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COMING COLLISION OF RACES. There have been two negro riots at Richmond within the last ten or twelve days, and the commander of that Dis trict, General Schofield, an officer of more than ordinary prudence and wis dom, found it necessary upon both oc casions to use a portion of the troops at hand to suppress the lawless demon strations.. Similar manifestations have been nrade at other points. These things, which augur so badly for the future peace and quiet of the country, may be traced directly to the teachings and influence of radical emissaries and of bad and unscrupulous men, a whom can be found in almost every community, who desire to use the ne gro for the vilest and most selfish pur poses. They are not the friends of the black race, but, on the contrary, are leading them vapidly into trouble such as they have never encountered before, where they will leave them, upon the first indication of danger, to take care of themselves. We find an article on this subject in the Richmond Enquirer , a portion of which we quote : The events which are transpiring around us, indicate a situation of pe culiar delicacy and invest the future with anxious apprehensions. The times require of us great prudence and self command, in the presence of the irri tating questions that are thrust upon us. The tendency at this time seems very distinctly towards a conflict of races. It is evidently the anxious ef fort of the agitators of the clay to bring about this result. The negroes are plied with incendiary harangues, and are instigated to throw themselves in collision with the whites in every pos sible way. They are urged not mere ly to insist on equal accommodation, but to demand indiscriminate accom modation ; to be rocle in the same cars ; to be seated in the same schools; to be accommodated in the same hotels, &c. Where all this will end, no man can doubt; and least of all is it doubted by the instigators. It is their manifest purpose to bring about a conflict of races—in order to make a party use of the disorders to which it would give rise. It should be the earnest effort of the white race of the South, to disappoint this diabolical scheme. Let us bear ourselves with the most conspicuous prudence and the most exhaustless pa tience. And still more vital is it to the colored people to shrink from the encounter of races to which they are urged, and to withdraw themselves from the counsels of the bad men who would engage them in that fatal step. Let them delude themselves by no ab surd calculations. If a war of races , should be joined, let them not think they will receive any white support.— When once the cry of black man a-; gainst white man is raised, it will j quickly be ttie blacks on one side ! against the whites on the other. The I very white men who are now leading them to ruin, will desert them when the storm bursts. How was it in the late war ? There were *men at the North who encouraged the South to assert independence, with promise of ; support. But when war came, and when it became a struggle of North against South, these men deserted us, and took sides with their own section and people. LX ICILY SO. When Judge Underwood, under the inspiration of Horace Greeley, at tempts to pacify the negroes, it is time for the adventurers here to pause in their career. Their designs are thus clearly exposed by the New York World : “These plotters of disorder refuse to let the South alone because it is ap parent that, if things are left to take their course, the freeclmen will recog nize the identity of interests betwen themselves and their section, and that their vole will not go to strengthen the Republican party. Perpetual discord and dissension between the two races is necessary to enable that party to reap the crop which it has sown.— When the Radicals lind that, though the freedmen vote, they ai’e not likely to vote with them , they begin to con clude that their advocacy of negro suffrage w*as a political blunder, unless they can detach the negroes from the Southern whites. The South will have a larger representation in Congress and more power in the Government in consequence of emancipation. U nless, therefore, the South can be divided, and the organized as a wing of the Republican party, the Radicals have been fabricating a weapon for their own destruction. It is for this reason that they are making desperate efforts to array race against race. In inflaming the passions of the negroes up to file point of riotous outbreaks, the more considerate and crafty Radi cals are sensible that they have over shot the mark. It is their policy to foster hatred, but to make it run only in the political channels. The instiga tion of riots and the inauguration of a war of races tend to a recoil which will bring the party into odium. Hence the energy with which the rascally Judge Underwood, whose infuriated charge so powerfully stimulated the present dangerous state of feeling, is exerting himself to prevent an erup tion of negro violence.” The Herald begins to snuff calami ty and shouts for the recall of Wilson and Kelley. It proposes to substitute John Minor Botts and others of his ilk to assist in disabusing the blacks of dangerous notions that, in addition to freedom, the Freedmen’s Bureau and the ballot box, they are to have free farms and nothing to do but to enjoy all the African splendor of Ha3 T ti. The republican leaders , at all events , must look to this , or they may soon find them selves in the midst of a Northern polit ical revolution .” Colonel E. Hulbert. —This gen tlemau has been appointed by Major- General Pope, chief of registration for the State of Georgia, with headquar ters at Macon. Col. Hulbert is a man of splendid business qualities and ac quirements, and is in every respect a good appointment. Col. Hulbert has long been Superin tendent of the Southern Express Com ply- TIIE INJUNCTION CASES DISMISSED. The long agony is over. The Su preme Court has at last washed its hands of a troublesome question, by deciding that it has no right to enter tain it. On the ground of want of jurisdiction, it has rejected the peti tions of Southern States for protection against congressional laws that over throw their governments, erect tempo rary military despotisms in their stead, and provide for permanent institutions organized under the bayonet and in accordance with the views and wishes, not of the people to be governed, but of a dominant party at the North When finished, this will be ealled a u Republican government I”. This decision, we may be permitted to say, i3 a sad thin«v for the whole American people. It shows that they have not the government that they have thought and been taught to believe they had—that the Supreme Court is no longer to be looked to as the final interpreter of the Constitution where the liberties of the people are in peril —that the will of a majority is the su preme law of the land and over and above all constitutions, and- that the minority are wholly at its mercy—that revolution is the only remedy against oppression. In this decision the South stands vindicated before the world It has been her continued reproach that she resorted to arras and not to the courts—though now it appears she adopted the only remedy left her. If the North can get along with this de- cision it is likely we at the South shall be able to do so too. Let her beware, though lest it return to haunt her be fore many days! As Southern Journalists, acknowl edging the right of the people to look to u-s for an opinion, if not counsel, we shall grapple with these troublous times as best we can, and advise our fellow-countrymen of the South to such policy as in our judgment will do them least harm in the social and po litical revolution on which they have been forced to enter against their will. We shall take up and discuss questions onty as they arise for practical decis ion, under all the circumstances of the time. We shall deal with the present, and leave the future to come up in its order without anticipation. There is at this time but one question on which they are called to act, and that is the first in order under what is called the “ Reconstruction Act ” — registration. The decision of the Attorney General upon the question of franchise will be given in a few days, and when made known and the books opened, our ad vice and earnest entreaty to every Southern man who shall have the priv ilege, is to go forward and register un der the law. In this way alone can the honest men of the South retain their power and exercise it in shaping the destiny of their States. The very worst of calamities may come upon us if, from any motive, we refuse. —Macon Telegraph. REMOVAL OF THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFF OF BARTOW COUNTY. We understand that the escape from jail of six or seven prisoners, some two months since, is, perhaps, the princi pal charge of ‘gross neglect of duty” on the part of Mr. Ay cock and his Deputy- The following order explains itself; Hra'iis. 3d Mil. Dis. Y Georgia ,Ala. and Florida, Atlanta, Ga. May 14, ’O7 ) Special Order No. 21. EXTRACT. 111. An investigation by a compe tent officer, having revealed the fact that there has been gross neglect of duty on the part of Win. Aycock, Sher iff, and Augustus Franklin, Deputy Sheriff, of Bartow county, Ga., that criminals have escaped, and loyal men have been unable to secure justice through their negligence or connivance, they are hereby deposed. IV. W. L. Goodwin, of Cartersville, is hereby appointed Sheriff, and Aaron Collins, Deputy Sheriff, of Bartow county, Ga. By command of Brevet Maj. Gen. John Pope. G. Iv. Sanderson, Capt. 33d U. S. Infantry, A. A. A. G. A true copy: H. Dodt, Lieut. 33d U. S. Infan. Post Ad’jt. ‘ Rome, Ga. Mobile, May 15.—About 8 o’clock last evening a crowd assembled at the corner of Royal and Government streets to hear Hon. Mr. Kelley, of Pennsyl vania, make a speech. He was intro duced by Mr. Horton. Kelley begun by saying that he had spoken in Mem phis and New Orleans as a Radical, and he now appeared in Mobile, and was not afraid. He told the negroes assembled that they' were freed by the Radicals, and if they did not enjoy all the rights of white men, it was their own fault.— About this time he was hissed—he be came much excited. He said : “ I have the 15th U. S. infantry to back me, and keep 3*oll down, and if they can’t, then I call on the United Stales, which I know can, and will have you put down.” About this time the chief of police attempted to arrest the lead er of the crowd who was hissing. A pistol was fired in the crowd, and ev erything began to scatter. A fight ensued—three or four were killed and five or six badly' wounded. Kelley left for New Orleans to-da}* —did not finish his speech. The city is quiet to-day and guarded by the 15th infantry. —Montgomery Adverti ser. Negro Mobs. —lt must strike the whole countx-y as passing strange, that while the military power of the Gov ernment is such as to overawe and sup press the slightest infraction of law or good order among the white people of the South, it is not sufficient, to sup press mobs among the blacks’ or even to keep them in respectable order Why is this? The Government should be able to give some satisfactory ex planation of the failure of its authority to be respected by the black people in the larger cities of the South. Is any body afraid to offend the blacks lest their votes should be lost ? The course of things is certainly very strange. Mobile, May 14. —The Mayor and Council of Selma, Ala., were removed to-day by order of Gen. Swayne, New officers we appointed by binj, IJJE UIEivOKEE GEORGIAN. J. A. R. HANKS, Editor. DALTON, GEORGIaT Friday, May 24, ISK7. RADICAL EMISARIES. From an article in the New York Times (Radical), on the Mobile riot, we clip the following just comment on the evil tendencies of the course of those perambulating Yankees who did not dare to set their feet on Southern soil until the South was subjugated and disarmed, and who come amongst us only to breed hostility and discord, and hatred and strife. Such fellows as W ilson and Kelley ought to be arrested and punished as disturbers of the pub lic peace. The Times says y Whatever the precise nature of the disturbance may prove to be, we ap prehend that there can be no doubt as to the general tendency of an agitation conducted in the temper which marks the ultra Radical emissaries in the South. Setting aside the adventurers and hirelings of the Hunnicutt stamp, and conceding to speakers in Judge Kelley’s position entire integrity of purpose, the mischievous bearing of his course is scarcely open to contro versy'. His mission is not a mission of peace, but of war. He does not seek to ally irritation, to otbliterate preju dices, to rectify misconceptions, to es tablish friendly relaions between the races, to promote the success of the measures of reconstruction by indica ting their reasonableness and necessi ty. She effects, and apparently the aims, of his labor are of the opposite character. He increases irritation wherever he goes; he arrays seotion against section and race against race; he encourages expectations which can only be fulfilled by a renewal of strife, and demands which can be satisfied only at the cost of anarchy. JUDGE KELLEY IN ATLANTA. From the following notice, which we find in the Intelligencer of the 21st inst., we conclude the itinerant Con gressman from Pennsylvania, learned wisdom by his experience in Mobile, where being backed, as lie-boasted, by the 15th U. S. Infantry, evidently did not save him from an awful scare. We hope it will have a salutary influence on his future course, while the South has to submit to the infliction of his peregrinations: Hon. W. D. Kelley’t Address.— This gentleman addressed a very large assemblage of freedmen, and a small number of white persons, at the City Hall yesterday afternoon. He was at tentively and respectfully listened to by his audience, from whom an oeca ; sional cheer was elicited during its de livery. The address was- chiefly con fined to the illimitable industrial and mineral resources of the South, and especially of Georgia. In the new or der of things he was sanguine that > they would be fully developed. The ; QJ AwjuLL IcmglTx Aipr.it. .iliia oub 1 ject of education, and its beneficial ef feet upon the laboring classes. Alto- ! gether, the effort of the gentleman ! from Pennsylvania was moderate and j well-timed. It certainly did no harm. We trust it may do good. At the conclusion, three cheers were j given for the speaker, when Colonel ■ Farrow announced that there would 1 be held in this city, on the 4tli of Ju- j ly next, a mass meeting of the Union Republican Party of Georgia, at which it was hoped delegates from every ' county in the State would be present. ; The assemblage then dispersed. to register and vote is to vo*te against the South. The Mont gomery Mail says: “ Several of the ablest of our ex changes have'* well written editorials under this caption, and we hope that the people will weigh well the mean ing of the words, which appear to us to be based upon sound truth, provided no loyal remedy arise before the time for voting come on. We know that many of our truest citizens, at the first blush of the subject, felt that they would never vote again in this stricken land. We believe that this feeling is passing rapidly away.— Our advice has always been, to regis ter and vote, if the time for register ing and voting roll around. That somebody will vote, is certain ; aud if the best do not, the worst will, and truly they will get the control of the State in their own hands, and assur edly will wreck it upon unseen break ers ahead. If our best men do not vote, the condition of governmnt in Tennessee and Missouri will be repeat ed here, and a Constitution of cunning ills will be devised. Register , vote and hope, for the best, hope in the future action of the Su preme Court, and in the sense ui re turning justice at the North— “ Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again.” Our readers should carefully weigh these views and then act as their judg ment, and not their feelings, shall dic tate. TREATED HIM RIGHT. The Columbus Sun of the 12th, con taions the following* On yesterday af ternoon the notorious G. W. Ashlmrn, who left Columbus immediately after the abrogation of military law, and has returned since its re-establishment, without warrant or invitation walked into the law office of our young fellow townsman, Wm. 11. Denson, Esq. Mr. Denson not knowing and supposing him to be someone on professional business, invited him to take a seat, weieh he did, and proceeded to open his buget. He informed Mr. D. that Gen. Grant was a man of genius and Gen. Lee a mere creature of detail; that the first would live in glory, whilst the latter would die in merited infamy. Upon being informed by Mr. D. that the latter statement was a lie, he changed the conversation to politics, stating that he was here for the pur pose of organizing a Radical party, that in a few days he would lay his plans before the citizens of Columbus, and that all who did iot come to the high position occupted by himself would be persecuted. ty this point Mr. D. very properly knocked him down, and proceeded to toik him out of his office down the stairway into the street. TiIEFIC-NIC. DALTojr, May 18th, 1867. Mr. Editor^ —-Having had the pleas ure of being om of the many who | made up the party* of Sabbath School | excursionists, on Thursday the 16th | inst., from this place, will you allow . me a small space in the Georgian for i a few “dottings.py the way?” At 4 o’clock, L M., the little folks | (and big ones to<j) were aroused from : their slumbers ly the welcome peals of the several church bells, the signal for assembling. At half past five all were at the depot, in readiness to take the cars, w*hich, through the courtesy J of Major Walhce and the attentive I kindness of Coj. Peck, had been gen j erously assigned them. A passenger ! car, with a number of box cars which ! had been comfortably fitted -up with : seats, were in readiness to accomrao- I date those ,Mjgfrw ished to join the p“ little army ” of Sunday School schol | ars, and a goodly* number there were ; gathered together—all, however, too : much pre-occypied with their own I bright anticipations to notice the signs | of the weather, which came upon us with the suddenness of “a thunder | clap in a clear sky.” Soon after start ing clouds began to gather, and the indications were that we would have rain. Mothers grew anxious for the health and comfort of their “little | ones ;” ladies, who were free from such responsibilities , became nervous and uncomfortable over Ahe probable fate of their new bonnets; but all these direful forebodings could not damp the feelings of the more youthful por tion of the crowd, and the merry, ring ing voices, which came from the dif ferent cars, attested the fact that they had determined, “Let tiie rain come if it will, We’ll be gay and happy still !” Before noon, however, the clouds were nearly all dissipated, and the sun shone out just enough to make it pleas ant, without being oppressive. We arrived at Tunnel Hill about 6 o’clock, where the train stopped some thirty minutes, when the Schools, un der tiie direction of their respective Superintendents and Teachers, form ed a procession (numbering several hundred children and young folks), and marched to a grove of venerable oaks just above the Hotel, where they formed a circular group aud joined in singing several Sabbath School hymns, led by that devoted friend of song, Mr. D. W- ll*wlio was erraceful ly supported Mrs. Manly, whose clear, sweet voice and inimitable time, did much toward keeping the voices of the little warblers steady and har monious. The opening song was “The 'Sunday School Army,” and right well did the “little soldiers” acquit them selves. Other hymns, equally appro priate, followed, after which all return ed to their places in the cars,and soon we were en route for Catoosa Platform, some five miles distant. Arriving there in good time, all were once more safe ly disembarked, and the cars moved off for Chattanooga, leaving us on the track, with rather a chilly prospect be fore us, notwithstanding our exertions to put a cheerful face on the matter.— Expecting, of course, the gods to be propitious on this happy occasion, ve ry few had themselves with wrappings sufficiently warm to guard against the damp, raw weather with which we were greeted. Between the Railroad and the “Stone Church” (the spot selected for the pic-nic) lay a corn-field, newly ploughed, and as far as human kefi could reach, no well beaten path was visible, over which the many little daintily shod feet were expected to tak&their way in a well ordered and dejeorons procession.— But stoicism seemed to be the order "bf the day, and Aoon “Joyfully, joyfully, onwnrd we move,” The long procession of happy chil dren, preceded%y three of Dalton’s most beautiful maidens, bearing aloft a pure white banner with the inscrip- School Army." Tin a shore time we reached the Chuwh, situated in a beau tiful grove, about half a mile from the Railroad. A stream meandering just in front of the Church, a rude foot bridge, long since fallen into decay and its use abandoned, adds much to the.picturesque beauty of the place. The children-were inarched into the Church and seated in a body, the oth ers following in such order as suited themselves. T'iie Church being large, nearly all the Cfowd were comfortably seated. The services commenced with sing ing by the scholars and teachers, and prayer by the Rev. Mr. Stansberry, of Tunnel Hill, followed by brief address es from Martin Tarver, Esq., and the* Rev. Mr. Carter, of Dalton, and a racy little talk from Mr. I. E. Shumate, which seemed to be highly appreciated by young and old. A benediction was pronounced Rev. Mr. Stans berry, and soon all were engaged in such sports as .suited their tastes, and were justified by the occasion. | About 12 o’clock a sumptuous re past was spread in groups all over the grounds, consisting of almost every va riety of edibles usually seen on such gala occasions, and to which little folks, big folks, young folks and old, did ample justice. After dinner the children returned to their amusements with renewed zest. There were a number of young la dies and gentlemen from Dalton, Chat tanooga, Ringgold, and other towns, | who joined in the youthful sports, and who not only seemed to wish they j “ were boys and girls again,” but acted the parts by engaging in all sorts of childish games, such, for instance, as “Keep the Base,” “Poor Puss Wants a Corner,” and even ChickamiJ-crany crow—(l do not know, Mr. Editor, that I ever saw the word written before, and therefore I do not vouch for the correctness of the orthography.) The order and decorum of the chil dren w r ere remarkable. Not a single incident occurred during the day (so far as I know), to mar the joyousness and happy flow of spirits, which shone in the beautiful countenances of the large concourse who graced the occa sion. I have rarely spent a more pleasant day, or witnessed a more perfect suc cess than was the Dalton Union Sab bath School celebration. All honor and praise are due the noble efforts of Pastors, Superintendents and Teach ers. May their zeal never grow less, but increase with each succeeding year in the great work of Sabbath Schools, which have been appropriately styled the nurseries of the Church. But all pleasures must have an end, and so did our pleasant picnic. As the sun began to cast his lengthened shadows before us, thoughts of home and the loved ones awaiting 11s there, I came, unbidden, to the mind, and ; preparations to return commenced in earnest, and half past 2 o’clock found our party all back at tile Railroad, where we had landed a few hours be fore. The little heads not quite so erect, the little faces hardly so bright, as they were in the morning; but all looked quietly happy, [I tell you in confidence, Mr. Editor, that / was un comfortably tired], and when “Home ward Bound” was proposed, all joined in the song with seeming animation and delight. A round of cheers then followed, which made the “ welkin ring”—three‘for the W. & A. Rail | Road, three for Major Wallace, and | three for Capt. Holtzclaw, the polite ' and gentlemanly conductor of the 1 train, which in a short time came thun dering along, and, as soon as we were aboard, bore us swiftly towards home and friends, where we arrived at 5 o’- clock, P. M., all safe and sound, with tlio oxucption of one advcuturous youth who dropped his hat, when the train was about three miles from Dalton, and who determined not to return bare headed, jumped from the car to secure his property. Fortunately’ he was un hurt by r the daring feat, but was left to make his way home on foot. I neglected to state, at the proper place, that the Tilton Sabbath School, headed by their indefatigable Superin tendant, Capt. W r m. Brown, joined the party at Dalton, and participated in all the pleasures and amusements of the clay. On the return of the party to Dal ton the scene closed with the presen tation, the standard bearers, to Capt. Holtzclaw, of a handsome cake, and the banner which they had carried during the day. The gift was accom panied by an appropriate address from Col. I. W. Avery, and was received by Capt. H.from the fair hands of the lovely donors with expressions of a just appreciation of the distinguished compliment thus paid him. Three cheers were then given for Major Wallace, Superintendant, and Col. Peck, Master of Transportation of the Rail Road, when we all retired to our homes. E. J. McC. Radicals appear to be more concerned about which party the blacks at the South are likely to vote with than to secure the improvement of the blacks intellectually or physical ly. But a day ago, says the Boston Post , they declared the blacks unsafe among the whites, and that it requir ed the army and the Freedmen’s Bu reau to prdtect uiem—now tney say the whites are leading the blacks as tray by flattery and indulgence. It is not the perfect emancipation of the blacks the Radicals care for, or security to them of their civil rightjp and equality in all respects—but, their votes. Radical philanthropy itself into mere demagogism as soon* as a selfish end is desirable, and the negro is a saint or sinner, with Radi cals, according to his political devel opment. We say, deal fairly and generously with the negro; make him capable of exercising an intelligent judgment, and then let him vote as he pleases, without bribery or coercion Constitutional Union. Cheaper Leather. —Before the American Society for the advancement of Science and Art, last evening Dr. L. D. Gale read an interesting paper diseriptive of his new method of pre cipitating tanning, by which he gives tanners the concentrated extract of hemlock bark at little cost and in the smallest compass, and enables them to tan their hides near or in New York instead of sending them a hundred miles inland. He proposes thus to save transportation—a very considera ble item in the cost of leather.— N. Y. Tribune. |9i£r*The New York Times , a Rad ical Journal, contains the following ar ticle on the subjeot of military rule in the South: Encroachments of Military Pow er in the South —The authority of Brigadier-Generals is fast making it self a reality at the South. Reasonable interpretation of the intent of the Re construction Act is, that military pow er shall be absolute in all that pertains to the purposes comprehended within the law, but no further. It is, in fact, merely the agency created for working the machinery of the law, with a view to the reorganization of civil authori ty’, and for meeting possible emergen cies arising out of the present provis ional arrangements. The duty of the military commander, as we understand it, is to rectify wrongs and errors of omission or commission perpetrated by existing local authority. Apart from these contingencies, his functions would seem to be restricted to what ever may be necessary to the execution of the plan of Congress as embodied in the law. Under a rigid adherence to this con struction of military duty, perhaps Gen. Sheridan’s removal of Mayor Monroe and other obnoxious officials might not have admitted of justifica tion. It was an exercise of power which comes properly into play only when provisional functionaries seek to annul or circumvent the law. In this particular ease, however, the proceed ing elicited little criticism because of the notoriously bad record of the offi cials removed. Gen. Sheridan is held justified on the ground that their posi tions would unquestionably be used adversely to the law. The orders of Gen. Sickles, altering the civil and criminal codes of North and South Carolina, were of a more doubtful character. To the extent that local statutes conflicted with the provisions of the Civil Rights Act, the General’s interference may have been necessary. But there is nothing that we know of in that act or in the Re construction Act which, in letter or spirit, warrants a commanding oflicer to say what offences shall be felonies, or how offences shall be punished ; or which, by any process of reasoning, can be made to justify interference with the claims of creditors, or the disposition to be made of property subject to liens. And yet the orders, although extraordinary and on their face unlawful, called forth no protest from the communities concerned, and only’ exceptional condemnation from the Press of the country. In the Car olines and throughout the Southern States there lias been an evident de sire to judge the orders charitably—to attribute their promulgation to pecu liar local circumstances best under stood by the Commanders of the dis tricts, and in some degree also to a hu mane desire to mitigate the penalties of poverty, so far as these may be af fected by the operation of law. In Virginia, military authority has manifested itself in forms that are wholly inexcusable. The order of Gen. Wilcox forhiding a fellow who lias neither character nor talent to de liver a lecture on “ Southern Chivalry” was the result of consummate official folly. Gen. Schofield’s “warning’’ to the Iticlunoml 'J'tmes was eaually arbitrary and unwise. Neither is sus ceptible of palliation nor defence. It would be as sagacious to command donkeys not to bray as to prohibit Pollard from indulging in rant a..d nonsense at street-corners or in any room that he may hire for the occasion What Pollard might say could harm nobody ; when he does anything con trary to law the law will be quite suffi cient for its own vindication. Until tlie civil law fails Gen Wilcox has no right to meddle. So again with regard to Gen. Schofield and the Richmond newspaper. The establishment of a censorship is simply usurpation, and a usurpation which challenges the judg ment of every man who values freedom of speech and the Press. For our Richmond namesake,though hostile to the Reconstruction Law, has not trails cended its right, and the right of every man, to comment upon both the law and its administration. The Southern Press, indeed, is en titled to a great deal of cftuiit for the moderation of its tone, and for its pre vailing inclination to deal fairly with the momentous problem which is now undergoing solution. Here and tlftere a rabid rebel sheet may be found, but the number throughout the South is so small as to be unworthy of notice. The greater number of journals published in that section are pursuing a course which cannot be too highly praised.— They may not applaud the law on its merits, but they counsel compliance with its requirements, and are earnest in their desire to get back to the full fellowship of the Union. Os few can this be said more justly than of the Times and Picayune , of New Orleans, which, according to a statement in cir culation, have been 44 unofficially warn ed” touching their articles on the Re construction Act. The statement is Ri-arool.v r-rarliKl**. rate aild withal so sensible have been the obser vations and recommendations of both the journals named since, the passage of the law. The proceeding of Gen. Schofield at Richmond, however, ren ders possible the exercise of the cen sor’s authority at New 0: leans, though from this wrong we trust Gen. Sheri dan’s good sense will preserve him. Still another encroachment is report ed from Texas. An order issued by Gen. Griffin excludes from the juries of the State all citizens who may have directly or indirectly aided the rebel lion. Henceforward, Gen. Griffin de crees, the test oath shall be applied to jurors, and onty they who can take it shall be permuted to serve. The legal authority for this order has not been cited, and none can be found. The Reconstruction Act contains no pro vision upon the subject. It declares who shall be disfranchised and who shall be excluded from office, but in respect of jurors it is silent. Gen. Griffin’s order, then, is arbitrary and unjustifiable. It is anomalous, more over, since, while ex-rebels or their sympathizers may not act as jurors, ex rebel Judges are permitted “pro visionally” to continue their functions as administrators of the law. These incidents demonstrate the tendency of military power to trespass beyond the boundaries of reconstruct tion at the cost of the liberty of the citizen. It is to be hoped that the j- forthcoming opinion of the Attorney- General will define the powers and du ties of the Commanding Generals with a fullness and precision that will obvi ate difficulty, and prevent needless in terference with the law, the Press or the people of the South. Prussia AND France*— The London Standard , of the 11th, remarks that war between France and Prussia is inevitable within four months. 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CTATE OF GEORGIA, Gordon County— ln O the Superior Court of said County —Present the Honorable Jas. Milner, Judge of said Court: Vosburg & Lester I vs. ? Motion toForeclose Mortgage Charles Dragoo. ) It appearing to the Court by tho petition of Vosburg & Lester, formerly merchants in the city of Dalton, under the firm name and style of Vosburg & Lester, accompanied by tho note and mortgage deed, that on the 26th day of January, 1866, the defendant, Charles Dragoo, made and delivered to the plaintiffs his promissory note, bearing date on the day and year aloresaid, by which he promised to pay to said Vosburg & Lester the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Dollars, at one day after the date thereof And it further appearing that afterwards, to-wit: on -I.v Jaj .ml year nrV>n-3HIU, *tn> defendant, the better to secure the payment of the said pro missory note, executed and delivered to the said Vosburg & Lester a certain Deed of Mortgage, whereby he co tveyed to «aid plaintiffs the fol lowing described tract of land, to-wit: lot of land No. 812, in the 13th district and 3d section of said county. And it further appearing that said notes re in tin unp.ii I, it is therefore ordered by the Court utai said Charles Dragoo, the defendant, do pay into Court on or before the first day of the next term thereof, the principal, interest and cost due on said note, or show cause to the contrary, if any lie can, Hnd that on failure of the defendant so to do the equity of redemption to the said premises lie and is forever barred ad foreclosed. And it is further ordered by the Court that tho defendant bo served .with this rule, by publishing the same once a month for four months, previous to the next term of this Court, in tho Cherokee Georgian, a newspaper published in the city ot Dalton, in said State. JAMES MILNER, j. s. c. c. c. A true extract from the minutes of Gordon Superior Court, this 13th May, 1867. May 24—4 m. H. C. HUNT, c. a. c. GEORGIA, Whitfield Conutr.—Whereas,Sarah Whi toner has applied to me, m proper form, for letters of Administration on the estate of David Whitencr, late of said county, deceased? This is to cite all persons concerned to show cause at my office, on the first Monday in July, l 567, if any they have, why letters of adminis tration should not be granted to the applicant. J. I*. FREEMAN, Ord’y, May 24—30d. JUST received, by LOWRY k EASON, »«- con and t i'ckled Pork % April 26, 1887.