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ATHENS, CECRCIA.
J'rtdaj, Jd/t. 8, 1872.
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colored adherents who had not paid
their taxes, from the ban of the con-
Diminished Production In Virginia.
The Richmond Dispatch speaks dole
fully of the decline of Virginia, as
sert iu ;
From the Atlanta Constitution.
To the People of Georgia.
Fellow Citizens : As Seuatora in
that the productions of the £* !"•«•* ^ncr tl A^en.hly. vre snlt-
. * •>t*t to you through the press a line!
State h ive dmntwhed every year since *ii torv of t!ie pructx-ditigs of that body
the war. To show this it gives figures at its'late session, and the reason for
extracted from its own commercial. its action on certain measures now laws,
columns, in relation to wheat and to-, jwtwithstondmg the veto of the acting
, , j Governor. We do this because we have
bacco, and says: been acting for vou, and feel that you
“ The receipts by canal give an idea | should know ah And many things
iti-ifi
base purposes, and in others had over
whelmed the ordinary by its amount
and character. To alter this state of
stitutional requirement which makes »..v — . ... ..
pavment of taxes a necessary qualifies!- things required muchspecial legislation,
tien of nil elector. Tlii< iifnch special legislation was
of tha
James
proc
Riv
The Old and 1hc Vow.
The year that has passed will long be
memorable as one of violerce and dis-
n ter. All parts of the world have
been scourged—come with war—some
with (lestilcncc some with fiimine—
some with fire, and some with scarcely
less terrible social and political disor
ders. Conspicuous in the annals of the
year, the corroding stain of carpet-bag
supremecy will mark tire records of the
South. But one of the most cheering
features of the New Year, is the dawn
ing prospect of nt least partial relief
from this withering scourge.
Wo may well turn nwny from the des
olations of the past, as we press on to
gather the fruition of the future. The
year 1872 will mark nil important
epoch in the political history of our
country. The Presidential election will
lie held, ami it will involve the question
whether the government is one of lim
ited powers, <>r a consolidated central
ism. On this question the Bannek
will Imltle, as it lias done for forty
years, for the rights of the .States, and
for a restoration of the government to
the hands of the friends of popular
liberty, who administered it so long and
wisely. There has never been a year
in which political affairs possessed more
vital interest to the friends of constitu
tional liberty; and as we are again
likelv to be permitted a free voice in
public afluirs, it is hoped that the jkhj-
ple will enter upon the campaign with
jmtriotic earnestness.
Grave questions of State policy,
lookiug to a reform of Radical abuses,
will also present themselves for public
consideration; and we shall battle
for the right, with all the energy
we possess, nnd hope to have the coun
sel and support of those who have stood
by the paper through sunshine and
storm, and of the large class of able
nnd earnest young men who are enter
ing the public arena, and are to bear a
large share of the duties and responsi
bilities pertaining to the public welfare.
which have been done, and the reasons
for their doing, you could learn in no
other manner. 'Only one day before
the meeting of the Legislature in No
vember l ist, Rufus B. Bullock, justly
fciriug imjieadinic'.it for his many
crimes committed against the constitu
tion and laws of this State, which he
had sworn to maintain and obey, re
signed his office of Governor, and the
lion. Benjamin Conley, the then Pres
ident of the Senate, according to the
provision of our constitution, having
reduction of tobacco in the
ver Valley—showing for five
years.before and five years since the
war an annual average diminution of
nearly half. In the State at large,
the production for five years before
and five years since the war is as six
ty-five. This assumes that a hogshead
of tobacco is now what it was former!.'.
But now, every tub that weighs 700
pounds is rated a hogshead. Besides - a , .
*.. , ...... . * first ta Icon tho-pr rut oath. couii!ioi>'~'d
this, a large quantity of tobacco is re* j exercise the functions of the Exccu-
prised, and is thereby counted twice, j tive Department of our Government.
As to wheat the diminution is still
greater—the production for five years
one to fom 1 mud! excitement and confusion. How
what it was befbr the war. In 1869 an 1 j Mr. Conlev should be treated after the
’70 considerable quantities of wheat • organization of the two Houses, when
were received hv the consolidated line 1 President of the Senate
New York, December 31.—Re
ceipts at all ports for the week, 126,-
929 bales, against 136,013 last week, J
This tax was, and is the principal needed forth** cities, towns and villages ^ we eks since. Total receipts
source from which to rale a land ><*r i en e t i n to prc>rve p.Mi* amt ^ s tcn|1)er> I,;d7i>,711 against
common Schools, and though pretend- order in the otate. n >• tnin* i.mt - j f 525,395 for the corresponding period
P especial friend to common‘Legislature lias not only
Radical party had illegally commendation of the people tor the
acts enumerated, but for the assertion
to be the
the
used its power (for a partisan purpose,
as shown already,) to prevent the col
and mnijj
These events met the Representatives
..... M P° n their assembling at
. .. ... *T"' tli* Cspiloi, awl nccessarilr produced
since the war being ns one to four ; , * •
fnnn Northern Alabama and East i
Tennessee.' The last crop was an al
most entire failure in that district, and
the receipts fell off half, leaviug us to
our own poverty. So great'was this
that the Richmond millers were com-
jiellcd to buy cargoes of wheat at the
North to keep their mills running and
to fill orders. Cattle, sheep, horses,
hogsand poultry—which enter so large
ly into the wealth and comfort of eve
ry community—have diminished at a
lin 1 ceased, was n grave question. Was
he to lie treated as Governor of the
•State for the unexpired term of Rufus
B. Bullock, or as an usurper of this
great office? While a large majority
of the Reprrsentativesin both branches
of the General Assembly believed, as
they still do, that the right and duty of
exercising the functions of Governor
when that oilicer had resigned or been
removed from his office, were simply
incidents of another office, that of Pres
ident of the Senate, until the vacancy
in tin* office of Governor could lie filled
in the muuuer poiriled out by the con-
greater ratio than the leading staples.” | dilution—an election by the j.copIe;
: yet it was agreed, m order to preserve
From Havana.
A Havana letter says that Valroa-
seda has just decreeed the practical en
slavement of the whole Chinese popu
lation of Cuba, numbering some .35,-
000 souls. The decree orders the 10,-
000 or 15,000 free Chinese to immedi
ately enroll themselves under the tute
lage of government tutors and work in
government workshops, receiving for
their labor only four dollars per month
out of which to provide for a rainy
day, and ordering that all Chinese who
are now working under contract shall
be reindeutured on the expiration of
their terms, or sent to jail.
^ niutui
lection of this tax, and thereby strangle 1 ExecutwVl
the common schools. The Democratic oontinuims s
Legislature, honestly endeavoring to
carry out the constitutional requirement
to promote common schools, and to
cause the right of suffrage to be respect
ed nnd appreciated by the voters of the
State, very early in the session deter
mined to act fully and fairly on this
matter, and when the veto of the act
ing Governor came in, the bill, not
withstanding his veto, was made a law
in the manner pointed out by the con
stitution. So, now, this matter is set
tled, and the teachers of common
schools will feel that a part, at least, of
their just dues will be regularly and
certainly paid, and .the voters of the
State will feel that the privilege of vot
ing, electing rulers, and legislators, and
officers, depends upon a prompt pay
ment of the poll tax.
The fourth measure of the General
Assembly which incurred the hostility ..
of Air. Conlev, acting Governor, was and assert, tolly complied with the re-
the bill to rejieal tin - net organizing the 1 quireinents of the constitution jn^cx-
District Court. This justly iwlious
court, which the Radical party bad
fastened on particular districts of the
State, Mr. Coniev exerted* all, his
strength to perpetuate. Incompetent
tate’s Attorneys, and the
J udges and
enormous cost of the court in the
lance against the acting
f the invaluable right to
continuants session without the consent
of the Governor beyond the forty days
allowed by the constitution. \Y hen the
acting Governor, on the day before the
expiration of the forty days allowed by
the constitution for the length of the
session, unless continued by a two-thirds
vote, notified the Legislature that he,
only allowed to hold his office for a few
short weeks for the sake of peace, would
not recognize your representatives as
the Legislature of Georgia after 12, p.
m.. on Sunday night, then the repre
sentatives could only prove recreant to
the people by yielding to Mr. Conley,
or maintain the rights of the General
Assembly and remain in session (hav
ing first continued the session beyond
the forty days in the manner pointed out
by the constitution) long enough to sat
isfy the pro tern. Executive that his fail
ure to recognize would not affect them.
The General Assembly, as we believe
tending the session five days. Both
Houses, bv a two-thirds vote, on the
day before the expiration of the forty
days, agreed to extend the session five
days after the expiration of the forty
days, and due notice of this action was
immediately given to Mr. Conley.—
amount paid to District Judges and We maintain that tlio action ot the
Solicitors, were the reasons, and amply 1 Legislature was constitutional and ne-
sufficient they were, for the abolition of! cessary to the preservation ot liberty,
this court. * ! SupiMise it had lieen on one of the very
ire ridding the op- ; hist days, say the 39tli day of the se>-
,'-stricken lieople of j sion, discovered that the acting Gov-
Tiie W. & A. Railroad Lease.
—The Committee of the Legislature
to investigate the State Road lease, is
now in session in Atlanta. It consists
of Messrs. W. M. Reese and A. D.
Nunnally of the Senate, and Geo. F.
Pierce, Jr., G. M. Netherlnnd nnd C.
B. Hudson, of the House. The public
: are familiar with the facts that the
present company get the road at $25,-
' 000 per month, with a sort of techni
cal security, embracing various rail
roads, whose stockholders have never,
that we are aware of, consented to the
lease; while another emupany offered
§30,500, r.nd alleged that they would
give a bond ia 18,000,000. Whether
.the Governor properly guarded the in
terests of the State iu closing with the
present company, and whether their se
curity is valid and binding, are impor
tant questions to be determined by the
.committee.
Atlantic and Mississippi.—Sen
ator Price sends us a copy of the mem
orial to Congress by tin? Governor and
Legislature, in behalf of the Atlantic
and Mississippi canal, which asks for
a donation of laud or a loan of the
credit of the Government. There
should be earnest efforts to eulist the
whole West in this movement, and no
doubt it con be done with proper exer
tions.
Mr. Greeley Declines.—P.
Donan, editor of the Caucasian, no;
inatesMr. Greelq£-;/or tlje
Mr. G. pushes aside the purple,
follows:
You only err os to the proper candi
date. I am not the man you need.—
Your party is mostly Free Trade, and
I am n ferocious Protectionist I have
no doubt that 1 might be nominated
and elected by your help, but it would
place us all in false position:. If I,
who am adversely interested, can sec
this, I am sure your good sense will on
reflection realize you mast take some
man like.Gratz Brown, or Trumbull,
or Gen. Cox, late Secretary of the In-
terior, and thus help to pacify and re
unite our country anew.
Those Bonds.—The acting Gover
nor has issued a proclamation taking
<]>os*ession of the Cherokee Railroad,
tto secure the payment of interest on
founds issued when the road was called,
•we believe, the Cartersville and Van
Wert Railroad. It appears that these
Bionds, amounting to $175,000, were il
legally issued, before five miles of the
road ms completed, and were to have
liven taken up, when other bonds, of *
larger amount, were issued oiler the
name of the road was changed. In
stead of being cancelled by the Com
pany as Bullock says be supposed they
were, they have beea held by Clews &
Co., of New York, who have induced
the Governor to seize the road to secure
flw.ir payment. It looks wry much
ti'kc -a large «si*dfe. and have no
dwght the Legislature will investigate
it at an early day.
llow They Fared at Washing
ton.—The Baltimore Gazette's Wash
ington correspondent, under date of
tl* 24th inst., writes as follows;
It is asserted that efforts have re
cently been made to induce the Ad
ministration to interfere in the affairs
of Georgia, to the end that the recent
ly elected Democratic Governor might
be prevented from taking the Guber
natorial chair. The Georgia Radicals
nrc rash enough to believe that in the
face of the coming Presidential elec
tion General Grant would be unwise
enough to endanger his chances for re-
election by such a flagrant outrage as
they would have him commit, but,
however much he may have been in-
eliucd to humor his friends iu their lit
tle e.ipriees and wipe oat a State or
ganization to gratify them, he declin
ed to Like their advice, aud they left
there iu disgust
The editor of the Washington Ga
zette preaches a sermon on the weak
ness of rural editors for sponging and
dead-headiug. Rural Editas in this
neck of the woods are uot*Tmich in
dulged iu these weukneees.
Grant a Defaulter.
ngton correspondent
lr yicuv, telegraphing
of
The Wasliin;
tlie Savnnnnl
the 28th, details the following interest
ing item:
The greatest sensation has j we vailed
here to-day, caused by the discovery
that no less a person than President
Grant has for more tlmu twenty years
been a defaulter. It seems that du
ring the Mexican war, Grant, who
was then a Lieutenant in the army,
acted as Commissary and Quarter
master. At the close of the war there
was a deficit of five thousand dollars
liis accounts. His attention was
repeatedly called to it l»y the account
ing officers of the Treasury, and
pealed demands were made upon him
to pony up, but lie never condescend
ed to take the least notice of the un
answerable letters which were address
ed to him. He had sjient the money,
d of course was unable to return it;
for in those days his character and
habits were such that no one would
alunk of lending or giving him even so
nu»ch as a fire dolllar note. In 1862,
through some hocus poem, a bill was
engineered through Congress appro
priating 81,000 to him iu comjieiu-a-
tion of a sum of equal amount, alleged ;
by him to have been stolen from him
in 1848,' when a quartermaster in Mex
ico. But, to Grant's great disgust,
the Treasuiy officials pounced ujion
this one thousand and carried it to the
credit of the old score. It was then
thought that there might lie some
le peace ot
mell, President of the Senate, should
not qualify as Governor, and that Mr.
Conley, ex-President of the Senate,
sliould remain undisturbed until an
election by the people could be had in
pursuance ot the constitution.
This was a concession which should
forever suppress all clamor about the
revolutionary designs of the Democrat
ic party iu Georgia, considering that
the constitution, in terms of the plain
est character, declares that the Presi
dent of the Senate shall exercise the
Executive powers of the government in
case of the resignation of the Governor
—not that one who has been such Pres
ident, and ceased to be such, shall ex
ercise the duties of the Executive De
partment.
This determination having been form
ed and executed, it is necessary to say
a word on the right to have an election
now so strongly disputed by Mr. Con-
Icy and his friends. Have wc such a
right, or is it true that Mr. Oouley can
legally exercise the functions of Gov
ernor until January, 1873 ? The right
to an election arises from a provision
of the constitution iu these words:
“The General Assembly shall have
power to provide by law for filling un
expired terms by a special election.”
If a bill, providing for a special election
to fill the unexpired term of Rufus B.
Bullock, has been passed by both
branches of the General Assembly, lias
been vetoed by the acting Governor,
has been passed by a constitutional ma-
'Jtvity over the veto, the requisites of
the constitution have been complied
with. The right to make provisions for
filling unexpired terms is not restricted
to a provision in advance of the vacan
cy, but covers all cases, either by gen
eral law before a vacancy happens, or
by special law after such vacancy oc
curs. *
The first important action of the
Legislature which incurred the hostility
of the acting Governor was the resolu
tion to suspend the 20th section of the
appropriation hill, which had been used
under the title of the “ india rubber
clause,” to spend over 850,000 on news
papers, nearly the same on lawyers,
and a very large sum, many thousands
of dollars, on real and pretended cup-
tors cf felons. The acting Governor
assumed the ground—though inconsist
ently with his previous opinion, as he,
while iu the Senate, had joined in eus-
pRiding tax laws by resolution—that a
law could not be suspended by resolu
tion.
It will lie seen by reference to the
case of Jones rs. The Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad Company (39 Georgia
Reports, page 138), that in the opinion
of the highest legal tribunal in the State
« resolution may be used to suspend
the provisions of law. On account of
the time which night be consumed in
discussing the first veto, and, the facil
ity with which the same object might
be otherwise accomplished, the Senate
referred this veto message to a commit
tee from which no report was ever
made.
The second measure which called
forth from the acting Governor a veto
message was the bill to provide for an
To veto a measure
pressed ami jwverty-stricken jieople
the State of a court unsuited to their
circumstances, and overwhelming them
with taxes, seems to us most extraor
dinary.
In this veto, as also in several ot hers,
the acting Governor abandoned the
usual grounds of Executive veto, and
in a role, peculiar to himself, has en
croached upou matters entirely of leg
islative discretion.
The fifth measure of the Legislature
which the acting Governor vetoed was
the bill to reduce the pay of members
from nine to seven dollars per day.—
When we consider that Mr. Conley,
without any scruples, luis, from his ex
cess of patriotism, served the State 328
days, exclusive of this session of the
Legislature, at the modest sum of S12
E er day, making the amount received
y him for fastening the District Court
ipon the jieople, and all those equally
obnoxious laws jiasscd in 1868, 1869
and 1870, §3,936, this veto places him
in a most ridiculous attitude. His veto
of this
idea
by himself and liis friends, gave mem
bers of the Legislature nine dollars jier
day, the per diem ofAhc members could
not lie reduced by tmv men entitled to
receive it. Verily a Solon has arisen
among us, nnd a Daniel come to judg
ment ! 1
The sixth and last measure of the
Legislature which Mr. Conley, for the
ernor had done the same thing (illegally
indorsed railroad bonds) lor which his
immediate predecessor anti friend, Bul
lock, had fled the State; suppose fur
ther, that it had, in the time above
mentioned, been discovered that Mr.
Conlev had sold pardons of felons for
“ moneys numbered ;” suppose that it
had been in like manner discovered that
the acting Governor, in the interest of
the bond holders and for money jiaid
hint, was induced to veto the bond bill;
supjio.se further, that it had been dis
covered that Mr. Conley, while acting
as commissioner to investigate and au
dit claims against the “ 8tate Road,”
had, for money paid him, allowed un
just claims to jiass aud be jiaid,- would
not a construction of the coustitutiou
which gave the Governor the right to
break up the General Assembly, when
both branches had agreed to continue
in session to investiga e liis conduct be
received with astonishment? A cuu-
of the previous year, showing a de
crease since September 1st of 249,684.
Exports from all ports for the week,
51,594, against 75,546 for the same
week last year. Total exports for the
expired portion of the cotton year are
696,252, against 899,959 bales same
time last year; stock at all the ports
is 431,304 bales, against 531,039 bales
same date last year. Stocks at interi
or towns, 95,567 bales, against 107,-
857 bales last year. Stock in Liver
pool, 567,000 bales, against 379,000
bales last year. American cotton
afloat for Great Britain, 18/,000
bales against 355,000 bales last year;
Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 205,-
409 bales, against 103,000 bales last
year.
From Washington.
Decetnlier 30.—Judge Lochranc, late
Chief J ustice of Georgia, and regard
ed ns one of the ablest men in the Re
publican jmrty South, had a long in
terview with the President to-day—
Judge Lochraue -ays the Administra
tion will take no hand iu settling affairs
in Georgia, and as Governor Conley
cares nothing jiersonally for tho place,
there will be no contest between him
and Col. Smith, recently elected Gov
ernor, fojr the office.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue decides that a tax must be paid
upon dividends declared out of the
earnings of the year 1871, and ujion
interest and coupons representing in
terest which aecured in that year, even
though the dividends are not declared
with interest, and are not jiavable un
til after December 31st, 18\l; and
that the corjxmitions mentioned in sec
tion 15, of the act of July 14th, 1870,
should withhold the tax from the hol
ders of their stocks and bonds.
The Post Office Committee of the
house will recommend five thousand
dollars fine or five yesirs imprisonment
for straw bidders for postal routes.
W. S. WITHERS.
WITHERS & JONKS,
FOtySTTiEKS watt
Proprietors Vavcity Iron Works, Atlanta,
A yf ANUFACTURERS of Building Fronts, Gratings, Window
iVJL Lamp Vo«U, Columns, Orate Bars, Hitching Ports, Bracket*, Kailruad Prop., ''V 1
Sugar Mills, Chairs and Settees for Lawns and Verandah., Iron Railings and Kemlng, of o» ; O
terns for Cemetery Lots, J* ences and \ erandaliM, etc., etc. All orders for
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS AND MACHINERY
of all kinds attended to promptly, and no charges '"Me for pattern, when in regular liue'ut ,
We also manufacture Sad Irons, Andirons, tire Maria, w ell-wheels, Portable Orates, K--,'
drons, SkUlets, etc., etc. Wc are agents for the
Tanite Company’s Emery Grin tiers, Snw G’ummeiN,
tent Flanges, etc., wihch we will deliver w Factory Prl»^
These wheels are free from any offensive odor, do not (jam, or ,
some do; are not liable to burgt, and will cut further than any other win*
sent 30 Cm
.HU
fRY
WAGONS MADE TO ORDER,
CAIIKMCKS AltU VGIIICI.es OF AI.L HI IW. N
J. H. LOWRE1 j
octlZ-3in Corner ot Ellis und Campbell streets, Augusta' j
struction which would allow the Exec-
iis bill was in part founded on the j utivc such opportunities to defeat the
that ns the existing law, enacted | General Assembly can only l>e tolerated
from necessity. Now, is tliere any such
necessity ? Tne words of the constitu
tion on the extension of the session are
as follows : “ No session of the General
Assembly, after the second under this
constitution, shall continue longer than
forty days, unless jirolouged by a vote
of two-thirds of each branch thereof.”
“ Every vote, resolution or order, to
Mi scellaneous.
Municipal Election Notice.
OTICE is hereby given that an
JUN election will be held at the place* hereafter
designated, on Saturday. January Sib, ls72, for an
Inteudant, Clerk of Council, M.11.-h.il, Deputy Mar
shal and seven Wardens, as follows: Three W ard-
ens for she 1st Ward; two Wardens for the 2d
Ward, and two Wardens for the ad Ward. Said
election will he held between the hours of 10 o’clock
A. M. and 2o’clock P. M., on iho day above men
tioned, at the following places:
Election for 1st Ward will be held at the store of
E. E. Jones, on Oconee street.
Election lor 2d Ward will be held at the Town
Uall, on Market street.
Election for the 3d Ward will be held at Fellows
Shop, ou Prince Avenue.
Section 8th, Article 2d of the Coestitiition of
Georgia, prohibits the sale of iutoxicatiug liquors
ou election davs. HENRY 1’ELSSh,*!'ltend’t.
[dec 22-td.
man, Publisher, St. Louis, Mo
New Advertisements.
time being exercising the functions of j which the concurrence of both Houses
National Bask or Athens, 1
Athens, December 27, 1871.1
The Directors of this Bank have this day de
clared a dividend of FIVE PER CENT., r»T»hle
free of tax, on and after Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1871.
|an 2.’72 F. W. ADAMS, Cashier.
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL,
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
University of Georgia.
Athens, Georgia.
Tp XERCISES resumed on Monday,
J2j January 15th. Tuition $6 per month, pay-
able monthly, to the undersigned, or to Mr. A. L.
Hull, Secretary of the Faculty, who is authorized
to receipt in my name.
W. L. MITCHELL, Trexvirez
Jan. l*t, University of Georgia*
Wc are Kero for You.
V \7E PROPOSE. to furnish supplies
YY to a limited mi in her of farmers at our
RKGUI.A It PRICES, and w*ll charge 10 ner. rent,
additional for advancing, all upon the Merchants
and Factor’s Cotton Lien plan, according to the act
ot December 16th, lf*66.
ENGLAND & ORR.
Athens, Jan. 1st, lH72.-3tn
■^T OTICE.—After the publication of
Governor, endeavored by his veto to j ma;/ be necessary, excrpvon.a-questiun "vm anneTm,rt or ortina 6 ®, ^ 5 >“^A5ty“'_?£
defeat, was the famous Bond bill. -This | of adjournment or election, shall be h ' L1,1
rc * election to fill the unexjdred term of
Rufus B. Bullock, a measure proposed
by the Democratic party in a spirit ot
pence, to preserve the quiet of the State,
and to avoid any claim fur Federal in
terferenee. This measure, though ve
toed by Mr. Conley, was, nevertheless,
jiaesed by a constitutional majority
over the veto, nnd is now the law of
the land, and however it may be treated
by law breakers, will receive from all
good citizens that resjiect and obedience
due to the law. Wc hojie, undrr the
circumstances attending the jiassagc of
this bill, tiint the acting Governor, hav
ing already contested the matter with
the General Assembly and lieen do- i
feated in a constitutional inode, will
make no further cuntest when the re
sult of the election is announced, but
will surrender the office of Governor to
him whom the jieople have selected to
huhl it.
If Mr. Conley will observe the oath
which was' administered to him when
he entered ujion the duties of the Ex
chance of getting the remainder, aud I ^ve office, he will surrender the of
fice. If he is a law-abiding citizen,
again was Grant notified that he was
in default and urged to settle bis little
bill, but it was all of no avail; and to
this day, with the exception of tuc one
thousand dollars credit, Ulystes S.
Grant is shown on the Treasury ledg
ers to have owed the United States
five thousand dollars for more than
twenty years. Any exp’a: ation his
mg
that “ law and order” may reign su-
jireme, he will interpose no obstruction
to the execution of the law.
Tlie third measure which called forth
from tlie acting Governor an exercise
of the veto power was the bill to repeal
bill requires all jiersous holding bonds
of the State Issued since J.§68To; report
the same to a special commission for
registration before the first of April,
1872, and if such holders fail so to do
said bonds are to be deemed prima fa
cie illegal and fraudulent. It also re
quires the commission to examine into
the transfer of said bonds, how they are
held, and ujmhi what consideration;
and also prohibits the Treasurer of the
State from paying interest on said bonds
until the further order of the Legisla
ture. The 5th section, which contains
the clause last cited, excited tlie sjieeial
ojiposition of Mr. Conley and Ms ./fiends,
the hondliolders. He and the/ desired
tlie interest jiaid on all bonds issued
since 1868, and registered in the Con
troller General’s office. They claimed
that such action was necessary in order
to sustain the credit of Georgia. The
Democratic Legislature jiasscd this bill
over the acting Governor’s veto, be
lieving it alisolntely necessary to protect
the bmxafide holders.of regularly issued
State bonds, nnd to jireserve the tax
jtayers of the State from utter ruin.—
It was known to the leading Democrats
in both branches of the General As
sembly that one banker in New York,
Russell Sage, held for an advance of
$375,000 at least uue million dollars in
Georgia bonds ; that the confederates
of Bullock and Kimball (Henry Clews
A Co.) for advances and payments with
a large amount of usury, amounting to
nearly 81,700,000, held 82,500,000 of
Georgia bonds; that Bullock himself
lmd declared that 8800,000 of the bonds
held hy Clews were invalid, and $500,-
000 of those held by Russell Sage were
of a similar nature; nnd that other
large holders of Georgia bonds had
only advanced partially on the bonds
held by them. With such .knowledge,
how could the Legislature, with. any
show of justice, allow those bond.'hbkl-
ers to collect interest on the amounts
named in the bonds ? How couldi they
have acted otherwise to have protected
the bona fideijpeditors of thb State tfhd
the tax payers than' to JtafaiCqftired
the holders of bonds, issued 7 during a
period when fraud was abroadLift. the
land, and rogues and swindlera' fillcd
the high offices of the State, to come
forward and show in what manner and
ujion what consideration these bonds
were in their possession ? In addition
to all this, it was well known that Bul
lock had fled the State because he had
i-sued 81,800,000 of gold bonds to
Kimball A Co. for the beuetit .of tlie
Brunswick aud Albany Railroad, in
defiance of the constitution and laws
made by his own .Radical Legislature.
In our opinion, if the Legislature had
not jiasscd this bill over Mr. Conley’s
veto, it would have merited universal
execration. We believe if the Legisla
ture had jiassed no other bill than this,
and had consumed the whole forty-five
days in so doing, it should receive the
commendation of the people. A rigid
adherence to the lirovi ion of this hill
will save the burtheued tax pavers of
the State from that ruin which a few
the laws sus[
poll tax for sevi
a collection of the
years jmst. The
Radical party, which for the last three
white-washing friends cat. offer of this i y**" 1 ** ruled “w*. ruined Stoto,
glad to bear.
Charles Coleman was accidentally
shot by Monroe Barrett in Atlanta.
of a poll tax, claiming that such sus-
jiension operated to destroy the validity
of the j>oll tax levied for each years,
and thus relieve their manv deluded
presented to the Governor, aud before
it shall take effect lie approved by him,
or, being disapproval, shall bo passed
by a two-thirds vote.” “ No provision
in this constitution for a two-thirds vote
of both Houses of the General Assem
bly shall be construed to waive the ne
cessity for the signature of the Gover
nor, as in other cases, except in the
case of the two-thirds vote required to
override the veto.” If this last cited
clause refers to the one first cited, as to
the extension of the session, then Mr.
Conley was right and the Legislature
was wrong. To what, does this
last clause refer? In our ojiinioii it
only refers to those jirovisiuus in the
constitution which require a two-thirds
vote; for example, to lay off' new coun
ties, to abolish counties, to jiass a bank
charter, to make a donation to any per
son, etc. We do not lielieve tliat it re
fers to the section first cited, because,
as we think, whether a session shall be
continued longer than forty days in
volves 4 question of adjournment over
which, by cxjiress provision of the con
stitution, the. Governor has no jurisdic
tion. WJieti the constitution declares
that the session shall not continue lon
ger than forty days unless prolonged by
a two-thirds vote of each branch of the
General Assembly, it declares, as we
understand, that, after the expiration
of forty days, the Legislature shall ad
journ “ sine die.” To adjourn “sine
die" is to break up the session—to con
tinue it no longer. Henee to continue
the session is to refuse to adjourn “ sine
die." The resolution projierly passed
declared the intention of the General
Assembly to bs to continue in session
after the forty days, not to adjourn
at the expiration of five days thereaf
ter. We believe the question of ad
journment was passed upon in two as-
jiects: firstly, in refusing to adjourn at
a certain time and agreeing to continue,
nnd, secondly, in agreeing to adjourn
sine die at another time than the expi
ration of the fortieth day. Richardson,
in his large dictionary, ■ defines the
meaning of tho word “ adjourn” to be
to discontinue.” The question of ad
journment is then simply one of con
tinuance, and over this question the
constitution declares that the Governor
lias no control. As the precedents (so
called) on this question are nearly
equally divided, we make no allusion
to tlten<.
Precedents, to lx: of value, must have
arisen out of contests aud discus-ions.
Having made this contest tor the rights
of the General Assembly against the
acting Executive, we have done wlmt
we believe to be our duty, and confi
dently apjieal to the jieople of Georgia
for their approval.
Wm. M. Reese,
Charles Kirbee,
Thomas J. Simmons,
John T. Burns,
Columbus Heard,
C. J. Wellborn,
Geouce llll.I.YER.
Ku-Ki.dx in New York.—A
1m* held on tlie first Monday iu Febtua.
application will lie made to said court for leave . .
nell ali the real estate of F. O. Stowers, dec’d. This
Jan. 1st, 187g. CHAS. A. WEBB, Adm’r.
FREE! FREE!! FREE]
SINGLE COPIES o|-
ALLMAN'S DI AL W0f:|
A WEEKLY Agricultural.Ion,
that has been published two-tv.thr.
in St. Louis, having the Largest Circular! s ■
the best Corps of contributors ot »nv
paper published In the valley of Mi \
will be sent free to all applicants. 2v bl j f7 H ‘ r -
Terms—-32 per annum. Address Norma# jJ
i's Bellows, M
TT'ISES, HAMMERS, Stock '
V l>ies f Ac. ¥ r sole bv
march 31 CHILD*, NICKi;u<i,
A Second-Hand
Tj^OR SALE. Enquire nt the i
J- 1 fo tho Southern Banner.
Jersey Calves,
Essex and Berkshire l>i».
InfyM Eggs and *Mm\
FOR SALE.
L. S. IIARDIN,
<lec 29 am. Wmvill., i,
of Clark county, payable in coin, will be paid VWTra TT’IW'V ’'CT TST nnvi.
al the National Bank on the first of January, 1872, JUjS^jLAti ILS X. JruB Wm S
8. C. REESE, a. ittsr ami imkivut k ict ™ •#
dee 15-31 Treasurer Clark County
on election < .
A. L. Mitchell, Clerk.
For Sale or to Rent.
rpiIE HOUSE AND LOT known
A as the John B. Cobb place, in Athens. The
house has eleven rooms, with gas, good wate**, gar-
“ "t YTImpkhc
dec 22tf .
Treasurer’s Notice.
r i ''HE INTEREST on the New Bonds
-L occn
{Summey & Newton, §§
11KOAU.-T . ATHENS, OA.
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES,
NAILS PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale und Retail.
SCM.VLY A A’S’II’TON
Athens, Ga., April 11th. tf A©. C Broad St.
rGEORGIA, HART COUNTY.—
Y.IX Whereas William Myers applies to me for
letters of gutrJianship of the persons and proper
ty of John W. Fain and Mary f. Fain, of said coun
ty, deceased, under fourteen years of age. These
are therefore to cite nn«l admonish all concerned,
to show cause, if any they have, at my ottice, on or
before the first Monday in February next, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under inv hand at office this Jan. 1st. 1872.
’ F. C. STEPHENSON, Ord.
/GEORGIA, FRANKLIN CO.—
vTX Whereas the estate of Wm. M. Hunter, late
of said county, deceased, is without an adminis
trator, these are therefore to cite and admonish all
concerned to lie and appear at my office at the
regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be held
in February next, to show cause, if any exists,
whv letters of administration should not bo issued
to tlie Clerk of the Superior Court, or some other
Aland proper i»eiscn.
Given u.rd**r my had at office, this Dec. 27, 1871.
“ A: J. MORRIS, Ordinary.
IlkbT AMI (It RAM NT IS ISL
Hnvo tnki n nurS.M Fn-minm, t
rmrs throughout ::»•• >..t,:i,. r...
ill<i«*r»ted<'Hiak>p)fv
iVie** l.i*:,nnduemfirjin 1
of planters who use thq „ 1
KOI.K M\M FACTVIItV 1
C3INIV. MILES & HARD),
LouitviLtr, Kr. 1
Greer’s Almanac for 18<2.
1 N FULL SUPPLY, bv tlie Dozen !
-L or Gross, at BUBKK'shooKSTftRE ]
I Piano Tuning.
M R. G. H. MILLS will visit Ath-1
ens about the firwt of January next, ai<J re.
spectfully ori’ers his services to those whose Pam*
need tuning or repairing. Orders may Ik? left |
Burke’s Bookstore. li Watchman o
Seed Potatoes.
TT’ARLY ROSE, Early (<<Hxlrich,
Peach Blow, Harrison, Pinkeye and Uuwt?,
large and choice lot. mhIccUuI for
from the best growers in Vermont ami j| ani -
shir«- ECHOLS A W1 L>U.N,
d s 1 A tlant.i and Augusta, da.
CAS8I.ZsJsl A/JrlJt-S,
DESIGNER,
r er and fdnter,
HJiECTEOTYPI.\ O,
S. W. COU.SfcL ’ZousTlI asd W’alxvt Stuskts
Cincinnu,*, 0/<ui.
Lock Box 220, ” ' ~
Grape Vines & Fruit Trees.] S TAPLES & REAB
W E have hr sale over 75,000 *'
well-rooted Grape Vines, grown in our
nurseries, near Covington, Georgia, embracing 44
varieties. Most of them have been fruited by us,
and the fruit exhibited duriug the past summer,
at Atlanta, Augusta, Rome and other places. Wc
have also a select list of FRF IT TREES, compris
ing apples, peaches, pears, plums and apricots.
We will publish no catuUgue this season, but
will furnish to all who desire it our PRICE LIST,
bp mail.
Our low prices will induce all to purchase of tin;
ho wish to grow the fruit we «iirer fur sale. Address :
XV. W. CLARK d: CO.,
octl87I. Covington, Ga.
xhort week# since was staring them in ; gro outraged a little white girl ten years
the face.
Besides these measures, so necessary
to the welfare of the people, the Legis
lature, In n short session of forty-five
days, jiassc 1 many important general
laws and more local laws than were ever
before matured and passed in the same
period of time. The new constitution
having thrown upon the ordinaries of
the several counties of the State the
whole county business, it had been in
some places neglected, in some used for
old in Rochester, New York, a few
days ago. He was arrested and lodged
in jail. A mob assembled to rescue
and hang him, causing immense excite
ment. The authorities culled out five
military comjianies as a sjiecial police,
d planted cannon in the streets to
ell the mob. At last advices the ne-
J. C. HARDY, --
Dealer in Groceries & Provisions,
College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
r FHE BEST SUGAR, COFFEE,
_L Lard, Soda, Flour, Meal, Pickles, Oysters,
Nuts, Oranges, Apples, Crackers, Cheese, Ac., al-
wmvs ou haud. Also fresh country Butter, Kggf,
Potatoes, Ac. jnn \ lm
$25 REWARD.
r PHE ABOVE REWARD WILL
JL be paid to any person or persons who will re
port, with sufficient evidence to convict, the name
or names of any |»erson or persons now iu the
Town of Athens, who was engaged in rctnovtng
gates, polling down fences, or otherwise injuring
public or private proi>eriy, during the recent Chris-
masholidays. HENUY BEUSSE,
Intendant Town of Atheus.
A. !*_ Mitchell, Clerk of Council. It
the Invigorating
PLANT PROTECTOR.
rnHE most interesting ingredient
-L ever offered to any people, in any country.
A must complete insect destroyer and fertilizer
Is now offered to tlie people of Georgia
lirnugh the agency of It. It. Sutton, Batcsviue,
Habersham count'y, Ga. Any person can procure
a farm right from him, ns ne passes among the
fanners on his tours, or by sending $5 enclosed to
him at ClarkesTille, Ga., will in return receive a
farm right, as per order, which contains all direc
tions for mixing and applying the aame in every
particular, with the right to use on all fruit trees
and Togctation. II. U. SUTTON A CO., Ag’ts.
Jan. 3-3m
r PHE ANNUAL MEETING of the
L Stockholders of this Bank will be held at
January 9i ~
. ADAMS,
Cashier.
Painting & Drawing Classes
AT THE HOME SCHOOL.
a NEW DRAWING CLASS for
X boys, after the close of the Home School, 01.
every Tueaaay and Friday, at 3% P. M., during
(he months of January, February and March, 1872,
under Iho instruction of Col. Schaller.
A Painting Class, in Oil Colors, for YOUNG LA
DIES, on Monday and Thursday, beginning at 3
P. M., under the instriution of Mbs Sosnowski.
Painting Class* in Water Colors, for Young La
dies, on Monday and Thursday, U’ginniiig at 3 P.
M., under the instruction of Col. bchaller.
A regular drawing class for Young l«adtcs, In con
nection with the Home School, every day, beginning
at 10 A. M.; /reefoeirry pupil of the School, under
the instruction of Miss Sosnowski and Col. 8challcr.
For further information apply at the
HOME SCHOOL,
dec 29-lt Athens, Georgia.
Athens Grove Academy.
JT'HIS SCHOOL will lie opened for
the reception of pupils on Monday, January
15tb, 1872. Oaly a limited number will he re
ceived. Terms, from $1 00 to 35 00 per month, of
four weeks. Charges made from date of entrance
without deductions, whatever, except in cases of
protracted illness.
H. R. BERNARD
dee 2!’. -it
Home School,
ATHENS, GA.
rpHE EXERCISES of this Institute
-A- will be resumed ou
Tuesday, the 2d day of Jannary, 1872,
dee 29. tt 7
Sixty-Five First Prize Seda's Awarded I
Til K OR RAT
Southern Plano
MANUFACTORY.
wn. mm & go.. -
MANUFACTURERS OF
flRAN»,NqUARRAND tlPIUGIIT
Piano Fortes.
Bnllimorr, Jlnr) land.
rpHESE INSTRUMENTS have
_L been tiefore the public for nearly thirty years
and upon their excellence alone attained an mipur-
chaieapre-eminence, which pronounces them un-
oqualled. in
TQHO,
T QUOIT,
WvBBKANSaiF
A88 atl&ABlMTY.
■>s_ All our Sruare Pianos have our new im
proved Ov F.RSTitu no Scale and the Agraffe Treble.
njj_ We would call npeclal attention to our late
Patented improvements in (illAXD PIANOS, nnd
KQUAUK tiltAMl. found in no other Piano, which
bring the Piano uearcr perfection than has yet
been attained.
LVKUY PIANO FCLI.V WARRAN'TKD FOR A YEARS
UB. Wc are by sitccial arrangement enabled t<
furnish PARLOR ORGANS and MELODEONS o!
the most celebrated makers, wholesale and retail
at lAneext Factory Prices.
Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists furnished
on application to till. KNARK JtCO., Balt. Md
Or any regular established agencies. novlOCm
WHOLESALE tWOLMv
—AND—
General Commission Meite]
H AVE CONSTANTLY on haul
and arriving, a full stock or j
GKOCERIESj
which they offer at lowest prices. Also constant!
receiving consignment* of
TKNNKftflfCK PKODU K.
Commissions lor sellftg cotton n
cent.
278 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
oct 6-3m
1872, St 10 o'clock,* A. M.
G. HAUSER,
MA NUFA Cl URER OF CIGARS,
DEALF.R IN
Tobacco, Pipes. Maccaboy Snuff,
Confectionery, Fire Works & Fancy Goode.
Sign of Indian Square, Col. Avenue.
J. I 3 .
2FT£r“jHt’iB§
Hats, Caps, Straw' Goods,
Silk, Guanaco, Zenella, Aquepella, and |
Scotch G> ogham
Umbrellas,
DRIVING CLOVES, ETC.,
No. 222 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
oct 6-3m
STAPLE GROCERIES.
iAAA ROLLS DOMESTIC!
A VJ\J\J JUTE BAGGING
100 bales best Gunny Bagging
50 bales Borneo Bagging
4000 bundles Arrow Ties
500 hags Klo, Java and Laguavra Coffee
200 barrels Refined .Sugars
00 hbds P U and Demarara Sugars
200 l«rrels re boiled Molasses
100 hhds rehollcd Molasses
200 boxes Bar Soap _ ,,
200 boxes nnd half boxes Adamantine Candlis
50 casks C K Bacon Sides
50 casks Bacon Shoulders . . .
Pepper, Ginger, Starch, Soda, Woodware, sad
other gooda usually kept in our line, at .owes*
prices toths trade.
HORTON oV WALTON,
—yi aoa Droau st., Ailgusta,
Scpt298ni.
To Housekeepers.
TUST RECEIVED, a large assort-
t J ment *f
which we arc offering at very low prices. All
stove* eold bv us
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
O’HARA’S
Giant PockctCorn Slieller,
'PRICE ONLY §1 50. Call nnd sco
X U at
CH1LI>S, NICKERSON A CO’S.
A LARGE LOT of Sujierior Chro-,
mos-^German aud An.enran—juvt uTri!.
at BURKE’S BOOKSTORE.
and
qui
gro was secure, in jail, and had been
indicted. It was thought the girl
would die, and the court is awaiting
the result.
Floral Guide for 1871.
f~\UR BEAUTIFULLY Illustrated
“ Ft
FLORAL GUIDE AND FARMER’S M AN-
UAL”for 1871 - 65c
2fi Varieties Phlox Drummondl, packet.. ice
Double Portuluca, like miniature roses ..20c
Double Smeet William _,i#
25 Choice Annuals tl 09
Sent poet paid. Address
o. d, riiBLrs.
X. a. REYNOLD
dee 208m
> PHKIiPSaRo REYNOLDS,Y
{ tcheser t N.».
BLACKSMITHING.
Attention, the Whole!
rpHE UNDERSIGNED still con-
-L tinurs the above business at his old stand,
the BRICK SHOP, on Prince Avenue, whero ail
classes of work in hts line will be faithfully execu
ted.
Particular attention given lo lu.De-slu cing.
T.ose in want of the genuine
HEMPHILL PLOW,
which is now so popular, will do well to call ami
buy flrom tho old man himself. Jlis superior
MARTIN INSTITUTE
JEFFERSON, GA
r PHE
1 ins:
EXERCISES OF THIS
INSTITUTION Will he resumed Wednesday.
7th ot January, 1872. „ . I
J. W. GLENN, Principal,
TUE MODEL MAGAZINE OF AMERICA.
27te Largest in Form, the larged •<*
Circulation, and the only original
FASHION MAGAZINE.
TAEMOREST’S ILLUSTRATE^
J-J MONTHLY contains original •■‘torlc*,'■*
will also be kept on hand.
Thankful for past patronage, he rcspectfbUy so
licits a continuance of the aame.
W. S. HEMPHILL.
large and elegant cbroum, alter Jcnnwv «o,
son, Hiawatha's Wooing, »lw, l’»x ptu
ft»r $1 00 extra, or both chromo* with ‘ “c . >• f
for $5 00 post free. Addi
N^’YcK
dec I
SI lew, .U.U.VFV1 .
W. .IENN INGS PKMORFSl,
838 Broadway,
Finest Kerosene Lamps
TO BE FOUND IN ATHENS,
AT THE
NEW DRUG STORE.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE.
Ax.TXiE3SrS, QA.
HU, A. K. WRIGHT, prlw«»M •
(LATE OF AUOUHTA, .
"\\riLL open on the l^th.'jjj £ t .
VV September, 1871. For eircu'*'* Tpr»-
thorl nlbrnutlon, apply to John H- •
Went, or LAM AB ^’
. aug 23 tf