Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-24

Uranium taken of when presenting him
self for admission. This Is an interest
ing note to be scanned at the bottom OF
these historic times. 1t viii! serve to
| eluoidate important changes now going
on in the country.
General Grant WAS made aware OF
this mans petty tyranny, and has
issued an order to Gen. Terry to put a
stop to it. The Washington correspond.
emit of the Augusta lGa) Chronicle and
Sentinel writes as follows:
| aWAsHIsGroS, January Is = The
leading members OF the Republican party
in Congress have at last become dls-
pusted with the manner in which Bullock
is managing matters in Georgia, and his
open intrigues for seat in the United
States Senate.
Eyer since his refusal to allow the or.
eanization of the State Legislature to
take placs on the day that body assem-
b ed, the leading Republican Congress
m en- have been kept fully posted % to
the violent and fraudulent course which
Bullock has been pursuing in Atlanta
"The Republicans in Georgia, Joshua
Hill, ]. i Bryant, member of the Gene
raj Assembly, Amos I, Alderman, Joseph
Brown, J. d. Caldwell, and others, have
been constantly telegraphipg Senator
Eduunds, Senator Morton, Mr.. Bitg'
ham. md many other Congressman, ans,
also. President Grant, explaining the
IS
assistance against Bullock. They prom
ised that everything would be done oy
Georgia which was required by Congress
If check was pat upon his usurpatlon.
Influenced by this pressure, Presi-
dent Grant telegrsphed an order to-day
to General A. 81. Terry, commanding
the District of Georgia, in which the lat
ter is instructed not to allow A. l.. Hsr-
ris. the man appointed by Bullock, to
superintend the House, or any other sp-
pointee of Governor Bullock to proceed
with the organisation of the State Legls-
lature.
an this order President Grant says
that the provisions of the recent act
passed by Congress to promote recon
slruction in Georgia, as interpreted by
himself, do not give Bullock any power
to organize the Legislature, but only
authorized him 10 convene that body.
"Referring to this Military Commits
sion Of Inquiry, the President tells Gen.
Terry that the District Court of the
United States, as provided for in the act,
is the only tribunal that can legally try
and convict members of the Legislature
who obtain seats 10 that body by swear
iug falsely.
To-day Senator Morton, of Indiana,
made speech in the Senate. IN the
course Of which he denied that President
Grant had ever authorized or even sp-
proved the action of General Terry in
appointing a military court of inquiry to
sit in judgment upon the eligibility OF the
members of the Georgia Legislature.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Richmond Dispatch says General Sher-
man stated few days ago "thst IN no
case would be allow General Terry to
view any question in partisan light, or
render any decision or give any order in
which g partisan view could be taken.
he had not ordered General Terry to ar
rest suy of the members of the Lsgisa-
ture of Georgia for alleged perjury. The
courts are in existence, and if any of
them have been guilty of suoh sin, they
should be properly indicted and tried
but until so tried and found guilty, they
should not be deprived of their seats in
the Legislature"