appointed Agent
of the Freedtnen’s Bureau for Virginia.
The close of Impeachment is not ex
pected before the middle of next week.
Mr. Siaubery is much better.
Senate— In the Impeachment Court the
Seuute refused to admit Foster Blodgett’s
papers. Butler appealing for Blodgett, said
iie had never been able to get his cane before
the Senate and justice should be done him
now —B.odgett was only Captain of a Rebel
militia company and an unwilling Captain,
and that Blodgett would swear, he, Blodgett,
was known in Augusta, that he was elected
by his neighbors to make a eonsiitutiou for
Georgia ; he was made Mayor of Augusta
by Pope, and that he, Butler, did nut doubt
when Georgia was admitted Blodgett would
take bis seat here with the proudest of us.
Butler then offered the nominations of
Sherman and Thomas to Brevet General
ship, claiming that they were admissible un
der the tenth article. Tne Senate relused to
admit them, by a vote of 14 to 35. Yeas—
Anthony, Cole, Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes,
Henderson, Morton, Ross, Sumner, Tipton,
Trumbull, Vau Winkle, Willey, Yates.
Both parties announced that the evidence
hao closed. Mr. Chase ordered the prose
cution to proceed with their argument.
Boutwell not being ready, asked an adjourn
ment to Tuesday. The defence asked until
Wednesday, in view of Mr. Stunbery’s sick
ness. Boutwell seconded the request.
After heariDg and rejeotiug an appeal from
Mr. Logau to print his argument, the Court
adjourned tn Wednesday.
The Senate then went into executive ses
sion, and also adjourned to Wednesday.
House —The Senate's appropriation for
Impeachment was considered.
Eldriilge said that it was evident that
$ 10,000 would not defray the expenses of
the Impeachment trial, and he thought this
was a mere blind. Why did not the com
mittee come out boldly and say this was a
mere bagatelle to operate on the public
miud.
Washburne said if another appropriation
was required, he would vote for it, and he
believed it would be worth SIOO,OOO to pay
the expense. /
E dridge asked if he understood that the
gentleman would give SIOO,OOO to make
the Impeachment trial a success.
W,ißhburne replied that he had not said
that exactly, but what he meant was that if
impeachment was a success, it would be
worth not one huudred thousand, but one
hundred millions of dollars to this country,
in greater seeuriiy to person aud property.
(Applause in the galleries.)
Eldridge said he suspected as much, that
this moni.-y was to be used to secure the
success of impeachment. He wou.d not
vote a dollar for such purposes.
Washburne said he would not be misrep
resented, but he would reiterate that he be
lieved that the country would be benefitted
to tbe amount of millions of dollars by the
removal of the usurper and tyrant from tbe
White House.
Thebiii passed.
Bank's bill, regarding the rights of foreign
citizens abroad, was taken up and a long
discussion ensued.
ELEUI'IOK IN THIS STATE.
Atlanta, April 20. —The election is pro
gressing quietly and there is much enthusi
asm with both parties. A large negro vote
was polled to-day and Bullock is ahead. Gor
don’s friends not generally voting.
It is said that at Marietta 180 negroes
formed In line and voted for Gordon.
Tne weal her Is bad.
Columbus, Ga., April 20.—The election
is progressing quiet y. The total vote to
day 704, 297 whites and 407 blacks. Not
withstanding the wholesale frauds, tbe Dem
ocrats are jubilant. Many negroes were
voting the Democratic ticket. The Radicals
are disheartened. TheLoyai League bursted
on Saturday night, aud the leaguers were ad
dressed in their lodge room by Col. A. R.
L irnar the editor of the Sun.
Augusta, April 20—The election is pro
gressing without collision. The Degrees,
with few exceptions, voted the Radical
ticket. They marched in squads from the
country to the polls with banners mg and
yelling for Bullock. Whenever a colored
voter was suspected of wanting to vote tbe
Democratic ticket be was set upon and in
timidated. In this Way some were detected
from voting the Democratic ticket, but gen
erally they went solid for tbe Radical ticket.
The excitement is intense, aud but little is
needed to bring about a fearful collision. The
white citizens generally kept away from the
polls aud abstained from addihg to the ex
citement About 2,200 votes were polled,
nearly 2,000 of whom are negroes. Tbe
total registered vote in the county is 5,500.
Macon, April 20.—The election proceeded
quietly, the" uegroes having the polls pretty
much to them-elves to-day. 1,050 votes
were polled, only a few hundred of which
were whites. _______
Sergeum Kates in Baltimore.
Baltimobk, April 20.—The festival in this
city in honor ol Serge int Bates, was attend
ed with much enthusiasm. The Sergeant
was loaded with presents trom the ladies and
citizens.
The ceremonies at the Washington monu
ment were beautiful.
South Carolina Klection.
Charleston, April 20.— Official returns as
far as received of tbe receut elec'ion show
34,000 votes for, and 11,000 against the new
Cjnstitutiou.
Kiom Europe.
London, April 20.—The court room and
approaches where the trial of the Clerkenwell
explosiouists is progressing, are densely
crowded.
—ln the town oi Kathboue, N. Y., last
week, a girl tbirteeu years old, committed
suicide by taking strychine. Cause : grief at
the death of her sister.