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VOL. 2-NO. 155. Tri-Weekly News and Herald, Published on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. AT No. 11l BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, OA. BY MASON & ESTILL, [S. W. MASON.] [J. H. ESTltili.] AT SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR. OR SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH. tST ADVERTISEMENTS inserted atliberal rates'. The Daily News and Herald Published at $lO per year, or $1 per month. POSTMASTERS Are authorized to receive subscriptions for the NEWS AND HERALD, Daily and Tri-Weekly, at our ad vertised rates. 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.