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DAILY NEW ERA.
OfficiaTJournal ofthe United State*.
TUESDAY UOBNINO, OCT. IS, 18«.
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Ship or State bafsly tuhoihui ivnbt Storm
STATE NEWS.
The Loirs of the negro drowucJ while work
ing tho dam, aro suing the Engle end Phentx
Manufacturing Company, for $3,000.
Two new agricultural papers are to bo start
ed in the State. One at Athens, a weekly, by
S. A. Atkinson, aud one at Macon by J . w.
Burke, a monthly. We oau recommend both
to onr people.
The dry weather baring opcuod nearly the
entire cotton crop, fanuew are saying it in ex-
oellent order, aud the cUsmfiototiou will be
higher than ever before known. There m no
stained cotton “or dog tail" this year.
The Chronicle & Sentiuel says: We are in
formed that Judge Andrews delivered a dot l-
format Warren Court Wednesday to the effect
Sion a widow could not claim a homestead
that the land of her husband.
The Athc-uo Banner anya: We learn that
the dwelling on Dr. Prices' plantation,
High Shoals, iu which was stored about 8,000
pounds of nnginued cotton aud a quantity oi
wheat ami bacon, was consumed by tiro on
Saturday the ‘id inst. The tire is supposed
to have been the work of au incendiary.
Three years ago a planter sold his planta
tion for $0,000. As the purchaser was uuable
to make the payments ho was compelled to
take tho land back aud cancel tho bargain.
Siuoc then he has made three good crops of
cotton on the laud, and a few days ago he
sold it for $18,750.
We learn that the Templeton Troupe will
make their apdearaueo in Home early in No
vember. We hope to have scenery in our
llall by that time.— Home Commercial.
Should tho Troupe make their appearance
in the same role as they did last Summer in
other cities, you will have plenty of
*• scenery. ”—Constitutionalist.
Yea, obecenery.—(An>/ti'c/f A Sentinel.
The Thomson Observer says: Our Baptist
friends are having a gracious revival, and
many are being added to their church;twenty-
one have been baptised up to last Sabbath ;
th*-re are several more candidates for the ordi
nance. Onr Methodist friends are also having
a considerable revival; a very large number oi
penitents constantly crowd the altar ; nineteen
h:\vo been added to* the church.
The Cox lands sold in Morgnn county, on
the 5th inst; brought the following: 1,135 acres
improved, $5,200; 1,103 acres (sold to a Wis
consin farmer) uuimproved; 575 acres do.,
$2,175; 607 acres do.. $2,200; 810 acres. $6,-
310; 800 acres do., $3,300 ; 808 acres, $3,410;
800 acres do., $5,700; house aud lot in the
town ot Madison, $7,000. Tho laud brought
an average of $5 33 per acre, which is con
sidered remarkably low.
We learn from tho Sumter Republican
iwhich contains the proceedings in lull) that
the Convention ot Universalists for tho State
of Georgia was held ou th 30th ult., at Plains
of Dura. Dr. L. F. W. Andrews was elected
President. Only nine preachers attended, two
of whom were Irorn Alabama. “A complete
reorganization ot tho denomination iu Georgia
and iu tho South was inauguiated by the Con
vention, with good prospect* of success.”—
Delegates were appointed to the General Con
ventiou of tho United States.
The Washington Gazette says : Columbus
C. lleese, who killed a Mr. Edwards, in Craw-
fordsville some months since was arrested iu
Opelika Alabama one day last week aud taken
to Atlanta under guard. Thore were two oth
er suspicious characters iu company with
lioAae at the time of his arrest, but wo believe
they were allowed to go free. As the jail of
Taliaferro county is not secure, the Judge of
this circuit has directed the Sheriff and keoper
of tho jail ot Fulton county to confine Reese
in the jail at Atlanta until further orders,
suppose l.o will bo tried at the next te
Taliaferro Superior Court.
Cal. Farrow's Card.
Wo print iu to-dky‘s Era a card [adveitiao-
mant] from Ool. Hsury 1*. Farrow, directed
to tho editor of the Constitution of this oily.
Not having an yet earofully read the card, we
are not prepared to speak of its contents, but
may or may not do so to-morrow. Our voioe
is for peace, aud we sincerely hope that nil
differences iu tho party may be brought to a
pleasant and speedy termination. Under no
circumstances will the Eua couseut to fan
tho desolating tires of discord, and wo again
repent, “Lit t» hav« Peace. m
'I tor Mai* Fair and Invited UuiiIi.
Below wo give some extracts from the res
olutions adopted by tho Exocutivo Commit
tee of tho Georgia State Agricultural Society,
at a meeting hold in Macon last Friday. Tho
resolutions which we copy aro eminently wise
and proper, aud reflect great credit upon the
Committee which adopted them. They also
administer a southing rebuke to those nin
compoops of tho Georgia press who would, by
their mad mouthing*, compel the absent*
gentlemeu to whom it is desirable to » xhibit
the great agricultural and industrial progress
that is being made lu the State. We applaud
the action of the Commit!
tic to tho State. llei
tious :
By Mr. Nislot—
Th*. Augusta Constitutionalist of Saturday
L *.• a racy account of how a man bravely
did ut die. A singular hallucination, say
that paper, has for some time past possessed
the mind oi a gentleman connected with the
Georgia Railroad shops in this city. A
understand it, he persistently professei
have had a revolution that he would be called
upon Thursday lest, 7th instant, to close nj
his ca:thly a. count*, and be committed to hi:
mother dust. So iiupri ssed was he with tin
c« rtainty < f the change to take place, that he
freely predicted it among his fellow-workmeu,
with one ot whom he arranged to have
bull ot the shops tolled at a specitied hou
tho appointed day. On Wednesday he dis
charged the duties of his position with usual
and uninterrupted fidelity, yet still earner
the prediction of his death on the morrow.—
Thursday morning lie arose in usual self-pos
session, and, calm as if projecting a day’s fes
tivity. proceeded to array himself in his Sun
day best paraphernulia, to meet the summons
of the dread monster of whom preachers warn
and sinners tremble. His (as ho supposed)
last toilet completed, he calmly laid him
down ou his bed, folded his arms, clos
ed his eyes aud lips, straitened out fill
length -determined to die in “ship shape”—
and quietly awaited the hour of Lii
anticipated * departure. Tho timo arrived
—the shop bell tolled-and yet our 1
breathed. But he w;. - patient, and. confident
that there could be possibly but a few minutes
difference iu his predicted aud tho true chro
nology ot tho important event which li had
taken so much trouble to prepare for, he main
tained his dying position, awaiting with mar
tyr faith the “shuffling off the mortal coil.”—
With all his might and main he essayed to die
dead, but the thing wouldn’t “shuffle.” Just
Lis patience at the delay had worn threadbare,
his son, a youth of sufficient summers to ap
preciate the diversion of a day’s sport with a
fowling piece, stepped into another apartment
of the house, nnd called out, iu a somewhat
brusque manner, “Mother, I w ant father’s big
gun, to go"— The remainder of the sentence
was lost in the sentorian tones which reverbe
rated from the would be dying man’s chamber,
pronouncing, “No, I’ll bo if you shall
have that gun ; I’m not dead yetand, a mo
ment later, the astounded youth lound it heal
thy to vacate the premises, to save himself
from tho indignation of his recuperated futher.
That is the only instance we kuow of where a
gun has been the indirect means of saving n
dying mao.
Liiorge H. Itoiitv
ell.
The Secretary of the Treasury, who by th
fearless execution of the laws i; reducing the
national debt at the rate ol one hundred and
littoou millions a year, w ill speak to the peo
ple from the rostrum ot tho Union League
this evening. Since Alexander Hi
have had no finance miuislet at once so capa
ble and so trusted. His career is an eloquent
lesson and example. Fifty-one y .us old last
January, his life has been a triumph ot
rity and work—ono cf the thousand g
( rages iu tho marvelous volume of Nov
and tenacity uud temperance. To sn
he is selt-eduuati d is to say the hunt. Snell
men gather lens from books tl
pcrieiice of labor. He was taught iu the
school of poverty. A furmer’s hoy in early
years, he afterwards became a m< rcljunt’s up
prentice, then a clerk, and finally a propriet'>
of his own house. Ho came to tho bar lal
in life; and when he entered poliii :t ho wa
ndvauccd with a rapidity tIn. L proved tho fill
appreciation of his character « y his people.
Seven years a member of the MaA-e.ichusetl
Legislature, from 181*2 t; 185'J: Batik Com
missioner iu 1843 uud 1850 Governor o
tho State iu 1851 and 1852 ; Kecretur,
oi the Masaacnusetts Bo.-wd of Educa
tion live year- ; imuibci of tho Bom
of Overicers of ilarvuid College tell years
memb -r of the Peae-.i Congress in 1861
elected atid re-elected to Congress in 1862 and
end of
lied to the 1
l then sent to Con-
nrnoned to tho port-
l'riHident Grant—
rvicr resulted from
Tl" passed from
liable dis-
i their
1861, from which he
the Internal Revenue
gross again, only to be snml
folio of the Treasury by 1
this continuous public sen
no arts of the politician,
honor to honor without an
courted popularity, but we
character, sterling honesty,
position, Such men are always m coi
Fixed in hi* convictions, yet modest
utterance, ho is constantly iu tho adv
till great questions affecting huiuauily. A fine,
sonorous speaker, of good pmsonco, he com
mands attention nnd converts as he pi. ads. It
was a happy thought iu President Grant to se
cure Geo. 8. Bout well at the head of the
Treasury. Ho was the very man to carry out
his pledges of economy in the Inaugural; uud
now when our whole people uro full of grati
tude for Ins wonderful administration of that
department -which has been a triumph on no
other rule hut that ol tlia straight forward
honesty of a conscientious business man—lot
us give him such a welcome as he lias earned
at our hands. —PhUadeljdila (Pa.) Daily Press.
id pa
rcHolu-
exlcuding
The policy of this Committee i
vitidions through our Secretary, u.ui uecu
bring to our Fair all meu who sincerely sy
puthiso in onr objects and aims.
ry of the Navy; James Campbell, Postmaster
General; Caleb Cashing, Attorney General.
The next eeriooe difficulty whioh President
Pieroo wen culled unofe to tuoonnter at the
oommonaeineut of hie administration was a
diepnto concerning tho boundary line between
the Mexican proviuco of Chihuahua and New
Mexioo.
During his administration the passage of
the Kausas-Nubraska act, Muy 27, 1854, aud
the repeal of the Missouri compromise uot
were regarded as ominous of much future
trouble. Yiolouco and bloodshed prevailed
in that uuhappy Territory, and the House of
Representatives, on the 19th of March, 1855,
appointed a committtee of three to proceed
thither, investigate tho whole inattor and re
port. As the autumn advanced, aud tho
Presidential oleotion approached, disturbances
wore less frequent aud general. Aftor the ter
mination of his Presidential career, Franklin
Pierce retired into privato life, and tho lutor
days of his life wero distinguished by tho same
fasclnatiou of rnauner that provod magical iu
winuing for him au uuboundod popularity.
The following official auuouucoment of the
death was issued yesterday from tho Execu
tive Mansion :
Washington, Ootober 8, 1863.
The painful duty devolves upon tho Presi
dent of announcing to the people of the Uui-
ted States tho death of ouo of his honored
predecessors, Franklin Piorco, which occurred
at Concord early this moruiug.
Eminent in the public councils and univer
sally beloved in private life, his death will be
mourned with a sorrow befitting the loss w hich
lus country sustains in his decease.
As a mark of respect to his memory, it is
ordered that the Executive Mansion and tho
soveial Departments at Washington bo draped
in mourning and all business suspended on
the day of the funeral.
It is fuithcr ordered that tho War aud Navy
Departments cause suitablo military and naval
honors to ho paid on this occasion to tho
memory of tho illustrious citizen who has
passed from among us. U. 8. Giiant.
The Uolil tiumblc-rs ami tliv President
baud, expect to entice distinguished
from distant States by w hat wo huvo to
exhibit, or ou the other, was it our design to
bo obsequious. Their presence here is ilesir-
d that they may soe how quiet nnd pc iceable
,ud how earnest and active our people are iu
building up their material interests. Ami es
pecially do we desire the presenco of persons
frain the States North and West of us, who
prcacutativo meu, as guarantees and en
couragement for exhibitors to come lrom
those sections and show us improved models
of agricultural implements and machinery,
ami of their thoroughbred stock.
Resolved, That our Fair Grounds aro open
to all men of all sections, and we hereby give
assurance to all who attend thut a cordial wel
come awaits them.
Resolved, That we earnestly hope tho press
of our Stato will recognize the correctness of
the foregoing principles, aud will give to out
enterprise their support and co-operation.
By Mr. Yancey—
Resolved, That tho Secretary bo instructed
to express to tho Governor tho appreciation of
this Committee for his otter to send the cars
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, for in
vited guests, to Lynchburg, and that the offer
is accepted ; and that ho have similar instruc
tions to make like expressions to Superinten
dents or Presidents of other roads who may
make offers of their cars on liberal terms to
bring invited guests from any directions; and
the gentlemeu named in the resolution ap
pointing tho Committee of Reception bo au
thorized to make any aud all arrangements
they may deem necessary to make these offers
available.
From tho Waabiugton Republican, Oct., ilth.
Death of Kx.President Franklin Pierce
Tho following dispatch announcing the
death of ex-President Franklin Pierce,
has been in ill health for some time, wa
ceivcd iu this city yesterday morning:
Concord, N. II., Oct. 9—To J. D. Hoover: —
Ex-President Fierco died early this (Friday)
morning. Funeral will probably take place
on Monday next J. Minot.
Franklin Pierce was born at Hillsboro, Now
Hampshire, on tho 23d day of November,
1804, and upou his election to tho Presidency
had just reached his forty-eighth year.
He entered Bowdoin college at Brunswick,
Maine, iu 1820, and amongst his fellow-stu
dents aud associates were men who have since
made their mark high in tho niche of fame.
It will bo sufficient to name Professor Stowe,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the pious Caldwell aud
Pic chivalrous Cilley. While at college lie
was made the chairman of tho Athenian i
ety, aud first displayed his inclinations lor the
pride, pomp aud circumstances of glorious
war as an officer of a military company cor
posed of his fellow-collegians.
After leaving college Franklin Pierce becan
a student oi law in the office of Judge Wooi
bury, of Portsmouth, aud from thence lie we
to the law school at Northampton, in Mass
chusetts, aud finished his preparatory studi
iu tho office of Judge Parker, at Amherst. ]
the year 18*27 he was admitted to the bar, ar
began to practice in his native town, lit! wi
not very successful iu his earliest rases, bi
a proof of bis indomitable will aud self rtl
anco is recorded in his earliest eases, i
the remark made by him to a friend
who wished to condole with him on the
loss of a case, “I will try nine hundred and
ninety-nine cases, and if I fail just ns I hav
to-day I will try the thousandth.” He felt the
strength within him, nnd knew that time
would bring it out.
In 1829 ho was elected a representative of
his native town to the Legisluturoof tho State,
and served in that body for four years, tho last
two years as speaker, to which ottico he was
chosen by n vote greater than two thirds.
Ho was elected to Congress in 1833, and
was a member ot the Judiciary and other im
portant committees.
He continued in the IIouso cf Representa
tives four years, and in 1837 ho was elected to
the Senate, and in June, 1842, ho resigned his
seat and retired to tho sweets of country life,
taking up agaiu his profession to repair by its
practice the inroads which the public service
had made upon his means.
In 1834 ho married a daughter of tho Rev.
Dr. Appleton, a former President of Bowdoin
College.
In 1838 ho removed from Hillsboro to Con
cord, where he sedulously applied himself to
the duties of his profession, aud u here l.o ful
filled the promise of his youth.
In 1816 ho was offered by President Polk
tho pest of Attorney General of tho United
States, which ho modestly declined iu consid
eration of tho interests of his clients and tho
health of Mrs. Pierce. He had previously
been tendered by the Governor of his State
the appointment of United States Senator,
which ho declined for similar reasons.
In his letter to President Polk, declining
tho Attorney Genera Mi ip, this passage oc-
When I resigned my seat in tho Senate,
iu 1842, I did so with tho fixed purpose ncvoi
again to be voluntarily separated from my
family for any cousiderablo length of time,
except at tho call of my country iu time of
And this contingency did soon pr« s» lit it
self. for shortly alter, in 1847, when tho Stato
of New Hampshire was culled upon to 1
uisli ns proportion of troops for tho Mcxicuu
war, Mr. Ptorco enrolled himself a member ot
one of the first volunteer companies of Con
cord, and performed tho duties of private in
tho ranks; and on tho passage of tho bill for
tho increase of tho array ho received the ap
pointment of colonel of tho 9th regiment, und
i March ofthe
no ye
brigade r g* n*ml in tho army. Until tho
►htllilit
•t tho hi
nt t ha
t history
lie
part
■ being
nearly
o, and,
1 December, when tho wn
concluded and negotiations for pone
settled, ho returned to his loved hoi
resigning his commission, applied hi
the practice of tho law.
Iu 1850, in pursuance of a vote of the peo
ple of New Hampshire, a convention wuw as-
scmbled for tho review of the Constitution,
und Gen. Pierce was elected its President by
u unanimous vote.
On the 12th of Juno tho Democratic Na
tional Convention assembled at Baltimore in
order to select a candidate for tho Presidency
of tho United States. Many mum s, eminently
distinguished in peuco and war, had been
brought boforo the public during several
months previous, and among them, though by
no means occupying a very prominent place,
was tho uanio of Franklin Pierce. Tho Con
vention continued four days, and Franklin
Pierce was nominated on the forty-ninth bal
lot, he receiving two hundred and eighty-two,
nil the other candidates receiving eleven.
On the 4th of March, 1853, he was inaugu
rated tho fourtoonth President of the United
States. The oath ol office was administered
to him by Chief Justice Taney.
Threo days after his inauguration the Sen
ate in special session confirmed the following
as the members of his Cabinet: William L.
Marcy, Secretary of Stato; James Guthrie,
Secretary of tho Treasury;Robert McClelland,
Secretary of tho Interior; Jefferson Davis,
Secretory of War ; James C. Dobbin, Hccreta-
If any doubt existed in regard to the close
relationship existing between tho gold gamb
ler* and the Democracy, it would disappear
before the attempt to connect the President
und his advisers with tho great crime. Thut
attempt was begun early, uud bus boon again
'renewed. Whether it originated in a desire
to abate the indignation against a movement
Iwbich tho antecedents of its authors aggrava
ted, or in a determination to make partisan
Capital at the expense of tho Administration,
s, for the moment, immaterial. The ‘tact is
sufficient that the notorious Fisk very early
tho matter sought to achieve respectability
[by tho use of tho President’s name, und by
tho allegation that ho had had reason to rely
upon the President’s concurrence in his plans.
The falsity of this pretence was promptly ex
posed. Fisk had indeed been impudent
enough to approach the President while a
passenger ou the New Port steamer, and to
solicit information with respect to the Treas
ury programme. But it has been ascertained
that General Grant repelled conversation ou
the subject—with a greater degree of conrte-
iy, perhaps, than Fisk's reputation entitled
him to, but so firmly and positively that no
room was left for further talk.
And now, having failed to couuoct General
Grant, directly, with the gold gambling
scheme, it is proposed to hold him responsi
ble lor the alleged participation of his brother-
in-law, Mr. Corbiu of this city. “Admit that
the President was neither a speculator nor the
friend and adviser of speculators,” it is in sub
stance declared; “still he is responsible for the
speculative operations of Mr. Corbin." The
absurdity aud injustice of this plea are appa
rent. No man is deemed accountable for tho
conduct of relatives, over whom ho can havo
no control ; and we know of no reason why
General Grant should be au exception to the
rule. He is not punishable for the sins of
relatives, near or distant.
Ot the truth or falsehood of tho statement
put forward by Fisk touching Mr. Corbin’s
connection with the gold-gambling movement,
the public may not be in a position absolutely
to judge. Mr. Corbin is too ill to attend to
business, aud the averments respecting him
must therefore, to some extent, await his re
covery. Wo understand, however, that lie de
nies ever having had any conversation
financial matters with Fisk, or any share in
gold speculation during tho late crisis. Some
thing more will be required than letters from
Fisk, or affidavits by his creatures, to establish
the opposite position.
Let us assume, however, that tho story of
Fisk is literally correct. What docs it prove ?
Only that ono of tho persona connected with
him in gold speculation was the President's
brother-in-law. It is not pretendod, even by
Fisk, that his connection with Mr. Corbin
suited advantageously in consequence of the
hitter’s relationship to the I resuleut. Eve
Fisk does not say that ho profitod by Corbin'
influence. The existence ot such influence
may have been supposed, nnd in reliance upon
its potency a speculative association with Mr.
Corbin may have been sought by Fisk and
Gould. But the connection, if it existed
any shape, did not prevent disaster.
With no other data, then, than that which
the enemies of the President furnish, wo con
tend that his integrity is vindicated. By the
testimony ol his assailants ho stands justified.
Instead of playing tho game of those whe
claim Mr. Corbiu as a partner, ho pursued a
course which ended it summarily and unprof
itable- lie broke up the “Ring” of which his
hrotber-iu-law is said to luivo been a member.
That was not tho act of a weak or corrupt
President On tho contrary, it was tho act of
ouo who in tho dischargo of his official duties
does not permit tho requests or interests of
friends or relatives to render him unmindfulj
of the wauts and welfare of tho country.
We do not believe Fisk’s story as affecting
Mr. Corbin. Until that gentleman bo beard
from at length, or until witnesses l>e forth
coming who arc more fully entitled to cre
dence than uro those who do Fisk’s bidding,
we reject letter, affidavits and all, as untrust
worthy aud scandalous. But whatever the
final result of the controversy as botween
theso persons, tho President’s position is un
assailable. lie did what was right, aud he
did it without reference to tho effect of his
action upon the fortunes of any man.—N. T.[
Times.
From tho N. Y. Horald.
Corbin and Flak, Jr.
We have received tho following note from
Mr. A. It. Corbin, the brothcr-iu-law of Pres
ident Grunt, in which it will bo seen ho do
nies tho statiments of Mr. James Fisk, Jr.,
charging him with complicity in getting up
the late gold corner :—
October 5, 1869.
To tub Editor of the Herald
1 never exchanged a word ou financial mat
ters either verbally or in writing, with Mr,
James Fisk, Jr., from tho oommonement of
tho gold speculation until it broke on Friday
noon ; nor within that period did I over au
thorize any human being, either verbally <
writing, to buy or sell gold for me or for any
ouo else. A. R. ConniN,
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{Advertisement,]
Atlanta, Ootober Otb. 1889.
To the Editor of the Constitution:
Iu yo8torday’a issue of your paper, to
communication appears over tho signature
of “N. L. Angior, Troaeorer,” making in
sinuations which rclloot upon mo iu my official
oharactor, aud aro calculated to produce the
crreneooM impression that I am responsible
for that whioh perhaps hangs upon tho Tnea*
nrt-r's own ekirU.
Tho Treasurer has boon appearing iu nows-
papor articles quite frequently of late, and in
some of these “lamoutations” ha* soon fit, in
directly, to assail me in my offloiul character
without tho slightest provocation. I have re
frained from noticing him from an indisposi
tion to be engagod in nowspaper controver
sies, and for other reasons which need not ap
pear in Democratic papers. Iam at a loss to
understand why tho Treasurer persists in
these side-thrusts at mo. Our relations, per
sonally, woro amiouble, aud politically, in ac
cord, and I did all in my power to elect him
to tho Constitutional Convention, uud also, to
the office he now holds.
Tho first material poiut of diffcreuoo be
tween us, so far as I am aware, was on the
question as to what arrangements should be
made iu the city of Atlanta for tho accommo
dation of tho General Assembly. Wo wero
agreed upon that point, so fur as concerned
the temporary arrangements for tho first ses
sion of tho Genera) Assembly, which mot or
tho 4th of July, 18G8, and held its sessions ir
tho City Hall building. But when tho quee
tiou came up as to what buildings should bo
furnished by the city of Atlanta to the State,
for the accommodation of the General Ansem-
bly and State officers for ten years, we differed
in opinion. He contended that extensive addi
tions should be made to tho City Hall, and
that the Capitol, with all tho Stato officers,
should te upon the City Hall square,
thought it would involve too great on outlay
to make suitable additions to the City Hall
building, aud that it could not be done in timo
for the next meeting of the General Assembly,
and feared that the General Assembly, iu that
emergency, might adjourn to Milledgeville,
and Atlanta lose tho advantages of becoming
tho Capital of the State by not having suitable
accommodations ready for the meeting of the
General Assembly. I thought the Opera
House could bo fitted up iu time and iu a suit
able manner, and that if an equitable arrange
ment could be made for that building, it
would bo best both for the city and the State.
Dr. Angier professed to owu valuablo property
on the City Hall square aud Washington
street, and had the arrangement been made
which he desired, it would not only havo been
a matter of convonionco to him as his office
would have been within one hundred yards of
his residence, but the value of his property would
have been greatly enhanced. I fully appreciate
his feelings, for I also reside on Washington
streot; nnd while tho Opera House, the build*
ing now used us tho Capitol, is at least half a
mile from his residence, it is the same dis.
tance farther from my residence, and I have
tho same extra distance to walk to my office
then, too, my property ou Washington street
would also have been enhanced by having tho
Capitol on City Hall square. Yet I could not
favor the arrangement which he advocated
simply because it would enhance tho value of
his property and mine, when I believed it bet
ter for tho interests of the city and tho State
that other arrangements should be made. Th>
Opera House was decided upon and secured,
but upon what terms 1 was not advised. I had
nothing whatever to do with tho arrangements
connected therewith, nor matters subsequently
arising therefrom—knowing nothing more
about those matters than what I saw iu the pa
pors. This contest over tho Capitol betw
the City Hall square and tho Opera House,
however, I believe explains Dr. Angier’s side-
thrusts at mo, and also explains tho rupture
between him and Gov. Bullock. This, too,
may explain Dr. Angler's great zeal in object
ing to Gov. Bullock’s paying the Messrs. Kim
ball for tho apparatus for heating, lighting aud
furnishing tho Opera House, thinking, doubt
loss, if the contract for tbo lease of tbo Opera
House could bo broken off by a refusal to pay
said items that there would still be an oppor
tunity of having the C. pitol on City Hall
squar<\ Was he actuated by consideration for
the public wclfaro or by a desire to promote
his own private interosts ? Hud I co-operated
with him in his well-advised scheme to en-
banco tho value of his property would he have
made war upon me?
If the Treasurer's hostility to mo
found in tho fact that he did not find me ready
and willing to co-operato with hi
scheme to enhance tho value of his raoguifi-
cont and aristocratic residence on City Hall
square, by au injudicious expenditure of tho
people’s money, perhaps he is making war
upou me because of my duty, as a judicial offi
cer, to proceed to his office and call for hi9 books
nnd investigate tho charge against him, that
he was using tho pcoplo’s money in violation
of law and the oath of office. Is he justifiable in
making his continual assaults upon mo simply
bocauso my official position compelled mo to
report to the Executive, as the result of my
search through his office, that tho Treasurer’i
own books, coupled with liis acknowledg
ments previously made, sustained tho chargo
that ho was depositing several hundred thou
sand dollars of State funds and appropriating
the interest on it to his own use, contrary to
law and his oath of office? It was tho Treas
urer’s owu misconduct that compelled me,
a sworn officer of tho State, to inform the
Governor that in more than forty instances the
Treasurer had illegally thrust his baud into
the public Treasury by loaning tho people
money out at intorost for his owu profit. 1
was his inordinate thirst for "filthy lucre” that
caused him, at tho very threshold of his of
ficial career, to uvc-rlcap at ono bound all tho
barriers that protect the public funds (funds
raised by taxing an impoverished people) by
loaning out great sums of it at interest, and
pocketing tho proceeds. It is true, it did bo-
come my duty us Attorney General to sue him
for tirenty-one thousand dollars for speculating
with the pcoplo’s money, but ho should re
member that as a judicial officer I cannot lot
him escape the conscqueuces ot his mal-pr&c
tice iu offico because he is ono of tho wealthy
aristocracy. Iu this country wealth and aris
tocracy are no protection for misconduct, and
because the Treasurer has come to grief, and
now finds that “the way of the transgressor is
hard," ho should not becorao angry with ine.
If ho had sought tho advice of the Attorney
Gonorul as to his right to use half a million of
the\xople'8 money for his own profit, tho “hid-
don merit” of that officer, although “ex
tremely diffident,” might havo saved him tho
mortification of being totted for pocketing in
terest on Stato money which he says he was
advised by “eminent counsel” that ho could
do with impunity.
I havo said thus much concerning tho prob-
toblo Cannes of tho inexplicable warfare which
tho Treasurer has been waging upon mo for
months past, and I now proposo to notice his
card of yesterday morning. Ho has been in*in-
ating that I have rouderod advioo oh Attorney
General in favor of tho payment of illegal
warrants from tho Treasury. Let him now do
ouo of two things, either come out nnd give
tho publio fAOts, or acknowledge that ho has
been giving ciroula ion to base and malicious
slanders. Let him name tho warrants, give
the amounts, tho dates, the persons in whose
favor drawn, and for what drawn. Let him
■Into when my advice was given in favor of
thoir pay incut.. He acknowledges having paid
warrants when there were doubts in his own
mind tot tho timo toS to whether they w«re lo
git warrants, and I demand to know of him if
I, os Attorney General, ad Hoad their paywent
Let the Tro lurer cease his Ukinnatioos and
give the poople tho facte Tho Treasurer has
been so loudly proclaiming his own honesty
and charging others with sealing that it has
become tho common street talk that he re
minds one of tho thief, who when detected and
pursued in the crowded streets of a city, seeks
to esespe by pretending to be ono of the pur
suers aud crying, at the top of his voioe, as ho
fiies iu front of bis pursuers, "stop thief l stop
thief 11 stop Outfit!"
Tho Treasurer charges me with advising the
payment ot warrants whioh I have never ad
vised, aud claims for himself the credit of de
feating warrants which have nt « boen pie-
seuted fo his office. He cluimeu the credit of
defeating a small-pox warrant iu lavor of Dr.
Boswell, of Muscogoo county, last winter
when there was not one word ot truth in it
and alter being called upon by the Comptroller
General for doing him gross aud papablo in
justice, did not have the magnanimity nor
manliness to put that officer right before the
people. What a contempt intelligent people
must have for ono who steals the laurels from
another's brow ! In that case tho Comptrol
ler General had doubts as to countersigning
tho warrant, and wishing to observe proper
couitesy towards tho Executive, made the fact
kuown, whereupon the warraut was referred,
by tho Exocutive, to my office and condemned.
Aud it has not been a week since the Treas
urer promised a claimant in a small pox case
to pay him if ho could get a warraut, aud upon
application to tho Executive for a warraut the
claim was referred to my offico and the pay
ment of it disapproved. The payment of this
claim would have committed the State to the
payment of at least fifty thousand dollars of
illegal small pox claims, but I suppose the
Treasurer would not have cared, as he would
have paid it aud cried out “stop thief.” Or
perhaps the fact that ho wished to court the
influence of the person presenting the claim
had something to do with tho Treasurer’s wil
lingness to pay it in violation of the laio. There
never was more fraud perpetrated upou tho
Stato in the space of four months, than was
perpetrated from the 13th of December, 1862,
to the 17th of April, 1863, during which peri
od all claims for sovices in small pox cases by
doctors, nurses, &c., in the State, were charge
able to the Stato. Yet ono who assumes to be
tho “Watch-dog of the Treasury” promises to
claim which would have established a
precedent which would havo cost the State
fifty thousand dollars. Every such claim yet
referred to me has been condemned and the
-payment advised. The Treasurer, how
ever, seems desirous to accommodate parties
holding said claims, especially when present
ed by thoso whose influence might be desired
in tho Senate or elsewhere.
Nor has ten days passed, if I am correctly
informed, since tho Treasurer proposed to
party holding a warrant which he, the Treas
urer, says is illegal (but about which I know
nothing, as it has never been submitted to
me,) that if the Governor would dismiss the suit
now pending against the Treasurer to recover the
twenty-one thousand dollars above alluded to, he
would pay the warrant or submit it to some eminent
jurist, and pay it if the jurist advised it. If
it would bo right to pay it upon the advice of
somo “eminent jurist,” proviiled the suit for
twenty-one thousand dollars rcasdismissed, would
it not be right to pay it upon tho advice of
that “eminent jurist” any how, whether the
suit was dismissed or not? Would the dis
missal of tho suit now pending against him
make any difference as to the legality of the
warrant ? 1* ho willing to pay illegal warrants,
or warrants which ho has rejected as illegal,
provided the Governor will let him off from
paying tweuty-ouo thousand dollars for which
ho is sued ? Docs tho Treasurer think this is
honest? Does he think ho can get the At
torney General to adviso such a proceeding ?
I do not believo that tho Treasurer can make
such transaction with the Executive, notwith
standing tho Executive doubtless thinks his
clerks should bo paid. What will tho Demo
cratic editors think of their immaculate Treas
urer, whom they havo styled il “Watch-Dog
of tho Treasury,” after such i.n attempt at
bribery ? Is that looking after l jc welfaro of
tho people, or is it another stride after
thy lucre ?”
It is quito timo tho Treasurer should stop
paying warrants which ho says aro illegal,
meroly that he muy be able to write letters
against an Attorney General whom ho charges
with rendering erroneous opinions upon war
rants which have, in truth, never been sub
milted to him. He has ignored tho existenco
of tho Attorney General, except to impute to
him advice he has never rendered. The
Treasurer acknowledges having paid illegal
warrants without even giving tho Treasury
that protection the Constitution provides for
it. Tho Constitution has created tho office of
Attorney General, and mado him the Treas
urer’s “legal adviser,” aud it was the Trcasu
rer’s sworn duty to have submitted to that ju
dicial officer for his advice and opinion, any
and every warrant upon the legality of which
ho had any doubts, before paying it. Had ho
discharged his duty properly, by asking for
tho opinion of the Attorney General before
paying warrants which ho believed woro ille
gal, perhaps tho money would still be in the
Treasury. But no, ho presumes tho At
torney General has already given au errouo-
ous opinion nnd proceeds to pay the alleged
illegal warrants, and abuse mo for that witL
which I havo had no connection. Tho Troas
urer has paid warrants which wero never
submitted to mo, and which might never havo
beeu paid if my ndvico had been sought, nnd
still has tho impudence to chargo mo with be
ing responsible for it. Wore ho to ask the
opinion of the Attorney Gonoral as to the le
gality of a warrant about which he had
doubts, and were lie advised uot to pay it,
there would bo two advantages derived from
that course: Tho money would rcmAin in tho
Treasury until a mamlamus would take It out,
and if a mandamus should tnko it out, he
would bo protected iu a suit by tho injured
party, because in the language of the distin
guished jurist Caleb Cushing, ho had observ
ed “tho law ns officially pronounced.” There
is tho highest authority for saying that an
oxpoRitiou of the law liy the Attorney General
possesses “authority tho same in kind, if not
tho same in degree, with the decisions of tho
courts of justice,” aud should the Treasurer
in pursuance with the adv.co oi that offic
refuse to pay a warrant until tho court com
pelled him by manilamus, ho would bo pro-
teoted by that ndvico. Aud upon tho other
hand should he pay out a warrant upon the
written advice of that officer, which might bo
afterwards judicially ascertained to have boon
illegal he would staud upou a different footing
in his defense in courts, if he could plead that
ho had only followed .“tho law as officially
prononuoodhe would certainly stand upon
a bettor footing than be does in those cases,
which he alleges wero illegal, and yet paid
without submitting them to tho Attoruey Gen
eral.
Iu conclusion, I again demand that the
Treasurer give to the publio the specific case*
in which the Attorney Gonoral has advised the
payment of illegal warrants or ooose his insin
uations. Henry P. Farrow.
P. 8.—Having rccoutly rendered his Excel
lency, Governor Bullock, an official opinion
upon the effect of the offioial opinion of the
Attorney General, I herewith publish tho samo
as it bean somewhat upffn tho subject matter
of this coutrovoiey. H. P. F.
Attomtet Oextebal's OfTION, )
Btatb of Geoeoia. r
Atlanta, October 6tb, 1869. )
8m -Your communication of the let instant
has beeu received. Yon inform mo that the
Troasnror has refused to pay a number of Ex
ecutive warrants, and ask whether the Treas-
bas sought the official opiniou of tbo At
torney General, and if so, request that your
Exoellenoy be furnished with a copy of any
opinion which may have been given the
Treasurer concerning the same. You also ask
for my official opinion “os to whether tho
Treasurer and his bondsmen aro protected
from penalty when the Treasurer performs his
official acts in accordance with tho official
opinion of the Attorney Generul of the Btate.’>
In response to tho inquiry as to whether
tho Treasurer has sought tho opinion cf tho
Attorney Goneral concerning tho legality of
warrants presented to him, I havo to inform
your Excellency that he has not.
In response to your inquiry upon tho ques
tion of the protection afforded the Treasurer
and his bondsmen by tho official opinion of
the Attorney General in cases where his opin
ion is sought and observed, I would stato thut
I havo given it that consideration which the
importance of the subject demands, and will
now proceed to give you ray official opinion.
Tho nature of tho duties and responsibili
ties of tho offico ot Attorney General, and his
relations, as a judicial officer, to tho officers of
tho Executive Department, is a subject to
which much study has been devoted. Those
investigations have been the more extended
because of the fact that it is a new office in
Georgia, aud tho present incumbent has no
predecessors from whose official acts he can
derive information for bis guide. I hav
found, however, by referring to tho laws of
the United States Government, that iu tho
creation of the office of Attorney General, and
all legislation concerning his duties under
that government, that tho office is identical,
in so far as concerns the question before me,
with the office under the Government of Geor-
the perforuMtoce of this part of bis duty, that
hell not to counsel giving advice to tho Gov*
ernmeol as his client, but a public officer actiny
judicially, under ill the solemn responsibili
ties of conscienoo and legal obligation.
“Although the aot requiring this duty ot the
Attorney General does not expressly declare
what effect shall bs given to bis opinion, yet
the general practice of the Government has been to
f(Mow it; partly for theroasou already suggest
ed that an officer going against it would be sub
ject to the Imputation of disregarding the law as
officially pronounced, aud partly from the great
advantage, and almost necessity, ot acting ac
cording to uniform rules of law in the man
agement of the public business -a result only
attainable uuder the guidonco of a singlo de
partment of assumod special qualifications
and official authority.”
I could quote additional authority in sup
port of this opinion, but deem it unnecessary.
I am, very respectfully, H- P* Farbow,
Attorney General.
To 11 is Excellency,
>vr.uNon 11. B. Bullock.
OFFICIAL ADVKKTibrj,:
IXRCUTTVK DEPabtMfx-i. ~
Atlanta, Qa., OetoW^
gift-
The Constitution of Georgia creates the of
fico of Attorney General, and requires the
8amo qualifications for eligibility to that office
KlTci't* of Moonlight,
i a popular impression that the moon
Waaaiua, Information hail>w a
Department from rellabla ma 64 * Q
to tho effect that R. N. Netoon *
fore the publication of a proclamation I
ward of Ono Thousand Dollar*:
a °Serfe|
III. ordaed Uut Uw tweuu.. ft,
8th day of September, ultimo, offering 7^ *
28th day
One Thousand Dollar* for Uie arre*t
be, and the same la hereby, withdrawn^.
Given under iny hand and the great
at the Capitol, in Atlanta, thia ? **
7*1
9th d*r
ber, In the year of our Lord eighteen hi
aiity-nlne. and of the Independence 0 f a.'
State* of America the ninety-fourth ***
liy the Governor:
* the ninety-fourth.
BUFCH IL ]
NEW
ANNUAL MEE
Tl.Vo.
T DK annual meeting of the Mwl,
building Association will be heldu
day, 12th inatant), over the *tore of Joh*
■i herol.... t . .._.. » .
exerts a marked influence on vegetation, aud
tho weather seers are largely guided by the
change* of that luminary. Mr. Coffin, iu his
[recent book, “Our New Way Round the
World,” thus writes of its effects on man with
in tho tropics. He is in India: “The moon is
at the full, pouring its rays from the zenith
wtraight down upou uh, with a power which i*
almost os unbearable as that of tho suu at
midday. Thero is no heat in its rays, but
they have groat effect on the brain. The blood
rushes to the head, and there is a sense of
fullness uud pressure which, although not at
tended by ucute pain, is exceedingly unpleas
ant. Wo find it necessary to keep our umbrel
las spread at midnight os well as at midday. It
is dangerous to sleep in tbo moonlight in the
topic*. Iu thi* country we can see new beauty
Several propoaed ameudiueuta to to*
will be acted on, and officer* for the ^7-
be elected. Due* may be paid to-<l** te?? 1 !
the office of the Atlanta h i
W-UlhL? II
>1
at tho office ot the AUauta k Wo«t pui B |
fi - wToi
Atlanta, J1
|N accordance with tho loliowln* *
City Council, I invite »oale<l pronSIt**
largementof Butler Street Culvert. ■
m., on Friday next, 16th inatant: U *
_ those words of the rwdmist, expressive of
God’s o.iro for those who love him: ' The bod
shell not sa-itc thee by day nor tho moon by
night’ ”
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED riiKSS DISJ'Atcuks.
SUNDAY’S DISPATCHES.
Washington, October 10.—Boutwell, in his
ech at Philadelphia, said he was aware of
os required of Judges of the Superior nudSu- ^ differenceB 0 f opinion as to the payment
preme Court; it declares in paragraph second ot tbo public debt in the manner contempla-
of Section Seventh, of Article Fifth, that “ it
shall be the duty of the Attorney General toad as
the legal adviser of the Executive Department,’*
but neither tho Convention nor the laws say
anything as to tho effect of that advice.
The first question is, does tho Constitution
make tho Attorney General the legal adviser
of the Treasurer? Clearly it does, as he is
one of the officers of the Department Tho
Governor, tho Secretary of State, the Comp
troller General and the Treasurer, are all offi
cers of tho Executive Department, while the
Attornoy Generul is an officer of the Judicial
Department and by the Constitution their "le
gal adviser.”
Tho second question is, what is the effect of
that advice? As the Constitution makes the
Attoruey General the “legal adviser” of tho
Treasurer, it follows that when in the course
of h:N official duties tho Treasurer has doubts
as to the proper construction of tho law,|it is
his duty to apply to tho Attoruey General for
his advice or opinion upon the law involved,
and when tho Attorney General gives the ad-
vico asked for, that advico or opinion is to the
Treasurer “the law officially pronounced.”—
As the Constitution makes the Attornoy Gen
eral the “legal adviser" of the Treasurer, nnd
as it is the duty of the Treasurer to ask for
the advico or opiniou of the Attorney General
in all cases where ho has doubts as to the law,
pml as the advico or opinion of tho Attorney
General officially given to the Treasurer
tho “law officially pronounced,” it follows
that it is the duty of tho Treasurer to he guid
ed in bis official conduct by that advi
opinion, and that neither ho nor his bonds
men can he held accountable for official acts
performed in compliance with tho “law* offi
cially pronounced” by tho proper judicial offi
cer. Therefore I give it as my opinion that
“tho Treasurer and his bondsmen”
tccted from penalty when the Treasurer per
forms his official acts iu accordance with the
official opinion of the Attorney Goneral of the
State.
In support of this opiniou I quote briefly
from two authorities, each of whom aro con
ceded to stand foremost among the eminent
jurists of America. I allude to Itevcrdy John
son and Caleb Cushing, each of whom have
adorned the position of Attorney General of
the United States.
Reverdy Johnson rendered an opinion as
Attorney Gcuoral to Hon. William II. Mori
dith, Secretary of the Treasury, bearing da q
May the 8th, 1849, upon a question identical
with that now nndcr consideration, to-wit
tho effect of the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral with reference to the official acts of the
Treasurer. That opiniou was rendered in the
following language :
“First, the duties of tho Attorney General
are precribed by the Judiciary Act of 1769, and
are ‘to give his advico and opinion upon ques
tions of law when required by tho President
of tho United States, or when requested by
the heads of any Departments, touching any
matters that may concern their departments.’
The ad does not declare what offset shall be giv
en to such advice and opinion, but it is believed
that the practice of the government has invariably
been to follow iL This has boen done from tho
great advantage and almost absolute necessity
of having uniform rules of decision iu all ques
tions of law in analogous cases—a result much
more certain uuder the guidance and decision
of a singlo department, constituted for the
very purposo of advising upon all questions,
aud with supposed special qualifications for
snch a duty. In my opinion this pradicc
should be considered as law
And Attorney Goucrul Caleb Cushing, in an
opinion rendered to President Piorco, bearing
date March 8, 1854, upon tho “offico and du
ties of Attorney General,” raid : “We have
seen that tbo act establishing tho offico of At
toruey General exprossly imposod on him two
classes of duty : first, to prosecuto all suits iu
the Supremo Court, in which tho United
States nro concerned ; aud secondly, to giv
his advico and opinion iu questions of law to
the President, and to heads of department*
“In the dischargo of tho second class of tho
above mentioned duties, tho action of tho At-
torncy General is quasi jmlic.iul Ills opinions
officially define the law, in r\ multitude of coses,
where hi* decituou is in practice final and .con
clusive—not only a* roNpcotu tho action of
publio offioors in administrative matters, who
are thus relieved from the responsibility which
would otherwise attach to their acts—but also ir
questions of private right, inasmuch as parties,
having concerns with tbo Government, pos
sess, in general, no incaus of bringing a con
troverted matter before tho courts of law, and
can obtain a purely legal decision of the con
troversy, os distinguished from an administra
tive one, only by reference to the Attorney
Oeuera). Accordingly, tbo opinions of suc
cessive Attorneys General, possessed of greater
or less amount of logal acumen, acquirement,
aud experience, havo eome to constituto a
body of legal preccdeut* and exposition, hav
ing authority the same in kind, if not the same in
ilegree, with the decisions vf the Courts of Jus
tice.
It frequently happens that questions of
great importance, submitted to him for de
termination, aro elaborately argued by coun
sel; and whether it bo so or not, ho feels, in
ted by the Administration, aud would there
fore state in a single sentence the Administra
tion's entire policy with regard to tho public
debt, as he comprehended it. It was that the
debt was to be 4>aid, principal and interest
according to the terms of the contract, in coin
or that which meu will receive as the equiva
lent of coin, without any abatement whatever.
[Great appluuse.]
Wabbenton, Va., Oct 3-Sir: Your note
of the 2d is evasive. If I omitted your offen-
lauguage, it was because I desired
planation or apology. My object has been to
test whether you wsnld fight a* a gentlem;
and to remove all pretext lor further equivoca
tion, I now quote your objectionable lan
guage: You said that you “could prove in
Pennsylvania that I wa* a highway robber.
I now demaud satisfaction. Will you fight?
Col. Smith ha* full authority to act.
Respectfully, your obd’t serv’t
John 8. Mosby.
Col. W. II. Boyd.
New York, October 10.--The Euterpe de
parted with her original cargo for Havana.
MONDAY’S NOON DIS BATCHES.
NOTICE TO CONTRACT
"Keaolved, That the City EnffW l w
atructed, In connection witli the OommjtiL:
to take *tep* toward* tho removal of -
on buffer street, caused by the lieortta aS**
to that end advertise for yropo**U toenw’ 14 ’^ I
vert running uuder said roa«t track the^Sw I
bo a reaponaibla party, and t’i 0 wo’rk to *
under a competent bond."
Plana, apeciflcationa, and M.nroiim...
*" txo at “y office. Each bid will b*1
mediately.
The city will reaerte the right to reject a
G. W. ADAIfi, Auction,®]
W oat End
Proj
I WILL sell upon tho premises, Thundav ii
atant, at 4 o’clock, p. it., " 11
Ten Nice Unimproved Loti,
Six of which front on Whitehall atreetan! «_
road, near West End Depot, two on Leaffnj^J
Gordon street (*tore upon it;, and o_
I have a map of all the property inth**o
sell all the lota absolutely without reserve. 1
H|H| M 1 at January next, i
*' carryout andii*
Half cash; remainder
extra pasaeng^lHH^H
purchasers, will leave ray office at S.’i'o’cloet’
“ ADiO(
Wli.tohall street,
oct 12—3t
Real Estate and Insurance L
li.ll.tr,., t ™.r K.tirtW C^l
Application for DUmiitiu.
/“I EOIIGIA, UAIIALSON COCSTI, - Wbim
Ur Graves Eves, administrator of the e*
Hall, represents to the Court, in hi* petitkaja
u record, that he ha* fully ,
filed and entered
tered the Hall estate.
Thia la therefore, to cite all person* cooa
dred and creditors, to ahow cause, If aay
why s*id administrator Bhould not be dhchu,
his administration, and receive letters of to.
“ the first Monday in January, 1870. Tkk o
Application for Leave to SeliL
after date application will be made to th Cm I
Washington, Ootober 11.—The departments
and bunks are closed.
There was an earthquake at St. Thomas, on
the 6th of ^ptemher, almost equal to tin
1867.
The Supiemo Court will hear the Yergcr
case ou Friday, as to tbo question of jurisdic
tion. The Brown case, from Texas, is
abide the decision iu that case.
Judge Fisher, in the Schureiuan case, s
tains tho motion for an arrest of judgment,
account of a defective indictment. Thero
three other counts upon which Schuremau
will bo tried. Schureiuan w * connected with
stealing of notes from tho Treasury ami forg
ing signatures and altering them. Turner,
negro postmaster at Macon, Ga., is implicat
ed in the cases.
London, October 11.— Martin, tho Fenian,
diod at King’s Collcgo Hospital. One thou
sand attended tho funeral. The mourners
woro green scurfs. Four hundred people met,
but nothing was said in favor of the extension
of Fenian amnesty. Speeches inflammatory,
but the meeting was orderly.
Vienna, October 11.—Francis Joseph joins
Eugenia at Constantinople, on the 24th inst.,
when accompanied by the Sultan, the party
will proceed to Suez, via Joppa aud Jerasalem.
The French, Austrian nnd Turkish fleets will
convey tho party.
of Ordinary for leave to sell the land* b„
estate of Thompson Moore, deceased, of a
for tho purpose of a division a
October 4th, 18C9.
oct 12-G0dprsfce$G
ion among tl
KENirHN
Executor’s Sale.
B y virtue of an order from the Court of Oi
1" ' •
I llesfl, adjoining land* of 1
John Adams, and others, the lame being in «!■
ty, all in corn repair. Term* mtdc_knots ■' 3
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Washington, October 11.—The Court of
Claims mot but adjourned without business
in respect to Tierce.
Faragut is getting well.
Tho President thinks tho proposed pur
chase of St. Thomas a bad investment.
There are a largo number of cotton cases ou
the present docket of tho United States Su
premo Court, having been taken tip on ap
peal from the Court of Claims. Many cases
remain on the Docket of tho Couat of Claims,
in which the same questions are involved as
those taken to the Supreme Court. Attorney
General Hoar will, at an early day mnko an
effort to advance theso cases before the Su
premo Court iu order that these before both
Courts may ho settled. These cases grew out
of claims for cotton captured by tho United
States authorities during tho rebellion, which
was sold and tho not proceeds converted iuto
the Treasury.
Boutwoll is still absent.
Gen. Gee. B. McClellan will domicili
tho Metropolitan during the winter.
Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, is
here.
Louisville, Got. 11.—One hundred and fif
ty threo delegates havo registered, mostly
from the South. Millard Filmore held a re
ception at the Court Houso.
Telegraphic .TMarket Reports.
New Orleans, October 11.—Cotton lower
at 25Jo; sales 3,450 bales; receipts8,84(3. Flour
drooping;superfine $5 70; double $5 75; tre
ble $6. Com scarce nt $1 20. Bran $1 *20.
Ilay scarce $32. Mess pork retailing at $34 50.
Bacon scarce—jobbing at 184 to 214c; clear
*214 to ‘21 Jc; hams 25c, Lard quiet; tierce 184
to 19c; kettle 20J to 21c. Sugar; common 12c
nr ini a 14 A. MnlitKHon. rnhnil.»l (I'll fr*
prime lii. Molasses, rcboiled, G2i to 75c.—
Whisky lirru at *1 :12,. Coffee—stock light-
fair HJ to 15c; primo 1G( to 1GL
Gold 130L Sterling 40J. New York Sight
Jc discount.
New iouii, October 11.—Cotton fully |o
lower; sales 2,500 bales at 201c. Flonr heavy;
aaperiino State 25 50 to 5 G5; common to fair
oxtra Southern $0 10 to G 55. Wheat hoavy
and lc lower; winter western $1 38 to 112.
Corn scarce; mixed western 08o to *15. Mess
pork heavy at *30 50.
Louravais, October 11.—Mess pork *31 50.
Shoulders 17c; sides 201c. Lard steady at 19o.
ltaw whisky $1 15.
Cincinnati, October U Moss pork *31.
Larg 171c. Bacon quiet—no shoulders at
smoko; sides 20o.
Livnkpool, Oot. 11.—Cotton opened quiet
but closed irregular; upland 121 to 121d; Or
leans 121 to 12,d; sales 7,000 bales.
Moiim.e, Oct. li.—Fair demand opened at
onside ; closed quiet nt quotations. Sales one
thousand bales. Middlings 24 to 24 J. lte-
oeipitn 2,008. Exports 1.4GG. Slight frost
this morning.
BaijTimouk, Oct. 11.—Cotton quiet at 27.—
1 lour dull uud weak, holders disposed to mako
concessions to effect sales. Wheat dill!, prime
to choice *1 04 to 1 04J. Corn Arm, Southern
white *1 10 lo 1 12, low grade $1 00 to 1 05. —
Oats dull *1 68 to 1 GO. liyc *1 lu to 1 15.—
Fork quiet Bacon firm. ' Whisky *1 21 to
1 22. \ irginio, old $1 45L Coupons, new
IHISTFONED SHERIFFS SALE.
r\ EonOLA, TOWNS COUNTY,- Will be soldi
flr*t TuoMtUy iu November ncxl, before the Court
House door, aeld county, within the l««el hour* of
ule, lot of Und number 1ST, in 18th dlatriot end lat
aectiou of originally Cherokee, now Towns county,
further known u the Ivy Mount Mining Lot. Sold m
the property of sold Mining Company to aetlefy aundry
Jt. fat. iaauod from Haharahom Superior Court. Wm.
B. McConnell, O. W. Glffiaple, nee of Wm. R. McCon
nail, Virgil P. McNoble, bearer, and aundry oihera-
Application for DismissioL
{ A IGItGIA. HABALSoN COUNTY.
Wherw, I
hvfdr£
Ijr F. Waldrop, admiuistrator of tlie Mtiltof
M. Waldrop, represent* to tho Court in ‘
duly filed and entered on record, that he
ministered Waldrop'# estate.
This 1* therefore, to cite ail persons
dred and creditors, to ahow cause, if soj
why aaid administrator should not be ‘
L. D. WOOH
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