Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-20
Alabama Radical Negro Convention.

MONTGOMERY, Nov. IL p. I'd.
A caucus Of Radical majority OF the Re.
construction Convention last night decided
to send a special messenger to Washington
to ascertain from leading Republicans how
far Congress will permit the Convention to
20 on the question Of DISTINGUISHING rebels;
and, to day the Convention, by a vote OF 81
to "a, postponed further action on the fran
chise question until Monday next.
A resolution was adopted iustructng the
proper committee 10 inquire into the expcdi-
ency of requiring former owners to pay the
blacks wages ior iheir services from the date
of TIE emancipation proclamation to May
2Otb, 1866.
An Ordnance was introduce and referred,
proposing to coniscate part OF the Selma
and Meridian Railroad, which was construct
ed by the Confederate Government in aid of
the rebellion, the proceeds Of it to go into
an educational fund.
An Ordinance was introduced and referred
to abolish tie State poll tax.
MONTGOMERY, Nov. lG.
In the Reconstruction Convention, reso-
luton was adopted by 81 to 33. nsructing
the proper committee to change the names
of all new counties created at the last session
of the Legislature that were named in glori-
fcation of the rebellion or after those who
participated nit.
Afterwards an ordinance to change the
name Of Colbert county to Brownlow was
tabled-ycas, &c nays, II.
Committees Or several parts of the const;-
tuition reported officers of the Executive De-
| - oor-;-o &c J.
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and
Treasurer; Auditor to hold four ard other
officers two years-alr to be elected by the
people.
The Governor only has been elected by the
popular vote heretofore.
GEy. PopE VISITS THE CoNvENrIoN.-The
Montgomery Mil, Of the Sth, says: "Major
General John Pope, the gentleman who tele
graphed to Washington just before the second
Bull Run that he bad succeeded in getting
between Stonewall Jackson and the rest OF
General Lees army, visited his menagerie at
the Capitol yesterday. The black monkeys
grinned, the Yankee hyenas smiled, and
Bingham brayed The distinguished van
uuisber of the Injuns was invited to the
speakers stand, and proceeded to crate. The
only important thing he said was that he
hoped that they would continue the pluck
and wisdom with which they conducted the
recent political campaign. This was equiya-
lent to saying that they must keep the lash
over the ebony members Of the convention,
and send the Seargcantat-Arms to wake
them ND when it was time to vote. After
the gallant captor Of 10000 rebels at Corinth
finished shooting his mouth of, he deposited
his headquarters in chair. The asses
brayed again, the byenas grinned, and the
nggers all went to sleep. In the words Of
Buslecd- =" God save the Republicp
And from the Montgomery Mail we Gull
the two annexed paragraphs in relation to
the proceedings of the Convention
"CoME TO THIS Bosom, Ny OwS STRICKEN
DANA negro barber in the Piebald Con-
vention moved yesterday that a portion of
the gallery be set aside for "de ladies'" We
shall expect to see to-day the councils of the
State inspired by the presence Of bevy of
damscls from Af:c's sunny cline. Love rules
the court. the camp, the grove When
Grfiia, Bingham and Keffer speak hencclorth,
we shall see roses showered from the gale
ries, and the chamber infused with "Sabean
odors from the spicy arms of Africa, the
blest." ana when the ebony barber rises to
give his views upon questions of Ethnology
and Political Economy, we shal! hear shrieks
from fair lips, and that blessed African chorus
-aPm a gwine to Iebbn a. rein and a.
rockin." How inspiring it will be for Judge
Peck or Major Semple to feel that their elo-
quence is being tangled in the locks OF fair
woman. In the words of the renowned Bus
teed: God save the Republic"
NEcRopHoBrA.-The piebald concern at
the Capitol is fast on the road toward miscege.
nation. At the organization, when the elec-
ton foE d0orkeeper cane np, three candidates