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A STRICT CON STRUCT ION Or TUB CONSTITCTIUN-AN HONEST ANO ECONOMICAL, AO MI NIST HAT ION OK THE OO VKHNSIBMT,
Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors,
COLUMBUS, GA„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1872.
Volnme XLIY.—No, 36
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN II. MAMIN Enron.
COLUMHl'S :
TlUIBflDAY AUGUST 23. 1872.
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The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
wyn its information is that Go?. Johnson
will gtvo Mr. Greeley his support as a
choice of evils, and there is no prospect
Whatever of his lending any aid to Grant.
fkarlca OToaor.
Mr. O'Conor, according to telegraphic
report, has refused to permit the use of
his name by the Blanton Duncan mis-
chief.iuakera to create a diversion in fa*
vor of Grant. We have never entertain*
ed the apprehension tbst he would do so,
as we took occasion to say when his name
wan first publicly suggested. This an
nouncement will probably seriously inter
fere with Blanton's programme, and drive
him to the expedient of advertising for a
reliable candidate- unless he and Brick
Pomeroy conclude to accept the honors
themselves. And why not ? They have
worked np their “convention" almost
alone, and they are better entitled to its
consideration than any one else. Per
haps the people cau appreciate perse vor*
ance such as tbeira. At all events, it
would aceui that they must either mako a
personal matter of it or submit to the to
tal and ignominious failure of their dar
ling scheme.
Even Seward, it is said, who has long
personally bated Greeley, will not declare
himself for Grant, but maintains silence
in reference to his choice. It is not ex
pert ed that he will, in any eveut, support
Greeley.
The company engaged iu the work of
gottiug up a eottou factory in Savannah
have secured the amount of subscriptions
needed, and organized by the election of
Thus. Arkwright as President, and E. J.
Homan as Superintendent. Work on the
factory building will be commenced at
once.
The Lumpkiti Tileyraph of the 21at
inst. reports fiuu crops in ita county, but
hu)s that “the worm and calorpillsr are
making their appearance in every part of
the county, and have already coiumeuoed
their work of destruction. The farmers
are very much alarmed that their visions
of fine returns from uu abundant hsrvost
are so soon to bo cut off by this terrible
dostrojer." It hopes that the reports are
exaggerated.
The Kadicul Statu Convention of South
Carolina, which met IsHt week iu Colum
bia, did not disappoint those who wauted
u disruption. Ex-Gov. Orr was followed
from the Convention by nearly half the
delcgatcH, after Moses' nomination for
Govoruor. The regular Convention then
completed th«>ir ticket by nominating
Francis L. Cardoza, native mulatto, for
Treiumter ; Solomon L. Huge, (white)
from Ohio, for Comptroller General ; II.
W. Purvis, (mulatto) from Pennsylvania,
Adjutant General J. K. Jillson, (white,
from MsssacliUhcttH, .Superintendent of
Educatiou. The ltepublicaua of the
Congressional Distnet nominated Alouzo
J. Hauser, native inululto, for Congress.
The bolters' Convention organized with
nearly as many delegates, and nom
inated a State ticket headed by ltouben
Tomlinson, (while; of PonuHylvnuis, for
Governor, aud Judge J. T. Green, Uvhite
native; for Attorney General.
Tho Democrats and Libenu oiblicanH
have yet to make their nominai.ons.
The “Union Lincoln Guards,"an armed
colon d volunteer company of Savannah,
had a parade in that city on Friday night,
on which occasion they were followed by
a crowd of negroes who acted in a disor
derly manner. Among other acts of out-
rage, this crowd following the company
assailed a congregation of white citizens
coming out of church, sinking the minis
ter wtka brick-bat, and driving tho party
into a Htore for protection.
Thero was quite a panic in Kavannab,
on Saturday, caused by a report that it
bad been discovered that the boef iu the
roarket-bouhe hud been poisoned. Many
a choico roast and steak were thrown
away in consequence. The report orig
inated in the discovery that one of the
butchers had rubbed some arsenic on
scraps of beef left in his stall at night to
poison ratK. He was arrested for the dan
gerous sport.
The Borne Courier understands that
the Atlanta Mhiy, the Grant organ in
Georgia, is making arrangements for the
establishment of a “straight-out" Demo
cratic paper in Borne. Comment i* un
necessary.
Sergeant Bell, of Co. E, U. H. Artillery,
stationed at Fort Palaski, was nearly
beaten to death on Saturday last, in Sa
vannah, by one Logan, formerly a convict
confined in the fort. Logan beat Bell
with a chair, knocking out all bin teeth
and breaking all the boneH about his
mouth. Ilia condition is considered dan
gerous, and the brutal assault has caused
much indignation. Logan baa been ar
retted.
Adjosrnmest oftke LrfUlitar*.
The Legislature of Georgia adjourned
at a late hour Saturday night, after a see
sion of thirty-five days. President Tram-
mell of the Senate, and Speaker Camming
of the House, made foaling farewell ad
. dresses, in response to resolutions of
rMianks. Senator Hinton, President pro
teni, also replied in a handsome manner
to the resolutions of the Senate.
Wo learn that the Election bill, as final
ly passed, provides for sn election on the
first Wednesday in October for a Govern
or and memberH of the Legislature : for
an election for Congressmen in Novem
ber, at the time of the Presidential elec
tion ; and for an eleotion on the first
Wednesday in January for oounty officers,
Ho that we are to have three general elec
tions within four months. Lively times !
We believe that the bill parcelling ont
the Agricultural Land Borip failed in the
e. The fate of other measures of
general interest, or of local interest to
this section, baa been noted in onr daily
ppvsiH to be iHtncrdcd that
Gov. Jaoob im re-elected, end it is hdiertd j
tbst the new constitution bun been detest j »j» n (
ed. As we have heretofore explained, the j lot out
election lias uo party significance. Both
the candidates for Governor were Demo
crats—Camden, the Democratic nominee,
being all the time openly for Greeley
and Brown : and Jacob, the “independ
ent," having announced himself for the
Cincinnati and Baltimore nominees after
he had, by a nou-cominittal course, made
sure of tho support of the liadicsls aud
* 'at r night-out’ Democrats, neither of
whom had strength or confidence enough
to nominate a candidate of their own.—
Jacob, kUo, at the eleventh hour, declared
himself in favor of the adoption of the
Cotuititntion, thus placing himself
upon the as me platform of Htate policy as
that of his opponent. The true secret of
this IsHt eleventh-hour auuouncetneut was
probably this : He had HMiurance of tho
support of the party opposed to tho Con
stitution, Hud that usHtiranco gave him a
liable bopo of election ; but if ho
had boeu chosen, aud the constitution
hail beeu defeated, the election would
have amounted to nothing, aud a new
election would bate to l>e hold soon under
the old constitution, 'therefore it was to
hiN iutorent, believing hiH election ante,
to have the new Constitution adopted rh a
means of aecuriiig to him tho results of
tho election.
Another cunningly contrived issue,
which operated to tho detriment of I lie
Democratic nominee, whs a clause of the
constitution, separately submitted, which
restricted tho right of holding office to
“white' citizens. It is said that this
clause was thus submitted to iip|>ea»e the
“Bourbons" aud reconcile them to the
support of the Democratic ticket, but that
it failed to have that effect, aud only in
jured the Democratic party thut ordered
its submission. The clause, as we are ad
vised, was defeated by mu overwhelming
majority—neither the Democrats or the
Bndieuls giving it support.
It will thus be seen tbst tho election
was u complicated, «utaiiglcd. and ull
gethor irregular one, but (list all the cot
binatiotis and advantages were against the
regular Democracy. Until wo are defi
nitely advised as to the fate of the ue
Constitution, we cannot say whether at
party or faction hus practiuully made any
thing by it.
Deference 1ms already been made in
these columns to tho controversy between
President Grant aud H. J. Bowen, ex-
Mayor of Wtudiiugtou mid a Bopuhlmau,
in reference to the sale of n house in
Washington city. Tho hoiiao was tho one
presented to Gen. Grant by some of his
political friends prior to his election to
tho Presidency. After his election ho
agreod verbally to acII it to Bowen for
$ In,uoo, and took from Bowen $1000
cash to cliuch the burguin. Ho far there
was no dispute. A fewr days afterwards
Bowen wrote to him asking what furniture
ho would like to dispose of with the
house; and in reply to this Grant inform
ed Bowcu that ho considered himself at
liberty to cancel tho side if he saw tit,and
thut he bad concluded to cancel it.
Bowen replied to this that Grant hud only
expressed a wish that the contract might
remaiu open nntil Congress acted upon u
proposition to reinstate Gen. Grant in
tho position of Gotiorul of tho Army after
tho expiration of the Presidential term to
which he hod been elected, aud that Con
gross having fulled to legislate aa expected,
and Gen. Kberuian having been appointed
General of tho Army, he (Bowen; consid
ered thut contingent reservation as not
aside. Gen. Grant, in his reply, did not
deny Bowen a statement m regard to the
contingeut reservation, Imt said that it
would put him to much iucunvonionoo to
sell the house without tho furniture, and
that other parties wore proposing to buy
the house for Gen. Sherman. Iu thin
letter, instead of insisting on his right to
cancel tho m*1o, he he asked ilou-t n to
lease him from it, for his aud Gen. Sher
man's accommodation. Mr. lioweu an-
nwerod, positively deeliniuiug to release
Grant. Four days afterwards, tho l'reai-
dent elect conveyed tho pro|>erty to Gen.
Sherman for the sum of $<;.7,U0U—other
parties furnishing the purchase money.
The corre*|*mdence from which we
glean the*.** facts is published in full iu
the Washington Capital of tho 24th iust.,
aud the Capital editorially gives the se
quel, which we copy aa follows:
But Bowen did release the Pres.dent,
and (he consideration for such release, es
we havo charged before, was the official
patronage of tho District of Colundnu.
The people President Grant hud select
for tho various places of honor and trust
were thrust aside, and Bowen's friends
quartered on the Treasury. We know
this to be the fact, and now, in proof of
it, we quote Bowen himself, and as the
evideuco tells against tho witness it can
be received without doubt. S«ylaa J.
Bow• u says, in a letter addressed to the
President aud published in the Transcript
of this place ;
“Before executing a quit claim dead,
however, which was douo April 1, 1803,
a< the record shows, and six weeks subse
quent to the date of your deed to Sher
man. 1 receivt-d a message from vou that
no recommendation of mint conUl be eon-
sidcred and no fators besUaeed on any
friend of mine till the contract teas can-
ctllid."
Thus, for and in consideration of $2.7,-
000, the offices of the District were dis
posed of. We have uo epithets with
which to characterize this trannactiou—no
comment or criticism to make. We give
the caso aa the records preseut it.
Over fifty halos of cotton were sold in
Macon, on Monday, at 18fr*l8jc.
The New Orleaua Republican says that
Graut is coming out for Greeley-'on *
4th of March.
Abrikts ron Ku-Kluximo.—United
States Marshal Blacker, on last Wednes
day. arrested Pierco Morgan and Taylor
Stinson while peaceably at work In Liv-
ingaton District of this oounty. They
ware arrested under a warrant from the
Federal Court, chargod with being Kn-
Klnx. The Marshal haa gone back to the
same neighborhood with hia assistants
for others. It will be remembered that
the Federal Court found true bills against
some tan or twelve men in that vidnity,
some eight months sinoo, and we under
stand theee are the parties Marshal Blook
er is now arreeling. They will probably
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SUM A11. MlilHT HUSSION.
PatUAt, August 2R, 1872.
quite the Ordinary of 1'pnou to
wotracU for public woiks accord
ing to scaled proposals. Passed.
To authorize the transfer of executions
i cortain conditions. Passed.
To carry into effoot the second clause
11th scotion, »>th artiole of the Constitu
tion. Passed.
To limit the lions of Justices Courts.
Passed.
To allow N. B. Hiogleterry, of Hohley
county, to practice medicine in Macon
and Schley counties. Passed.
To ebaugo the lines between tho coun
ties of Macon aud Schley. Tabled.
To create the office of State Chemist.
Postpoued indefinitely.
To proveut the bounding and killing of
deer iu Marion aud Talbot conntiea.
Passed.
To authorizo the payment of costs due
officers of Troup oouuty. Senator Styles
moved to add “Dougherty couuty" to it.
Pasaed.
To appropriate $260 to put a suitable
enclosure around the monument of Gov.
Jared Irwiu in Saudersville. Indefinitely
poatpoued.
To authorize grand juries to make cer
tain appointments. Paused.
To allow Tax Collectors to pay over to
Couuty Treasurers poll tax aud other
taxes collected for educational purpose*,
indefinitely postponed.
To amend au act to provide for the
sales of property to socure debts or loaus.
Tabled.
To change the line between Webster
snd Terrell counties.
To make it puuishable by law for emi
grants to leave employer without refund
ing money. Famed.
1» regulate the manuor of Sheriff's ad
vert ineiiiouts of hales. Indefinitely post
poned.
To authorize the Eigle and Phtenix
Manufacturing Company of Columbus to
eniahlish a savings department. Tabled
for the present.
To extend to manufacturera of bricks
the hens given to builders. Lost.
To incorporate the Ocean Steamship
Company of Savannah. Passed.
To change the line between l*ee and
Terrell counties. Passed.
To incorporate tho Griffin, Flat Shoals
and Columbus Railroad. Passed.
To regulate the distribution of arms to
volunteer companies. Passed.
Senate adjourned until 8:30 a. m. t
morrow.
aFNATK— MOII.MNO SESSION.
HaTI'HDAY, August 24, 1872.
Heuuto called to order by Proaidout
Truuiiuoll.
Prayer by Bov. E. Hcidt of the House.
Senator N uuu*lly niov.nl to reconsider
action ou tho resolution authorizing the
Governor to return tho private deposits
in the Georgia National Bank to du|>osit-
ors. Motioti prevailed.
Senator lteese moved to roconsider ac
tion on the Dog l*w. Reconsidered by
unatiimous vote.
Senator Jones moved to reconsider ac
tion on bill authorizing Tax Collectors to
pay over school fund to county Treasur
ers. Reconsidered.
The reconsidered bill known aa the 'dog
law,' won taken up.
AU tho couqUum except Brooks, Terrell
mid Dougherty stricken out aud the bill
passed
Thu Semite in oxooutivu session con
firmed tho appointment of Hou. Hugh
Biichniiiion us Judge of the Tallapoosa
Circuit.
Thu rules were suspended and a roaolti-
lulion continuing the Committee ou the
Management of the Western aud Atlautio
Railroad with power to compel settle
ments of ageuts of said road with the
Htstu taken up uml adopted.
A resolution authorizing the Attorney
General of the Statu to take charge of all
suits in behalf of tho State against State
Rond defaulters was taken up aud adop
ted.
House resolution rolativo to currency
bonds, declaring them uull aud void, and
prohibiting their payment, and giving
tune to Boonuou, Johnson A Co. and A.
G. Johns to prove the allegations madoby
them tukun up and adopted.
The resolution relative to privato de
posits in the Georgia National Bank was
taken np.
Heuator llillyer moved that the Senate
recede from ita amendment, which pre
vailed by yeas 13, nays 11.
Senator Nunn ally moved to concur in
the House resolution, which prevailed by
yeas 20, nays 12.
Bills on third reading.
To extond to brick makers the lien of
contracts. Passed.
To incorporate tho City Loan and Hav
ings Bank of AugiisU. Pasaed.
To incorporate the Rome and Chero
kee Mutual lusuranco Company,
ed.
Defining the terms of the civil officers
of the State. Passed.
Authorizing telegraph companies to con
struct lines ou right of way of railroads.
Passed.
Incorporating the Montgomery k Fair
Gronud Street Railroad Company. Passed.
Incorporating the Macon r ire Insurance
A Trust Association. Passed.
Amending the act incorporating the
Planters k Mechanics' Bank. Paused.
Incorporating the Athens k Katonton
Railroad. Passed.
Incorporating the North Georgia k
Ducktown Rutlroad. Passed.
Incorporating the Georgia Metropolitan
Banking Company. Paused.
Incorporating Hightower Slate Works
Passed.
Amending tho acts incorporating At
lanta (Prolongation Police Bill.)
Senator llillyer moved to strike out the
second section, which perpetuates the
police.
Incorporating the Rowenta Slate Works.
Passed.
The House resolution declaring null snd
void the indorsement on the bonds of the
Alabama k Chattanooga Railroad. Indefi
nitely postponed.
House resolution appropriating 91200
to John Maier for a portrait of ex-Gov
Howell Cobb. Concurred in.
For the relief of the Athena Manufac
turing Company. Pasaed.
Amending the act incorporating the
Hawkinavillu k Eufaula Railroad. Pasaed,
Heuate adjourned until 3 o'clock p. m
HOUSE—MIOIIT session.
Faint y, August 23, 1872.
House reassembled st 8 p. m.
A resolution directing the Governor to
have certain rivara surveyed with a view
to eatablishing the Atlanlio k Great West
ern Canal, was agreed to and transmitted
to the Senate.
A resolution introduced by Mr. Heidi,
appropriating $1.70 to the chaplains for
their services daring the present session,
was agreed to.
A Senate resolution directing tho Treas
urer of the State lo deposit the funds of
the State Treasury in the bunk of the
Georgia Railroad k Banking Company ;
and prohibiting the Treasurer, or any
offioer holding State funds, from receiving
interest on d
same. Laid
A Senate resolution direoting David
Irwin, George N. Lester and Walter B.
Hill, who are now engaged iu revising the
Code, to anbmit a copy to tha Attorney
General, who ahall examine the same at
the expense of the revisers: and upon hia
approval, the Governor ahall subscribe for
aa many oopias aa he may think proper,
for tha State, was agreed lo.
A Senate resolution ant
Governor to
n authorising
the Trustees of the
Loa^te Asylnaa to aateal • ptea* Car Iba
laaaUaa of aa aaylam f or th* n
and inebriates. Con- ! Dougherty county was stricken from
the bill.
Witli this exception tho Senate amend-
luents s ere concurred in.
The following Semite I»U1* were Vend :
To secure the enjoyment ul private
way*, and to provide a auiuiusiy remedy
to icmove or prevent obstruction*.
Passed.
A resolution to empowor tho Attomey-
Goneral to employ additional connsol iu
certatu cases. Concurred iu.
A Senate resolution coutinning tho
committee appointed to iuvesiigato tho
management of the Western snd Atlan
tic Railroad, with the powor heretofore
extended to them was concurred in.
To prevent gaming of any sort in sny
retuil liquor houso or shop or room cou-
nected therewith. Pasaed.
To authorize the erection of a bridge
across the Chattahoochee river between
Fulton and Cobb counties upon the piers
of tho old bridge of tho Western k At
lantic Railroad. Passed.
To protect crops by certain regulations
iu regard to fences. Passed.
To change the time of holding Superi
or Courts of Talbot connty. Passed.
To umend an net to incorporate the
Grund Trunk Railroad. Passed.
To prescribe the manner of incor|>ora-
ting towns and villages. Pasaed.
Pierce offered a resolution return
ing the thanks of this General Assembly
to Charles O’Conor. Jerutuiah H. Black,
David W. Field, Kobt. L. Branch and
Edgar Cowan, for services rendered the
State of Georgia in conjunction with
Cba*. J. Jenkins in the Supremo Court of
the United States, was read and unani
mously agreed to.
To proscribe a form of active Insur
ance policies. Passed.
To encourage the const met ion of arti
ficial shell-reefs, fish-bod* and fishing
grounds. Passed.
To incorporate the Georgia Laud snd
Immigration company, whs pHssed.
To amend nn act incorporating the At
lantic, Fort Valloy aud Memphis Railroad
company. Tuhlud.
To amend an act iucor|torating Thom-
aston, was passed.
To percent curtain unlawful sets of vi
olence. Tabled.
To amend an art to protect the people
of this State in the sale of kerosene oil.
Amended and passed.
To give the Judges of tho Superior
Court discretion in eertuiu cases in seper-
hug judgments. Indefinitely post-
of idiots, epiispti
carred in.
A Senate lesolution declaring the State s
guaranty unoti the bonds <*l tho South
Georgia A Florida Railroad ; agteed to. ,
A Senate resolution on the subject of J
thn stock law, providing for (he appoint-
iug of a joint committee to coirespond
with the offioera of tho Georgia Agricul
tural Society on the subject, was agreed
to, and Messrs. Beriieu and MuWliorter
appointed on the coiumittco.
Henato amendments to a House bill
authorizing the payment of coats duo tho
officer* of tho court of Troup county,
were concurred in.
Adjourned until 3} o'clock to-morrow
morning.
HOUSE---Morning Session.
Saturday, August 24. 1872.
House met. Speaker Uumming in the
hair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. lleidt.
A Senate bill to encourage the manufac
ture of cotton and woolen fabrics in Geor
gia. The bill pro|H>KCH to exempt from
taxation for 10 years, all manufactories
established nftor the passage of the net.
Messrs. Pierce and Wood opposed the
bill. Messrs. Uumming and Unity sup
ported the bill.
“r. Pierce moved to indefinitely post- '
|Mine, which motion wits lost bv yeas .70,
nays .Ml.
A Senate bill to create u lien in favor of
builders, contractors, luiuliertiicii and
other* furnishing material or labor to im
prove real estate, was laid on the table.
A Senate bill authorizing the Governor
institute suit* in certain esses was
{Kissed.
SENATE BI1.I.S ON TlllllD NKADINd.
To incorporate) the iliiw-kiiiaville Bank
and Trust Company. Passed.
The Senate lull appropriating one-third
»f the proceeds of the agricultural hind
♦crip to the endowment of North Georgia
Agricultural College at Diihlotiega, one-
third to the Presbyterian High School at
Millcdgevillc, and one-third to the Agri
cultural College of the Atlanta University
at Atlanta, was taken up.
Mr. Pierce moved to amend by striking
out the words “Presbyterian Digit.School,
aud insert “Middle and South Georgia
College," ul Milledgeville. Agreed f«».
The quest ion was then oil the passage
of the lull.
The bill was pass' d ns amended by yeas
83, nays 34, and on motion of Mr. Pierce,
was transmuted forthwith to the Senate.
To change the times of holding Hupei mr
Court of Albany Circuit. Passed.
To execute Section 1.7 of Article I Con
stitution. LoM.
KXI’ENHErf OF THE At’DITIMi COMMITTEE.
The joint committee appointed Io inves
tigate the conduct of tlm Auditing Board
of the State Bond submitted the following
report of expense*;
L. C. Hoyl, per diem 1«N5 days. $1,000;
mileage, $100 $|,|00.
W. E. Simmons, per diem |in» days.
$ 1,000 : mileage, $ I 7 .70 $1,077 .70.
W. J. Head, pur diem loti days, $ I,(Mill;
mileage $40—$1,100.
J. A. Jervis, pur diem 100 days, $1,000:
mileage $.73- $1,113.
J. II. Woodward, per diem HNS days,
$1,000; mileage $88.7*0—$1,218..70.
R. K. Wilson, Clerk, 11.7 days, $1,000;
mileage $.70—$1,110.
J. W. Wiloy, Haigeunt-at-Arms, 71 days,
$710.
W. J. Spoors, Assistant, $7*0.
John Johnson, Porter, 111 days, $111.
To roqitiru all persons who keep dogs
iu Brooks, Hancock, and othor comities
to pay licuusu for tho sumo.
The House amended by striking out
Hancock county.
Mr. King offered a resolution of thanks
to Mr. Hpcsker Ctimming lor tho faithful,
wise, impartial and higbtoned course dur
ing the eutiro session, which was ngroml
to unanimously.
Took recess until U i\ m.
SENATE—AFfKItNooN SESSION.
Atlanta, August 21, 1872.
Senate met at 3 o'clock i>, m.
I louse bills on third reading :
To ainuud act incorporating Aunuicus
k New nan Ituilroud. Passed.
To provide Plaintiffs iu error o nuw
trial iu certsiu coses. Passed.
To proveut Jury in trials of criminal
casus from dispel sing. Indefinitely post
poned.
To mako Jurios iu criminal conch judge-
of the law and tho fuels. Passed.
To incorporate the West End and At
lanta Street Railroad Company. Passed.
Tho Houso refused to concur iu the
Henato amendment to the bill appropria
ting money to pay W. It. John sou for
p*st duo bonds. The Senate receded
from its amendment.
To incorporate the Polk Couuty Hlute
Mining Company. Passed.
To change tho name of tho Georgia
Banking Company to tho Citizens' lfauk
of Atlaute. Famed.
To provide for a registration of I ho le
gal voters of this State. Indefinitely
postponed.
To amend tho charter of tho Georgiu
Seaboard aud Noith-Western Ituilroud.
Tabled.
To reqttiro municipal corporal ions to
take bond and security from Marshal* and
policemen. Indefinitely postponed.
To amend section 1.7 of tho act to ex
tend tho act of set off anil recoupment.—
Indefinitely poat pound.
To incorporate tho Walton Railroad
Company. Panned.
To amend tho churl nr of the Great
Southern Railwuy Company. Pass* d by
yeas, 17; nays, 17*.
To amend tho act to provido for (ho
aale of property to securo debts or loans.
Passed.
To amond the act incorporating Geor-
? ia Seaboard and North-Western Railroad,
ndetinitely postponed.
Resolution of thanks to Clinrlo* O’Con
or, David Dudley Field and J. H. Black,
for services rendered tho Stale in the Su
preme Court, concurred in.
Honso resolution relative to represen
tation of McDuffie county.
Mr. Reese moved to amend by insert
ing one for Coluuibiv and two for Warren
oounty. Indefinitely postponed.
House resolution to pay ccrtuin claims
againat the penitentiary concurred in.
House resolution to give detkui.d as-
siatant clerks additional compensation.—
Tabled.
Resolution to prohibit thn payment of
Henry Clews and Clews, Ilahich k Co.—
Tabled.
A resolution authorizing the Compiler
of Laws to publish 3,noo copies, and
paid such compensation us tho Governor
may deem bcHt, was takeu up.
Mr. Candler moved to amond by insert
ing 1,000 for 3,000 copies, at a price not
exceeding 3.7 cents per copy. Agreed to,
end resolution passed.
To change tho Constitution of tho
State so aa to prevout tho payment of ille
gal bonds.
The vote on the passage of tho resolu
tion stood—yeas 16, inns 10 : not being
two-thirds, it was not adopted.
A resolution relative to Direct Trado
and Immigration. Tabled.
Resolution to pay the CVutr i iUilroafi
$1 ,47«J H'i fur Ir.UHporlMiK uj.jultii Cou.
federate aoldien to Milledge.illu. Adop
ted.
UMolution to pay tbo Uofjern Ixieomu-
Uv. work* for oiigiuoa. An .mcmliuont
«M offer.d to p*y ♦ 7,000 for tbo c.r Hute
of Georgia. Agreed to und tbo roeolutiun
lteeolutiou relative to tbe Greet Wee-
tern cane). Loot by yea* 12, nayo 14.
Senate adjourned HU 8.30 r. u.
noun—armnsoon hbuiion.
House eeeembled at 3 r. u.
CM. lUritoNiu to the llfmorrift.
Macon. Ga., August 2«, 1872.
Den
ol 1i
Ml.
To incorporate the Bunk of huw-Noti.
'asset!.
The bill in relation to the dog law-, be-
(nom
ine dog li
ing the nrtniehed boainen of the
inf, wee utken up.
To authorizo ami roqutro the Comp
Irollcr-Geucral lo suspend tlm issuing of
executions and collection of taxes now
duo upon uurcturnod wild lauds, was
passed.
To incorporate tho Merclmntu' ami Far-
mors'.Mutual Banking and Trust company.
l'sMscd.
To authorize a counter-showing to a
motion for a continuance iu criminal ca
ses in the courts of this State, i’assed.
To umotid suction til of tlm ('isle iu
relation to rewards for arrests of felonios.
1'assed.
To icgulnto the taxation of printing
material, l'assed.
To amend au act incorporating the
(teorgia Seaboard and North Western R.
R. company. I'nssod.
To allow tho tax collectors to levy tax li.
fas. issued by themselves, Ac. Tabled.
A Heuate amendment to a House reso
lution providing for printing the public
laws of this Legislature, was eoneurred
iu.
To incorporate the Mucou, Monticcllo
and Atlanta Kuilroad company, l'afsud.
To empower and authorize Tnlcgruph
companies to construct their lines upon
tbe right of way of the several railroad
coiupuiries. Fussed.
To prescribe the timo for which per
sons shall bo residents of I lie various
counties to render them eligible to elec
tion to tho sevorul comity offices. Fussed.
Mr. Hoge gave notice he would move
to reconsider.
To ameud Article 1 of exceptions con
tained in Section 3,73K of the G'odu, iu
roluliou to 1
testily, Ac.
To protect human life. Tabled.
To creuto a lieu iu favor of Builders,
contractors, lumbermen,others furnishing
material to improvo real estate:
Mr. Johnson, of Spalding, moved to
amend by extending the provisions of the
hill to all class of citizensuud everything
of valuo. Tho amendment wns tuhlud,
and the bill passed with au amendment.
To amond Section l,<>7fi of the Code.
Lost.
To exempt ordaiued ministers from ju
ry duty. Fassed.
rporsto the Griffin and Hand
tion granting tho clerk of tbo Houso an
extra compousatiou of $200 for extra
arduous service tendered. Thu resolution
whs agreed to.
To require the Ordinaries of tho State
to appoint receivers in certain case*.
Fussed.
To rcgulato custom in sale of beef cat-
tlo. Lost.
The Mats Fair.
Tho prospects of tho State Fair, pro
posed to bo held at Oglethorpo l'ark, iu
(lotobcr next, are said to bo very gratify
ing. Arrangements have beeu umde lo
have articles from the American Institute,
New York, and from tho Cincinnati aud
Lonisville expositions. Tho officers of
the Agricultural Hocioty havo engaged
tlm most improved tractive eugiuu for the
purposes of the Fair, iu tho exhibition of
the various implements and machines,
the A voting snd Fortcr-putent farm ami
rood locomotive. It is thought thut tho
Fuir will bo one of tho most attractive,
and by far the most instructive exhibition
of the kind ever held in Goorgia. A now
feature mid u particular one, too, will bo
added, which will not only introduco tho
implement and tho results of industry,
but to u degree uot hitherto kuowu.—
There will be shown the processes of in
dustry, “the workman performing his
work." This peculiar festuro is of great
importance, aud no doubt will attract
marks of attention. All tho arrange
ments connected with the Fair are under
way, and are being perfected as rapidly
os possible. It will thoroughly advertiso
abroad as well us at home. Many induce
ments are offered to visitors.—Atlanta
Herald.
A Nf.w Ksterfuimb.—Mr. Kobt. Bunk
er, of Rochester, New York, has recently
received from Japan about twenty egga
of tho Japanese silk worm. A great pro
portion of these have hatohed, and Mr.
Buuker thinks the enterprise one that will
pay handsomely. This silk worm does
not feed ou the mulberry, bat ou the
common oak leaves, which it devours
with great voracity. In aizo it is about
twice us largo as the ordinary silk worm,
aud its cocoon is in the same proportion.
As might bo inferred, the Japanoso
s’lk, while not of such a delioate fibre as
the common kind, is much stronger, and.
ns thn yield is groater, enti bo sold st s
much lower figure. Mr. Buuker thiuks it
cun be aff orded aa cheaply aa linen. The
Japanese silk bears wasbin
In compliance with n resolution of the
Stuic Executive Committer*, l pioposo ad
dressing you briefly, upon tlm penis of
the time* and the duties uf the hour. '
>Ye ate engugnd in a great contest, one :
in which every porsun who loves Consti
tutional Government, wlio desires a ro-
turn to tho old Inndtnarks of the fathers,
who is weary of enforcement acts, of bay
onet rule, of llio subordination of the
civil to the military power of tho Gov
ernment, of tho suspension of tho writ of
habeas corpus, of tbe concentration of
powor in the Federal Executive, who pro-
for* local self-government to the arbitrary
rule of party uud power, who would quiet
■actional wrangling utid utrimosilici, who
prefers peuco to strife, union to discord,
country to party, must evidence Lis faith
by liia works.
It is a contest between tho fricuds of
true government uud the open ouetuiew of
Constitutional 1*W and lihetty. It is u
contest which, as it widens and spreads,
will shake parly organizations to their
futittdu'ion, bcouuso it is a contest of the
people independent of parly association or
requiicinciitH. It is a contest for which
tho true men of the North and tho South,
the Ku*>t and the West uro preparing, by
forgetting tho bitter memories of tbo
past, tlm effete issues of old organization*
and the spirit of a noble brotherhood and
a patriotic liberality, ate combining to
save the Government from overthrow
nnd the people from tho tyrannies of a
centralized despotism. It i* u contest
which piomiscs peace to tbo nation. |ier-
so mil liberty to the people, equal rigid*
to the States, good government to all. Iu
this contest, we niiHt ad our pari, we
cannot be camp followers, when liberty
is at stake and the country is iu peril.
Every hope of succors depends upon tbo
efforts 4if those engaged in tho struggle.
In Georgia, thn turning point *ri thn
conflict depends upon *»ur ability to bring
all onr forces into tho field. 'I'** effect ii
result so desirable there must bo n thor
ough stiil complete organization in every
county in the Mute. Our electors should
visit the people and urge them to action
and to duly, at.d they will noldv r«*|*oiid,
for Georgian* have nevor proved recre
ant to a I lust, or false to . I’poll
our sub-electors, ino,t vidm Mo aids u;ul
adjuncts, much, very much d< pend*. To
them the Executive t'oiumiltue is hope
fully looking for invaiu.ihl» a**i*t»nco iu
comity organisations. Let each one feel
the individual responsibility of tho lni*t
reposed in him. and we r.hall havo a cam
paign iu Georgia, faithful in it* labors and
glorious in if* victories.
Our Slate Government mast fa ,,nih-
tained, for it is tho shout anchor of our
hopes. In preserving this wo will be tho
better able to so* lire u triumph in Novetu-
followiug tor our electoral ticket in
rgia. Thoru is apathy hi our party —
it want be remurrd, and the people aron*.
and nwnkened to tlm netiso of their
danger. There is division iu our ranks :
let im heal it by kind remonstrances uud
courteous appeals lo tho patriotism and
uiaguatiiuiity «*f “hesitating Democrats.'’
’i ho party has .quiUmi through its recog
nized organs (Statu and Nat tonal Conven
tions,; und expects every mat! to do his
duty and accept its action as a proof of
it** fidelity to tlm best interest of tbu
country. Fcrsonul prejudices should now
yiuld to the overwhelming will of the
majority ; private regrets nnd individual
preferences should lit* dropped, and tlm
old party, proud of its record in tlm past,
of its devotion to constitutional govern-
munt, of its sacred uiiriutenancu of the
rights of tho Slides, of its holy ruganl
for tho porsotml liberties of tlm puoplo,
should, us a unit, lock shields with tlm
patriotic muu of any party who will unitu
with it in the uiaiuluuutiuo of priuciplo*
so essential to good government, without
parleying us to whom their banner is en
trusted, or who will lead their forces to
victory. It is now timo for concert of
uatiou among all trim uien. Wo uro now
at sea ; tlm oluumuts are stirred ; wo hoar
the wail of tlm tumpest, tlm rour of the
thunder, the rushing of the waters; this
is no timo for division among thusuamen,
or mutiny in the crew, bucunso our cup-
taiu is takeu from nnother craft: lot each
man to his duty uml his post at tlm pump,
thu engine or the sail, and follow him as
tie follows his chart and compass, aud we
w ill weulbor tlm storm and anchor at lust
iu tho putt of siifely.
Democrat*. I abend ltepnbSicAUH, zeal
ous co-laborets iu this work of reconcili
ation and r« form, let us go more actively
to our labors let thu slogan of our com
bined forcus bn heard iu every valley and
upon every bill top—let our battle cry,
“Fraternity, reform uud constitutional
government," cease not, until, in Novem
ber noxt, it w ill Im lost in t l.o shouts of a
victorious host proclaiming to tho down
trodden South universal amnesty, good
will, local self-government, und lo the
whole nation inner, maturation, union,
'Iitem. Haudimvn, Jit.,
Chairman of Executive Committee.
Democratio papers please copy.
fii'orfflR Itraf ami lluaifi.
\Vu havo received tho l.7lh annual ro-
|Nirt of the Board of Commissioners of
tlie Georgia institution for tlm education
of the deaf and dumb, ut Cave Springs.
From the Friticip*i's toport (W. O. Con
nor) we gather the folhnviug tut crusting
fails
KtirokT or I’RixrieiL.
Since thu establishment of tlm school
•dmiit twenty-live years ugo thero bus
ut-on u gradual increase in uumbet* from
yeur to ycur t.» (he present, bill it y t
fails far short of the numbers that it ought
to contain, and there ia no good reason
for it.
California ha* n jiopuhitiou of .71)0,28.7,
has iu her institution, fouuded only uitiu
years ago, »il pupils.
Miuuesota, with a population of 13.7,.
.711, has in her institution, founded uiuu
years ago, 00 pupils.
Kansas, with a population of 302,872,
has in her institution, founded eleven
years ago, (7 pupils.
Maryland, with a population of 780,834,
has in her institution, opened in 1N>8, !Kt
more interest manifested in the school, I Mitchell, when many honorable member*
by the itinerant niinUtiy of thn Methodist I of a former Legislature, among them a
Church, than by any one doHSof imraonn. joint committee of both Houaa*. by a
and ii i* tbs more approcint<ul. ss tbey I unanimous report, recommended tost ah*
wore under no obligation to giv« this aid. "bonld give back without oharga the sur •
. plus property tbo hud no legitimate u*e
ting, and when it
becomes as cheap aa it ahould be, would
the moat popular fabric*
as hardy a* they
are voracious. The eggs will endure al
most any amount of colu. Aa tbe worma
food upon oak leaves, we aee no reason
why the production of Japanese silk
should not become e profitable, aa well aa
a oommou pursuit in this oountry. In al
most every family in tho oountry there
are several children or grown dan(
who would find the beet part ol
home edaoation in a pursuit of this kind
—an occupation more remunerative and
far lee* demoralising than the perusal of
the Jnok Shepard atylt of rowMMte
mi -tnmir.i.i. si mint.
Huuie days ago we received a statement
of tho facts of this long-pending case,
made and published by Ex-Gov. Brown.—
It is hcahu that wo never understood, or
investigated with a view of making our
selves conversant with it, notwithstanding
tho iuterest of the Htate in it, and the
hoalcd controversies it haaelicited. Gov.
Brown's statement is rather too long for
the space that we can now devote to it,
and we therefore avail ourselves of a com
pendium of its |Hiiots and fsota, made tip
by tbe Augusta Constitutionalist. Wo do
tlAs UucaUHo we suppose that onr readers,
like ourselves,desire information on thu
sul)joct,at thu same tlm* advising them
that Gov. Brown has been of counsel on
unu side aud a promoter aud advocate of
tho oottlomeut which his statement do-
feud*:
First—Samuel Mitchell conveyed five
acres of loud (the Fork property; to the
Mute of Georgia “for placing thereon tho
necessary bunding:* which may hereafter
be required for public pitr|»oM0«t at the ter
minus of the hute Ruad." in the satno
deed Mitchell also conveyed for tbo use
and purpose of said road a space in breadth
through his lot wide enough for a light of
way. with the privilege ot Inking fiom hi*
land timber, stone, uud gravel tor purpo
se* of counttucttun. Mitchell ui*o some
Hum afterward granted right of way to the
Macon and Western Rarimntl through an
other poitioti of his lot aud conveyed it
tor railroad purposes exclusively.
Subsequently tho Mule swapped off a
portion ul lliu land thus conveyed to her,
to tbu Macon Hit.I Western Road, lor a
piece of land owned by the latter, nnd on
it tbe Htalo placed Ler Weight depot and
plait
, to the heir* of that benefactor.
Certainly the Htate ought to be satiafled
with tho settlement.
The heir* of Mitchell reoeived at least
thirty thousand dollars in oath, and they
expresned themselves satiafled.
Kimball, who octod M agent of the
heir*, and advanced money, paid expen
se* end took *11 the risk of loo* in o*m of
failure, may be presumed to be satiafled.
Tbe attorney* employed in the oese,
•nd who usually, a* such, do not work for
the mere love of excitement, were proba
bly well compensated for their trouble in
this knotty litigation. It i* presumed
they are satisfied. We hear of no litiga
tion among them for unpaid fee*.
There being sufficient aound and honor
able reasons why the Legislature ahould
have quieted title* and put on end to liti
gation in the way it did, it is unphiloeo-
phical to assume tbst it toted from oor-
rupt motives. Until the contrary ap
pears, it ia but just to aaaume that tho
legislation was not only wiae in itself, but
that it waa fair and honorable.
Bora Drask.
Among the names registered at the
Toomba the other night waa of a
youth about fifteen years of age, who bad
boon arrested (or arunkonnees. But be
was not drunk, nor bad be been drinking.
He was moreover, in good, sound health,
but gave all the external indications of
beiog intoxicated when arrested by a po
lice officer. Upon protesting to the keep
er of the Toombs tbat he was not intoxi
cated, it was revealed that the unfortu
nate youth bad been born a natural drunk
ard, or rather (bathe had always acted
liko such a thing, lio said that, although
in good health, he had never been able to
walk without staggering. His speech was
not uuliko that of persons in a state of in
toxication ; and when excited he would
mutter and reel. Tho unfortunate youth
was detained until the next day, and was
pu,.
ils.
not scut to tho courts to be gazed at thro'
. , ... . „ , , judicial spectacles. A subsequent invea-
lio Mucou and W estern Road located j tigationuf tho case provod that tho lad bail
. put upon tins Mitchell litnd, which | M , en teUinp; tii<5 truth ubout himself, but
' , ! hi* condition rovualed a demonstration of
that natural law that tbe child ia a fair
oopy of his parent.*. It appeara that pri
or to marriage, tho father had been a se
cret but confirmed inebriate, aud wheu
tbe facts became known to the woman
thus suddenly snd unexpootedlv, she wept
in the most terrible manner. Almost bro
ke n-hearted, sho contemplated the future
misery iu store for bor. Months passed
away, when it was discovered that tho
child at thrue yours of ago acted strange
ly. and at the uud of six months the un
happy woman fully realized allhor forebo
dings. Thu offoct produced upon tbe
mother was not without its influence upon
tho fathor, however. Realizing, in the
midst of tears of bitter anguish, the tin
that had bueit visited upon the ohild, tho
man reformod. Ho has now several
bright children, and most exemplary ones,
too, they aro. But tbe boy that was bro't
into tbe Toombs was not drunk, but bos
entailed upon him a life of misery, as it
was a blasted destiny.
Tbr Nrw Klfftlon Law.
Au Act to Rognlate tho Timo of Holding
Elections in tho Htate of Georgia:
Sec. 1. Bo it enacted, etc., That all
elections hereafter to bo held in the Htate,
under tho Constitution and laws thereof,
except for members of Oongroas, Fresi-
dontial electors and oounty officers, shall
bo held on the flrst Wednesday in Ooto-
borof the praticular yours in whioh under
the Constitution, eleotion* are required
to be held, at tho plaoos established by
law, and under tho election law of the
Htate.
Hoc. 2. That all elections for members
of Congress shall be hold on Tuesday af
ter the first Monday in November of the
year 1872, and on tbe somu day in every
oond year thereafter.
Sec. 3. That all olection* for oounty
officers ahall bo held ou tbu first Wednes
day in January of the yoars in which un
due the Constitution and laws of aaid
State, elections should bo held to fill such
offices, beginning on the first Wednesday
iu January, 1873.
The Mur
its d<
it got l.y the swap I rum thu Slat
Htate, iu connection with the railroad
t oiiipotlit**, erected thu general poHteiigcr
sbed it) on a poiltou of the Mitchell laud
gmutot to her.
H. eond lii 18.73, tho Htate having no
fuituer usu lor the i'utk pro|*irly for rail
road purpose*, the L.-gt»l*turo pieciil uu
set authorizing lliu city of Atlantn to en
close and beautify it n* a park.
Third -At thu close ot tho war, the
freight «i* pot. tracks and turntable «»t' the
Mucou uml Western Road being found lo
obstruct Frior street,und heiugu nuisance
to the city, tliul loud mid thu city made a
trade snd exchanged souiu laud. Tho
loud uouveyed to thu city tho laud Mitch
ell had conveyed to it, i lor railroad purpo
se* i, ami conveyed also, by gait claim tho
portion of ll.n Mitchell land that thu Htatn
bad swapped to it. lliu road then moved
its depot t«* its present loca
tion.
Third Thu lielr* of Mitcholl then em
ployed Brown and l'opu to suck to recover
thu land convoyed to the State for railroud
purposes, and utmudoued by her for that
use ; uml al*o the laud conveyed to thu
Macon and Western Railroad lor railroad
piirposiH exclusively, und ulxtudouud by
it, and traded off by it to tho city of At
lanta. Judgu Fill mult and Got. Blcckly
were associidod with them, nml thu action
was couituuiicml.
Ou this statu of facts the heirs had
strong leg d aud t quitsbln claim l«< recov
er thu luud so porv cried I rout tlio uses for
which it was given.
Fourth — Et-Gov. Brown, on being
Hindu Chief Justice, turned over the case,
uml his shuru uf tho fees, to Judgo Loch-
rono, then practising law.
Fifth*—Tho heirs of Mitchell thou be
coming mipationt, und tiupoverishcil by
thu war, applied to the Legialaturo to ru-
convoy to thorn tho proporty iu litigation.
A cmuiuittco of tivu from thu Houuto and
uiuu from tho House unutmuouniy recom
mended that the State tecotivey thu prop
erty to tho heirs of Mitubell.
Sixth—Thu bill to carry this recommen
dation iuto effect was Dually defeated in
the Seuutu by uuly ouo majority. The
vote stood:
FOIl THE UK1IIM.
Democrats lo
Republicans.... 8
KiAINHT TUB HEMS.
Democrats....
Utqitiblicans-.
18
13
•Vest Virginia, with a population of
442,47.7, has iu her institution, fouadod
in 1870, 43 pupils.
Georgia, with a population of 1,200,.
000, has in her institution, founded twen
ty-five year* ago, only 01 pupil-. Why
the difference? The auswor is easily giv
en. Iu nioMt of ihuao State*, methods
arc adopted by which information in re
gard to tho Schools is disseminated
throughout thu Status. No such steps
huve beeu resorted to in Georgia, if wo
except, perhaps, u short advertisement
inserted a fuw times iu two or three prom
inent papers, and a fuw circular letters
distributed to tbu Ordiuario* of counties.
This docs uot accomplish the end, fur a
majority of tho class intended to be bull-
(•fitted, do not read thu papers, und the
recipients uf tho circular letter consign
them to the wa*to basket unless the hup-
pen to know a deuf mute,
1 akiug tho cuUbUb of lb70 as a basis,
which experience tells ua falls below the
mark, we have 1U,207> deaf mute* iu tho
United States, a ratio of one in 2,300 in
habitants. Apply this ratio to Goorgia,
and we have .722 deaf mutes of all ages in
the Htate ; two-thirds at least of school
age, and of those we should havo iu achool
2.70.
Mr. Connor proceeds to suggest meth
ods for gathering iu this clous of afflicted
persona, snd makes a strong appeal to the
philanthropic to aid in so good and graat
a work.
The Prinoipal pave tha following tribute
to a pnblio^pirited claae of citizens:
We have been aided in the work of
finding the deaf sad dumb, and have had
Sixth—After this tho heirs compromised
with tho city, by which they conveyed to
thu city u portion uf laud which was in
cluded iu tho deed of Mitchell to the Ma
con and Western Rood uud for which the
huira liad I ruiiglit Mtit. Aud thu city
agreed to convey to the Mitchell hflini
tho property hut weon thu proseut paraon-
gcr shed und Alabama street, extending
lo Lloyd street, which was originally con
veyed to the Htate and by it swapped off.
Huvuuth—Kimball contracted to buy
out tho rightH of the heirs, but subse
quently tbst contract was cancelled, and
ho acted under coutract as their sgont.
lie offered to pay the State $37.,not) for
thu claim to thn land. To thin ex-Gover-
nor Brown objected and advinod against,
clHiuiing that the heirs had tbe better ti
tle ; but Kimball snd tbe hoirs preferred
tin* settlement to interminable litigation,
and the matter was brought before the
Legialaturo aud carried. Kx-Oov. Brown
took no active part in tho matter, but
when approached advised its acceptance
by tho Htate as s very liberal settlement
of the litigation for her.
Eighth—Tbe offer of Austell k Co. of
otio hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
to the State for a quit claim title wus not
ns good a proposition for tho Htate as
thirty-fivo thousand dollars ($3.7,000)
from the heirs. First, because the quit
d dm to Austell k Co. wonld not relieve
thu State from litigation. One-fonrth of
the passenger oar abed, whioh cost the
Htnto about one hundred and fifty thou
sand dullara ($1.70,000), stood on ilitobeU
bind tbe State conveyed to the Macon and
Weateru Railroad, and the latter to the
city of Atlanta; and the lattor, by the
com prom iso, oonveyed to the Mitchell
heirs. Tho Htate oonld be ejected from
thut land. This would be litigation No.
1, and w onld in tho end be an enormous
loss and expense to tbe Htete. Heooud,
becutiHo the heirs of Mitchell, if they
could uot rooover tbe Perk property from
Austoll k Co. by sail, could at least re-
atruin them by action of covenant, or
other proper legal proceeding, from put
ting it to unv other uso than for railroad
purposes. Tbia would bo litigation No.
2. Thus the pro’ierty would havo re-
iiiuined unimproved, and would yield no
taxes to eity or couuty, or to tho State
Treasury
erty i* being built upou, aud the
will bo that probably a million of dollars
of property will be created and liabla to
be taxod whioh in a pecuniary view wonld
of itself be of far more advantage to th*
Htate, thau the extra aixty-flve thousand
dollar* ($r.7»,000) from Auatell A Go.—
This consideration is in addition to tha
oouaideration of eooapc from litigation
Number One.
To sum up—the State got by the aettle-
raent all the land aha wanted for railroad
purposes aa a donation from th* original
Mitchell. Bha got exempt ion from all
danger of an evtation by aotion of eject
ment from Und on whioh one-fourth of
got thirty.
to * *
dollar* (83,000)
cash from Um bfilf of her bmfMfr,
OorreBpontl«iii.« Baltimore Oaxette;
toloalutioa of the Metro Voter* fbr tk*
Peaan)lvaala EleeUes.
KnmiRTiLLX, Aognat 20, 1878.
With their unu.1 activity the Ktdicala
.re bnaily engaged in making propor
tions for the f’ennsylTUU. election, and
the territory of Mary Und i. duly invaded
by the minione of tbo Adminietrntion ia
colonizing negroee from Virginia. On
Friday laxt the Wincbeater train brought
down to Wevertou some thirty or forty
negro men, who took the morning train
on the Washington Connty road for Ha-
geratown. They were in charge of •
white man (who had the ticket for tha
whole party) from Cb.rle.town, Virginia.
They were Uken from Hegeretown, by
w.y of tbe Cuuiberlnnd Valley it.ilro.d,
to Clumbenburg. There wu no pretenna
that they were engaged for any usual em
ployment.
On Saturday morning another lot reach
ed Wevertou from Harrieonbarg, Va., and
they were taken to Harrisburg. Those
from Harriaonburg were in oharga at a
young man who had a military hearing,
aud he waa eo entirely familiar with thstn
that he took them to the bar at Wevertoa
to drink. Nearly all the*negroee were
young men, and each had with him a hav
ersack. It Was understood by person*
w ho saw them that they were taken to
Pennsylvania to be reedy for tbe eleotion
soon to take place in that Htate, and those
importations are bnt the beginning of an
extensive achoiue of fraud to retain the
radical ltepublican control of the Htate.
Thf Reason War."—Onr neighbor
of Mt. Jefferson, Ur. Loe Bcott ia in what
we would coll something of “a fix," and
slmoat ns bad aa that ot Hnt Lovengood'e
father when ho wea “playing hoe*.' Ur.
Scott give* as tho roaaon why he failed to
;et tho firat hole of new cotton into mar-
et, that when be attempted to a!art hia
gin last Thursday morning, hia bond, and
unties ware attacked by an imroaoee .warm
of yellow iackete, of the very largeet aiaa,
snd forced him to take ont and quit.
,o yellow jseket* have made their
i in the gin machinery, and every
time a start ia made they are aroused and
beoome iutariated and vent their angar
uo tbe mulea and band*.
Possession is ten point* of law with them.
Opelika Locomotive.
Caufobnia's Peospbhitt.—California's
resources aoem to be nevor failing. Tho
Sue harvest this year, the Increased yield
or the mines of precious metala and tha
growth of local industrial have oomblnsd
(o place her fairly on tbs rood to permo-
neut prosperity, and than probably haa
uever been a time in tha history of tho
Htate when Um prospect* wan more
bright than they an now. Tbia year's
exportation of wheat has boon extended
as high aa 600,000 tons, yiading at low
price* 012,000,000. Th* wool dip ia a*»
down at 08,000,000, white tha prod not
of the vineyard* is expected to yield large
ly incraaaad returns.
With this solid
Bulletin aaama fn .
ing that ‘Th* State
upon a eon** “
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